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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Bug Type Pokemon

Bug Type Pokemon are strong against Grass, Psychic, and Dark Type Pokemon. Learn what are the best Bug Type Pokemon you can get your hands on in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV)!

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List of Bug Type Pokemon Best Bug Type Pokemon

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Best Bug-type Pokemon for Tera Raids

Best Bug-type Pokemon for Tera Raids
Scizor Scizor

Scizor

Scizor Scizor

Tera Raid Build
Bug Icon Steel Icon 		Tera Type Nature
Bug Icon Adamant
(↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread
HP:
252		 Atk:
252		 Def:
4
Ability Moveset
Swarm ・ Swords Dance
・ X-Scissor
・ Leer
・ Focus Energy
Held Item
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Scope Lens ImageScope Lens

This Scizor Tera Raid build functions well against Psychic-type Pokemon. Its high Attack stat can be bolstered even further with Swords Dance so it can hit harder with X-Scissor.

Scizor can also raise its critical hit ratio with Focus Energy and Scope Lens in order for it to deal bigger damage.

Scizor Best Tera Raid Build

Best Bug-type Pokemon for Competitive Ranked Battle

Best Bug-type Pokemon for Ranked Battles
Volcarona Volcarona Heracross Heracross Slither Wing Slither Wing

Volcarona

Volcarona Volcarona
Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature Timid (↑ Spe, ↓ Atk)
EV Spread HP 4 / Sp.Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values HP 161 / Def 85 / Sp.Atk 187 / Sp.Def 135 / Spe 167
Ability Swarm
Tera Type
Pokemon Grass Type Icon or Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
Held Item
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Focus Sash ImageFocus Sash
Moveset ・ Fiery Dance
・ Bug Buzz
・ Giga Drain
・ Quiver Dance

Volcarona works best with a dual dance combination set which includes both Quiver Dance and Fiery Dance.

It has one of the highest Special Attack and Speed stats in the current meta, and is very strong against some commonly-used Pokemon in Ranked Battles.

Volcarona Movesets and Best Builds

Heracross

Heracross Heracross
Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature Jolly (↑ Spe, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread Atk 252 / Sp.Def 4 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values HP 155 / Atk 177 / Def 95 / Sp.Def 116 / Spe 150
Ability Moxie
Tera Type Pokemon Steel Type Icon
Held Item
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Choice Scarf ImageChoice Scarf
Moveset ・ Tera Blast
・ Close Combat
・ Megahorn
・ Stone Edge

Heracross' Moxie Ability allows it to run an effective revenge killer build with Choice Scarf since the +1 Attack it gets for knocking out a Pokemon can snowball and make it difficult to switch into once it gets enough boosts.

Heracross Movesets and Best Builds

Slither Wing

Slither Wing Slither Wing
Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread HP 252 / Atk 252 / Sp.Def 4
Final Stat Values HP 192 / Atk 205 / Def 99 / Sp.Def 196 / Spe 101
Ability Protosynthesis
Tera Type Pokemon Bug Type Icon
Held Item
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Booster Energy ImageBooster Energy
Moveset ・ First Impression
・ Leech Life
・ Close Combat
・ Will-O-Wisp

Slither Wing's great dual STAB and Booster Energy immediately activating Protosynthesis makes it a great bulky attacker in Doubles, with its priority First Impression denting Pokemon that don't resist it.

It can also use Leech Life to recover some health, allowing Slither Wing to stay in the field for longer.

Slither Wing Movesets and Best Builds

Best Bug-type Pokemon for Story Playthrough

Best Bug-type Pokemon for the Story
Heracross Heracross Lokix Lokix Spidops Spidops

Heracross

Heracross Heracross
Best Build for the Story
Nature Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability Swarm
Tera Type Pokemon Fighting Type Icon
Held Item
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Muscle Band ImageMuscle Band
Moveset ・ Close Combat
・ Megahorn
・ Pounce
・ Swords Dance

Heracross has long been a physical Fighting-type attacker for story playthroughs but it can also use Bug-type attacks such as Megahorn when you need it. You can boost its Attack stat with Swords Dance before attacking your target.

Heracross Location, Evolution, and Learnset

Lokix

Lokix Lokix
Best Build for the Story
Nature Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability Swarm
Tera Type Pokemon Bug Type Icon
Held Item
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Sitrus Berry ImageSitrus Berry
Moveset ・ First Impression
・ Sucker Punch
・ Detect
・ X-Scissor

Lokix is a speedy physical attacker who is also viable in story playthroughs. It has a wide movepool which synergizes well with its high Attack stat.

Lokix Learnset, How to Get, and Evolution

Spidops

Spidops Spidops
Best Build for the Story
Nature Impish (↑ Def, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread Atk 252 / Def 252
Ability Insomnia
Tera Type Pokemon Bug Type Icon
Held Item
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Silver Powder ImageSilver Powder
Moveset ・ U-turn
・ Leech Life
・ X-Scissor
・ Silk Trap

Spidops is a viable physical Bug-type attacker that you can use in story battles. You can use it as a lead as it possesses some bulk, and you can use Silk Trap to lower the Speed stat of any opposing Pokemon using physical attacks, then switch in to another Pokemon in your team with U-turn.

Spidops Learnset, How to Get, and Evolution

Best Pokemon to Terastallize to Bug

Not a Great Tera Type

Terastallizing into a Bug Tera Type does not bring many benefits apart from losing weaknesses of a Pokemon's original typing.

