Heracross

BugFightingTenacity, Moxie (hidden)

Abandoned Ship · Lv 10-15 Desert Underpass · Lv 10-15 Dewford Town · Lv 10-15 Open in the guide Compare

In Exceeded: First found in Abandoned Ship (Headbutt, Lv 10-15), and in 54 more areas. Its type (Bug / Fighting) and base stats (total 500) are the same as in the official games. 12 of its 22 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Emerald, including Arm Thrust and Bullet Seed.

Level-up moves 24

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Arm Thrust Straight-arm punches that strike the foe 2 to 5 times.	Fighting	Phys	15	100	20
1	Bullet Seed Shoots 2 to 5 seeds. Each berry eaten ups seeds shoot.	Grass	Phys	25	100	30
1	Endure Endures any attack for 1 turn, leaving at least 1HP.	Normal	Stat	—	—	10
1	Horn Attack Ignores Defense stages. Matches user's first type.	Normal	Phys	65	100	25
1	Leer Frightens the foe with a leer to lower Defense.	Normal	Stat	—	100	30
1	Night Slash Hits as soon as possible. High critical-hit ratio.	Dark	Phys	70	100	15
1	Tackle Charges the foe with a full- body tackle.	Normal	Phys	35	95	35
10	Endure Endures any attack for 1 turn, leaving at least 1HP.	Normal	Stat	—	—	10
12	Aerial Ace An extremely speedy and unavoidable attack.	Flying	Phys	60	—	20
12	Fury Attack Jabs the foe 2 to 5 times with sharp horns, etc.	Flying	Phys	25	90	10
14	Horn Attack Ignores Defense stages. Matches user's first type.	Normal	Phys	65	100	25
16	Chip Away Strikes through the foe's stat changes.	Normal	Phys	70	100	20
20	Nectar Siphon An attack that drains half the damage inflicted.	Bug	Spec	80	100	10
23	Counter Retaliates any physical hit with double the power.	Fighting	Phys	1	100	20
25	Brick Break Destroys barriers such as Reflect and causes damage.	Fighting	Phys	75	100	15
28	Feint An attack that hits foes using moves like Protect.	Normal	Phys	30	100	10
32	Pin Missile Sharp pins are fired to strike 2 to 5 times.	Bug	Phys	14	85	20
32	Take Down A reckless charge attack that also hurts the user.	Normal	Phys	90	85	20
40	Throat Chop Chops the throat to disable sound moves for a while.	Dark	Phys	80	100	15
44	Close Combat A strong attack but lowers the defensive stats.	Fighting	Phys	120	100	5
44	Reversal Inflicts more damage when the user's HP is down.	Fighting	Phys	1	100	15
45	Thrash A rampage of 2 to 3 turns that confuses the user.	Normal	Phys	90	100	20
48	Megahorn A brutal out-thrust horns. Ignores Defense stages.	Bug	Phys	120	85	10
50	Swords Dance A fighting dance that sharply raises Attack.	Normal	Stat	—	—	20

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game

TMs & HMs 28

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM01	Focus Punch Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Fighting	150
TM06	Toxic Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Poison	—
TM08	Bulk Up Dewford Town Gym	Fighting	—
TM09	Bullet Seed Route 104	Grass	25
TM10	Hidden Power Slateport City	Normal	60
TM11	Sunny Day Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Fire	—
TM15	Hyper Beam Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Normal	150
TM17	Protect Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Normal	—
TM18	Rain Dance Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Water	—
TM21	Frustration Pacifidlog Town — House 2	Normal	1
TM26	Earthquake Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Ground	100
TM27	Return Fallarbor Town — Cozmo's House	Normal	1
TM28	Dig Route 114 — Fossil Maniac's House	Ground	80
TM31	Brick Break Sootopolis City — House 1	Fighting	75
TM32	Double Team Mauville City — Game Corner	Normal	—
TM39	Rock Tomb Rustboro City Gym	Rock	60
TM40	Aerial Ace Fortree City Gym	Flying	60
TM42	Facade Petalburg City Gym	Normal	70
TM43	Secret Power Slateport City	Normal	70
TM44	Rest Lilycove City — House 2	Psychic	—
TM45	Attract Verdanturf Town — Battle Tent Lobby	Normal	—
TM46	Thief Slateport City — Oceanic Museum 1F	Dark	60
TM52	Work Up Littleroot Town — Professor Birch House 2F	Normal	—
TM59	Natural Gift Slateport City	Normal	1
TM66	Headbutt Petalburg Woods	Normal	70
HM01	Cut Rustboro City — Cutter's House	Normal	50
HM04	Strength Route 112	Fighting	80
HM06	Rock Smash Mauville City — House 1	Fighting	40

Where to find Heracross

Area	Method	Level
Abandoned Ship	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Desert Underpass	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Dewford Town	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Draconid Tribe	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Ever Grande City	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Fiery Path	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Jagged Pass	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Lagoon of Fury	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Lilycove City	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Magma Hideout	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Meteor Falls	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Mirage Tower	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Mossdeep City	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
New Mauville	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Pacifidlog Town	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Petalburg City	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 105	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 106	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 107	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 108	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 109	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 110	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 111	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 112	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 113	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 114	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 115	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 117	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 118	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 119	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 120	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 121	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 122	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 123	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 124	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 125	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 126	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 127	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 128	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 129	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 130	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 131	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 132	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 133	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 134	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 135	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 137	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Route 138	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Ruins of Alph	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Safari Zone	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Slateport City	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Sootopolis City	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Underwater (Route 124)	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Underwater (Route 126)	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare
Victory Road	Headbutt	10-15	5% rare

Other changes in this game

Has 4 abilities at once: whichever of its 2 ordinary abilities it was born with, plus 3 innates always on
Innates (always active): Swarm, Levitate, Guts
What the innates do: Swarm — Ups Bug moves in a pinch. · Levitate — Not hit by Ground attacks. · Guts — Ups Attack if suffering.
Abilities you pick one of: Tenacity — May survive fatal blow. · Moxie
Hidden ability: Moxie
How its abilities arrive: Swarm from the start; Levitate at Lv 8; Tenacity at Lv 16; Guts at Lv 27; Moxie at Lv 33
Mega Evolves into Heracross (Mega) holding the Heracronite
Tutor moves: Body Slam, Counter, Double-Edge, Endure, Fury Cutter, Mimic, Rock Slide, Seismic Toss, Sleep Talk, Snore, Substitute, Swagger, Swords Dance
Egg moves: Bide, Double-Edge, False Swipe, Feint, Flail, Focus Punch, Harden, Megahorn, Night Slash, Pursuit, Revenge, Rock Blast, Seismic Toss, Take Down
Egg groups: Bug
Catch rate 45