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#0015 · Generation I · form of Beedrill

Mega Beedrill

Bug / Poison · Poison Bee Pokémon — first seen in Generation I.

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Base stats

HP65
Attack150
Defense40
Sp. Attack15
Sp. Defense80
Speed145
Total495
StatBaseMinMax
HP65240334
Attack150274438
Defense4076196
Sp. Attack1531141
Sp. Defense80148284
Speed145265427

Min and max are at level 100: the minimum is 0 IVs, 0 EVs and a hindering nature, the maximum 31 IVs, 252 EVs and a beneficial nature. Shedinja's HP is always 1 whatever the formula says.

Type defences

Damage Mega Beedrill takes from each attacking type.

×2
FlyingRockFirePsychic
×½
PoisonBugFairy
×¼
FightingGrass
×1
NormalGroundGhostSteelWaterElectricIceDragonDark

Evolution

Methods are the current official ones. A ROM hack may change them — trade evolutions especially; the guide table below says which do.

Other forms

Moves by official game

Level-up, TM/HM, tutor and egg moves exactly as each game has them. The newest game this site covers is open; the rest fold out.

Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon15 level-up · 33 TM/HM · 11 tutor

Level-up

LvMoveTypeCat.PowerAcc.PP
TwineedleBugPhysical25100%20
1Fury AttackNormalPhysical1585%20
1TwineedleBugPhysical25100%20
11Fury AttackNormalPhysical1585%20
14RageNormalPhysical20100%20
17PursuitDarkPhysical40100%20
20Focus EnergyNormalStatus30
23VenoshockPoisonSpecial65100%10
26AssuranceDarkPhysical60100%10
29Toxic SpikesPoisonStatus20
32Pin MissileBugPhysical2595%20
35Poison JabPoisonPhysical80100%20
38AgilityPsychicStatus30
41EndeavorNormalPhysical100%5
44Fell StingerBugPhysical50100%25

TM & HM

TMMoveTypeCat.PowerAcc.PP
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus90%10
TM09VenoshockPoisonSpecial65100%10
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial60100%15
TM100ConfideNormalStatus20
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus5
TM15Hyper BeamNormalSpecial15090%5
TM17ProtectNormalStatus10
TM19RoostFlyingStatus5
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical100%20
TM22Solar BeamGrassSpecial120100%10
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical100%20
TM31Brick BreakFightingPhysical75100%15
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus15
TM36Sludge BombPoisonSpecial90100%10
TM40Aerial AceFlyingPhysical6020
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical70100%20
TM44RestPsychicStatus5
TM45AttractNormalStatus100%15
TM46ThiefDarkPhysical60100%25
TM48RoundNormalSpecial60100%15
TM54False SwipeNormalPhysical40100%40
TM59Brutal SwingDarkPhysical60100%20
TM62AcrobaticsFlyingPhysical55100%15
TM66PaybackDarkPhysical50100%10
TM68Giga ImpactNormalPhysical15090%5
TM75Swords DanceNormalStatus20
TM81X-ScissorBugPhysical80100%15
TM83InfestationBugSpecial20100%20
TM84Poison JabPoisonPhysical80100%20
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus85%15
TM88Sleep TalkNormalStatus10
TM89U-turnBugPhysical70100%20
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus10

Move tutor

MoveTypeCat.PowerAcc.PP
SnoreNormalSpecial50100%15
Giga DrainGrassSpecial75100%10
Knock OffDarkPhysical65100%20
EndeavorNormalPhysical100%5
TailwindFlyingStatus15
DefogFlyingStatus15
Bug BiteBugPhysical60100%20
ElectrowebElectricSpecial5595%15
Drill RunGroundPhysical8095%10
Laser FocusNormalStatus30
Throat ChopDarkPhysical80100%15
Sun / Moon15 level-up · 33 TM/HM

