The Johto remakes offer a wide selection of Bug-types to pick from, some of which are underrated.
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3. Butterfree
Butterfree is a species that has been unfairly overlooked for years. Butterfree are small, flightless creatures that live in the rainforest. They are known for their beautiful green and yellow plumage, and their sweet-tasting beaks. Butterfree have always been unfairly underrated, and they deserve to be more well-known.
Butterfree is a Pokémon that is all but guaranteed to be your best Pokémon in the early game.
Pokémon with Confusion at level 10 make you an unstoppable force against most teams until Butterfree’s power eventually falls off later on.
Our move pool for Confusion is designed to take out Poison-types quickly and easily.
Butterfree will learn Gust at level 16, which is a flying-type move that can be useful against Pokémon who are not susceptible to Confusion. ..
Unfortunately, Butterfree lacks any major Bug-type moves, so we’ll build the rest of its move set around some status moves.
At level 12, Butterfree will learn Stun Spore, Sleep Powder, and Poisonpowder – three status moves that are excellent for this stage in the game. These moves will help to take down pesky foes quickly and easily.
The moves that work for Butterfree are Sleep Powder and Stun Spore. However, I prefer to equip my Butterfree with Sleep Powder and Stun Spore, as these are the most common Poison-type Pokémon in the early game.
After Whitney’s Gym in Goldenrod City, use Butterfree less as an offensive Pokémon and more as a utility Pokémon.
Butterfree’s Sleep Powder can help a Pokémon win against Whitney’s deadly Miltank.
To catch Butterfree, you can compete in the National Park Bug Catching Contest on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
If you want to catch a Butterfree in Ilex Forest, you can take a Pokémon who can learn Headbutt and speak to the move tutor there. Once your Pokémon has headbutt, use it on a tree in Ilex Forest for a chance to encounter a Butterfree.
2. Scyther
Scizor is a great Pokémon for those who love fighting. It’s fast, strong, and has a lot of moves to help you take down your opponents. Plus, it’s always fun to watch Scizor in action!
Scizor is a rare example of an evolution that doesn’t strictly improve on its pre-evolved form. The two Pokémon have the same base stat total, with the points merely being distributed differently. ..
Bug/Steel is a type of attack that Scizor can use. However, because Bug/Steel doesn’t have the same effect on Scizor as Flying/Bug, it doesn’t make him necessarily better at using this attack.
If you want to catch & use Scizor, I suggest reading my article on the best Steel-types for this gen.
Scyther is a dragon-like creature that lives in the forest. It is very powerful and can fly very fast. Scyther is also very dangerous, as it can kill people with its powerful wings.
Scyther is a versatile Pokemon that can be a valuable member of your team all the way through to the endgame. However, it requires careful building in order to maximize its potential. ..
Scyther’s moveset will be focused on offense, setting it up to sweep away any threats.
Swords Dance is a status move that will buff Scyther’s physical attack sharply. It can one-shot enemy Pokémon if you pick it up from the Goldenrod City Game Corner. ..
Bug-type STAB will use the X-scissor move, which Scyther will learn naturally at level 41.
On the long road to learning how to use the X-scissor, we can make do with a mix of U-turn and pursuit.
U-Turn can be learned by defeating the Azalea Town Gym. It’s a high power Bug-type move that also switches Scyther out from battle – handy to get it away from any threats that might one-shot it.
While U-Turn is a great utility move in its own right, it’s not ideal as a primary offensive move, as the switch-out that follows the damage is mandatory.
Pursuit will help us keep Scyther in the fight, so we don’t have to switch it out every time we want it to do damage. ..
U-Turn allows us to take out any Psychic-type Pokémon without taking Scyther off the battlefield. Pursuit will also take care of any Pokémon that we might want to target with U-Turn.
Scyther will learn Pursuit at level 9.
For its final move, Wing Attack or Aerial Ace both work as Flying-type STAB – but I personally use Wing Attack, so I can keep the Aerial Ace TM for my primary Flying-type Pokémon.
To catch Scyther, you will need to catch the bug that lives on his back. The Bug Catching Contest is held on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
1. Heracross
Heracross is a powerful Pokémon that many players know well. Its power can help a team in many ways. ..
Heracross’s massive attack stat and wide range of powerful moves make it an ideal choice as a Bug and Fighting type Pokémon. ..
Heracross can learn Aerial Ace as early as level 13, so it’s a good move to consider for a moveset. ..
Fighting-type STAB is a great way to start our battling career, with Brick Break at level 19. ..
Heracross can add Close Combat to its repertoire once it reaches level 37, which will provide one-shot damage against Fighting-type opponents. ..
Heracross has to wait a long time to get some reliable Bug-type STAB, but the journey is worth it. It’ll learn the enormous Megahorn at level 55.
U-turn is the only way to fix this Bug-type void.
This is my preferred setup for Heracross, but if you’re not worried about Close Combat’s low PP, you can swap out Brick Break for a more versatile move.
Iron Defense can be learned from the Frontier Front tutors, and will set up Heracross to take some hits from any Pokémon which could survive a Close Combat or a Megahorn.
Earthquake and Rock Tomb work well to cover up Heracross’ weaknesses to fire-type attacks.
To catch Heracross in the Johto region, you should headbutt trees all over the area. I personally recommend picking it up early by headbutting a tree in Azalea Town. ..
