Is Dewpider Good in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Playthrough?
Wild Water/Bug on Brooklet Hill. AbilityWater Bubble doubles Water move power and halves Fire damage. Araquanid at level 22 is the goal.
Dewpider trades roughly evenly with Ilima's team.
Hala's Pokemon outpace and outclass Dewpider here.
Lana's team hits Dewpider's weaknesses hard.
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Dewpider trades roughly evenly with Kiawe's team.
Araquanid trades roughly evenly with Mallow's team.
Dewpider trades roughly evenly with Olivia's team.
Sophocles's team hits Araquanid's weaknesses hard.
Acerola's typing presses Araquanid's defenses.
Araquanid trades roughly evenly with Nanu's team.
Mina's typing presses Araquanid's defenses.
Araquanid has the type edge here and should clean up Hapu's team.
Molayne's team hits Araquanid's weaknesses hard.
Araquanid trades roughly evenly with Olivia's team.
Araquanid trades roughly evenly with Acerola's team.
Kahili's team hits Araquanid's weaknesses hard.
Kukui's team hits Araquanid's weaknesses hard.
Catch Dewpider on Brooklet Hill (walking, Lv 14-17).
Your Dewpider should hit Level 22 before you reach Mallow, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Dewpider in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
Dewpider is available from early-game water routes onward at high spawn rates. 8 encounter spots give you plenty of options. Grab one early and it'll be ready to evolve or train by mid-game.
Where To Catch Dewpider in USUM
Dewpider is your first catch on the way to Dewpider. You'll find walking, surfing, and more encounters from Lv. 14-28 across 11 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Dewpider ✓Brooklet Hill - NorthLv.14-17Surfing on waterRate 40%DayBrooklet Hill - SouthLv.14-17Surfing on waterRate 40%DayBrooklet Hill - NorthLv.14-17GrassRate 20%DayBrooklet Hill - SouthLv.14-17GrassRate 20%Day
Step 2Catch or Evolve into AraquanidMalie GardenLv.25-28GrassRate 20%DayHeahea BeachLv.25Gift from NPCUltra MoonTotem gift (40 stickers)or evolve from Dewpider (Step 1)
Dewpider Weakness
Dewpider's Water/Bug typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Flying, and Rock. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Water Absorb grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
What is Dewpider Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Dewpider
 Salamence Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Salamence builds →Fly 2x180-213%KO Thunder Fang 2x89-105%KO Rock Tomb 2x82-98% | ||
 Vikavolt BugElectric | B | |
Obtain MethodHeahea Beach Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Vikavolt builds →Thunderbolt 2x153-180%KO Air Slash 2x85-102%KO | ||
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
 Hawlucha Fighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Hawlucha builds →Wing Attack 2x93-109%KO Rock Tomb 2x62-73% | ||
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
Salamence Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Salamence builds →Fly 2x188-224%KO Thunder Fang 2x92-110%KO Rock Tomb 2x86-102%KO | ||
Vikavolt BugElectric | B | |
Obtain MethodHeahea Beach Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Vikavolt builds →Thunderbolt 2x165-194%KO Air Slash 2x88-106%KO | ||
Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
Hawlucha Fighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Hawlucha builds →Wing Attack 2x100-118%KO Rock Tomb 2x67-78% | ||
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Salamence Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Salamence builds →Fly 2x185-219%KO Thunder Fang 2x88-105%KO Rock Tomb 2x83-98% | ||
Vikavolt BugElectric | B | |
Obtain MethodHeahea Beach Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Vikavolt builds →Thunderbolt 2x154-183%KO Air Slash 2x86-102%KO | ||
Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
Hawlucha Fighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Hawlucha builds →Wing Attack 2x90-107%KO Rock Tomb 2x59-71% | ||
 Toucannon Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Toucannon builds →Beak Blast 2x194-228%KO Smack Down 2x66-78% | ||
Salamence Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Salamence builds →Fly 2x194-228%KO Thunder Fang 2x93-110%KO Rock Tomb 2x88-104%KO | ||
Vikavolt BugElectric | B | |
Obtain MethodHeahea Beach Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Vikavolt builds →Thunderbolt 2x160-188%KO Air Slash 2x88-104%KO | ||
Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
Noctowl Normal | C | |
Toucannon Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Toucannon builds →Beak Blast 2x193-227%KO Smack Down 2x66-78% | ||
Salamence Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Salamence builds →Fly 2x193-227%KO Thunder Fang 2x95-112%KO Rock Tomb 2x87-102%KO | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Obtain MethodPoke Pelago Gift | ||
Vikavolt BugElectric | B | |