Most Pokemon will be better off Terastallizing into another type than Bug, as these types will improve their offense or defense better than changing into a Bug-type.

This may be the case, but it doesn't mean that the Bug Tera Type is useless, as it can still be used in story playthroughs.

Best Bug Tera Pokemon

Best Pokemon to Terastallize to Bug
Flamigo Flamigo Hawlucha Hawlucha Grafaiai Grafaiai

Flamigo

Flamigo Flamigo
Best Build for the Story
Nature Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability Scrappy
Tera Type Pokemon Bug Type Icon
Held Item None
Moveset ・ Close Combat
・ U-turn
・ Acrobatics
・ Bulk Up

You will be able to locate a Flamigo with a Bug Tera Type in Paldea. You can use this in your story playthrough as Terastallizing this Flamigo with a Bug Tera Type will remove its Fighting, Fairy, and Psychic weaknesses.

Outside of Terastallization, you can also use U-turn to deal super-effective damage against Psychic-type Pokemon.

Flamigo Location, Evolution, and Learnset

Hawlucha

Hawlucha Hawlucha
Best Build for the Story
Nature Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability Unburden
Tera Type Pokemon Bug Type Icon
Held Item
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Sitrus Berry ImageSitrus Berry
Moveset ・ Acrobatics
・ X-Scissor
・ Flying Press
・ Brave Bird

You will be able to locate a Hawlucha with a Bug Tera Type in Paldea. You can use this Hawlucha as a physical attacker with X-Scissor as its main attack while it is Terastallized.

You can catch this Hawlucha once you reach the later portions of the game, but rest assured you can include this in your team before you finish the story.

Hawlucha Location, Evolution, and Learnset

Grafaiai

Grafaiai POKEMON
Best Build for the Story
Nature Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
EV Spread Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability Poison Touch
Tera Type Pokemon Bug Type Icon
Held Item
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Muscle Band ImageMuscle Band
Moveset ・ Swords Dance
・ X-Scissor
・ Gunk Shot
・ Poison Jab

You will be able to locate a Grafaiai with a Bug Tera Type in Paldea. You can also use this as a physical attacker and boost its Attack stat with Swords Dance and hit harder with Muscle Band.

While Terastallized with its Bug Tera Type, use X-Scissor as your main move. You can dish out huge damage if you are able to buff Grafaiai up before attacking.

You can catch this Grafaiai once you reach the later portions of the game, but rest assured you can include this in your team before you finish the story.

Grafaiai Location, Evolution, and Learnset

Best Tera Type for Bug-type Pokemon

Bug Tera Type

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV Bug Tera Type

Bug-type Pokemon can Terastallize into their own type to boost the power of Bug-type moves. This will also remove the weaknesses of their other typing if there are any.

Fire Tera Type

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV Fire Tera Type

The primary counter for Bug-type Pokemon are Fire-type moves, which they can easily fend off if they Terastallize into a Fire Tera Type. This will allow them to safely receive Flamethrowers, Fire Blasts, and the like.

You can change your Pokemon's Tera Type to Fire with Fire Tera Shards.

Steel Tera Type

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV Steel Tera Type

Another viable defensive Tera Type for Bug-type Pokemon is Steel, as this will make them resist Flying and Rock-type moves instead of being vulnerable with these attacks.

Do note, however, that this will retain their weakness to Fire-type attacks, so be wary!

You can change your Pokemon's Tera Type to Steel with Steel Tera Shards.

Best Pokemon to Terastallize

Best Bug Type Pokemon By Base Stat

Best Bug Type Pokemon by Base Stats

Key
H - HP
A - Attack
B - Defense
C - Special Attack
D - Special Defense
S - Speed
Pokémon H A B C D S Total
Slither Wing ImageSlither Wing 85 135 79 85 105 81 570
Volcarona ImageVolcarona 85 60 65 135 105 100 550
Yanmega ImageYanmega 86 76 86 116 56 95 515
Heracross ImageHeracross 80 125 75 40 95 85 510
Scizor ImageScizor 70 130 100 55 80 65 500
Kleavor ImageKleavor 70 130 95 45 75 85 500
Leavanny ImageLeavanny 75 103 80 70 80 92 500
Vikavolt ImageVikavolt 77 70 90 145 75 43 500
Frosmoth ImageFrosmoth 70 65 60 125 90 65 475
Vespiquen ImageVespiquen 70 80 102 80 102 40 474
Galvantula ImageGalvantula 70 77 60 97 60 108 472
Rabsca ImageRabsca 75 50 85 115 100 45 470
Forretress ImageForretress 75 90 140 60 60 40 465
Ribombee ImageRibombee 60 55 60 95 70 124 464
Masquerain ImageMasquerain 70 60 62 100 82 80 454
Araquanid ImageAraquanid 68 70 92 50 132 42 454
Lokix ImageLokix 71 102 78 52 55 92 450
Venomoth ImageVenomoth 70 65 60 90 75 90 450
Volbeat ImageVolbeat 65 73 75 47 85 85 430
Illumise ImageIllumise 65 47 75 73 85 85 430
Vivillon ImageVivillon 80 52 50 90 50 89 411
Spidops ImageSpidops 60 79 92 52 86 35 404
Ariados ImageAriados 70 90 70 60 70 40 400
Kricketune ImageKricketune 77 85 51 55 51 65 384

This is a list of fully-evolved Bug-type Pokemon by total base stats. For a full comparison of all Pokemon including unevolved forms, try our List of Pokemon by Base Stats.

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