#416
Vespiquen
Beehive Pokémon
BugFlying
It releases various pheromones to make the grubs in its body do its bidding while fighting foes.
Base Stats
HP 70
Attack 80
Defense 102
Sp. Atk 80
Sp. Def 102
Speed 40
Total 474
Type Effectiveness
Resistant to
Immune to
Abilities
Held Items
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Category Beehive Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 38.5 kg
Base Exp 166
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 0% ♂ / 100% ♀
Habitat —
Egg Groups Bug
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
nu
Wall
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 248
Def 252
SpD 8
Strategy Overview
It's not difficult to understand why Vespiquen struggles to fit in NU, as it is a wall with a 4x weakness to Stealth Rock. First, Vespiquen's typing and lack of Speed allows most sweepers to scare it out and gain easy boosts. To add insult to injury, Vespiquen's movepool is horrendously small and predictable. Luckily, a Bug / Flying typing makes Vespiquen a decent Sawk and Golurk check, and Pressure is a decent ability for drawn out matches. Typically, however, the amount of support Vespiquen needs is not worth the trouble of using it in a match.
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc