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Mothim
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General
Mothim
Abilities
- Swarm
- When this Pokémon's HP is 1/3 its max or lower, its Bug moves do 50% more damage.
Damage Taken
- ×½
×1
×1
×2
×¼
×2
- ×2
×1
×¼
×0
×2
×1
×1
×1
×4
×1
×1
Dex Numbers
- Generation
DP
Kanto- 414
Johto- n/a
Hoenn- n/a
- Sinnoh
- 47
Names
- Japanese
- ガーメイル
- Romaji
- Gaameiru
Flavor
- Height
- 2'11.4" or 0.9 m
- Weight
- 51.4 lb or 23.3 kg
- Species
- Moth
- Color
- yellow
- Cry
- mp3 here
Habitat- n/a
- Pawprint
Misc
- R/B/Y code
- n/a
Breeding
- Gender
Always male (code: 0 or 0x00)- Breeding groups
- 3: Bug
- Steps to hatch
- 3,840
- Compatible with
- 25 families; 50 total Pokémon
In the Wild
- Base EXP
- 159 or 0x9f
- Capture rate
- 45 or 0x2d
- Base happiness
- 70 or 0x46
- Growth rate
- medium
- Effort points
- 1 Attack
1 Special Attack - Wild held items
- SilverPowder (5%)
Evolution Chain
Comparison of this evolution chain
| Basic | Stage 1 |
|---|---|
 
Burmy
Base form
|
Wormadam
Raise a female to level 20
|
Mothim
Raise a male to level 20
|
Stats
| Stat | Base | Max Stat | %ile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L50 | L100 | |||
| HP | 177 | 344 | 56.2 | |
| Attack | 146 | 287 | 76.7 | |
| Defense | 102 | 199 | 24.9 | |
| Special Attack | 146 | 287 | 79.7 | |
| Special Defense | 102 | 199 | 22.7 | |
| Speed | 118 | 231 | 54 | |
| Average | - | - | 51.5 | |
Flavor
All versions' flavor text and sprites
It loves the honey of flowers and steals honey collected by COMBEE.
It does not keep a nest. It flies over fields and mountains in constant search of floral honey.
Locations
Sorry, Pearl players! Only Diamond for the moment.
| Area | Section | Level | Method |
|---|
Move List
Mothim gets the STAB from
and moves.
|
Move | Type | Dmg | PP | Power | Acc.* | Pri. | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Tackle | |
 |
35 | 35 | 95% | Inflicts regular damage. | ||
| 10 | Protect | |
 |
10 | -- | 0% | 3 | Goes first. Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | |
| 20 | Hidden Power | |
 |
15 | varies | 100% | Power and type depend upon user's IVs. Power can range from 30 to 70. | ||
| 23 | Confusion | |
|
25 | 50 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to Confuse the target. | ||
| 26 | Gust | |
|
35 | 40 | 100% | Inflicts regular damage. | ||
| 29 | PoisonPowder | |
|
35 | -- | 75% | Poisons the target. | ||
| 32 | Psybeam | |
|
20 | 65 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to Confuse the target. | ||
| 35 | Camouflage | |
|
20 | -- | 100% | User's type changes to match the terrain. | ||
| 38 | Silver Wind | |
|
5 | 60 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to raise all of the user's stats. | ||
| 41 | Air Slash | |
|
20 | 75 | 95% | Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. | ||
| 44 | Psychic | |
|
10 | 90 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense. | ||
| 47 | Bug Buzz | |
|
10 | 90 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense. | ||
| TMs and HMs | ||||||||
 |
40 | Aerial Ace | |
|
20 | 60 | 100% | Never misses. | |
|
45 | Attract | |
|
15 | -- | 100% | Target falls in love if it has the opposite gender, and has a 50% chance to refuse attacking the user. | |
|
78 | Captivate | |
|
20 | -- | 100% | Lowers the target's Special Attack by two levels if it is the opposite gender. | |
|
H5 | Defog | |
|
15 | -- | 0% | Lowers the target's Evade. Cancels the effects of Reflect and Light Screen. | |
|
32 | Double Team | |
|
15 | -- | 100% | Raises the user's Evasion. | |
|
85 | Dream Eater | |
|
15 | 100 | 100% | Heals the user by half the damage the target receives. Only works on Sleeping Pokemon. | |
|
58 | Endure | |
|
10 | -- | 100% | 3 | Goes first. Prevents the user's HP from lowering below 1 this turn. |
|
53 | Energy Ball | |
|
10 | 80 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense. | |
|
42 | Facade | |
|
20 | 70 | 100% | Power doubles if user is Burned, Paralyzed, or Poisoned. | |
|
70 | Flash | |
|
20 | -- | 100% | Lowers the target's Accuracy. | |
|
21 | Frustration | |
|
20 | varies | 100% | Power increases as Happiness decreases, up to a maximum of 102. | |
|
19 | Giga Drain | |
|
10 | 60 | 100% | Heals the user by half the damage the target receives. | |
|
68 | Giga Impact | |
|
5 | 150 | 90% | User foregoes its next turn to recharge. | |
|
10 | Hidden Power | |
|
15 | varies | 100% | Power and type depend upon user's IVs. Power can range from 30 to 70. | |
|
15 | Hyper Beam | |
|
5 | 150 | 90% | User foregoes its next turn to recharge. | |
|
83 | Natural Gift | |
|
15 | varies | 100% | Power and type depend on the held berry. | |
|
17 | Protect | |
|
10 | -- | 0% | 3 | Goes first. Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. |
|
77 | Psych Up | |
|
10 | -- | 100% | Discards the user's stat changes and copies the target's. | |
|
29 | Psychic | |
|
10 | 90 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense. | |
|
18 | Rain Dance | |
|
5 | -- | 0% | Changes the weather to rain for five turns. | |
|
44 | Rest | |
|
10 | -- | 100% | User Sleeps, completely healing itself. | |
|
27 | Return | |
|
20 | varies | 100% | Power increases with Happiness, up to a maximum of 102. | |
|
51 | Roost | |
|
10 | -- | 0% | Heals the user by half its max HP. | |
|
20 | Safeguard | |
|
25 | -- | 100% | Protects the user's field from incoming major status ailments and Confusion for five turns. | |
|
43 | Secret Power | |
|
20 | 70 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to inflict a status effect which depends upon the terrain. | |
|
30 | Shadow Ball | |
|
15 | 80 | 100% | Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Special Defense. | |
|
62 | Silver Wind | |
|
5 | 60 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to raise all of the user's stats. | |
|
48 | Skill Swap | |
|
10 | -- | 100% | User and target swap abilities. | |
|
82 | Sleep Talk | |
|
10 | -- | 100% | Randomly uses one of the user's other three moves. Only works if the user is Sleeping. | |
|
22 | SolarBeam | |
|
10 | 120 | 100% | Requires a turn to charge before attacking. | |
|
90 | Substitute | |
|
10 | -- | 100% | Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks. | |
|
11 | Sunny Day | |
|
5 | -- | 0% | Changes the weather to sunny for five turns. | |
|
87 | Swagger | |
|
15 | -- | 90% | Raises the target's Attack by two levels and Confuses the target. | |
|
46 | Thief | |
|
10 | 40 | 100% | Takes the target's item. | |
|
06 | Toxic | |
|
10 | -- | 85% | Badly Poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn. | |
|
89 | U-Turn | |
|
20 | 70 | 100% | User must switch out after attacking. | |