#543

Venipede

Centipede Pokémon

BugPoison

It discovers what is going on around it by using the feelers on its head and tail. It is brutally aggressive.

Base Stats

HP 30

Attack 45

Defense 59

Sp. Atk 30

Sp. Def 39

Speed 57

Total 260

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

flying 2x rock 2x fire 2x psychic 2x

Resistant to

fighting ¼x grass ¼x poison ½x bug ½x fairy ½x

Abilities

Poison Point Swarm Speed Boost (Hidden)

Held Items

Pecha Berry 50%Poison Barb 5%

Evolution Chain

Venipede

→

Whirlipede Lv. 22

→

Scolipede Lv. 30

Moves

Details

Category Centipede Pokémon

Height 0.4 m

Weight 5.3 kg

Base Exp 52

Growth Rate Medium Slow

Capture Rate 255

Base Happiness 70

Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Habitat —

Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 0.4%

LC PU

Suicide Lead

Moves

Item

Focus Sash

Ability

Speed Boost

Nature

Jolly

EVs

Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Venipede has a niche as a great suicide Spikes lead in the PU metagame thanks to the combination of Speed Boost and Endeavor. Because of the lack of reliable entry hazard removers, the Spikes and Toxic Spikes support that Venipede provides is invaluable. Venipede is superior to Whirlipede because it is able to outspeed Pokemon such as Raichu, Simipour, and Kadabra at +1, allowing it to set up a layer of Spikes before they Taunt or Encore. However, Venipede is one dimensional and predictable, as it can only perform the role of a suicide lead, and it relies on Endeavor to deal damage, which is not very reliable. In addition, Venipede also has a bad matchup against common leads such as Golem, which has Rock Blast to break its Focus Sash, and cannot do much against Defoggers such as Vibrava and Swanna and spinners like Cryogonal and Armaldo.