Whirlipede

No. 0544 · Gen 5

Whirlipede weakness and type

BugPoison

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

Moves against Whirlipede

2×Super effective
FireFlyingPsychicRock
½×Not very effective
PoisonBugFairy
¼×Barely scratches it
GrassFighting

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

Test a matchup against Whirlipede

Abilities

  • Poison PointNo change to type matchups
  • SwarmNo change to type matchups
  • Speed BoostNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP40
  • Attack55
  • Defense99
  • Sp. Atk40
  • Sp. Def79
  • Speed47
  • Total360

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 Whirlipede gives 2 Defense EVs.

Calculate Whirlipede's stats

How Whirlipede evolves

VenipedeBugPoison
All evolutions

What Whirlipede 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
SteelSteel RollerPhysical130
NormalDouble-EdgePhysical120
GrassSolar BeamSpecial120
PoisonSludge Bombsame typeSpecial90
BugSignal Beamsame typeSpecial75
GhostHexSpecial65
DarkPaybackPhysical50
FightingRock SmashPhysical40
RockRolloutPhysical30

Type counters to Whirlipede

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.