Vespiquen #0416

BugFlying

Max CP	L402005L502267L51 · Best Buddy2294
Buddy Distance	3 km per Candy
Released	Feb 1, 2019Jul 22, 2022

Type Effectiveness

Vespiquen takes 256% from Rock, and 160% from Fire, Electric, Ice and Flying moves.

Weak ×2.6

Rock

Weak ×1.6

FireElectricIceFlying

Resists ×0.6

Bug

Resists ×0.4

GrassFighting

Vespiquen is a Bug/Flying-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, doubly weak to Rock and weak to Fire, Electric, Ice and Flying.

It reaches 2267 CP at level 50, or 2294 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Bug Bite with Bug Buzz.

Base Stats

Attack149

Defense190

Stamina172

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

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	BugBug Bite	BugBug Buzz	8.9	157
2	BugBug Bite	BugX-Scissor	8.8	157
3	BugFury Cutter	BugBug Buzz	8.3	148
4	FlyingAir Slash	BugBug Buzz	8.3	147
5	BugBug Bite	BugSignal Beam	8.2	145
6	FlyingAir Slash	BugX-Scissor	8.2	146
7	BugFury Cutter	BugX-Scissor	8.2	145
8	BugBug Bite	BugFell Stinger	7.8	139

12 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	PoisonPoison Sting	BugBug Buzz	7.8	139
10	FlyingAir Slash	BugSignal Beam	7.7	137
11	BugBug Bite	RockPower Gem	7.6	135
12	PoisonPoison Sting	BugX-Scissor	7.6	135
13	BugFury Cutter	BugSignal Beam	7.5	134
14	FlyingAir Slash	BugFell Stinger	7.5	133
15	FlyingAir Slash	RockPower Gem	7.3	129
16	BugFury Cutter	BugFell Stinger	7.1	127
17	PoisonPoison Sting	BugSignal Beam	7.1	125
18	BugFury Cutter	RockPower Gem	6.9	122
19	PoisonPoison Sting	BugFell Stinger	6.7	120
20	PoisonPoison Sting	RockPower Gem	6.5	115

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
Air Slash	Flying	12	8	1.0s	12.0	8.0
Bug Bite	Bug	5	6	0.5s	10.0	12.0
Poison Sting	Poison	4	6	0.5s	8.0	12.0
Fury Cutter	Bug	4	8	0.5s	8.0	16.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
X-Scissor	Bug	45	33	1.5s	30.0	1.36
Bug Buzz	Bug	95	50	3.5s	27.1	1.90
Power Gem	Rock	80	50	3.0s	26.7	1.60
Signal Beam	Bug	75	50	3.0s	25.0	1.50
Fell Stinger	Bug	45	33	2.0s	22.5	1.36

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Bug Bite	Bug	4	3	1	4.0	3.0
Fury Cutter	Bug	3	4	1	3.0	4.0
Air Slash	Flying	9	9	3	3.0	3.0
Poison Sting	Poison	4	9	2	2.0	4.5

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
Bug Buzz	Bug	100	60	1.67
X-Scissor	Bug	65	40	1.63
Signal Beam	Bug	75	55	1.36
Power Gem	Rock	85	50	1.70
Fell Stinger	Bug	20	35	0.57

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

Evolution Family

Combee

#0415

BugFlying

Female only

Vespiquen

#0416

BugFlying

Top Counters

Full Rankings

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

1Shadow RampardosRockSmack DownRockRock Slide48.3 eDPS
2Mega DiancieRockRock ThrowRockRock Slide47.2 eDPS
3Shadow RhyperiorRockSmack DownRockRock WreckerE45.2 eDPS
4Shadow TyrantrumRockRock ThrowRockMeteor Beam44.0 eDPS
5Shadow GigalithNormalLock-OnRockMeteor BeamE43.6 eDPS
6Mega RayquazaFlyingAir SlashFlyingDragon AscentK42.4 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	81210/10/10	85915/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	108210/10/10	114515/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	135310/10/10	143215/15/15
L40	40	16820/0/0	200515/15/15
L50	50	19010/0/0	226715/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	19240/0/0	229415/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	859	721
Level 20	1145	961
Level 25	1432	1201
Level 30	1719	1442
Level 35	1862	1562
Level 40	2005	1682
Level 45	2134	1790
Level 50	2267	1901
Level 51	2294	1924

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	1.2 m · 38.5 kg
Gender Ratio	100.0%
Trading	TradableTransferable

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

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/14/131498 CP at level 29

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/14/13	1498	29	100.00%
#2	0/12/15	1498	29	99.76%
#3	0/15/12	1497	29	99.73%
#4	1/12/13	1500	29	99.68%
#5	2/14/15	1500	28.5	99.59%
#6	0/13/13	1494	29	99.50%
#7	0/13/14	1498	29	99.50%
#8	0/11/10	1500	29.5	99.47%
#9	1/13/12	1500	29	99.42%
#10	1/15/15	1493	28.5	99.42%

A 15/15/15 ranks #2134 of 4,096, with 94.68% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs15/15/152294 CP at level 51

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	15/15/15	2294	51	100.00%
#2	15/14/15	2288	51	99.51%
#3	14/15/15	2280	51	99.39%
#4	15/15/14	2288	51	99.36%
#5	15/13/15	2283	51	99.02%
#6	14/14/15	2274	51	98.90%
#7	15/14/14	2282	51	98.88%
#8	13/15/15	2266	51	98.78%
#9	14/15/14	2274	51	98.76%
#10	15/15/13	2282	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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Vespiquen #0416

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