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butterfree
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Butterfree

Butterfly Pokémon

BugFlying

It collects honey every day. It rubs honey onto the hairs on its legs to carry it back to its nest.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 45
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 80
Speed 70
Total 395

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
rock 4xflying 2xfire 2xelectric 2xice 2x
Resistant to
fighting ¼xgrass ¼xbug ½x
Immune to
ground 0x

Held Items

Silver Powder 5%

Evolution Chain

caterpie Caterpie
→
metapod Metapod Lv. 7
→
butterfree Butterfree Lv. 10

Moves

Locations

Ilex Forest
Johto Route 34
Johto Route 35
Johto Route 36
Johto Route 37
Johto Route 38
Johto Route 39
Lake Of Rage
Kanto Route 26
Kanto Route 27
Kanto Route 2 South Towards Viridian City
Kanto Route 24
Kanto Route 25
Kanto Route 2 North Towards Pewter City
Viridian Forest
Azalea Town

Details

Category Butterfly Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 32.0 kg
Base Exp 178
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

butterfree Front Front
butterfree Back Back
butterfree Front Shiny Front Shiny
butterfree Back Shiny Back Shiny
butterfree Front ♀ Front ♀
butterfree Back ♀ Back ♀
butterfree Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
butterfree Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
butterfree Official Art Official Art
butterfree Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

zu Usage: 2.4%
ZUOU
Utility
Moves
Sleep Powder
Stun Spore
Psychic / Giga Drain
Hidden Power Rock / Nightmare
Item
Miracle Berry / Leftovers

Most Used Moves

Sleep Powder
100.0%
Psychic
100.0%
Stun Spore
81.0%
Giga Drain
44.5%
Hidden Power Electric
27.2%
Hidden Power Rock
19.3%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
55.2%
Miracle Berry
27.5%
Mint Berry
17.3%

Common Teammates

Bayleef 68.8%Onix 49.7%Staryu 49.7%Magby 48.3%Charmeleon 47.5%Croconaw 34.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc