Silcoon

No. 0266 · Gen 3

Silcoon weakness and type

Hit SILCOON with Fire, Flying and Rock for 2× damage.

Moves against Silcoon

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

In Pokémon GO: Fire deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • Shed SkinNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP50
  • Attack35
  • Defense55
  • Sp. Atk25
  • Sp. Def25
  • Speed15
  • Total205

Best nature

ImpishRaises its best defense and drops Sp. Atk, which it won't use.

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

Defeating Silcoon gives 2 Defense EVs.

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How Silcoon evolves

WurmpleBug
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What Silcoon 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
BugBug Bitesame typePhysical60
ElectricElectrowebSpecial55
NormalTacklePhysical40
PoisonPoison StingPhysical15

Type counters to Silcoon

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.