Venomoth #0049

BugPoison

Max CP	L402082L502354L51 · Best Buddy2382
Buddy Distance	3 km per Candy
Released	Jul 6, 2016May 1, 2020

Type Effectiveness

Venomoth takes 160% from Fire, Flying, Psychic and Rock moves.

Weak ×1.6

FireFlyingPsychicRock

Resists ×0.6

PoisonBugFairy

Resists ×0.4

GrassFighting

Venomoth is a Bug/Poison-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic and Rock.

It reaches 2354 CP at level 50, or 2382 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Bug Bite with Bug Buzz, which needs an Elite TM.

Base Stats

Attack179

Defense143

Stamina172

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	BugBug Bite	BugBug Buzz	9.6	132
2	BugBug Bite	PsychicPsychic	9.2	126
3	BugInfestation	BugBug Buzz	9.2	126
4	PsychicConfusion	BugBug Buzz	9.0	124
5	PsychicPsywave	BugBug Buzz	8.9	122
6	BugInfestation	PsychicPsychic	8.7	119
7	PsychicConfusion	PsychicPsychic	8.6	118
8	BugBug Bite	NormalReturn	8.6	117

12 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	PsychicPsywave	PsychicPsychic	8.4	115
10	BugBug Bite	BugSilver Wind	8.2	112
11	PsychicConfusion	NormalReturn	8.0	110
12	PsychicConfusion	BugSilver Wind	7.9	108
13	BugInfestation	NormalReturn	7.9	108
14	BugInfestation	BugSilver Wind	7.8	107
15	BugBug Bite	PoisonPoison Fang	7.7	106
16	PsychicPsywave	BugSilver Wind	7.5	103
17	PsychicConfusion	PoisonPoison Fang	7.4	102
18	PsychicPsywave	NormalReturn	7.3	99
19	BugInfestation	PoisonPoison Fang	7.2	98
20	PsychicPsywave	PoisonPoison Fang	6.7	92

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Confusion	Psychic	19	14	1.5s	12.7	9.3
Bug BiteE	Bug	5	6	0.5s	10.0	12.0
Infestation	Bug	9	13	1.0s	9.0	13.0
Psywave	Psychic	4	7	0.5s	8.0	14.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
ReturnP	Normal	25	33	0.5s	50.0	0.76
Psychic	Psychic	95	50	3.0s	31.7	1.90
Bug Buzz	Bug	95	50	3.5s	27.1	1.90
Poison Fang	Poison	30	33	1.5s	20.0	0.91
Silver Wind	Bug	65	33	3.5s	18.6	1.97

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Confusion	Psychic	16	14	4	4.0	3.5
Bug BiteE	Bug	4	3	1	4.0	3.0
Infestation	Bug	10	12	3	3.3	4.0
Psywave	Psychic	3	4	1	3.0	4.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
ReturnP	Normal	130	70	1.86
Silver Wind	Bug	75	45	1.67
Bug Buzz	Bug	100	60	1.67
Psychic	Psychic	75	55	1.36
Poison Fang	Poison	50	40	1.25

DPS damage per second · EPS energy per second · DPE damage per energy.

Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.

Purified: Return is learned by purifying a Shadow.

Evolution Family

Venonat

#0048

BugPoison

45 purified

Venomoth

#0049

BugPoison

Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Tier 5 raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

1Mega Mewtwo YPsychicPsycho CutPsychicFuture Sight+60.5 eDPS
2Mega RayquazaFlyingAir SlashFlyingDragon AscentK54.7 eDPS
3Mega DelphoxFireFire SpinFireMystical Fire+48.9 eDPS
4Attack Forme DeoxysPsychicZen HeadbuttPsychicPsycho Boost47.9 eDPS
5BlacephalonFireIncinerateFireMind BlownE45.2 eDPS
6Shadow ReshiramFireFire FangFireFusion FlareE44.8 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Not stronger than the everyday pick against any Tier 5 or Mega boss.

The everyday pick is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that pick would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	84410/10/10	89215/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	112510/10/10	119015/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	140710/10/10	148715/15/15
L40	40	17530/0/0	208215/15/15
L50	50	19820/0/0	235415/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	20050/0/0	238215/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	892	751
Level 20	1190	1001
Level 25	1487	1252
Level 30	1785	1502
Level 35	1934	1628
Level 40	2082	1753
Level 45	2216	1866
Level 50	2354	1982
Level 51	2382	2005

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move	50 Candy · 50,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	1.5 m · 12.5 kg
Gender Ratio	50.0%50.0%
Trading	TradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Venomoth in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/13/151500 CP at level 27.5

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/13/15	1500	27.5	100.00%
#2	0/12/15	1495	27.5	99.35%
#3	1/11/15	1499	27.5	99.26%
#4	0/13/14	1496	27.5	99.23%
#5	1/12/14	1499	27.5	99.15%
#6	0/14/13	1497	27.5	99.10%
#7	0/10/12	1500	28	99.09%
#8	1/13/13	1500	27.5	99.02%
#9	2/15/14	1495	27	99.01%
#10	2/15/15	1499	27	99.01%

A 15/15/15 ranks #2061 of 4,096, with 94.45% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs15/15/152382 CP at level 51

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	15/15/15	2382	51	100.00%
#2	14/15/15	2370	51	99.48%
#3	15/14/15	2375	51	99.36%
#4	15/15/14	2376	51	99.36%
#5	13/15/15	2358	51	98.96%
#6	14/14/15	2362	51	98.85%
#7	14/15/14	2364	51	98.85%
#8	15/14/14	2368	51	98.73%
#9	15/13/15	2367	51	98.73%
#10	15/15/13	2369	51	98.73%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1 of 4,096, with 100.00% of the best stat product.

Ultra League Rankings on PvPoke

Ranked by stat product at the highest level under the CP cap.

Trades and research have at least 10 in each IV, lucky trades 12. Check your own. This ranks IVs only. For the meta, see PvPoke.

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Venomoth #0049

Type Effectiveness

Base Stats

Best Movesets

Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Evolution Family

Top Counters

Worth Powering Up?

CP by Level

Dex Details

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

Ultra League