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The '''Bug type''' (Japanese: '''むしタイプ''' ''Bug type'') is one of the seventeen [[type]]s. Notable Trainers that specialize in Bug-type Pokémon are [[Bugsy]] of [[Azalea Town]], {{OBP|Aaron|Elite Four}} of the [[Sinnoh]] [[Elite Four]], and [[Burgh]] of [[Castelia City]]. Prior to Generation IV, where moves are designated [[Physical move|physical]] or [[Special move|special]] based on the move itself rather than its type, all Bug-type moves were physical.

 

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Speed=59.82 |

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SpDef=79.51 |

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===Generation II-onward===

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|resisted6=Steel

==Characteristics==

Bug {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} are usually amongst the first Pokémon types a Trainer can find in the wild. They generally [[evolution|evolve]] at very early levels compared to most other Pokémon. The type varies from strong to weak. Depending on the Bug Pokémon, they can prove to be a nuisance with stat altering moves or hit hard with attacks such as {{m|Megahorn}}, {{m|X-Scissor}}, {{m|Signal Beam}} and {{m|Bug Buzz}}. As of Generation V there is only {{p|Genesect|one}} legendary Bug-type Pokémon. (Excluding {{p|Arceus}} holding the {{DL|Plate|Insect Plate}}.)

 

Offensively, they are somewhat flawed. They are effective against {{t|Psychic}} and {{type2|Dark}}s, which are two types common in most teams; but their strength against the very common {{type2|Grass}} is reduced by the common Grass/Poison typing. 

In the [[Generation I]] games, there were only {{m|Leech Life|three}} {{m|Twineedle|Bug-type}} {{m|Pin Missile|moves}}; none of which were very powerful. Since then, the range (and average base power) of Bug-type moves has increased. However, since six types resist Bug-type attacks (making it the second-most elementally ineffective type, after Grass), Bug-type attacks still don't deal a lot of damage to many types. The fact that they are resisted by Poison—a popular defensive type—causes further problems (though many Poison types also have a subtype that is weak to Bug—commonly Grass—which helps alleviate this issue). Furthermore, their advantage over Psychic-types is compromised by the relatively common typing of Bug/Poison types; Psychic-types with Bug-resistant types; and the high speed, special attack and wide movepools that many Psychic-types have.

Despite these offensive flaws, the Bug-type pairs effectively with {{t|Water}} and {{t|Ice}}.

 

===Defense===

Defensively, Bug-types are still flawed, because of their low {{stat|Defense}} and the fact that there are many that are part {{t|Flying}}, multiplying their weakness to {{t|Rock}}. In this way their resistance to {{t|Ground}} and {{t|Fighting}}, the two most effective types (in terms of number of elemental advantages), are of little use seeing as many Pokémon of both types can learn Rock moves.

Dual-type Bug/Flying and Bug/{{t|Poison}} Pokémon have an outstanding double resistance to {{t|Fighting}}, which can make up for their low {{stat|Defense}}. They also have a double resistance to common {{t|Grass}} moves, meaning they would take very little damage from powerful moves such as {{m|Giga Drain}}, {{m|Energy Ball}}, or {{m|Petal Dance}}.

The Bug/Steel Pokémon prove particularly effective as they only have {{t|Fire|one}} weakness and ten resistances.

 

 

As of Generation V, there are {{tt|63|65 if all three Wormadam forms are counted}} Bug-type Pokémon or {{tt|9.71 %|10.01 % if all three Wormadam forms are counted}} of all Pokémon, making it the sixth most common elemental type.

{| {| class="roundy" align="center" style="background: #{{bug color light}}; border: 5px solid #{{bug color}};"

{| border=1 width="100%" align="center" class="sortable" style="background: #FFFFFF; border:1px solid #{{bug color light}}; border-collapse:collapse;"

|-style="background: #{{bug color light}};"

|010

|{{MSP|010|Caterpie}}

|011

|{{MSP|011|Metapod}}

|127

|{{MSP|127|Pinsir}}

|204

|{{MSP|204|Pineco}}

|265

|{{MSP|265|Wurmple}}

|266

|{{MSP|266|Silcoon}}

|268

|{{MSP|268|Cascoon}}

|313

|{{MSP|313|Volbeat}}

|314

|{{MSP|314|Illumise}}

|401

|{{MSP|401|Kricketot}}

|402

|{{MSP|402|Kricketune}}

|412

|{{MSP|412|Burmy}}

|{{p|Burmy}}

|588

|{{MSP|588|Karrablast}}

|616

|{{MSP|616|Shelmet}}

|617

|{{MSP|617|Accelgor}}

''Primary Bug-type Pokémon''

{| {| class="roundy" align="center" style="background: #{{bug color light}}; border: 5px solid #{{bug color}};"

