Is Beedrill Good in Platinum Playthrough?
The physical/special split lets AbilitySwarm Beedrill hit harder than it could in older games, but it still doesn't hold up past the early gyms. A chain not worth the import effort.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Weedle here.
Beedrill has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Fantina's team hits Beedrill's weaknesses hard.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's team hits Beedrill's weaknesses hard.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Beedrill's weaknesses hard.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Flint's team hits Beedrill's weaknesses hard.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Jupiter's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Beedrill trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Cynthia's team hits Beedrill's weaknesses hard.
Catch Weedle
Catch Weedle on Route 204 (walking, Lv 5, rare). Pokémon LeafGreen in GBA slot.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5PoisonPoison StingPower 23Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 15BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
Evolve Weedle to Beedrill
Kakuna evolves into Beedrill at Level 10. Your Weedle should hit Level 10 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TM62BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 212
- LV 37PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Crasher Wake
- TM81BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 221
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Beedrill in Platinum
Kakuna reaches Beedrill at level 10, with nothing wild to substitute. Getting there means working the LeafGreen dual-slot trick for Weedle, then leveling the whole way up.
Wild Beedrill may be holding when caught:
Poison Barb (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a small, poisonous barb that ups the power of Poison-type moves.Catch Weedle or Kakuna at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Beedrill.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2How to Obtain Beedrill in Pt
Weedle is your first catch on the way to Beedrill. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 5-13 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Kakunaor evolve from Weedle (Step 1)
- Step 3Beedrill ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Weedle egg.
How to Get Shiny Beedrill in Platinum
Beedrill stays out of the wild here, so chain its first stage Weedle in Eterna Forest or on Route 204 to 40 for a 1 in 200 shiny, then raise it up. Compare Shiny Beedrill odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Beedrill Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Platinum with Beedrill preloaded.
Beedrill Weakness
Beedrill's Bug/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Beedrill's special bulk (base 80 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Beedrill Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Beedrill
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beedrill View Aerodactyl builds →Wing Attack 2x102-121%KO Rock Tomb 2x85-102%KO Fire Fang 2x73-87% | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beedrill View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x102-121%KO Rock Tomb 2x45-55% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Cranidos Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beedrill View Cranidos builds →Rock Tomb 2x98-116%KO Fire Blast 2x37-45% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beedrill View Lunatone builds →Confusion 2x53-63% Rock Tomb 2x56-68% | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beedrill View Solrock builds →Rock Tomb 2x82-97% Fire Blast 2x55-65% Confusion 2x35-44% | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Shieldon RockSteel | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beedrill View Shieldon builds →Fire Blast 2x45-55% Rock Tomb 2x48-58% | ||
Beedrill Evolutions
Beedrill is the final form in a three-stage chain from Weedle through Kakuna. Breeding this form produces Weedle eggs (quick to hatch). Evolving from Weedle gave Beedrill the biggest boost in Sp.Def (+60), bringing the total to 385 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Beedrill to get Weedle eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug egg group.
Pt Beedrill Best Moveset
Outrunning slower defensive targets at 75 Speed, Beedrill follows up with MoveX-Scissor and MovePoison Jab off 90 Attack. The moveset finally has proper physical tools for both types, but 40 Defense folds to any returned hit.
Best Build
Beedrill best EVs are HP and Speed
Pivot Moveset
- Toxic Spikes
- U Turn
- X Scissor
- Endeavor
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without TMs, Beedrill's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get Normal and Dark coverage and more on top of Sludge Bomb and Poison Jab for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
36 of 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off.
Beedrill Platinum Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Platinum, but Beedrill does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Beedrill hits 485 BST.
In Platinum, use Beedrill as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling,
For Platinum, run Jolly on Beedrill. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Beedrill first appeared in Red & Blue and spans 19 games across 9 generations. It later gained a Mega form in Generation 6, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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