Heracross
#62 in the Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Pokédex • Single Horn Pokémon
Brilliant Diamond
It gathers in forests to search for tree sap, its favorite food. It’s strong enough to hurl foes.
Shining Pearl
With powerful legs and claws, it generates enough power to hurl foes over great distances.
Pokédexes
Original Sinnoh #62
Egg Group
Bug
Steps to Hatch
6,400
Effort Values Yielded
2 Atk
Gender Ratio
50% male / 50% female
Capture Rate
45
Base Experience
175
Heracross
#62
No evolutions
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Tackle |  |  Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 | |
| Start | Leer | |  Status | - | 100 | 30 | |
| 5 | Fury Attack | | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 | |
| 10 | Endure | | Status | - | - | 10 | |
| 15 | Aerial Ace |  | Physical | 60 | - | 20 | |
| 20 | Horn Attack | | Physical | 65 | 100 | 25 | |
| 25 | Counter |  | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | |
| 30 | Brick Break | | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | |
| 35 | Pin Missile |  | Physical | 25 | 95 | 20 | |
| 40 | Throat Chop |  | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | |
| 45 | Thrash | | Physical | 120 | 100 | 10 | |
| 50 | Swords Dance | | Status | - | - | 20 | |
| 55 | Megahorn | | Physical | 120 | 85 | 10 | |
| 60 | Close Combat | | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
| Class | Description | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double-Edge | | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 | |
| Feint | | Physical | 30 | 100 | 10 | |
| Flail | | Physical | - | 100 | 15 | |
| Harden | | Status | - | - | 30 | |
| Megahorn | | Physical | 120 | 85 | 10 | |
| Night Slash | | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 | |
| Revenge | | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 | |
| Rock Blast |  | Physical | 25 | 90 | 10 | |
| Seismic Toss | | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | |
| Take Down | | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Aerial Ace | | Physical | 60 | - | 20 | |
| - | Attract | | Status | - | 100 | 15 | |
| - | Brick Break | | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | |
| - | Bulk Up | | Status | - | - | 20 | |
| - | Bullet Seed |  | Physical | 25 | 100 | 30 | |
| - | Dig |  | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 | |
| - | Double Team | | Status | - | - | 15 | |
| - | Earthquake | | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 | |
| - | Endure | | Status | - | - | 10 | |
| - | Facade | | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | |
| - | False Swipe | | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 | |
| - | Fling | | Physical | - | 100 | 10 | |
| - | Focus Blast | |  Special | 120 | 70 | 5 | |
| - | Focus Punch | | Physical | 150 | 100 | 20 | |
| - | Giga Impact | | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 | |
| - | Hyper Beam | | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 | |
| - | Protect | | Status | - | - | 10 | |
| - | Rain Dance |  | Status | - | - | 5 | |
| - | Rest |  | Status | - | - | 5 | |
| - | Rock Slide | | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 | |
| - | Rock Tomb | | Physical | 60 | 95 | 15 | |
| - | Shadow Claw |  | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 | |
| - | Sleep Talk | | Status | - | - | 10 | |
| - | Stone Edge | | Physical | 100 | 80 | 5 | |
| - | Substitute | | Status | - | - | 10 | |
| - | Sunny Day |  | Status | - | - | 5 | |
| - | Swagger | | Status | - | 85 | 15 | |
| - | Swords Dance | | Status | - | - | 20 | |
| - | Thief | | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 | |
| HM01 | Cut | | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 | |
| HM04 | Strength | | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | |
| HM06 | Rock Smash | | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM10 | Work Up | | Status | - | - | 30 | |
| TM83 | Bulldoze | | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
Swarm
Ability Slot 1
Strengthens Bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
Guts
Ability Slot 2
Increases Attack to 1.5× with a major status ailment.
Moxie
Hidden Ability
Raises Attack one stage upon KOing a Pokémon.