Mothim

No. 0414 · Gen 4

Mothim weakness and type

Hit MOTHIM with Rock for 4× damage. Fire, Electric, Ice and Flying also deal 2×.

Moves against Mothim

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 Mothim

Abilities

  • SwarmNo change to type matchups
  • Tinted LensNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP70
  • Attack94
  • Defense50
  • Sp. Atk94
  • Sp. Def50
  • Speed66
  • Total424

Best nature

AdamantFor a physical moveset: more Attack, less Sp. Atk.
ModestFor a special moveset: more Sp. Atk, less Attack.

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

Defeating Mothim gives 1 Attack EV, 1 Sp. Atk EV.

Calculate Mothim's stats

How Mothim evolves

BurmyBug
All evolutions

What Mothim 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
GrassSolar BeamSpecial120
PsychicDream EaterSpecial100
BugBug Buzzsame typeSpecial90
GhostShadow BallSpecial80
FlyingAir Slashsame typeSpecial75
PoisonVenoshockSpecial65
DarkThiefPhysical60
ElectricElectrowebSpecial55
DragonTwisterSpecial40
GroundMud-SlapSpecial20

Type counters to Mothim

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.