Bug Bite

むしくい Bug Bite

Introduced:	Generation IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	60
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	20, max: 32
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Detect/Protect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Condition:	Tough
Appeal:	0
Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Tough
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
Jam:	0
Brings down the energy of any Pokémon that have already used a move in the turn.

Bug Bite is a Bug-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Description[]

Games	Description
DP Pt HGSS	The user bites the foe. If the foe is holding a Berry, the user eats it and gains its effect.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh BDSP LA SV	The user bites the target. If the target is holding a Berry, the user eats it and gains its effect.

Effect[]

In battle[]

Bug Bite does damage and takes the target's berry if it is holding one, gaining its effects. In a Double Battle, Bug Bite can target any Pokémon around the user. In a Triple Battle, Bug Bite can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Caterpie	bug	Bug	15^PtHGSS	15	15	9^SMUSUM	9
	Butterfree	bug/flying	Bug					1
	Weedle	bug/poison	Bug	15^PtHGSS	15	15	9^SMUSUM	9^BDSP
	Beedrill	bug/poison	Bug					1^BDSP
	Pinsir	bug	Bug					16
	Ariados	bug/poison	Bug	1	1	1	1	1^BDSP	1
	Yanma	bug/flying	Bug						30
	Pineco	bug	Bug	9^PtHGSS	9	9	9	9^BDSP	9
	Forretress	bug/steel	Bug	1, 9^PtHGSS	1, 9	1	1, 9	1, 9^BDSP	1
	Shuckle	bug/rock	Bug	40^PtHGSS	49^BW 42^B2W2	42	42	30
	Wurmple	bug	Bug	15^PtHGSS	15	15	15	15^BDSP
	Beautifly	bug/flying	Bug					1^BDSP
	Dustox	bug/poison	Bug					1^BDSP
	Ninjask	bug/flying	Bug	1	1	1	1	29
	Anorith	rock/bug	Water 3			25^ORAS	25	20
	Armaldo	rock/bug	Water 3				25^USUM	20
	Kricketot	bug	Bug	16^PtHGSS	16	16	16	16^BDSP	16
	Kricketune	bug	Bug					1^BDSP
	Burmy	bug	Bug	15^PtHGSS	15	15	15	15^BDSP
	Wormadam	bug/grass	Bug	15^PtHGSS	15	15	1, 15	1, 15^BDSP
	Wormadam	bug/ground	Bug	15^PtHGSS	15	15	1, 15	1, 15^BDSP
File:0413C.png	Wormadam	bug/steel	Bug	15^PtHGSS	15	15	1, 15	1, 15^BDSP
	Mothim	bug/flying	Bug	15^PtHGSS	15	15	1, 15	1, 15^BDSP
	Combee	bug/flying	Bug	13^PtHGSS	13	13	13	1^SwShBDSP	1
	Vespiquen	bug/flying	Bug					1^SwShBDSP	1
	Skorupi	poison/bug	Bug/Water 3	34^PtHGSS	34^BW 20^B2W2	20	20	18^SwShBDSP
	Drapion	poison/dark	Bug/Water 3	34^PtHGSS	34^BW 20^B2W2	20	20	18^SwShBDSP
	Yanmega	bug/flying	Bug	1	1	1	1	1^BDSP	30
	Sewaddle	bug/grass	Bug		8	8	8		8
	Swadloon	bug/grass	Bug		1	1	1		1
	Leavanny	bug/grass	Bug		1, 8	1, 8	1, 8		Rem.
	Venipede	bug/poison	Bug		22	22	22	20
	Whirlipede	bug/poison	Bug		23	23	23	20
	Scolipede	bug/poison	Bug		23	23	23	20
	Dwebble	bug/rock	Bug/Mineral		23	23	23	12
	Crustle	bug/rock	Bug/Mineral		23	23	23	12
	Joltik	bug/electric	Bug		18	18	18	8	8
	Galvantula	bug/electric	Bug		18	18	18	1	1
	Heatmor	fire	Field		36	36	36	15
	Durant	bug/steel	Bug		26	26	16	16
	Larvesta	bug/fire	Bug		40	40	40	24	24
	Volcarona	bug/fire	Bug					24	24
	Scatterbug	bug	Bug			15	15		15
	Grubbin	bug	Bug				13	10	10
	Charjabug	bug/electric	Bug				13	1	1
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug				13	1	Rem.
	Dewpider	water/bug	Water 1/Bug				13	4	4
	Araquanid	water/bug	Water 1/Bug				1, 13	1	1
	Golisopod	bug/water	Bug/Water 3				10	16
	Pheromosa	bug/fighting	Undiscovered					15
	Sizzlipede	fire/bug	Bug					20
	Centiskorch	fire/bug	Bug					20
	Tarountula	bug	Bug						14
	Spidops	bug	Bug						14
	Nymble	bug	Bug						22
	Lokix	bug/dark	Bug						22
	Rellor	bug	Bug						20
	Rabsca	bug/psychic	Bug						20
	Slither Wing	bug/fighting	Undiscovered						1
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Venonat	bug/poison	Bug						TM182
	Venomoth	bug/poison	Bug						TM182
	Weepinbell	grass/poison	Grass						TM182
	Victreebel	grass/poison	Grass						TM182
	Scyther	bug/flying	Bug						TM182
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered						TM182
	Spinarak	bug/poison	Bug						TM182
	Ariados	bug/poison	Bug						TM182
	Yanma	bug/flying	Bug						TM182
	Pineco	bug	Bug						TM182
	Forretress	bug/steel	Bug						TM182
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug						TM182
	Heracross	bug/fighting	Bug						TM182
	Surskit	bug/water	Water 1/Bug						TM182
	Masquerain	bug/flying	Water 1/Bug						TM182
	Volbeat	bug	Bug/Human-Like						TM182
	Illumise	bug	Bug/Human-Like						TM182
	Trapinch	ground	Bug/Dragon						TM182
	Vibrava	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon						TM182
	Flygon	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon						TM182
	Kricketot	bug	Bug						TM182
	Kricketune	bug	Bug						TM182
	Combee	bug/flying	Bug						TM182
	Vespiquen	bug/flying	Bug						TM182
	Yanmega	bug/flying	Bug						TM182
	Sewaddle	bug/grass	Bug						TM182
	Swadloon	bug/grass	Bug						TM182
	Leavanny	bug/grass	Bug						TM182
	Joltik	bug/electric	Bug						TM182
	Galvantula	bug/electric	Bug						TM182
	Larvesta	bug/fire	Bug						TM182
	Volcarona	bug/fire	Bug						TM182
	Scatterbug	bug	Bug						TM182
	Spewpa	bug	Bug						TM182
	Vivillon	bug/flying	Bug						TM182
	Grubbin	bug	Bug						TM182
	Charjabug	bug/electric	Bug						TM182
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug						TM182
	Cutiefly	bug/fairy	Bug/Fairy						TM182
	Ribombee	bug/fairy	Bug/Fairy						TM182
	Dewpider	water/bug	Water 1/Bug						TM182
	Araquanid	water/bug	Water 1/Bug						TM182
	Fomantis	grass	Grass						TM182
	Lurantis	grass	Grass						TM182
	Snom	ice/bug	Bug						TM182
	Frosmoth	ice/bug	Bug						TM182
	Kleavor	bug/rock	Bug						TM182
	Tarountula	bug	Bug						TM182
	Spidops	bug	Bug						TM182
	Nymble	bug	Bug						TM182
	Lokix	bug/dark	Bug						TM182
	Rellor	bug	Bug						TM182
	Rabsca	bug/psychic	Bug						TM182
	Slither Wing	bug/fighting	Undiscovered						TM182
	Dipplin	grass/dragon	Grass/Dragon						TM182
	Hydrapple	grass/dragon	Grass/Dragon						TM182
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding[]

