Bug Bite (move)

Bug Bite むしくい Bug Bite

The user bites the foe. If the foe is holding a Berry, the user eats it and gains its effect.

Battles Type  Bug Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Move tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  0 Jam  0

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  0 Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.

Bug Bite on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Bug Bite on Eevee's Movedex

Bug Bite (Japanese: むしくい Bug Bite) is a damage-dealing Bug-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Bug Bite inflicts damage. If the target is holding a Berry, the user will then eat the target's Berry and gain its effect. Bug Bite's Berry-stealing ability will not work on a target that is behind a Substitute.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 010 Caterpie Bug 15PtHGSS 013 Weedle Bug Poison 15PtHGSS 168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 204 Pineco Bug 9PtHGSS 205 Forretress Bug Steel -- 9PtHGSS 213 Shuckle Bug Rock 40PtHGSS 265 Wurmple Bug 15PtHGSS 291 Ninjask Bug Flying -- 401 Kricketot Bug 16PtHGSS 412 Burmy Plant Cloak Bug 15PtHGSS 412 Burmy Sandy Cloak Bug 15PtHGSS 412 Burmy Trash Cloak Bug 15PtHGSS 413 Wormadam Plant Cloak Bug Grass 15PtHGSS 413 Wormadam Sandy Cloak Bug Ground 15PtHGSS 413 Wormadam Trash Cloak Bug Steel 15PtHGSS 414 Mothim Bug Flying 15PtHGSS 415 Combee Bug Flying 13PtHGSS 451 Skorupi Poison Bug 34PtHGSS 452 Drapion Poison Dark 34PtHGSS 469 Yanmega Bug Flying -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 046 Paras Bug Grass Ariados Ninjask Yanmega 048 Venonat Bug Poison Ariados Ninjask Yanmega 165 Ledyba Bug Flying Ariados Ninjask Yanmega 283 Surskit Bug Water Ariados Ninjask Yanmega 290 Nincada Bug Ground Ariados Ninjask Yanmega Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

By move tutor

In HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 010 Caterpie Bug 011 Metapod Bug 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 013 Weedle Bug Poison 014 Kakuna Bug Poison 015 Beedrill Bug Poison 046 Paras Bug Grass 047 Parasect Bug Grass 048 Venonat Bug Poison 049 Venomoth Bug Poison 123 Scyther Bug Flying 151 Mew Psychic 165 Ledyba Bug Flying 166 Ledian Bug Flying 167 Spinarak Bug Poison 168 Ariados Bug Poison 193 Yanma Bug Flying 204 Pineco Bug 205 Forretress Bug Steel 212 Scizor Bug Steel 213 Shuckle Bug Rock 214 Heracross Bug Fighting 265 Wurmple Bug 266 Silcoon Bug 267 Beautifly Bug Flying 268 Cascoon Bug 269 Dustox Bug Poison 283 Surskit Bug Water 284 Masquerain Bug Flying 290 Nincada Bug Ground 291 Ninjask Bug Flying 292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 313 Volbeat Bug 314 Illumise Bug 328 Trapinch Ground 329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 330 Flygon Ground Dragon 401 Kricketot Bug 402 Kricketune Bug 412 Burmy Plant Cloak Bug 412 Burmy Sandy Cloak Bug 412 Burmy Trash Cloak Bug 413 Wormadam Plant Cloak Bug Grass 413 Wormadam Sandy Cloak Bug Ground 413 Wormadam Trash Cloak Bug Steel 414 Mothim Bug Flying 415 Combee Bug Flying 416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 451 Skorupi Poison Bug 452 Drapion Poison Dark 455 Carnivine Grass 469 Yanmega Bug Flying 485 Heatran Fire Steel Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other languages

• French: Piqure
• Italian: Coleomorso
• Spanish: Picadura
• German: Käferbiss

Trivia

• This move was more widely distributed in Pokémon Platinum. Only three Pokémon were able to learn it (without breeding) in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and even then, only by way of move relearner.

Variations on the move Bug Bite
	Bug Bite | Pluck

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