MothimLevel 20 ♂WormadamLevel 20 ♀Wormadam (Sandy Cloak)Level 20 ♀Wormadam (Trash Cloak)Level 20 ♀
Is Wormadam Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Female Burmy evolves at level 20. Bug/Grass, Bug/Ground, or Bug/Steel depending on cloak. AbilityAnticipation warns about super-effective moves. The Steel cloak is the most defensively interesting.
Falkner's team hits Burmy's weaknesses hard.
Bugsy's typing presses Burmy's defenses.
Burmy trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
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Wormadam has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
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Clair's team hits Wormadam's weaknesses hard.
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Wormadam resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
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Wormadam has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
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Wormadam has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
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Wormadam has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
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Blaine's team hits Wormadam's weaknesses hard.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
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Wormadam has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
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Koga's team hits Wormadam's weaknesses hard.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
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Lance's team hits Wormadam's weaknesses hard.
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Catch Burmy
Catch Burmy on Route 38 (Headbutt (rare), Lv 18-25, limited). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 18)
- LV 18BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 18NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- LV 20NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Burmy to Wormadam
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Morty, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 19)
- LV 19BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 44PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 47GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- LV 47SteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Burmy to Mothim
Burmy evolves into Mothim at Level 20. Your Burmy should hit Level 20 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 41FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 44PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 47BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Wormadam in HeartGold & SoulSilver
You're catching Burmy first, not Wormadam. Burmy appears at solid rates in the encounters below. The step cards map the full 2-stage line with evolution methods between each stage.
Wild Wormadam may be holding when caught:
Silver Powder (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a shiny, silver powder that ups the power of Bug-type moves.Catch Burmy at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Wormadam.
- 1Catch Burmy
- 2Evolve Wormadamat Lv.20
Badge 4How to Obtain Wormadam in HGSS
Step 2Wormadam ✓
How to Get Shiny Wormadam in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Wormadam evolves from a female Burmy, so breed that base form Masuda-style at 1 in 1,638 and evolve it into its cloak. Compare Shiny Wormadam odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Wormadam Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
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 | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Wormadam.
Wormadam Weakness
Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, Bug, and Rock moves hit Wormadam for super-effective damage. Fire and Flying hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The Bug/Grass typing picks up 5 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Fire, Flying |
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Poison, Bug, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Wormadam Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Wormadam
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodBell Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wormadam View Ho-Oh builds →Brave Bird 4x289-341%KO Overheat 4x245-289%KO Ancient Power 2x36-42% | ||
 Charizard Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wormadam View Charizard builds →Overheat 4x242-285%KO Air Slash 4x132-156%KO Rock Slide 2x42-50% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wormadam View Blaziken builds →Flare Blitz 4x270-318%KO Brave Bird 4x180-212%KO Stone Edge 2x75-89% Poison Jab 2x61-71% | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodEmbedded Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wormadam View Rayquaza builds →Fly 4x245-289%KO Overheat 4x213-251%KO Ice Beam 2x72-85% Stone Edge 2x91-107%KO | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Silver Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wormadam View Moltres builds →Overheat 4x272-321%KO Air Slash 4x149-175%KO Ancient Power 2x39-46% U-turn 2x46-54% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wormadam View Houndoom builds →Overheat 4x245-289%KO Sludge Bomb 2x53-63% | ||
 Dragonite Dragon | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dragonair (Dragons Den Super Rod) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wormadam View Dragonite builds →Fly 4x223-263%KO Fire Blast 4x130-154%KO Stone Edge 2x83-97% Ice Beam 2x51-61% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wormadam View Entei builds →Overheat 4x206-243%KO Stone Edge 2x72-85% | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wormadam View Typhlosion builds →Eruption 4x262-308%KO Aerial Ace 4x68-80% Rock Slide 2x42-50% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wormadam View Camerupt builds →Eruption 4x254-298%KO Stone Edge 2x64-76% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wormadam View Arcanine builds →Overheat 4x226-266%KO Aerial Ace 4x84-99% | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wormadam View Altaria builds →Sky Attack 4x201-237%KO Fire Blast 4x97-115%KO Ice Beam 2x38-45% | ||
Wormadam Evolutions
You get Wormadam from Burmy at level 20. It's one of 2 possible evolutions in this branching family, each requiring its own method. Breed through Burmy to get eggs. Both Wormadam and Mothim hit 424 total stats from Burmy. The difference is how those stats are split. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Wormadam to get Burmy eggs using 48 partners from the Bug egg group.
HGSS Wormadam Best Moveset
Bug/Grass Plant Cloak with 105 Sp. Def absorbing special hits from one side. 36 Speed and weak offenses leave the moveset without damage output. AbilityAnticipation warns about super-effective moves on switch-in. Defensive niche only.
Best Build
Wormadam best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Signal Beam
- Giga Drain
- Psychic
- Hidden Power Water
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool tells the story here. Wormadam learns Psychic and Leaf Storm naturally, plus enough variety that TMs feel like bonuses. Normal and Psychic coverage and more extends the reach beyond that.
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
All 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is said that a WORMADAM that evolves on a cold day will have a thicker cloak.
Wormadam HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, it depends on your team. Wormadam rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Bug/Grass coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Wormadam as a balanced. Special attacks are the main output. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Calm on Wormadam. +Sp. Def is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, build your team around Forretress, Scizor, and Abomasnow. These have the highest co-usage rates with Wormadam in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Wormadam appears in 11 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
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 4DPDebut
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
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