#0544

Whirlipede

Curlipede Pokémon

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

In Pokémon GO · 1144 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Details

Height1.2 m

Weight58.5 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate120

Base friendship70

Growth ratemedium slow

Abilities

Poison Point

Has a 30% chance of poisoning attacking Pokémon on contact.

Swarm

Strengthens Bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.

Speed BoostHidden

Raises Speed one stage after each turn.

Egg groups: Bug

Appears in these games

Black · White#050 Black 2 · White 2#044 X · Y — Central Kalos#121 SwSh — Isle of Armor#075 Legends: Z-A#069

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

360

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Flying2×

Rock2×

Fire2×

Psychic2×

Resistant to

Poison½×

Bug½×

Fairy½×

Fighting¼×

Grass¼×

Evolution

#0543Venipede

Lv. 22

#0544Whirlipede

Lv. 30

#0545Scolipede

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Whirlipede can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Sprites & renders

12 sprites & renders for Whirlipede.

Across the games

Moves

Lv.	Move	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
1	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
1	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
1	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
12	Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	50	100	25
12	Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100	20
16	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
20	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100	20
26	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10
32	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
37	Steamroller	Bug	Physical	65	100	20
38	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
44	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
46	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
50	Venom Drench	Poison	Status	—	100	20
56	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15