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Butterfreein Pokémon SoulGold

bugflying

Pokédex Entry

Butterfly Pokémon

It has a superior ability to search for delicious honey from flowers. It can seek, extract, and carry honey from flowers blooming over six miles away.

Butterfree in Pokémon SoulGold

Gmax Butterfree is #12 in the Pokédex for Pokémon SoulGold. This page covers its bug/flying typing, base stats, abilities, level-up and TM/HM moves, evolution chain, and where to find it.

Front
butterfree sprite
Normal
butterfree sprite
Shiny
butterfree sprite
Animated
butterfree sprite
Shiny Animated
Back
butterfree sprite
Normal
butterfree sprite
Shiny
2 Forms Available
Type
BugFlying
Dex
#012
Abilities
Compound Eyes(Primary)

Raises accuracy.

Tinted Lens(Secondary)

Ups “not very effective”.

Growth Rate
mediumfast
Gender Ratio
50% Male, 50% Female
Egg Groups
bug
Hatch Rate
Medium Fast (20 cycles)
Catch Rate
45
pokeball
Poké Ball5.3%
greatball
Great Ball7.5%
ultraball
Ultra Ball8.9%
Base Exp
198
EV Yield
2 SpecialAttack1 SpecialDefense
Wild Held Items
Silverpowder(5%)
Weak To
fire ×2electric ×2ice ×2flying ×2rock ×4
Resists
grass ×0.25fighting ×0.25bug ×0.5
Immune To
ground
Forms
Normal,Gmax

How to Obtain

This form of Butterfree isn't found in the wild. You'll need to evolve, trade, or breed to get one.

Type Summary

5
Weaknesses
3
Resistances
1
Immunities
9
Neutral

Weaknesses

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

rock4×fire2×electric2×ice2×flying2×

Resistances & Immunities

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

Immunities (0×)

ground
grass0.25×fighting0.25×bug0.5×
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