Level-up

LvMoveTypeCat.PowerAcc.PP
TwineedleBugPhysical25100%20
1Fury AttackNormalPhysical1585%20
1TwineedleBugPhysical25100%20
11Fury AttackNormalPhysical1585%20
14RageNormalPhysical20100%20
17PursuitDarkPhysical40100%20
20Focus EnergyNormalStatus30
23VenoshockPoisonSpecial65100%10
26AssuranceDarkPhysical60100%10
29Toxic SpikesPoisonStatus20
32Pin MissileBugPhysical2595%20
35Poison JabPoisonPhysical80100%20
38AgilityPsychicStatus30
41EndeavorNormalPhysical100%5
44Fell StingerBugPhysical50100%25

TM & HM

TMMoveTypeCat.PowerAcc.PP
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus90%10
TM09VenoshockPoisonSpecial65100%10
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial60100%15
TM100ConfideNormalStatus20
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus5
TM15Hyper BeamNormalSpecial15090%5
TM17ProtectNormalStatus10
TM19RoostFlyingStatus5
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical100%20
TM22Solar BeamGrassSpecial120100%10
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical100%20
TM31Brick BreakFightingPhysical75100%15
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus15
TM36Sludge BombPoisonSpecial90100%10
TM40Aerial AceFlyingPhysical6020
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical70100%20
TM44RestPsychicStatus5
TM45AttractNormalStatus100%15
TM46ThiefDarkPhysical60100%25
TM48RoundNormalSpecial60100%15
TM54False SwipeNormalPhysical40100%40
TM59Brutal SwingDarkPhysical60100%20
TM62AcrobaticsFlyingPhysical55100%15
TM66PaybackDarkPhysical50100%10
TM68Giga ImpactNormalPhysical15090%5
TM75Swords DanceNormalStatus20
TM81X-ScissorBugPhysical80100%15
TM83InfestationBugSpecial20100%20
TM84Poison JabPoisonPhysical80100%20
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus85%15
TM88Sleep TalkNormalStatus10
TM89U-turnBugPhysical70100%20
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus10
Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire13 level-up · 37 TM/HM · 8 tutor

Level-up

LvMoveTypeCat.PowerAcc.PP
1Fury AttackNormalPhysical1585%20
10Fury AttackNormalPhysical1585%20
13Focus EnergyNormalStatus30
16TwineedleBugPhysical25100%20
19RageNormalPhysical20100%20
22PursuitDarkPhysical40100%20
25Toxic SpikesPoisonStatus20
28Pin MissileBugPhysical2595%20
31AgilityPsychicStatus30
34AssuranceDarkPhysical60100%10
37Poison JabPoisonPhysical80100%20
40EndeavorNormalPhysical100%5
45Fell StingerBugPhysical50100%25

TM & HM

TMMoveTypeCat.PowerAcc.PP
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus90%10
TM09VenoshockPoisonSpecial65100%10
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial60100%15
TM100ConfideNormalStatus20
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus5
TM15Hyper BeamNormalSpecial15090%5
TM17ProtectNormalStatus10
TM19RoostFlyingStatus5
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical100%20
TM22Solar BeamGrassSpecial120100%10
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical100%20
TM31Brick BreakFightingPhysical75100%15
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus15
TM36Sludge BombPoisonSpecial90100%10
TM40Aerial AceFlyingPhysical6020
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical70100%20
TM44RestPsychicStatus5
TM45AttractNormalStatus100%15
TM46ThiefDarkPhysical60100%25
TM48RoundNormalSpecial60100%15
TM54False SwipeNormalPhysical40100%40
TM62AcrobaticsFlyingPhysical55100%15
TM66PaybackDarkPhysical50100%10
TM68Giga ImpactNormalPhysical15090%5
TM70FlashNormalStatus100%20
TM75Swords DanceNormalStatus20
TM76Struggle BugBugSpecial50100%20
TM81X-ScissorBugPhysical80100%15
TM83InfestationBugSpecial20100%20
TM84Poison JabPoisonPhysical80100%20
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus85%15
TM88Sleep TalkNormalStatus10
TM89U-turnBugPhysical70100%20
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus10
TM94Secret PowerNormalPhysical70100%20
HM01CutNormalPhysical5095%30
HM06Rock SmashFightingPhysical40100%15

Move tutor

MoveTypeCat.PowerAcc.PP
SnoreNormalSpecial50100%15
Giga DrainGrassSpecial75100%10
Knock OffDarkPhysical65100%20
EndeavorNormalPhysical100%5
TailwindFlyingStatus15
Bug BiteBugPhysical60100%20
ElectrowebElectricSpecial5595%15
Drill RunGroundPhysical8095%10

Where to find it in the official games

Not obtainable in the wild in any of the 16 official games this site covers. In those games it has to be evolved, traded or bred — or it belongs to a game whose data is not here yet.

