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butterfree
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Butterfree

Butterfly Pokémon

BugFlying

It loves the honey of flowers and can locate flower patches that have even tiny amounts of pollen.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

metapod Metapod Lv. 7

Moves

Locations

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

pu Usage: 1.2%
Quiver Dance
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Tinted Lens
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Butterfree is a sweeper that can be very effective late-game with Tinted Lens, which can allow it to break past Pokemon that resist its attacks. It lacks a solid Flying-type move, meaning it has to use moves such as Energy Ball and Psychic, which don't gain STAB. Butterfree cannot switch into many Pokemon due to its terrible defensive typing, mediocre defensive stats, and weakness to Stealth Rock. There are also some Pokemon that can take on its attacks well even with a few boosts and Tinted Lens, such as Probopass and Bouffalant. Butterfree receives competition as a setup sweeper that utilizes Sleep Powder from Jumpluff, but Tinted Lens allows Butterfree to take on Pokemon that usually would wall Jumpluff, such as Ninetales and Drifblim, while Quiver Dance allows it to boost its Speed. Butterfree is also very predictable, seeing as it can only run one viable set.

Most Used Moves

Bug Buzz
96.5%
Psychic
27.2%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
18.5%
Leftovers
18.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc