Venomoth

No. 0049 · Gen 1

Venomoth weakness and type

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

Moves against Venomoth

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it

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

Test a matchup against Venomoth

Abilities

  • Shield DustNo change to type matchups
  • Tinted LensNo change to type matchups
  • Wonder SkinNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP70
  • Attack65
  • Defense60
  • Sp. Atk90
  • Sp. Def75
  • Speed90
  • Total450

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 Venomoth gives 1 Sp. Atk EV, 1 Speed EV.

Calculate Venomoth's stats

How Venomoth evolves

VenonatBugPoison
  • Level 31
    VenomothBugPoison
All evolutions

What Venomoth 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
PoisonSludge Wavesame typeSpecial95
BugBug Buzzsame typeSpecial90
FlyingAir SlashSpecial75
DarkThiefPhysical60
GhostOminous WindSpecial60
DragonTwisterSpecial40

Type counters to Venomoth

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.