Butterfree

Butterfree has a superior ability to search for delicious honey from flowers. It can even search out, extract, and carry honey from flowers that are blooming over six miles from its nest.

Dex No

#012

Butterfree Weaknesses and Strengths

Butterfree is a dual-type Pokemon of types Bug and Flying. When dealing damage with moves of those types, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Flying	160%
Fire	160%
Electric	160%
Ice	160%
Rock	256%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Ground	24.4%
Fighting	39.1%
Grass	39.1%
Bug	62.5%

Best Moves for Butterfree in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Butterfree.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	CDPS
Bug Bite	Bug Buzz	44.43	358.96
Struggle Bug	Bug Buzz	44.43	346.29
Confusion	Bug Buzz	44.93	345.79
Bug Bite	Psychic	44.14	339.45
Bug Bite	Signal Beam	43.03	329.92
Confusion	Psychic	44.64	320.75
Struggle Bug	Psychic	44.14	318.75
Confusion	Signal Beam	43.53	317.41
Struggle Bug	Signal Beam	43.03	317.24

All Moves for Butterfree

Below are all the moves that Butterfree can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Bug Buzz	Charged	100	32.43	3700ms	-50
Psychic	Charged	90	32.14	2800ms	-50
Signal Beam	Charged	75	31.03	2900ms	-50
Bug Bite EliteTM	Quick	5	12	500ms	6
Struggle Bug	Quick	15	12	1500ms	15
Confusion	Quick	20	12.5	1600ms	15

Butterfree Evolution

Caterpie	Requires 12x Candy	Metapod
Metapod	Requires 50x Candy	Butterfree

Best Butterfree Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Butterfree Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Butterfree in a raid.