#0265 · Worm Pokémon
Wurmple
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Rank #511 · 7 votes · median D
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Game data
Abilities
- Shield Dust
Protective dust shields the Pokémon from the additional effects of moves.
- Run AwayHidden
Enables a sure getaway from wild Pokémon, as well as ignoring any effect that would usually prevent the Pokémon from switching out.
When the Pokémon is hit by a contact move, the attacker has a 30% chance of being poisoned.
Different passives in this line: Silcoon: Sturdy, Cascoon: Sturdy, Beautifly: Simple, Dustox: Simple
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.
- Bleakwind StormSpecial100 pow · 80%
The user attacks with savagely cold winds that cause both body and spirit to tremble. This move has a 30% chance of lowering the Speed stats of opposing Pokémon, and never misses in rain.
- Stored PowerPsychicSpecial20 pow · 100%
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.
- Malignant ChainPoisonSpecial100 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The user pours toxins into the target by wrapping them in a toxic, corrosive chain. This move has a 50% chance of badly poisoning the target.
Base stats
Wurmple · BST 195
Beautifly · BST 395
BST in this line: Wurmple 195 · Silcoon 205 · Cascoon 205 · Beautifly 395 · Dustox 385
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-1 starter:
- Passive ability
- 40 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 25 / 60 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 30 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Wurmple eggs: 27 🍬 after 20 hatches, 22 🍬 after 40 hatches, 15 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 25
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Wurmple needs 25 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.