{| border=1 width="100%" align="center" class="sortable" style="background: #FFFFFF; border:1px solid #{{bug color light}}; border-collapse:collapse;"

|-style="background: #{{bug color light}};"

|012

|{{MSP|012|Butterfree}}

|013

|{{MSP|013|Weedle}}

|014

|{{MSP|014|Kakuna}}

|015

|{{MSP|015|Beedrill}}

|046

|{{MSP|046|Paras}}

|047

|{{MSP|047|Parasect}}

|048

|{{MSP|048|Venonat}}

|049

|{{MSP|049|Venomoth}}

|123

|{{MSP|123|Scyther}}

|165

|{{MSP|165|Ledyba}}

|166

|{{MSP|166|Ledian}}

|167

|{{MSP|167|Spinarak}}

|168

|{{MSP|168|Ariados}}

|193

|{{MSP|193|Yanma}}

|205

|{{MSP|205|Forretress}}

|212

|{{MSP|212|Scizor}}

|213

|{{MSP|213|Shuckle}}

|214

|{{MSP|214|Heracross}}

|267

|{{MSP|267|Beautifly}}

|269

|{{MSP|269|Dustox}}

|283

|{{MSP|283|Surskit}}

|284

|{{MSP|284|Masquerain}}

|290

|{{MSP|290|Nincada}}

|291

|{{MSP|291|Ninjask}}

|292

|{{MSP|292|Shedinja}}

|rowspan="3" | 413

|{{MSP|413|Wormadam}}

|rowspan="3" |{{p|Wormadam}}

|{{MSP|413G|Wormadam}}

|{{MSP|413S|Wormadam}}

|414

|{{MSP|414|Mothim}}

|415

|{{MSP|415|Combee}}

|416

|{{MSP|416|Vespiquen}}

|469

|{{MSP|469|Yanmega}}

|540

|{{MSP|540|Sewaddle}}

|541

|{{MSP|541|Swadloon}}

|542

|{{MSP|542|Leavanny}}

|543

|{{MSP|543|Venipede}}

|544

|{{MSP|544|Whirlipede}}

|545

|{{MSP|545|Scolipede}}

|557

|{{MSP|557|Dwebble}}

|558

|{{MSP|558|Crustle}}

|589

|{{MSP|589|Escavalier}}

|595

|{{MSP|595|Joltik}}

|596

|{{MSP|596|Galvantula}}

|632

|{{MSP|632|Durant}}

|636

|{{MSP|636|Larvesta}}

|637

|{{MSP|637|Volcarona}}

|649

|{{MSP|649|Genesect}}

''Secondary Bug-type Pokémon''

 

{| {| class="roundy" align="center" style="background: #{{bug color light}}; border: 5px solid #{{bug color}};"

{| border=1 width="100%" align="center" class="sortable" style="background: #FFFFFF; border:1px solid #{{bug color light}}; border-collapse:collapse;"

|-style="background: #{{bug color light}};"

|347

|{{MSP|347|Anorith}}

|348

|{{MSP|348|Armaldo}}

|451

|{{MSP|451|Skorupi}}

{{movelist/battle|4|Attack Order|Physical|Smart|90|100|15|anyadjacent|The user calls out its underlings to pummel the target. Critical hits land more easily.}}

{{movelist/battle|4|Bug Bite|Physical|Tough|60|100|20|anyadjacent|The user bites the target. If the target is holding a Berry, the user eats it and gains its effect.}}

{{movelist/battle|4|Bug Buzz|Special|Cute|90|100|10|anyadjacent|The user vibrates its wings to generate a damaging sound wave. It may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.}}

{{movelist/battle|4|Defend Order|Status|Smart|—|—|10|self|The user calls out its underlings to shield its body, raising its Defense and Sp. Def stats.}}

{{movelist/battle|2|Fury Cutter|Physical|Cool|20|95|20|anyadjacent|The target is slashed with scythes or claws. Its power increases if it hits in succession.}}

{{movelist/battle|4|Heal Order|Status|Smart|—|—|10|self|The user calls out its underlings to heal it. The user regains up to half of its max HP.}}

{{movelist/battle|1|Leech Life|Physical|Smart|20|100|20|anyadjacent|The user drains the target's blood. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.}}

{{movelist/battle|1|Pin Missile|Physical|Cool|14|85|20|anyadjacent|Sharp spikes are shot at the target in rapid succession. They hit two to five times in a row.}}

{{movelist/battle|5|Quiver Dance|Status||—|—|20|self|The user lightly performs a beautiful, mystic dance. It boosts the user's Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats.}}

{{movelist/battle|5|Rage Powder|Status||—|—|20|self|The user scatters a cloud of irritating powder to draw attention to itself. Opponents aim only at the user.}}

{{movelist/battle|3|Signal Beam|Special|Beauty|75|100|15|anyadjacent|The user attacks with a sinister beam of light. It may also confuse the target.}}

{{movelist/battle|3|Silver Wind|Special|Beauty|60|100|5|anyadjacent|The target is attacked with powdery scales blown by wind. It may also raise all the user's stats.}}

{{movelist/battle|2|Spider Web|Status|Smart|—|—|10|anyadjacent|The user ensnares the target with thin, gooey silk so it can't flee from battle.}}

