whirlipede

Base Flavor

black: Protected by a hard shell, it spins its body like a wheel and crashes furiously into its enemies.

white: It is usually motionless, but when attacked, it rotates at high speed and then crashes into its opponent.

black-2: Storing energy for evolution, it sits. But, when predators approach, it moves to stab them with poison spikes.

white-2: Storing energy for evolution, it sits. But, when predators approach, it moves to stab them with poison spikes.

x: Protected by a hard shell, it spins its body like a wheel and crashes furiously into its enemies.

y: It is usually motionless, but when attacked, it rotates at high speed and then crashes into its opponent.

omega-ruby: Protected by a hard shell, it spins its body like a wheel and crashes furiously into its enemies.

alpha-sapphire: It is usually motionless, but when attacked, it rotates at high speed and then crashes into its opponent.

sword: This Pokémon spins itself rapidly and charges into its opponents. Its top speed is just over 60 mph.

shield: Whirlipede protects itself with a sturdy shell and poisonous spikes while it stores up the energy it’ll need for evolution.

Base Stats

Habitat

Abilities

• poison-point

  Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, the move's user has a 30% chance of being poisoned.

• swarm

  When this Pokémon has 1/3 or less of its HP remaining, its bug-type moves inflict 1.5× as much regular damage. Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, the wild encounter rate is increased.

• speed-boost

  This Pokémon's Speed rises one stage after each turn.

Moves