Move Tutor[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Games
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

v · d · e Generation IX TMs

#001–050	001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050

#051–100	051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100

#101–150	101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150

#151–200	151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200

#201–229	201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII TMs TRs

Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet

v · d · e List of Bug-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Attack Order

B	Bug Bite Bug Buzz

D	Defend Order

F	Fell Stinger First Impression Fury Cutter

H	Heal Order

I	Infestation

L	Leech Life Lunge

M	Megahorn

P	Pin Missile Pollen Puff Pounce Powder

Q	Quiver Dance

R	Rage Powder

S	Signal Beam Silk Trap Silver Wind Skitter Smack Spider Web Steamroller Sticky Web String Shot Struggle Bug

T	Tail Glow Twineedle

U	U-turn

X	X-Scissor

See also	Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation IV

Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Acupressure Air Slash Aqua Jet Aqua Ring Aqua Tail Assurance Attack Order Aura Sphere Avalanche

B	Brave Bird Brine Bug Bite Bug Buzz Bullet Punch

C	Captivate Charge Beam Chatter Close Combat Copycat Cross Poison Crush Grip

D	Dark Pulse Dark Void Defend Order Defog Discharge Double Hit Draco Meteor Dragon Pulse Dragon Rush Drain Punch

E	Earth Power Embargo Energy Ball

F	Feint Fire Fang Flare Blitz Flash Cannon Fling Focus Blast Force Palm

G	Gastro Acid Giga Impact Grass Knot Gravity Guard Swap Gunk Shot Gyro Ball

H	Hammer Arm Head Smash Heal Block Heal Order Healing Wish Heart Swap

I	Ice Fang Ice Shard Iron Head

J	Judgment

L	Last Resort Lava Plume Leaf Storm Lucky Chant Lunar Dance

M	Magma Storm Magnet Bomb Magnet Rise Me First Metal Burst Miracle Eye Mirror Shot Mud Bomb

N	Nasty Plot Natural Gift Night Slash

O	Ominous Wind

P	Payback Pluck Poison Jab Power Gem Power Swap Power Trick Power Whip Psycho Cut Psycho Shift Punishment

R	Roar of Time Rock Climb Rock Polish Rock Wrecker Roost

S	Seed Bomb Seed Flare Shadow Claw Shadow Force Shadow Sneak Spacial Rend Stealth Rock Stone Edge Sucker Punch Switcheroo

T	Tailwind Thunder Fang Toxic Spikes Trick Room Trump Card

U	U-turn

V	Vacuum Wave

W	Wake-Up Slap Wood Hammer Worry Seed Wring Out

X	X-Scissor

Z	Zen Headbutt

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation IV

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Bug Bite

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Description[]

Effect[]

In battle[]

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

By TM[]

By breeding[]

Move Tutor[]

Special move[]

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