{{movelist/battle|5|Steamroller|Physical||65|100|20|anyadjacent|The user crushes its targets by rolling over them with its rolled-up body. This attack may make the target flinch.}}{{movelist/battle|1|String Shot|Status|Smart|—|95|40|adjacentfoes|The targets are bound with silk blown from the user's mouth. This silk reduces the targets' Speed stat.}}{{movelist/battle|5|Struggle Bug|Special||30|100|20|adjacentfoes|While resisting, the user attacks the opposing Pokémon. The targets' Sp. Atk stat is reduced.}}

{{movelist/battle|3|Tail Glow|Status|Beauty|—|—|20|self|The user stares at flashing lights to focus its mind, drastically raising its Sp. Atk stat.}}

{{movelist/battle|1|Twineedle|Physical|Cool|25|100|20|anyadjacent|The user damages the taget twice in succession by jabbing it with two spikes. It may also poison the target.}}

{{movelist/battle|4|X-Scissor|Physical|Beauty|80|100|15|anyadjacent|The user slashes at the target by crossing its scythes or claws as if they were a pair of scissors.}}

* Even though {{t|Flying}} is a common secondary type among Bug-type Pokémon, the only Bug-type Pokémon that can learn the move {{m|Fly}}, [[Volcarona]] and [[Genesect]], are not Flying types.

* Until Platinum, several Bug-type Pokémon, {{p|Shuckle}}, {{p|Kricketot}}, {{p|Burmy}}, {{p|Wormadam}}, and {{p|Combee}}, were unable to learn any Bug-type moves. Each of them is now able to learn {{m|Bug Bite}} by level, and Wormadam can learn {{m|Signal Beam}} by [[move tutor]].

* Almost all Bug-type Pokémon evolve very early, perhaps due to their low stats. In the games, one reason for this could be to give the player the opportunity of having a strong, evolved, Pokémon in the beginning of their journey in order to earn the first Gym [[Badge]]s more easily. Despite this, all but one of the very first Gyms are strong against Bug-types, as they specialize in {{t|Rock}} and {{type2|Flying}}s, and even the one that isn't, the [[Striaton City]] Gym in [[Unova]], has a chance to specialize in {{type2|Fire}}s.

*{{p|Larvesta}} evolves at level 59, the highest among two-stage evolutionary lines and second-highest overall, only surpassed by {{p|Zweilous}}, which evolves at level 64.

* Until Generation IV, the only Bug moves with a power above 25 were Megahorn, Signal Beam, and Silver Wind, which made them extremely hard to use offensively.

* As of Generation II, the Bug type (along with the {{t|Fighting}} type) are one of only two pairs of different types to share the same interaction against each other (Bug resists Fighting and vice versa). The other pair is {{t|Normal}} and {{t|Ghost}} (Normal is immune to Ghost and vice versa).  

** In Generation I, the Bug type and the {{t|Poison}} type also shared the same interaction: they were super-effective against each other. As of Generation II, Poison-type Pokémon now resist Bug-type moves, and Poison-type moves are neutral on Bug-types.

*** The [[Poison (type)|Poison]] type's now neutral match-up against the Bug-type could reflect the real life principle behind insects being able to adapt to poison.

* The Flying type is one of the two types most commonly paired with the Bug type (along with Poison). However there are a number of Bug-types, despite being able to fly, that are not Flying-types, nor have the ability {{a|Levitate}}. These include {{p|Beedrill}}, {{p|Venomoth}}, {{p|Heracross}}, {{p|Dustox}}, {{p|Volbeat}}, {{p|Illumise}} and {{p|Volcarona}}.  

* With the exception of {{p|Whirlipede}}, all mid-evolution Bug Pokémon are based on cocoons.

* {{m|String Shot}} is the only Bug-type status move that can miss.

* Generation V introduced the most Bug-type Pokémon of any Generation, with 18 and Generation IV introduced the least Bug-type Pokémon, with {{tt|nine|counting only one of Wormadam's form}}.

** Additionally, Generation V is the only Generation to introduce a Bug-type legendary Pokémon: {{p|Genesect}}.

** Generation V is the only Generation not to introduce a dual Bug/{{t|Flying}} Pokémon.

* All Gym Leaders and Elite Four members that specialize in Bug-type Pokémon are male.

** This could be a reference to the stereotype that girls are afraid of bugs, a stereotype that {{an|Misty}} lives up to in the anime when she first encounters Ash's {{AP|Caterpie}}.

* Statistically, Bug-type Pokémon are the weakest, as most fully evolved Bug-type Pokémon have stats that aren't even close to 400. However, Generation IV and V introduced several Bug-type Pokémon with base stat totals over 500, including one at 600 (Genesect).

* Bug-type was most common 4x weakness in [[Generation I]], with 11 Pokémon double weak to it, mainly due to {{type|Poison}} having weakness to it at the time.

* As of Generation V, {{p|Skorupi}} remains to be the only Bug-type Pokémon whose evolved form does not have the Bug attribute. However, {{p|Drapion}} still belongs to the {{egg3|Bug}}. This makes it the only Pokémon so far that is still classified as a Bug, despite not holding the Bug-type.

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