Is Venonat Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Breed-only. Hoenn has native Bug and Poison options that show up without needing a trade, and Venonat doesn't bring enough to justify importing it over them.
Venonat has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Venonat trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Venonat's weaknesses hard.
Flannery's team hits Venonat's weaknesses hard.
Norman's typing presses Venonat's defenses.
Winona's Pokemon outpace and outclass Venonat here.
Venonat trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Venonat trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Venonat has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Phoebe's Pokemon outpace and outclass Venonat here.
Glacia's typing presses Venonat's defenses.
Drake's team hits Venonat's weaknesses hard.
Steven's team hits Venonat's weaknesses hard.
Venonat cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
How to Get Venonat in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
You're catching Venonat first, not Venonat. Venonat appears in the wild in the encounters below. The step cards map the full 2-stage line with evolution methods between each stage.
How to Obtain Venonat in ORAS
The path to Venonat starts with Venonat at Lv. 36-38 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Venonat ✓
Step 2Catch or Evolve into VenomothMirage SpotsLv.36-38GrassRate 50%Mirage Spots - Area 11Lv.36-38GrassRate 30%Mirage Spots - Area 9Lv.36-38GrassRate 30%Mirage Spots - Area 12Lv.36-38GrassRate 10%or evolve from Venonat (Step 1)
Venonat Weakness
Venonat is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. 4 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug, Fairy |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
What is Venonat Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Venonat
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Chatot Normal | C | |
 Taillow Normal | C | |
 Tepig Fire | D | |
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Tepig builds →Rock Tomb 2x40-49% Ember 2x33-40% | ||
 Torchic Fire | D | |
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Torchic builds →Ember 2x44-53% Rock Tomb 2x40-49% Peck 2x24-31% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Aerodactyl builds →Wing Attack 2x87-103%KO Rock Tomb 2x87-103%KO Fire Fang 2x63-74% | ||
 Archen Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Archen builds →Wing Attack 2x94-111%KO Rock Tomb 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Aron SteelRock | C | |
 Tyrunt RockDragon | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Combusken builds →Overheat 2x151-179%KO Aerial Ace 2x51-61% Rock Tomb 2x51-61% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Skarmory builds →Aerial Ace 2x74-88% Rock Tomb 2x49-59% | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Monferno builds →Overheat 2x143-168%KO Aerial Ace 2x48-56% Rock Tomb 2x48-56% | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Skarmory builds →Aerial Ace 2x72-86% Rock Tomb 2x48-57% | ||
Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Combusken builds →Overheat 2x152-179%KO Aerial Ace 2x52-62% Rock Tomb 2x52-62% | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Rampardos builds →Rock Tomb 2x131-155%KO Flamethrower 2x59-69% | ||
Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Monferno builds →Overheat 2x143-169%KO Aerial Ace 2x48-57% Rock Tomb 2x48-57% | ||
 Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Latios builds →Psychic 2x152-179%KO Fly 2x79-93% | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Latias builds →Psychic 2x133-157%KO Fly 2x74-87% | ||
Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Skarmory builds →Fly 2x111-130%KO Rock Tomb 2x49-59% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Aerodactyl builds →Fly 2x135-160%KO Rock Tomb 2x91-108%KO Fire Fang 2x66-78% | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Latios builds →Psychic 2x152-180%KO Fly 2x80-95% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Latias builds →Psychic 2x131-155%KO Fly 2x74-87% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x196-231%KO | ||
Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Skarmory builds →Fly 2x111-130%KO Rock Tomb 2x50-59% | ||
Kadabra Psychic | A | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x188-221%KO | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Latios builds →Psychic 2x150-178%KO Fly 2x78-93% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Latias builds →Psychic 2x130-154%KO Fly 2x70-83% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x194-228%KO | ||
Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Skarmory builds →Fly 2x106-125%KO Rock Tomb 2x47-56% | ||
 Cranidos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Cranidos builds →Head Smash 2x254-300%KO Zen Headbutt 2x90-107%KO Fire Blast 2x42-50% | ||
 Heatran FireSteel | A | |
Obtain MethodScorched Slab Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Heatran builds →Overheat 2x220-259%KO Ancient Power 2x68-80% | ||
Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x335-394%KO Zen Headbutt 2x120-141%KO Fire Blast 2x70-83% | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Latios builds →Dream Eater 2x169-199%KO Fly 2x80-94% | ||
 Deoxys Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Deoxys builds →Psycho Boost 2x267-314%KO Rock Slide 2x102-121%KO Aerial Ace 2x82-97% | ||
 Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x232-273%KO Stone Edge 2x129-151%KO Psychic 2x34-40% | ||
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Tyranitar can KO Venonat with Stone Edge (221-260%). Volcarona threatens a KO with Flamethrower (176-208%). Salamence's Outrage also KOs at 117-138%.
 Tyranitar RockDark | A | |
Recommended Build AbilitySand Stream ItemChoice Band NatureRelaxed Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Tyranitar builds →Stone Edge 2x221-260%KO Pursuit44-52% Crunch88-104%KO Superpower22-26% | ||
 Volcarona BugFire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityFlame Body ItemLum Berry NatureModest Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Volcarona builds →Giga Drain12-14% Flamethrower 2x176-208%KO | ||
 Salamence Dragon | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityMoxie ItemLum Berry NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Salamence builds →Earthquake65-77% Outrage117-138%KO | ||
 Alakazam Psychic | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityMagic Guard ItemFocus Sash NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Alakazam builds →Psychic 2x161-190%KO Focus Blast18-21% Shadow Ball48-56% Dazzling Gleam24-28% | ||
Venonat Evolutions
Venonat evolves into Venomoth. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. Evolving adds up to 145 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
ORAS Venonat Best Moveset
Bug/Poison with AbilityCompound Eyes boosting accuracy and AbilityTinted Lens removing resistance penalties. The moveset fires at pre-evolution stats that can't capitalize on either ability. 55 Attack and 40 Sp. Atk produce no meaningful damage. Venomoth one evolution away puts Tinted Lens and MoveQuiver Dance to real use.
Best Build
Venonat best EVs are Speed and Defense
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Toxic Spikes
- Sleep Powder
- Signal Beam
- Thief
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Venonat. Agility and Baton Pass come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Sludge Bomb and Leech Life and Normal and Psychic coverage and more.
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
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Venonat is said to have evolved with a coat of thin, stiff hair that covers its entire body for protection. It possesses large eyes that never fail to spot even minuscule prey.
Venonat Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Venonat does the job early-game if you need a Bug/Poison type on your team. Evolve it into Venomoth before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Venonat has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 19 titles across all 10 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
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