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Venomoth

Poison Moth Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Venomoth

Venomoth (shiny)

Height: 1.5 m
Weight: 12.5 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate75(17.5%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP158

The powdery scales on its wings are hard to remove from skin. They also contain poison that leaks out on contact.

In Pokémon GO · 2082 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Base stats

HP

70

Attack

65

Defense

60

Sp. Atk

90

Sp. Def

75

Speed

90

Total

450

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Protects against incoming moves' extra effects.

Doubles damage inflicted with not-very-effective moves.

Wonder SkinHidden

Lowers incoming non-damaging moves' base accuracy to exactly 50%.

Egg groups: Bug

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Bug½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Quiver Dance

PU

Moves

Item

Heavy-Duty Boots

AbilityTinted Lens

NatureTimid+Spe/−Atk

TeraFairyGhost

EV spread

SpA252

SpD4

Spe▲252

Choice Specs

PU

Moves

Item

Choice Specs

AbilityTinted Lens

Nature["Timid","Modest"]

TeraBug

EV spread

SpA252

SpD4

Spe252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Venomoth

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Red

Cerulean Cave Safari Zone Victory Road

Blue

Cerulean Cave Safari Zone Victory Road

Yellow

Cerulean Cave Route 14 Route 15

Gold

Route 24 Route 25

Silver

Route 24 Route 25

Crystal

Route 10 Route 13 Route 14 Route 15 Route 43 Route 9

FireRed

Berry Forest Safari Zone

LeafGreen

Berry Forest Safari Zone

XD: Gale of Darkness

Cipher Key Lair

Diamond

Pearl

Platinum

HeartGold

Route 24 Route 25

SoulSilver

Route 24 Route 25

Black

White

X

Y

Omega Ruby

Alpha Sapphire

Let's Go Pikachu

Route 14 Route 15

Let's Go Eevee

Route 14 Route 15

Red Japan

Cerulean Cave Safari Zone Victory Road

Green Japan

Cerulean Cave Safari Zone Victory Road

Evolution

Venonat

Lv. 31

Venomoth

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Venomoth can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Sludge WaveSTAB

Sludge BombSTAB

Moves

Find a move24 of 24

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Air Slash Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Flying	Special	75	95	15
0	Gust Inflicts regular damage and can hit Pokémon in the air.	Flying	Special	40	100	35
1	Agility Raises the user’s Speed by two stages.	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
1	Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns.	Normal	Status	—	100	20
1	Foresight Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost.	Normal	Status	—	—	40
1	Leech Life Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Bug	Physical	80	100	10
1	Poison Powder Poisons the target.	Poison	Status	—	75	35
1	Quiver Dance Raises the user’s Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by one stage each.	Bug	Status	—	—	20
1	Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	85	40
1	Silver Wind Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage.	Bug	Special	60	100	5
1	Struggle Bug Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage.	Bug	Special	50	100	20
1	Supersonic Confuses the target.	Normal	Status	—	55	20
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Whirlwind Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
11	Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	50	100	25
25	Bug Buzz Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Bug	Special	90	100	10
25	Mega Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	40	100	15
25	Signal Beam Has a chance to confuse the target.	Bug	Special	75	100	15
30	Stun Spore Paralyzes the target.	Grass	Status	—	75	30
38	Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	65	100	20
41	Zen Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Psychic	Physical	80	90	15
43	Sleep Powder Puts the target to sleep.	Grass	Status	—	75	15
47	Poison Fang Has a chance to badly poison the target.	Poison	Physical	50	100	15
50	Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Psychic	Special	90	100	10

Sprites & renders

30 sprites & renders for Venomoth.

Official artwork

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Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Yellow

Red · Blue

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Black · White

Gold

Silver

Crystal

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Platinum

Diamond · Pearl

HeartGold · SoulSilver

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X · Y

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ORAS

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Emerald

Ruby · Sapphire

FireRed · LeafGreen

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Ultra Sun · Moon

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Cite this page

“Venomoth”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/venomoth.

Species data from PokéAPI.