Obtain MethodHeahea Beach Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Vikavolt builds →Thunderbolt 2x165-194%KO Air Slash 2x90-107%KO | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | B | |
Toucannon Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Toucannon builds →Beak Blast 2x189-223%KO Smack Down 2x63-75% | ||
Salamence Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Salamence builds →Fly 2x189-223%KO Rock Slide 2x106-125%KO Thunder Fang 2x90-107%KO | ||
Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Obtain MethodPoke Pelago Gift | ||
Vikavolt BugElectric | B | |
Obtain MethodHeahea Beach Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Vikavolt builds →Thunderbolt 2x156-184%KO Air Slash 2x87-103%KO | ||
Magnezone ElectricSteel | B | |
Hawlucha Fighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Hawlucha builds →Sky Attack 2x307-362%KO Stone Edge 2x103-122%KO | ||
Salamence Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Salamence builds →Fly 2x192-226%KO Stone Edge 2x141-167%KO Thunder Fang 2x93-109%KO | ||
Toucannon Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Toucannon builds →Beak Blast 2x193-228%KO Smack Down 2x65-78% | ||
 Braviary Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Braviary builds →Fly 2x177-208%KO Rock Slide 2x99-117%KO | ||
Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Obtain MethodPoke Pelago Gift | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodUltra Space Wilds Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Rayquaza builds →Fly 2x216-254%KO Thunderbolt 2x112-132%KO Stone Edge 2x159-188%KO | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Route 8 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x390-458%KO Thunderbolt 2x56-67% | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Obtain MethodUltra Space Wilds Interact Encounter | ||
Hawlucha Fighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Hawlucha builds →Sky Attack 2x313-369%KO Stone Edge 2x105-124%KO | ||
Braviary Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Braviary builds →Brave Bird 2x242-285%KO Rock Slide 2x101-119%KO | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilitySand Stream ItemEviolite NatureImpish Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Hippopotas builds →Earthquake11-13% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityStamina ItemEviolite NatureImpish Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Mudbray builds →Earthquake14-17% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityMold Breaker ItemFocus Sash NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Drilbur builds →Rapid Spin16-20% Earthquake16-19% | ||
D | ||
Recommended Build AbilitySpeed Boost ItemFocus Sash NatureModest Moves View Torchic builds →
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D | ||
Recommended Build AbilitySwiftswim ItemFocus Sash NatureModest Moves
Damage vs Dewpider View Surskit builds →Hydro Pump8-9% Ice Beam6-8% | ||
Dewpider Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Dewpider grows into Araquanid through a straightforward two-stage chain. Plenty of partners for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 185 total stats over Dewpider. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Dewpider easily with 77 breeding partners from the Bug and Water1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Aurora Beam, Power Split, Spit Up and 2 more to offspring.
USUM Dewpider Best Moveset
Water/Bug at 40 Attack with AbilityWater Bubble doubling Water move damage, halving Fire damage, and preventing burns. The moveset at pre-evolution stats does nothing. Araquanid one evolution away earns B-tier through AbilityWater Bubble power.
Best Build
Dewpider best EVs are Sp. Def and HP
Wall Moveset
- Sticky Web
- Magic Coat
- Toxic
- Liquidation
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Aurora Beam and Power Split from the egg pool give Dewpider something extra.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When two Dewpider meet, they display their water bubbles to each other. Then the one with the smaller bubble gets out of the other’s way.
It can only breathe oxygen that has dissolved in water, so it wears a water bubble on its head when it walks around on land.
Dewpider Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Guide
For Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, you can run Dewpider through the first few routes without issues. 269 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Araquanid as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Dewpider joined the series in Sun & Moon and has been available in 4 titles so far. With 4 generations of appearances, it's established itself despite the later start.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
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 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SMDebut
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
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
Winds & Waves