No. 0012 · Gen 1
Butterfree weakness and type
Hit BUTTERFREE with Rock for 4× damage. Fire, Electric, Ice and Flying also deal 2×.
Moves against Butterfree
4×Hits hardest
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it
0×No effect
In Pokémon GO: Rock deals 2.56× instead of 4×. GO chart
Test a matchup against ButterfreeAbilities
- Compound EyesNo change to type matchups
- Tinted LensNo change to type matchups
Base stats
- HP60
- Attack45
- Defense50
- Sp. Atk90
- Sp. Def80
- Speed70
- Total395
Best nature
ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.
TimidOutspeeds more opponents and drops Attack.
Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.
Defeating Butterfree gives 2 Sp. Atk EVs, 1 Sp. Def EV.
Calculate Butterfree's statsHow Butterfree evolves
CaterpieBug- Level 7
MetapodBug- Level 10ButterfreeBug
No evolution for this line in the game you picked.
What Butterfree can hit with
The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.
| Type | Move | Kind | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hyper Beam | Special | 150 |
| Grass | Solar Beam | Special | 120 |
| Flying | Hurricanesame type | Special | 110 |
| Psychic | Dream Eater | Special | 100 |
| Bug | Bug Buzzsame type | Special | 90 |
| Ghost | Shadow Ball | Special | 80 |
| Poison | Venoshock | Special | 65 |
| Dark | Thief | Physical | 60 |
| Electric | Electroweb | Special | 55 |
| Fairy | Draining Kiss | Special | 50 |
| Dragon | Twister | Special | 40 |
Type counters to Butterfree
Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.
