Volbeat

Volbeat バルビート
Minun < Volbeat > Illumise
Species	Type
Firefly Pokémon
Number	Ability
#313	Illuminate/Swarm Prankster
Height	Weight
2′4″ (0.7m)	39 lbs. (17.7kg)
Gender Ratio
Male: 100%	Female: 0%
Evolves From	Evolves Into
None	None
Egg Group	Catch Rate
Bug/Human-Like	150
Tier	EV Yield
NU/RU/UU/OU	1 Speed Point

Volbeat (バルビート) is the 86th Pokémon in the Hoenn Pokédex. He is a Bug Type, and is known as the Firefly Pokémon.

Volbeat can have one of two Abilities: Illuminate, which increases the likelihood of encountering Pokémon in the Wild when he is in the first slot in the Party; or Swarm, which increases the power of his Bug-Type moves by 50% once his HP falls below one-third of his maximum. A third Ability is available to Volbeat from the Dream World, the Prankster Ability. This Ability increases the Speed Priority of all moves that are in the Status Category by 1, working for moves such as Confuse Ray and Thunder Wave, for examples.

Volbeat does not evolve and does not have a pre-evolved form.

Volbeat is in the Egg Groups Bug and Human-Like, and his Egg takes approximately 3,840 Steps to hatch. His Egg could also hatch as either a Volbeat or an Illumise starting with Generation IV. It takes Volbeat approximately 600,000 Experience Points to reach Level 100.

[edit] Biology

[edit] Physiology

Volbeat resembles a red firefly that has two yellow stripes on his midsection.

[edit] Gender Differences

Volbeat are always male.

[edit] Game Information

[edit] Original Games

Volbeat appears at Route 117 in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.

Volbeat appears at Route 229 in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. Volbeat appears at the Bug-Catching Contest on Thursdays in Heart Gold and Soul Silver, along with the Safari Zone's Mountain area after 10 Plains Objects have been placed in the area.

Volbeat appears at Route 3 during a Swarm in Black and Black 2.

[edit] Spin-off Games

Volbeat appears at Huge Storage 1, Endless Level 5, Trozei Battle and Mr. Who's Den in Pokémon Trozei!.

Volbeat appears on the first six floors of North Wind Field in the first round of Mystery Dungeon games. In Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Sky, Volbeat appears at Steam Cave UP 1F-7F. Volbeat is exclusive to Light Adventure Squad in Mystery Dungeon 3. He appears at Mica Lake B1-B12 and Final Cave on floors 8 and 9.

Volbeat has yet to appear in any of the Pokémon Ranger games.

Volbeat can be found at Simmering Lake Treetops 2-4 in Pokémon Rumble Blast.

[edit] Trading Card Game

Volbeat appears in a total of five sets. It is listed as a Common Card in the Great Encounters and Triumphant Sets, and is listed as an Uncommon Card in the EX Sandstorm, EX Emerald, and EX Delta Species sets.

[edit] Anime/Manga Information

[edit] Anime

Other trainers have used Volbeat in the episodes Love At First Flight!, That's Just Swellow, which was the first appearance of the PokéRinger competition in the series, and three other episodes in the Hoenn Region. Wild Volbeat also make a cameo in the episode Time-Warp Heals All Wounds!

[edit] Movies

Wild Volbeat appear in the Pikachu Short Camp Pikachu and Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

[edit] Manga

Volbeat's Manga info is unknown at this time.

[edit] Pokémon Information

[edit] Competitive Battling

Volbeat may not look like it can do much in the Metagame, but is capable of appearing in the Never-Utilized, Rarely-Utilized, Under-Utilized and Over-Utilized Tiers of Competitive Battling. Thanks to receiving Prankster as his Hidden Ability, Volbeat gets increased priority with his Status moves, giving him priority usage of the moves Tail Glow, which now increases Special Attack by 3 Stages, and Baton Pass to pass the boosts, for examples.

However, Volbeat is frail statistically and can easily be beaten. Additionally, a prepared team will be able to Phaze out its Statistical increases. Priority moves from faster Pokémon also have a chance at taking it out before it can set up.

