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Game data
Abilities
- Illuminate
By illuminating its surroundings, the Pokémon prevents its accuracy from being lowered and ignores changes to targets’ evasiveness. Raises the likelihood of Double Battles while this Pokémon is on the field.
- Swarm
Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s Bug-type moves by 50% when its HP drops to ⅓ or less of its max.
- PranksterHidden
Increases the priority of the Pokémon’s status moves by 1 stage. However, the Pokémon’s status moves no longer work against Dark-type Pokémon.
The Pokémon gathers Honey which is then sold for money after a battle is won, even if it did not participate.
Egg moves
- Baton PassNormalStatus— · —
The user switches out of battle to be replaced by another party Pokémon. If the user had any stat changes, a substitute, or other such effects, they will be passed on to the Pokémon switching in.
- Sticky WebBugStatus— · —
The user weaves a sticky net around the opposing team. Pokémon that switch into battle will have their Speed stats lowered. Pokémon such as Flying types or ones with the Levitate Ability are unaffected.
- DecorateFairyStatus— · —
The user sharply boosts the target’s Attack and Sp. Atk stats by decorating the target.
- Victory DanceFightingStatus— · —Rare egg move
The user performs an intense dance to usher in victory, boosting its Attack, Defense, and Speed stats.
Base stats
Volbeat · BST 430
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 Volbeat 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: Volbeat needs 50 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.