Butterfree (Pokémon GO)

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Metapod

Weedle

#12

1044

1305

Attacker Rank

F Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePVP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/13/15 · L33 · CP 1499

F Tier

#1119

Ultra LeagueUltra

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2065

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2065

Normal

Shiny

Butterfree

#12

Bug

Flying

Attack

167

Top 54.1%

Defense

137

Top 58.3%

Stamina

155

Top 60.6%

Total

459

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Raids

Lv. 20

983 -1044 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1229 -1305 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Eggs

Lv. 20

983 -1044 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Research

Lv. 15

737 -783 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

2065 CP

Ranges use the standard 10/10/10 IV floor for raids, eggs, research, and Max Battle catches. The top CP is always 15/15/15.

How rare is a hundo? See odds by encounter type

It's Super Effective

Damage multipliers Butterfree takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Rock

256%

Fire

160%

Electric

160%

Ice

160%

Flying

160%

Resists

Ground

24.4%

Grass

39.1%

Fighting

39.1%

Bug

62.5%

Best Moves

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Every fast and charged move combo Butterfree can learn, ranked by simulated raid DPS.

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Bug Bite
Bug Buzz
8.83
72.1
1699.3s
6.78
2
Bug Bite
Psychic
8.45
69.0
1775.6s
6.47
3
Bug Bite
Signal Beam
8.20
67.0
1830.1s
6.29
4
Confusion
Bug Buzz
7.92
64.7
1895.0s
6.08
5
Struggle Bug
Bug Buzz
7.86
64.3
1907.4s
6.04
6
Confusion
Psychic
7.59
62.0
1977.6s
5.81
7
Struggle Bug
Psychic
7.52
61.4
1996.0s
5.77
8
Confusion
Signal Beam
7.39
60.4
2030.2s
5.67
9
Struggle Bug
Signal Beam
7.31
59.7
2052.4s
5.61

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Best Counters

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These are the top ten counters to defeat Butterfree in a raid.

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Shadow Rampardos
Smack Down
Rock Slide
74.38
1388.4
2.6
48.4s
71.43
2
Mega Diancie
Rock Throw
Rock Slide
71.28
2799.3
1.3
50.5s
69.89
3
Shadow Rhyperior
Smack Down
Rock Wrecker
68.71
2419.3
1.5
52.4s
67.43
4
Shadow Tyrantrum
Rock Throw
Meteor Beam
66.29
1832.1
2.0
54.3s
64.71
5
Shadow Gigalith
Lock On
Meteor Beam
65.44
1942.4
1.9
55.0s
63.90
6
Mega Rayquaza
Air Slash
Dragon Ascent
62.68
3522.9
1.0
57.4s
62.13
7
Mega Tyranitar
Smack Down
Stone Edge
62.31
3788.5
1.0
57.8s
61.60
8
Mega Aerodactyl
Rock Throw
Rock Slide
62.04
2959.3
1.2
58.0s
61.16
9
Rampardos
Smack Down
Rock Slide
62.27
1394.6
2.6
57.8s
60.18
10
Shadow Tyranitar
Smack Down
Stone Edge
61.09
2370.0
1.5
58.9s
59.75

Go Battle League

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Recommended movesets, best IV spreads, and PvP traits for Butterfree in each Pokémon GO Battle League.

Best moveset

Confusion

Multipurpose

Bug Buzz

Debuff High Energy

Signal Beam

Debuff High Energy

Rank 1 IVs

1499

0/13/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 33

125.21

Attack

112.46

Defense

127

Stat Product · 1,788,369

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/13/15	33	1499	100.00%
0/14/14	33	1499	99.87%
0/15/15	32.5	1497	99.74%
0/15/14	32.5	1492	99.74%
0/15/13	33	1500	99.74%
0/15/12	33	1495	99.74%
0/15/10	33.5	1498	99.72%
1/14/14	32.5	1496	99.68%
1/14/12	33	1499	99.67%
2/13/14	32.5	1500	99.60%
1/15/13	32.5	1497	99.54%
1/15/15	32	1494	99.53%
1/15/11	33	1500	99.53%
2/14/15	32	1497	99.47%
0/11/15	33.5	1500	99.45%
0/11/14	33.5	1496	99.45%
0/11/12	34	1499	99.44%
1/10/14	33.5	1500	99.37%
0/12/15	33	1494	99.33%
0/12/13	33.5	1497	99.33%
2/15/14	32	1498	99.33%
0/12/11	34	1499	99.32%
1/11/15	33	1497	99.26%
1/11/13	33.5	1500	99.26%
0/13/14	33	1494	99.21%
0/13/12	33.5	1497	99.21%
0/13/10	34	1500	99.19%
1/12/14	33	1498	99.14%
3/15/12	32	1498	99.12%
3/15/15	31.5	1499	99.11%
3/15/14	31.5	1495	99.11%
0/14/15	32.5	1492	99.08%
0/14/13	33	1495	99.08%
0/14/12	33	1490	99.08%
0/14/11	33.5	1498	99.07%
0/14/10	33.5	1493	99.07%
0/7/14	34.5	1499	99.06%
0/14/9	34	1500	99.04%
0/14/8	34	1496	99.04%
4/14/14	31.5	1499	99.04%
1/13/15	32.5	1496	99.01%
1/13/14	32.5	1491	99.01%
1/13/13	33	1499	99.01%
1/13/12	33	1494	99.01%
0/14/6	34.5	1498	99.00%
1/13/10	33.5	1497	99.00%
1/13/8	34	1500	98.98%
0/8/15	34	1497	98.97%
0/8/13	34.5	1500	98.97%
0/14/4	35	1500	98.95%

Top 50 Great League spreads for wild-caught IVs, powered up to Level 50. Select a spread to preview its stats.

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Traits (5)

Moves

Every fast and charged attack Butterfree can learn in Pokémon GO, including legacy and elite TM moves.

Fast Attacks

Bug Bite
5
6
0.5s
10
Confusion
19
14
1.5s
12.67
Struggle Bug
15
15
1.5s
10

Charged Attacks

Bug Buzz
95
-50
3.5s
27.14
Psychic
95
-50
3.0s
31.67
Signal Beam
75
-50
3.0s
25

Evolve

Every form this Pokémon evolves from and into, plus the requirements to trigger each stage.

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Caterpie	12 Candy	Metapod
Metapod	50 Candy	Butterfree

Family

All of the Pokémon related to Butterfree including its evolutions, shadow versions, regional forms, and Dynamax and Gigantamax forms.

Caterpie

#10

Dynamax Caterpie

#10

Shadow Caterpie

#10

Metapod

#11

Dynamax Metapod

#11

Shadow Metapod

#11

Butterfree

#12

Dynamax Butterfree

#12

Gigantamax Butterfree

#12

Shadow Butterfree

#12

Costumes

Butterfree has 1 costume in Pokémon GO.

Fashionable Butterfree

Backgrounds

All backgrounds

Butterfree has 1 background in Pokémon GO.

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Mega Boost

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These Mega and Primal Pokémon provide a 1.3× damage boost to Bug- and Flying-type attacks when active in raids. Catching Butterfree with one of these active will increase your XP and candy rewards.

Mega Charizard Y #6

Boosts:

Mega Beedrill #15

Boosts:

Mega Pidgeot #18

Boosts:

Mega Pinsir #127

Boosts:

Mega Aerodactyl #142

Boosts:

Mega Dragonite #149

Boosts:

Mega Scizor #212

Boosts:

Mega Heracross #214

Boosts:

Mega Skarmory #227

Boosts:

Mega Salamence #373

Boosts:

Primal Kyogre #382

Boosts:

Mega Rayquaza #384

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 0.539 m to 1.925 m tall, averaging 1.1 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.539 m 1'09"	0.55 m 1'10"
XS	0.55 m 1'10"	0.825 m 2'08"
M	0.825 m 2'08"	1.375 m 4'06"
XL	1.375 m 4'06"	1.65 m 5'05"
XXL	1.65 m 5'05"	1.925 m 6'04"

XXS

0.539 m

1'09"

0.55 m

1'10"

0.55 m

1'10"

0.825 m

2'08"

0.825 m

2'08"

1.375 m

4'06"

1.375 m

4'06"

1.65 m

5'05"

XXL

1.65 m

5'05"

1.925 m

6'04"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Flying
Movement timer	6s
Jump time	1s
Attack probability	10%
Attack timer	17s
Dodge probability	20%
Dodge duration	1s
Dodge distance	1
Min action frequency	0.2s
Max action frequency	1.6s

