Voltorb

No. 0100 · Gen 1

Voltorb weakness and type

Hit VOLTORB with Ground for 2× damage.

Moves against Voltorb

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

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

Test a matchup against Voltorb

Abilities

  • SoundproofNo change to type matchups
  • StaticNo change to type matchups
  • AftermathNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP40
  • Attack30
  • Defense50
  • Sp. Atk55
  • Sp. Def55
  • Speed100
  • Total330

Best nature

TimidOutspeeds more opponents and drops Attack.
ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.

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

Defeating Voltorb gives 1 Speed EV.

Calculate Voltorb's stats

How Voltorb evolves

All evolutions

What Voltorb 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
NormalExplosionPhysical250
ElectricZap Cannonsame typeSpecial120
DarkFoul PlayPhysical95
BugSignal BeamSpecial75
RockRolloutPhysical30

Type counters to Voltorb

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