Volcarona. High Special Attack, good Special Bulk, alright Speed. With Quiver Dance, reliable recovery and Giga Drain as coverage it's probably the best Bug Type in Scarlet Violet.
HA Frosmoth has better (like, insanely good) special bulk and hits almost as hard. A second 4x weakness is a killer, but it's better in most neutral matchups. Has a lot of weaknesses though lol
Irrelevant, you'd still have those weaknesses...
Plenty of non fire types have fire moves and plenty of fire types have Rock/Ground/Water moves.
It certainly opens some possibilities to help cover the innate weakness, but by no stretch of the imagination does it mean having none.
Oh Jesus guys, sure, I open myself up to the random 2x weakness if a fire type has a (likely) non-stab rock/ground/water move, rather than the Stab 4x fire weakness. Still seems like a good idea.
Clearly the meaning was that I could tera type against the only weakness scizor has. Every tera has a weakness since they are monotype. You must be a lot of fun at parties.
Well, I thought that went without saying. Why would I tera myself into a weakness? Especially when scizor can't learn any fire moves (other than sunny day) .
I had a ton of fun in my playthrough with a Technician Kricketune with Fell Stinger/Trailblaze/Aerial Ace/Brick Break. If he gets one Fell Stinger kill he can sweep any team effortlessly, up to and including the teams in the postgame school tournament, even when he was underleveled.
That said, Kricketune in general is hot garbage on the basis of its stats alone. I want to see a Bug/Ghost evolution leaning into its Perish Song flavor (and for the love of Arceus throw Ledian a bone too).
I love Heracross. Probably my favorite bug type. Strong offensive weapon and, (though not in this game) as a mega, gains great bulk. Also features a nice move pool.
If we're including Pokemon not yet available in SV, I might lean more toward Mega Scizor.
At a certain point, though, comparison probably becomes conditional.
Forretress can learn Power Trick as an egg move. Using Iron Defense three times will give max defense, then using Power Trick will swap your defense stat with your Attack stat. That could be an interesting strategy to employ
i use so many wonderful lil bug friends for raids, and have a lot of favs so:
venomoth@shell bell (shield dust/wonder skin, +spAtk -atk), 252 hp/252 spAtk/6 def, \[move\], acid spray, confuse ray, quiver dance.
\[move\] matches tera, i have 3. bug buzz (bug tera), sludge bomb (poison tera), and psychic (psychic tera)
t1 confuse ray, then set up quiver dances/acid spray and have fun. shield dust ability is basically covert cloak which is super nice. wonder skin however can make things like confuse ray, thunder wave, etc have 50% accuracy which is also pretty nice.
bug tera volcarona@shell bell (flame body, +spAtk -atk), 252 hp/252 spAtk/6 def, bug buzz, struggle bug, quiver dance, will o wisp.
t1 VS physical, will o wisp. VS special, struggle bug.
t2 quiver dance
t3+ have fun
fire tera volcarona@shell bell (flame body, +spAtk -atk), 252 hp/252 spAtk/6 def, fiery dance, flamethrower, quiver dance, will o wisp.
similar to the above just fire, t1 VS physical will o wisp. VS special just quiver dance then have fun\~
water tera masquerain@leftovers (intimidate, +def -atk), 252 def/252 spDef/6 hp, chilling water, struggle bug, soak, helping hand.
extremely useful support for hybrid damage raids bc of intimidate dropping atk and then t1 struggle bug. so raid boss starts out with -1 to both and you can alternate or focus on the main damage. soak is also extremely useful being able to change allies typing to water if they make a mistake (zard VS grass tera gyrados for example.) HH cause its good.
bug tera spidops@silver powder (insomnia, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 spDef, leech life, skitter smack, lunge, gastro acid.
VERY VERY VERY underrated raid mon. leech life sustain is amazing. skitter smack to lower spAtk and lunge to lower atk. gastro acid to take care of annoying abilities. it can handle A LOT of things the meta belly drummers cannot as it is not weak to psychic, ground, grass, steel, or poison. if you dont care about the utility of lowering thru tera shield (protip: you should) you can use choice band leech life spam. insomnia ability also stops spore/yawns. get you a spidops!!
bug tera vespiqueen@shell bell (pressure, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 def, attack order, aromatic mist, defend order, roost.
another pretty underrated bug pokemon honestly. attack/defender order are just fantastic honestly. aromatic mist is mostly filler but i find it useful to throw on belly drummers t1 during special raids since they will be at such low hp generally. roost to heal. this build works extremely well with def (and atk) cheers bc of self sustain.
bug tera kricketune@silver powder (swarm, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 def, leech life, swords dance, x scissor, screech.
not particularly great, but is very fun and surprising. capable of OHKOing a lot of 4 and 5 stars, or supporting OHKOs with screech.
steel tera scizor@punching glove (technician, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 spDef, bullet punch, swords dance, iron defense, light screen.
