Pokedex #184

Heracross

BugFighting

Standard form

Base Stats

BST 500

HP: 80
Attack: 125
Defense: 75
Sp. Atk: 40
Sp. Def: 95
Speed: 85

Abilities & Innates

Regular Abilities

Swarm
Boosts the power of the Pokemon's Bug-type moves by 50% when its HP drops to 1/3 or less of its max.
Guts
Boosts Attack by 50% when the Pokemon is afflicted by a status condition. Burn's Attack drop is also ignored.

Hidden Ability

Moxie
Raises Attack by 1 stage each time the Pokemon knocks out a foe.

Innates

Level 75Skill Link
Multi-hit moves that hit 2 to 5 times always land all 5 hits.
Level 85Tough Claws
Boosts the power of contact moves by 30%.
Level 95Defiant
Sharply raises Attack by 2 stages whenever any of the Pokemon's stats are lowered by a foe.

Training & Breeding

EV yield: 2 Attack
Egg Groups: Bug

Evolution

Heracross

Mega EvolutionBugtite
Heracross Mega

Locations & Acquisition

Route 48
Method
Grass / land
Level
30–33
Rate
5%
Goldenrod Shore
Method
Hidden Grotto
Level
20
Rate
25%

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Learnsets

Level Up21 moves

Level Up moves, types and battle properties
Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Leer	Normal	Status	0	100	30
1	Arm Thrust	Fighting	Physical	15	100	20
1	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	25	100	30
1	Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100	15
5	Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
7	Feint	Normal	Physical	30	100	10
10	Endure	Normal	Status	0	0	10
15	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	0	20
16	Chip Away	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
20	Horn Attack	Normal	Physical	65	100	25
25	Counter	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
30	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
34	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
35	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95	20
40	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
45	Thrash	Normal	Physical	120	100	10
46	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	1	100	15
50	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0	0	20
55	Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85	10
60	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5

TM/HM40 moves

TM/HM moves, types and battle properties
Machine	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
TM01 Work Up	Work Up	Normal	Status	0	0	30
TM04 Calm Mind	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	0	0	20
TM06 Toxic	Toxic	Poison	Status	0	90	10
TM08 Bulk Up	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	0	0	20
TM09 Venoshock	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10
TM Hidden Power	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM11 Sunny Day	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0	0	5
TM15 Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
TM17 Protect	Protect	Normal	Status	0	0	10
TM18 Rain Dance	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0	0	5
TM21 Frustration	Frustration	Normal	Physical	1	100	20
TM23 Smack Down	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
TM26 Earthquake	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
TM27 Return	Return	Normal	Physical	1	100	20
TM31 Brick Break	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
TM32 Double Team	Double Team	Normal	Status	0	0	15
TM39 Rock Tomb	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
TM40 Aerial Ace	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	0	20
TM42 Facade	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM44 Rest	Rest	Psychic	Status	0	0	5
TM45 Attract	Attract	Normal	Status	0	100	15
TM46 Thief	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
TM48 Round	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM52 Focus Blast	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70	5
TM54 False Swipe	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100	40
TM56 Fling	Fling	Dark	Physical	1	100	10
TM59 Brutal Swing	Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	60	100	20
TM60 Trailblaze	Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100	20
TM65 Shadow Claw	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100	15
TM67 Smart Strike	Smart Strike	Steel	Physical	70	0	10
TM68 Giga Impact	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
TM71 Stone Edge	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
TM75 Swords Dance	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0	0	20
TM77 Dig	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
TM78 Bulldoze	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
TM80 Rock Slide	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
TM90 Substitute	Substitute	Normal	Status	0	0	10
HM01 Cut	Cut	Steel	Physical	50	95	30
HM04 Strength	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
HM06 Rock Smash	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15

Tutor33 moves

Tutor moves, types and battle properties
Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100	15
Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100	20
Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	90	100	10
Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	25	100	30
Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
Coaching	Fighting	Status	0	0	10
Counter	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Curse	Ghost	Status	0	0	10
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	1	100	5
Endure	Normal	Status	0	0	10
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Helping Hand	Normal	Status	0	0	20
High Horsepower	Ground	Physical	95	95	10
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	0	0	15
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	20
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Lunge	Bug	Physical	80	100	15
Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85	10
Mimic	Normal	Status	0	0	10
Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100	10
Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	25	90	10
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Skitter Smack	Bug	Physical	70	90	10
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0	0	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Spikes	Ground	Status	0	0	20
Swagger	Normal	Status	0	85	15
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
Upper Hand	Fighting	Physical	65	100	15
Vacuum Wave	Fighting	Special	40	100	30

Egg10 moves

Egg moves, types and battle properties
Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Harden	Normal	Status	0	0	30
Bide	Normal	Physical	1	0	10
Flail	Normal	Physical	1	100	15
Revenge	Fighting	Physical	60	100	10
Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100	20
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85	10
Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	25	90	10

Hidden Grotto Locations

Base Stats

Abilities & Innates

Regular Abilities

Hidden Ability

Innates

Training & Breeding

Evolution

Locations & Acquisition

Learnsets

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