[edit] Area Location

[edit] Pokédex Entries

[edit] Pokéathlon Statistics

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Moves

[edit] Via Level-Up

Level	Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Start	Flash		N/A	100	Status
Start	Tackle		50	100	Physical
5	Double Team		N/A	N/A	Status
9	Confuse Ray		N/A	100	Status
13	Moonlight		N/A	N/A	Status
17	Quick Attack		40	100	Physical
21	Tail Glow		N/A	N/A	Status
25	Signal Beam		75	100	Special
29	Protect		N/A	N/A	Status
33	Helping Hand		N/A	N/A	Status
37	Zen Headbutt		80	90	Physical
41	Bug Buzz		90	100	Special
45	Double-Edge		120	100	Physical

[edit] Via TM/HM

TM/HM No.	Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
TM06	Toxic		--	90	Status
TM10	Hidden Power		??	100	Special
TM11	Sunny Day		--	--	Status
TM16	Light Screen		--	--	Status
TM17	Protect		--	--	Status
TM18	Rain Dance		--	--	Status
TM21	Frustration		??	100	Physical
TM22	Solarbeam		120	100	Special
TM24	Thunderbolt		95	100	Special
TM25	Thunder		120	70	Special
TM27	Return		??	100	Physical
TM30	Shadow Ball		80	100	Special
TM31	Brick Break		75	100	Physical
TM32	Double Team		--	--	Status
TM40	Aerial Ace		60	--	Physical
TM42	Facade		70	100	Physical
TM44	Rest		--	--	Status
TM45	Attract		--	100	Status
TM46	Thief		40	100	Physical
TM48	Round		60	100	Special
TM56	Fling		??	100	Physical
TM57	Charge Beam		50	90	Special
TM62	Acrobatics		55	100	Physical
TM70	Flash		--	100	Status
TM73	Thunder Wave		--	100	Status
TM76	Struggle Bug		30	100	Special
TM77	Psych Up		--	--	Status
TM87	Swagger		--	90	Status
TM89	U-turn		70	100	Physical
TM90	Substitute		--	--	Status

[edit] Via Breeding

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Baton Pass		--	--%	Status
Silver Wind		60	100%	Special
Trick		--	100%	Status
Encore		--	100%	Status
Bug Buzz		90	100%	Special
Dizzy Punch		70	100%	Physical
Seismic Toss		??	100%	Physical

[edit] Via Dream World

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Tailwind		--	--%	Status

[edit] Via Move Tutor (Black 2/White 2)

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Bug Bite		60	100%	Physical
Giga Drain		75	100%	Special
Helping Hand		--	--%	Status
Ice Punch		75	100%	Physical
Roost		--	--%	Status
Signal Beam		75	100%	Special
Sleep Talk		--	--%	Status
Snore		40	100%	Special
Tailwind		--	--%	Status
Thunderpunch		75	100%	Physical
Trick		--	100%	Status
Zen Headbutt		8	90%	Physical

[edit] Generation III Exclusive Move Tutor Moves

[edit] Emerald

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Dynamicpunch		100	50%	Physical

[edit] Fire Red/Leaf Green

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Mega Punch		80	85%	Physical
Mega Kick		120	75%	Physical
Body Slam		85	100%	Physical
Counter		??	100%	Physical
Mimic		--	--%	Status
Metronome		--	--%	Status

[edit] Generation IV Exclusive Moves

[edit] Via TM/HM

• TM01: Focus Punch
• TM03: Water Pulse
• TM34: Shock Wave
• TM43: Secret Power
• TM58: Endure
• TM78: Captivate
• TM83: Natural Gift

[edit] Via Move Tutor

[edit] Platinum/Heart Gold/Soul Silver

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
Air Cutter		55	95%	Special
Ominous Wind		60	100%	Special
Swift		60	--%	Special
Mud-Slap		20	100%	Special

[edit] Heart Gold/Soul Silver

Move	Type	Power	Acc%	Class
String Shot		--	95%	Status

[edit] Evolution Line

Evolution Line
Volbeat

[edit] Type Matchups

Type	Attack Advantages	Attack Disadvantages	Defense Advantages	Defense Disadvantages