Where to find it in the ROM hacks

1 guide on this site put it somewhere you can catch it. Areas link to that guide's own route page, with its own rates and levels.

Compare official Mega Beedrill with the ROM hacks →

In the 8 guides that include it

Changed in 6 of 8 guides: stats in 6, abilities in 5.

Every ROM hack on this site that has Mega Beedrill, and what it did to it. Guides that changed something are first. Click one for that version's full page — locations, moveset and TMs.

GuideTypeTotalAbilities
UnboundChangedBugPoison495 +100
+60 Attack, -30 Sp. Atk, +70 Speed
Adaptability
+ Adaptability − Swarm, Sniper
Radical RedChangedBugPoison495 +100
+60 Attack, -30 Sp. Atk, +70 Speed
Adaptability
+ Adaptability − Swarm, Sniper
Sword and Shield Ultimate PlusChangedBugPoison495 +100
+60 Attack, -30 Sp. Atk, +70 Speed
Adaptability
+ Adaptability − Swarm, Sniper
Elite ReduxChangedBugPoison575 +180
+60 Attack, +20 Defense, +100 Speed
Adaptability, Adaptability, Adaptability
Inclement EmeraldChangedBugPoison495 +100
+60 Attack, -30 Sp. Atk, +70 Speed
Adaptability
+ Adaptability − Swarm, Sniper
Pokémon Emerald ImperiumChangedBugPoison495 +100
+60 Attack, -30 Sp. Atk, +70 Speed
Adaptability
+ Adaptability − Swarm, Sniper
Pokémon SoulgoldUnchangedBugPoison495Adaptability
Pokémon R.O.W.EUnchangedBugPoison495Adaptability

Pokédex entries

What each game says about it, in the games' own words.

Red / BlueFlies at high speed and attacks using its large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail.
YellowIt has 3 poisonous stingers on its forelegs and its tail. They are used to jab its enemy repeatedly.
GoldIt can take down any opponent with its powerful poi­ son stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms.
Silver / SoulSilverIt has three poison barbs. The barb on its tail secretes the most powerful poison.
CrystalIt uses sharp, poisonous stings to defeat prey, then takes the victim back to its nest for food.
Ruby / SapphireBEEDRILL is extremely territorial. No one should ever approach its nest - this is for their own safety. If angered, they will attack in a furious swarm.
EmeraldA BEEDRILL is extremely territorial. For safety reasons, no one should ever approach its nest. If angered, they will attack in a swarm.
FireRed / YMay appear in a swarm. Flies at violent speeds, all the while stabbing with the toxic stinger on its rear.
LeafGreenIt flies at high speed and attacks using the large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail.
Diamond / Pearl / Platinum / Black / White / Black 2 / White 2Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off.
HeartGoldIt can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms.
XIt has three poisonous stingers on its forelegs and its tail. They are used to jab its enemy repeatedly.
Omega Ruby / Alpha SapphireBeedrill is extremely territorial. No one should ever approach its nest—this is for their own safety. If angered, they will attack in a furious swarm.

Names in other languages

Japaneseスピアー
Japanese (Rōmaji)Spear
GermanBibor
FrenchDardargnan
SpanishBeedrill
ItalianBeedrill
Korean독침붕
Chinese (Simplified)大针蜂
Chinese (Traditional)大針蜂

Official data here is present-day reference data from PokéAPI, not a snapshot of any one game's era — the Fairy type and hidden abilities arrived partway through the series, so a difference against an older game can belong to the series rather than to that ROM hack.