The Bug type (Japanese: むしタイプBug type) is one of the eighteen types. Prior to changes in Generation IV, all damaging Bug-type moves were physical, but they may now also be special depending on the attack.
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Statistical averages
Overall
Stat
HP:
57.23
Attack:
72.73
Defense:
72.17
Sp.Atk:
55.93
Sp.Def:
65.12
Speed:
62.81
Total:
385.99
Fully evolved
Stat
HP:
67.11
Attack:
91.61
Defense:
84.46
Sp.Atk:
70.80
Sp.Def:
80.54
Speed:
75.37
Total:
469.89
Battle properties
Generation I
Offensive
Defensive
Power
Types
Power
Types
2×
½×
½×
2×
0×
None
0×
None
Generations II to V
Offensive
Defensive
Power
Types
Power
Types
2×
½×
½×
2×
0×
None
0×
None
Generation VI onwards
Offensive
Defensive
Power
Types
Power
Types
2×
½×
½×
2×
0×
None
0×
None
Characteristics
Defense
On average, Bug Pokémon have the lowest base HP and base stat total of all types.
Offense
Bug is tied with Grass as the most resisted type, with seven types resisting each of them. These resistant types are most effectively covered by Water-type attacks.
On average, Bug Pokémon have the lowest base Special Attack of all types.
The user binds the target with full force with threads of silk that the user spits using its Z-Power. The power varies, depending on the original move.
The user binds the target with full force with threads of silk that the user spits using its Z-Power. The power varies, depending on the original move.
The user slashes at the target by crossing its scythes or claws as if they were a pair of scissors.
All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual move's page. Target data assumes user is in the lower left.
Due to the decreased amount of types in the TCG, Bug-type Pokémon are generally listed as Grass-type Pokémon.
Bug-type Pokémon in the TCG are generally weak to Fire-type Pokémon and have a resistance to Fighting-types. They are strong against Fighting and Water, whilst Metal Pokémon resisted it until the EX Power Keepers expansion set.
Trivia
Unused Bug-type TM
Generation V introduced the most Bug-type Pokémon of any Generation, with 18, and Generation VI introduced the fewest Bug-type Pokémon, with three.
Generation IV introduced the most Bug-type moves of any Generation, with seven, and Generations II and III introduced the fewest Bug-type moves, with three.
The Flying type is one of the two types most commonly paired with the Bug type, with the other type being Poison. However, there are a number of Bug types, despite being able to fly, that are not Flying types, nor have the Ability Levitate, such as Beedrill and Venomoth.
Despite this, the only Bug-type Pokémon that can learn the move Fly, Volcarona and Genesect, are not Flying types.
In Generation I, the Bug type is super effective against Poison-type Pokémon, while the Poison type is super effective against Bug-type Pokémon. As such, this was the only case when two different types were ever super-effective against each other.
The Bug type was the most common 4× weakness in Generation I, with 11 Pokémon doubly weak to it, mainly due to Poison type having a weakness to it at the time.
No Pokémon gains the Bug type upon evolving that did not already have it. It shares this distinction with the Normal type.