Pokédex · IV (Sinnoh)

Vespiquen#416

Strong point: Defense — higher than 87% of species. Its weakest point is Speed — lower than 83% of species. This is the final form of its line — it does not evolve any further. On defense it has 5 weaknesses, 3 resistances and 1 full immunity. Watch out for the Rock type — damage from it is quadrupled.

Vespiquen
Shiny version
Bug Flying
Height: 1.2 m (3′11″) Weight: 38.5 kg (84.9 lbs)

Base stats

HP
70
51%
Atk
80
52%
Def
102
87%
SpA
80
64%
SpD
102
89%
Spe
40
17%
TOTAL
474
56%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Sp. Def; weak point: Speed.

Defense and Sp. Def share first place here, so any nature that raises one of them will do. The list of natures shows what each one does.

Which nature to choose

Attack (80) and Sp. Atk (80) are nearly equal, so neither of these two stats can be lowered for free. The price has to be paid in defense — in the weaker one, because Defense does not stop anything here anyway.

  • Brave +Atk · −Spe Slow and attacking on both sides — the cheapest thing to give up is what it does not have. Under Trick Room this drop actually helps.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Regional numbers 7

The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version.

Sinnoh #054 Diamond / Pearl , Platinum , Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl
Unova #143 Black 2 / White 2
Kalos #077 X / Y
Galar #117 Sword / Shield
Isle of Armor #204 Sword / Shield , Sword/Shield: The Isle of Armor
Hisui #071 Legends: Arceus
Paldea #039 Scarlet / Violet

Abilities

  • Pressure Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.
  • Unnerve Prevents opposing Pokémon from eating held Berries.

Pokédex entry

Its abdomen is a honeycomb for grubs. It raises its grubs on honey collected by COMBEE.

Egg Group: Bug Gender: 0% ♂ / 100% ♀ Catch difficulty: hard (45/255) Base friendship: 70/255 Base EXP: 166

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Vespiquen takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.

Weak to Rock ×4 Fire ×2 Electric ×2 Ice ×2 Flying ×2
Resistant to Grass ×¼ Fighting ×¼ Bug ×½
Immune to Ground ×0

How it was drawn

2006–2019

The sprites come straight from the games in which Vespiquen appeared — one from each release.

Gen 4 2006
Vespiquen in Diamond / Pearl
Diamond / Pearl
Vespiquen in Platinum
Platinum
Vespiquen in HeartGold / SoulSilver
HeartGold / SoulSilver
Gen 5 2010
Vespiquen in Black / White
Black / White
Gen 6 2013
Vespiquen in X / Y
X / Y
Vespiquen in Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
Gen 7 2016
Vespiquen in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
Gen 8 2019
Vespiquen in Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl
Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl

Variant gallery

The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.

Vespiquen — large render in its regular coloring
Pokémon HOME
Vespiquen — large render in its shiny coloring
Pokémon HOME shiny
Vespiquen — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

TCG cards (8)

All Vespiquen cards →

Vespiquen has 8 cards in 7 sets. The oldest of them are shown below.

Offspring can come from 90 species from the same Egg Groups (with opposite genders) or from Ditto. Below are the first 12 by Pokédex number.

The Egg hatches after 15 cycles, which is roughly 4,100 steps. The exact cycle length depends on the game — newer titles shortened it noticeably — so treat this number as an order of magnitude, not a countdown. Having the Flame Body Ability in your party halves the wait.

Where to catch it (7)

All locations →

The levels shown are the widest range across all game versions — in a specific release it may be narrower. The exact area, catch method and chance are on the page of each location.

Galar

Unova

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (72 via TM/TR, 16 via tutor) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100% 20
1 Confuse Ray Ghost Status — 100% 10
1 Gust Flying Special 40 100% 35
1 Poison Sting Poison Physical 15 100% 35
1 Struggle Bug Bug Special 50 100% 20
1 Sweet Scent Normal Status — 100% 20
4 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95% 20
8 Aromatic Mist Fairy Status — — 20
9 Pursuit Dark Physical 40 100% 20
11 Pin Missile Bug Physical 25 95% 20
12 Fell Stinger Bug Physical 50 100% 25
16 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 80% 15
18 Silver Wind Bug Special 60 100% 5
20 Swagger Normal Status — 85% 15
24 Aromatherapy Grass Status — — 5
24 Roost Flying Status — — 5
25 Slash Normal Physical 70 100% 20
28 Air Slash Flying Special 75 95% 15
29 Heal Order Bug Status — — 10
32 Power Gem Rock Special 80 100% 20
36 Toxic Poison Status — 90% 10
40 Attack Order Bug Physical 90 100% 15
40 Defend Order Bug Status — — 10
41 Captivate Normal Status — 100% 20
43 Bug Buzz Bug Special 90 100% 10
44 Destiny Bond Ghost Status — — 5
52 Recover Normal Status — — 5