Heracross

No. 0214 · Gen 2

Heracross weakness and type

Hit HERACROSS with Flying for 4× damage. Fire, Psychic and Fairy also deal 2×.

Moves against Heracross

4×Hits hardest
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

In Pokémon GO: Flying deals 2.56× instead of 4×. GO chart

Test a matchup against Heracross

Abilities

  • SwarmNo change to type matchups
  • GutsNo change to type matchups
  • MoxieNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP80
  • Attack125
  • Defense75
  • Sp. Atk40
  • Sp. Def95
  • Speed85
  • Total500

Best nature

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.
JollyOutspeeds more opponents and drops Sp. Atk.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Heracross gives 2 Attack EVs.

Calculate Heracross's stats

What Heracross 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.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
FightingFocus Punchsame typePhysical150
BugMegahornsame typePhysical120
GroundEarthquakePhysical100
RockStone EdgePhysical100
DarkThroat ChopPhysical80
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
SteelSmart StrikePhysical70
PoisonVenoshockSpecial65
FlyingAerial AcePhysical60
GrassTrailblazePhysical50

Type counters to Heracross

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.

Other forms