#0543 · Generation 5

Venipede

Venipede has 260 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (45) and a Speed of 57. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 128, which makes it a balanced physical attacker.

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What Venipede is weak to

Weak to: Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock. Resists: Grass (×0.25), Fighting (×0.25), Poison, Bug, Fairy. Immune to: none.

Attacking typeDamage taken
Fire×2
Flying×2
Psychic×2
Rock×2
Poison×0.5
Bug×0.5
Fairy×0.5
Grass×0.25
Fighting×0.25

Base stats

HP30
Atk45
Def59
SpA30
SpD39
Spe57
Total260

Best teammates for Venipede

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Venipede: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

  1. Camerupt FireGround

    Resists fire, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  2. Tinkaton FairySteel

    Resists flying, psychic, rock, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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  3. Klefki SteelFairy

    Resists flying, psychic, rock, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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  4. Iron Treads GroundSteel

    Resists flying, psychic, rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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  5. Steelix SteelGround

    Resists flying, psychic, rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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  6. Gliscor GroundFlying

    Hits fire, electric, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Venipede

  1. Archeops

    Rock and Flying STAB hits Venipede super effectively and it resists everything Venipede can hit it with by type.

  2. Aerodactyl

    Rock and Flying STAB hits Venipede super effectively and it resists everything Venipede can hit it with by type.

  3. Magcargo

    Fire and Rock STAB hits Venipede super effectively and it resists everything Venipede can hit it with by type.

  4. Coalossal

    Rock and Fire STAB hits Venipede super effectively and it resists everything Venipede can hit it with by type.

  5. Minior

    Rock and Flying STAB hits Venipede super effectively and it resists everything Venipede can hit it with by type.

  6. Iron Boulder

    Rock and Psychic STAB hits Venipede super effectively.

Where you can use Venipede

Venipede is in the regional Pokédex of 4 games we cover: