butterfree

Types: bug, flying

In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.

← Metapod · Weedle →

Key features

• National Dex: #012
• Height / Weight: 1.1 m, 32.0 kg
• Base Stat Total: 395
• Highest Stat: special-attack
• Abilities: compound-eyes, tinted-lens (Hidden)
• Base Experience: 178
• Generation: Gen I (Kanto)
• Habitat: Forest
• Egg Groups: Bug
• Growth Rate: Medium
• Capture Rate: 45
• Base Happiness: 70
• Gender: 50.0% ♀ / 50.0% ♂
• Color: White
• Shape: Bug Wings
• Forms/Varieties: 2
• TCG: 25 cards (~€142 total est.). View all.

Game locations

• Known locations: 22; e.g., ilex forest area, johto route 34 area, johto route 35 area, johto route 36 area, johto route 37 area, johto route 38 area
• Game versions: gold, crystal, heartgold, white, sun, moon

Butterfree TCG Cards

Estimated combined market value: €142$156 (25 cards)

• Butterfree – Journey Together (#3)€0.05$0.06
• Butterfree – 151 (#12)€0.06$0.07
• Butterfree – Fusion Strike (#3)€0.28$0.31
• Butterfree – Darkness Ablaze (#1)€1.59$1.75
• Butterfree – Darkness Ablaze (#2)€3.21$3.53
• Butterfree – Darkness Ablaze (#177)€3.41$3.75
• Butterfree – Darkness Ablaze (#190)€9.41$10.35
• Butterfree – Rebel Clash (#3)€0.19$0.21
• Butterfree – Hidden Fates (#3)€0.13$0.14
• Butterfree – Unbroken Bonds (#4)€0.46$0.51
• Butterfree – Burning Shadows (#3)€0.16$0.18
• Butterfree – Sun & Moon (#3)€0.18$0.20
• Butterfree – Generations (#5)€1.91$2.10
• Butterfree – Flashfire (#3)€1.57$1.73
• Butterfree – HeartGold & SoulSilver (#16)€1.56$1.72
• Butterfree – Supreme Victors (#17)€2.99$3.29
• Butterfree – Great Encounters (#14)€0.89$0.98
• Butterfree – FireRed & LeafGreen (#2)€7.40$8.14
• Butterfree – Expedition Base Set (#5)€16.86$18.55
• Butterfree – Expedition Base Set (#38)€5.92$6.51
• Butterfree – Legendary Collection (#21)€1.72$1.89
• Butterfree – Southern Islands (#9)€75.65$83.22
• Butterfree – Neo Discovery (#19)€2.53$2.78
• Butterfree – Base Set 2 (#34)€2.03$2.23
• Butterfree – Jungle (#33)€2.05$2.25

Bekijk alle Butterfree-kaarten in onze database.

Top 5 most valuable Butterfree cards

1. Butterfree – Southern Islands (#9) — €75.65$20.16
2. Butterfree – Expedition Base Set (#5) — €16.86$133.33
3. Butterfree – Darkness Ablaze (#190) — €9.41$10.63
4. Butterfree – FireRed & LeafGreen (#2) — €7.40$17.73
5. Butterfree – Expedition Base Set (#38) — €5.92$6.95

Stats breakdown

• hp: 60
• attack: 45
• defense: 50
• special-attack: 90
• special-defense: 80
• speed: 70

Combat effectiveness

Weak to: rock 4xflying 2xfire 2xelectric 2xice 2x

Resists: fighting 0.25xgrass 0.25xbug 0.5x

Immune to: ground 0x

Abilities (summary)

• compound-eyes: Increases moves' accuracy to 1.3×.
• tinted-lens (Hidden): Doubles damage inflicted with not-very-effective moves.

Moves

• Lv.1: tackle
• Lv.1: string-shot
• Lv.1: harden
• Lv.1: bug-bite
• Lv.12: confusion
• Lv.15: poison-powder
• Lv.16: stun-spore
• Lv.17: sleep-powder
• Lv.23: supersonic
• Lv.28: gust
• Lv.29: whirlwind
• Lv.34: psybeam

Machine: acrobatics, aerial-ace, air-slash, attract, baton-pass, bide, bug-buzz, captivate, confide, curse, defog, double-edge

Tutor: air-cutter, bug-bite, defog, double-edge, dream-eater, dual-wingbeat, electroweb, endure, giga-drain, mimic, nightmare, ominous-wind

Biology & Breeding

Fun Facts

The Story of Butterfree

Evolution line: caterpie → metapod → butterfree

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caterpie · metapod · weedle · kakuna · beedrill · paras · parasect · venonat · venomoth · scyther · pinsir · ledyba

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