Is Weedle Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Breeding or Pal Park only in Platinum. The Beedrill payoff at the end of this chain doesn't justify the effort when Bug/Poison isn't a type combination Sinnoh's story demands.
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.
Catchable
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 Weedle in Platinum
Weedle is the LeafGreen-cartridge counterpart to Caterpie. Slot a LeafGreen game in and it appears rarely on the same early forest and routes, levels 5 to 13, gone the moment you remove the cart.
2 locations to catch Weedle
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2Where To Catch Weedle in Pt
The line opens with Weedle at Lv. 5-13 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Kakunaor evolve from Weedle (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into BeedrillBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Weedle egg.
To plan your throws, open the Platinum catch rate calculator with Weedle preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Weedle in Platinum
Weedle shares the rare grass of Eterna Forest and Route 204, so run a Poké Radar chain to 40 in one and the shiny finally slips out. Compare Shiny Weedle odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Weedle 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Platinum shiny odds calculator with Weedle already selected.
Weedle Weakness
Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock moves hit Weedle for super-effective damage. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Standard number of weaknesses for the Bug/Poison typing.
| 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 Weedle Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Weedle
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weedle View Aerodactyl builds →Wing Attack 2x140-167%KO Rock Tomb 2x121-144%KO Fire Fang 2x100-119%KO | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weedle View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x269-317%KO Rock Tomb 2x65-77% | ||
 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 Weedle View Cranidos builds →Rock Tomb 2x137-162%KO Fire Blast 2x100-119%KO | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weedle View Lunatone builds →Confusion 2x131-156%KO Rock Tomb 2x77-92% | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weedle View Solrock builds →Rock Tomb 2x112-133%KO Fire Blast 2x140-165%KO Confusion 2x92-110%KO | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Shieldon RockSteel | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weedle View Shieldon builds →Fire Blast 2x119-142%KO Rock Tomb 2x67-81% | ||
Weedle Evolutions
Three stages ahead. Weedle grows into Kakuna, then pushes on to Beedrill. Check the evolution methods below. For breeding, quick to hatch with a decent partner pool via one egg group. The evolved forms gain up to 200 total stats over Weedle. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Weedle easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group.
Pt Weedle Best Moveset
Nothing in the moveset deals meaningful damage at these stat levels. Bug/Poison typing adds four weaknesses without giving any useful resistance. Evolve to Beedrill.
Best Build
Weedle best EVs are Sp. Atk and Sp. Def
Utility Moveset
- Poison Sting
- String Shot
- Bug Bite
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Not a lot to pick from. Weedle gets Bug Bite and Poison Sting for same-type damage, and limited coverage rounds things out. You're building around what's available rather than choosing from a deep bench.
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
It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head.
Weedle Platinum Guide
For Platinum, you can run Weedle through the first few routes without issues. 195 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Kakuna as fast as you can.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Weedle has appeared in 19 games: most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
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 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
Winds & Waves
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