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whirlipede
🎯 Nature Recommendations
Adamant
Recommended
+Attack -Sp. Atk
Balanced Pokemon, physical orientation
Jolly
Alternative
+Speed -Sp. Atk
Or speed orientation
#544

whirlipede

Bug Poison

Protected by a hard shell, it spins its body like a wheel and crashes furiously into its enemies.

Height
1.2m
Weight
58.5kg
Generation
Gen V (BW/B2W2)
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Base Stats

HP
40
40
Attack
55
55
Defense
99
99
Sp. Atk
40
40
Sp. Def
79
79
Speed
47
47
Total
360

Abilities (Click for details)

poison-point
Normal Ability
swarm
Normal Ability
speed-boost

Type Matchups

Weaknesses (×2)

Fire Flying Rock Psychic

Resistances (×½)

Grass Fighting Poison Bug Fairy

Evolution Chain

venipede
venipede
#543
→
whirlipede
whirlipede
#544
→
scolipede
scolipede
#545

Moves

Level Move Type Category Power Accuracy PP
Lv.1 poison-sting poison physical 15 100 35
Lv.1 screech normal status - 85 40
Lv.1 defense-curl normal status - - 40
Lv.1 rollout rock physical 30 90 20
Lv.5 poison-sting poison physical 15 100 35
Lv.8 screech normal status - 85 40
Lv.12 pursuit dark physical 40 100 20
Lv.15 protect normal status - - 10
Lv.19 poison-tail poison physical 50 100 25
Lv.22 iron-defense steel status - - 15
Lv.23 bug-bite bug physical 60 100 20
Lv.28 venoshock poison special 65 100 10
Lv.32 agility psychic status - - 30
Lv.41 toxic poison status - 90 10
Lv.46 rock-climb normal physical 90 85 20
Lv.50 double-edge normal physical 120 100 15
Move Type Category Power Accuracy PP
solar-beam grass special 120 100 10
toxic poison status - 90 10
double-team normal status - - 15
rest psychic status - - 5
substitute normal status - - 10
protect normal status - - 10
sludge-bomb poison special 90 100 10
swagger normal status - 85 15
attract normal status - 100 15
sleep-talk normal status - - 10
return normal physical - 100 20
frustration normal physical - 100 20
hidden-power normal special 60 100 15
sunny-day fire status - - 5
rock-smash fighting physical 40 100 15
facade normal physical 70 100 20
secret-power normal physical 70 100 20
gyro-ball steel physical - 100 5
payback dark physical 50 100 10
poison-jab poison physical 80 100 20
venoshock poison special 65 100 10
round normal special 60 100 15
Move Type Category Power Accuracy PP
snore normal special 50 100 15
endeavor normal physical - 100 5
signal-beam bug special 75 100 15
iron-defense steel status - - 15
bug-bite bug physical 60 100 20

Moveset & Team Recommendations

⚔️ Recommended Movesets
Support & Disrupt Moveset Support
mega-horn toxic substitute protect
whirlipede's support moveset, Wear down opponents with Toxic, Protect yourself with Substitute.
👥 Team Recommendations
Balanced Team Core Balance
landorus-incarnate togekiss ferrothorn scizor gyarados
whirlipedeas a Balanced Team attacker core, Cover weaknesses with teammates.