Hundo CP

This chart shows the maximum Combat Power for Butterfree at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	25 CP	27	1409 CP
2	81 CP	28	1461 CP
3	136 CP	29	1514 CP
4	191 CP	30	1566 CP
5	246 CP	31	1592 CP
6	301 CP	32	1618 CP
7	356 CP	33	1644 CP
8	411 CP	34	1670 CP
9	467 CP	35	1696 CP
10	522 CP	36	1722 CP
11	574 CP	37	1748 CP
12	626 CP	38	1775 CP
13	678 CP	39	1801 CP
14	730 CP	40	1827 CP
15	783 CP	41	1850 CP
16	835 CP	42	1873 CP
17	887 CP	43	1897 CP
18	939 CP	44	1920 CP
19	991 CP	45	1944 CP
20	1044 CP	46	1968 CP
21	1096 CP	47	1992 CP
22	1148 CP	48	2016 CP
23	1200 CP	49	2041 CP
24	1253 CP	50	2065 CP
25	1305 CP	51	2090 CP
26	1357 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	25 CP	18	939 CP	35	1696 CP
2	81 CP	19	991 CP	36	1722 CP
3	136 CP	20	1044 CP	37	1748 CP
4	191 CP	21	1096 CP	38	1775 CP
5	246 CP	22	1148 CP	39	1801 CP
6	301 CP	23	1200 CP	40	1827 CP
7	356 CP	24	1253 CP	41	1850 CP
8	411 CP	25	1305 CP	42	1873 CP
9	467 CP	26	1357 CP	43	1897 CP
10	522 CP	27	1409 CP	44	1920 CP
11	574 CP	28	1461 CP	45	1944 CP
12	626 CP	29	1514 CP	46	1968 CP
13	678 CP	30	1566 CP	47	1992 CP
14	730 CP	31	1592 CP	48	2016 CP
15	783 CP	32	1618 CP	49	2041 CP
16	835 CP	33	1644 CP	50	2065 CP
17	887 CP	34	1670 CP	51	2090 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Butterfree up to each level from level 1.


50.0	520,000	304	296
40.0	270,000	304	-
35.0	182,000	186	-
30.0	120,000	122	-
25.0	76,000	84	-
20.0	45,000	56	-
15.0	23,600	36	-
10.0	10,000	18	-
5.0	2,400	8	-


1.5	200	1	-
2.0	400	2	-
2.5	600	3	-
3.0	800	4	-
3.5	1,200	5	-
4.0	1,600	6	-
4.5	2,000	7	-
5.0	2,400	8	-
5.5	3,000	9	-
6.0	3,600	10	-
6.5	4,200	11	-
7.0	4,800	12	-
7.5	5,600	13	-
8.0	6,400	14	-
8.5	7,200	15	-
9.0	8,000	16	-
9.5	9,000	17	-
10.0	10,000	18	-
10.5	11,000	19	-
11.0	12,000	20	-
11.5	13,300	22	-
12.0	14,600	24	-
12.5	15,900	26	-
13.0	17,200	28	-
13.5	18,800	30	-
14.0	20,400	32	-
14.5	22,000	34	-
15.0	23,600	36	-
15.5	25,500	38	-
16.0	27,400	40	-
16.5	29,300	42	-
17.0	31,200	44	-
17.5	33,400	46	-
18.0	35,600	48	-
18.5	37,800	50	-
19.0	40,000	52	-
19.5	42,500	54	-
20.0	45,000	56	-
20.5	47,500	58	-
21.0	50,000	60	-
21.5	53,000	63	-
22.0	56,000	66	-
22.5	59,000	69	-
23.0	62,000	72	-
23.5	65,500	75	-
24.0	69,000	78	-
24.5	72,500	81	-
25.0	76,000	84	-
25.5	80,000	87	-
26.0	84,000	90	-
26.5	88,000	94	-
27.0	92,000	98	-
27.5	96,500	102	-
28.0	101,000	106	-
28.5	105,500	110	-
29.0	110,000	114	-
29.5	115,000	118	-
30.0	120,000	122	-
30.5	125,000	126	-
31.0	130,000	130	-
31.5	136,000	136	-
32.0	142,000	142	-
32.5	148,000	148	-
33.0	154,000	154	-
33.5	161,000	162	-
34.0	168,000	170	-
34.5	175,000	178	-
35.0	182,000	186	-
35.5	190,000	196	-
36.0	198,000	206	-
36.5	206,000	216	-
37.0	214,000	226	-
37.5	223,000	238	-
38.0	232,000	250	-
38.5	241,000	262	-
39.0	250,000	274	-
39.5	260,000	289	-
40.0	270,000	304	-
40.5	280,000	304	10
41.0	290,000	304	20
41.5	301,000	304	30
42.0	312,000	304	40
42.5	323,000	304	52
43.0	334,000	304	64
43.5	346,000	304	76
44.0	358,000	304	88
44.5	370,000	304	103
45.0	382,000	304	118
45.5	395,000	304	133
46.0	408,000	304	148
46.5	421,000	304	165
47.0	434,000	304	182
47.5	448,000	304	199
48.0	462,000	304	216
48.5	476,000	304	236
49.0	490,000	304	256
49.5	505,000	304	276
50.0	520,000	304	296

Metapod

Weedle