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Kakunain Pokémon Polished Crystal

bugpoison

Pokédex Entry

Cocoon Pokémon

Nearly incapable of movement, it leans against stout trees while waiting for its evolution.

Kakuna in Pokémon Polished Crystal

Kakuna is #14 in the Pokédex for Pokémon Polished Crystal. This page covers its bug/poison typing, base stats, abilities, level-up and TM/HM moves, evolution chain, and where to find it across 5 encounter locations.

Type
BugPoison
Dex
#028 Johto Dex · #014 National
Abilities
Shed Skin(Primary)

May heal its own status problems.

Shed Skin(Secondary)

May heal its own status problems.

Shed Skin(Hidden)

May heal its own status problems.

Growth Rate
Medium Fast
Gender Ratio
50% Male, 50% Female
Egg Groups
bug
Hatch Rate
Fast (15 cycles)
Catch Rate
120
pokeball
Poké Ball10.9%
greatball
Great Ball14.9%
ultraball
Ultra Ball19.0%
Base Exp
71
EV Yield
2 Defense
Wild Held Items
None
Weak To
fire ×2flying ×2psychic ×2rock ×2
Resists
grass ×0.25fighting ×0.25poison ×0.5bug ×0.5fairy ×0.5

Evolution Chain

Note, you can always call Professor Elm with the Pokemon you are trying to evolve as first in your party. This was a feature that was added specifically to Polished Crystal. If the information on this page seems incorrect, please try calling Professor Elm.


Base form
Level up Weedle to Lv. 7
Level up Kakuna to Lv. 10

How to Obtain

Look for Kakuna in Viridian Forest (uncommon) in the morning and day-time, in Ilex Forest while walking or headbutting trees (rare) in the morning and day-time, and in National Park Bug Contest while bug contest (rare), among two other areas. Wild ones range from level nine to 56.

Wild Encounters (8)

Level Up Moves (3)

Poison StingLevel: 1poison
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An attack that may poison the foe.
String ShotLevel: 1bug
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A move that lowers the foe's Speed.
Defense CurlLevel: 1normal
010040
Raises the user's Defense.

Pre-evolution-only Moves (1)

These moves must be learned before evolving; Kakuna cannot learn them through its own level-up, TM/HM, tutor, egg, wild, or evolution moves.

Bug BiteLevel: 9(Weedle · Level 9)bug
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Bites the foe and eats a held Berry.

Type Summary

4
Weaknesses
5
Resistances
0
Immunities
9
Neutral

Weaknesses

Types that deal increased damage to Kakuna. Use these types to counter it effectively.

Resistances & Immunities

Types that Kakuna resists or is immune to. Avoid using these types against it.

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