weedle

weedle

Attributes

  • Species: Weedle
  • Base Experience: 39
  • Height: 3
  • Weight: 32
  • Is Default: True
  • Order: 17
  • Base Happiness: 70
  • Capture Rate: 255
  • Color: Brown
  • Egg Groups: Bug
  • Gender Rate: 4
  • Has No Gender Differences
  • Hatch Counter: 15
  • Habitat: Forest
  • Is Baby: False
  • Is Legendary: False
  • Is Mythical: False
  • Shape: Armor

Stats

  • HP
    40
  • Attack
    35
  • Defense
    30
  • Special Attack
    20
  • Special Defense
    20
  • Speed
    50

Abilities

Held items

    None

Summary

Weedle is a Bug/Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

Type: Bug/Poison

Abilities:

  • Shield Dust: Prevents additional effects from moves targeting Weedle.
  • Run Away (Hidden Ability): Guarantees escape from wild Pokémon battles.

Physical Characteristics:

  • Small, larval Pokémon with a segmented, worm-like body
  • Primarily yellow with a pink, spherical nose
  • Features a distinctive large pink stinger on its head and a smaller stinger on its tail
  • Has tiny, black, bead-like eyes

Behavior and Habitat:

  • Commonly found in forests and grassy areas
  • Known for its voracious appetite for leaves
  • Uses its sharp, poisonous stingers to defend itself from predators
  • Often seen crawling on the ground or climbing tree trunks

In Battle:

  • Primarily a defensive Pokémon with limited offensive capabilities
  • Utilizes moves like Poison Sting and String Shot to hinder opponents
  • Vulnerable to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-type Pokémon
  • Can inflict poison status on opponents, which can be strategically advantageous

Evolution:

  • Evolves into Kakuna at level 7
  • Further evolves into Beedrill at level 10

Interesting Facts:

  • Weedle's acute sense of smell allows it to distinguish different kinds of leaves, its main source of food
  • Its head stinger contains a venom that can cause severe irritation
  • One of the earliest Pokémon encountered by trainers in the original games
  • Appears frequently in early-game areas, offering new trainers a chance to practice catching and battling skills

Pokémon Sprites

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Front Default
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Back Default
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Front Shiny
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Back Shiny

Evolution Chain

Weedle - 13
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Kakuna - 14
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Min. Lvl 7

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Beedrill - 15
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Min. Lvl 10

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Moves

Level Up

TM/HM

Breeding

Tutor

Other

Flavor Text Entries

  • Red: Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp venomous stinger on its head.
  • Blue: Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp venomous stinger on its head.
  • Yellow: Beware of the sharp stinger on its head. It hides in grass and bushes where it eats leaves.
  • Gold: Its poison stinger is very powerful. Its bright-colored body is intended to warn off its enemies.
  • Silver: It attacks using a two-inch poison barb on its head. It can usually be found under the leaves it eats.
  • Crystal: The barb on top of its head secretes a strong poison. It uses this toxic barb to protect itself.
  • Ruby: WEEDLE has an extremely acute sense of smell. It is capable of distinguishing its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes just by sniffing with its big red proboscis (nose).
  • Sapphire: WEEDLE has an extremely acute sense of smell. It is capable of distinguishing its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes just by sniffing with its big red proboscis (nose).
  • Emerald: A WEEDLE has an extremely acute sense of smell. It distinguishes its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes by sniffing with its big red proboscis (nose).
  • Firered: Often found in forests and grasslands. It has a sharp, toxic barb of around two inches on top of its head.
  • Leafgreen: Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp stinger on its head that injects poison.
  • Diamond: It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head.
  • Pearl: It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head.
  • Platinum: It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head.
  • Heartgold: Its poison stinger is very powerful. Its bright-colored body is intended to warn off its enemies.
  • Soulsilver: It attacks using a two-inch poison barb on its head. It can usually be found under the leaves it eats.
  • Black: It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head.
  • White: It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head.
  • Black-2: It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head.
  • White-2: It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head.
  • X: Often found in forests and grasslands. It has a sharp, toxic barb of around two inches on top of its head.
  • Y: Its poison stinger is very powerful. Its bright-colored body is intended to warn off its enemies.
  • Omega-Ruby: Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It is capable of distinguishing its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes just by sniffing with its big red proboscis (nose).
  • Alpha-Sapphire: Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It is capable of distinguishing its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes just by sniffing with its big red proboscis (nose).
  • Lets-Go-Pikachu: Beware of the sharp stinger on its head. It hides in grass and bushes where it eats leaves.
  • Lets-Go-Eevee: Beware of the sharp stinger on its head. It hides in grass and bushes where it eats leaves.

Cards

Weedle
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Created by Mitsuhiro Arita for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Mitsuhiro Arita for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Mitsuhiro Arita for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Sumiyoshi Kizuki for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Mitsuhiro Arita for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Keiko Fukuyama for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Sumiyoshi Kizuki for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Atsuko Nishida for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Hajime Kusajima for the Unknown Set set.

Koga's Weedle
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Created by Ken Sugimori for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Kyoko Umemoto for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Akira Komayama for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Miki Tanaka for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Ken Sugimori for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Yukiko Baba for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Shibuzoh. for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Satoshi Nakai for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Nisimono for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Yuka Morii for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Sui for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Sanosuke Sakuma for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Akira Komayama for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Suwama Chiaki for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Mitsuhiro Arita for the Unknown Set set.

Weedle
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Created by Midori Harada for the Unknown Set set.