#0048 · Insect Pokémon
Venonat
Venonat›
VenomothCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #493 · 8 votes · median C
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Rank #438 · 12 votes · median B
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Endless
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Rank #96 · 6 votes · median D
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Tier history
Moved B → C yesterday
11 recorded changes · 12 votes
6 recorded changes · 6 votes
Game data
Abilities
- Compound Eyes
The Pokémon’s compound eyes boost its accuracy by 30%.
- Tinted Lens
The Pokémon’s “not very effective” attacks deal double damage.
- Run AwayHidden
Enables a sure getaway from wild Pokémon, as well as ignoring any effect that would usually prevent the Pokémon from switching out.
Halves the damage taken from moves that make direct contact, but doubles that of Fire-type moves.
Different passives in this line: Venomoth: Simple
Egg moves
- Sludge BombPoisonSpecial90 pow · 100%
The user hurls unsanitary sludge at the target to inflict damage. This move has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.
- Toxic ThreadPoisonStatus— · 100%
The user shoots poisonous threads to poison the target and harshly lower the target’s Speed stat.
- Earth PowerGroundSpecial90 pow · 100%
The user makes the ground under the target erupt with power. This move has a 10% chance of lowering the target’s Sp. Def stat.
- Stored PowerPsychicSpecial20 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The user attacks the target with stored power. This move’s power is increased by 20 for each stage that the user’s stats have been boosted.
Base stats
Venonat · BST 305
Venomoth · BST 450
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-2 starter:
- Passive ability
- 40 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 25 / 60 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 30 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Venonat eggs: 27 🍬 after 20 hatches, 22 🍬 after 40 hatches, 15 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 50
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Venonat needs 50 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.