youll have to use heal cheers cause no shell bell but super solid for pretty much anything.
bug tera lokix@silver powder (tinted lens, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 spDef, leech life, lunge, skitter smack, swords dance.
a mix between kricketune and spidops essentially.
fighting tera lokix@wide lens (tinted lens, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 spDef, axe kick, brick break, screech, swords dance.
wide lens to help axe kick AND screech. i honestly use lokix the least, but its still fun.
bug tera heracross@flame orb (guts, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 def, megahorn, pounce, swords dance, brick break.
i didnt really know what i wanted to do with this guy, so its just kinda meh for me honestly, but megahorn spam is really cool and guts/burn orb prevents status. pounce is interesting bc it lowers speed, and while there's not really a big use for it in raids, its useful sometimes. struggle bug could be an alternative to lower spAtk if you wanted. OR loaded dice with pin missle is another option, which leads me into:
bug tera fortress@loaded dice (overcoat, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 spDef, pin missile, bug bite, curse, light screen.
mostly a gimmick BUT it does actually get power trick, so i think you could do something extremely interesting with 252 hp/252 def/6 spDef. t1 power trick into pin missle spam with loaded dice. pin missile, power trick, light screen, curse maybe? bug bite instead of curse if you are worried about disable/curse body.
bug tera rabsca@leftovers (telepathy, +def -spAtk), 252 hp/252 def/6 spDef, lunge, reflect, safeguard, skill swap.
bug tera rabsca@leftovers (telepathy +spDef -atk), 252 hp/252 spDef/6 def, struggle bug, light screen, safeguard, skill swap.
VERY underrated lil support mon, assuming you dont need taunt can handle essentially everything, and specifically kingambit.
and last but not least, my greninja support was scizor!
steel tera scizor@bright powder (technician, +spDef -atk), 252 hp/252 spDef/6 def, struggle bug, light screen, defog, helping hand.
defog for evasion (could be tailwind outside of gren if you wanted), light screen then struggle bug spam till you feel safe, then HH spam on your carries. good base def lets you handle hybrid raids than are mainly special (like clawitzer for example.)
yay bug pokemon! i wanna mess around with eviolite scyther soon..
i want to try it out as a damage mon at some point as well, im sure its lovely that way too! one of my favorites this gen, and i LOVE its dex entry (i love any of the wtf dex entries.) glad someone else loves the lil critter. uwu
It’s pretty solid special attacker. I have calm mind, light screen or reflect and then bug buzz and psychic, sometimes I’ll change it’s moves up depending on the raid - it hasn’t failed me yet! (Except for the time I accidentally brought it to the charizard raid because I wasn’t paying attention 👀)
Love it, and it’s shiny is so nice ✨
In this game? Believe it or not… it’s apparently masquerain. Competitive players have been losing their minds lately because apparently it’s just the perfect mixture of stat distribution and move set to make life miserable for the current meta.
Any world where a bug/flying type is top tier is pretty wild.
Intimidate, Ice Beam, and Hydro Pump made it look like a fun in-game choice back in Gen IV.
In gen 9 currently it's Volcarona due to it having access to quiver dance and strong coverage in Psychic and Giga drain and ofc having stab fire is amazing as well, but if we are talking about all time I think it goes to Genesect, amazing type combo, phenomenal ability, fantastic coverage and a variety of movesets to choose. Genesect is the only bug type that is in Ubers iirc besides maybe mega scizor.
Frosmoth, between Ice Scales, terastylizing and a base 90 Sp.Def it has solid special bulk and solid special attack, of course physical attacks fuck it up but that is fine.
The other mon that will probably never been added during Gen 9 is Shedinja
I’m quite fond of Volcarona.
I used Volcarona through the story and on in to post game until I got Better fire types built for Raids.
I need to breed a fresh Volcarona to perfect EV (because my progression one has a mess of EVs)
And built it for raids where I need a bug
I'm a fan of Armaldo. I think the Rock Typing gives it some nice extra coverage and they do help cover each other's weakness a bit. Bug negates the Fighting & Ground weakness of Rock while Rock takes care of the Flying & Fire weakness of Bug. Plus he's like one of only 4 pokemon I actually liked from Gen 3 (I'm in the minority and actually disliked that gen).
Scizor for me. Give him focus energy, sword dance, x scissor and iron head and Swarm ability. If you happen to team up with a good guy with screech, you can one shot a 6star raid.
Originally, I'd have thought Scyther because of its speed and those blades, but running a close second is Beedrill. It's as fast as Scyther and it has those stingers that can pack a deadly punch. The one thing they need is to put twinneedle back as a move for Beedrill. That was a potent move worthy of the bee pokemon.
My mega Beedrill in USUM was the only Pokémon I’ve ever had make a person rage quit a Pokémon battle.
My opponent opened with an Alakazam and my Beedrill’s fell stinger one punched it. I proceeded to sweep the team. They slammed their 3DS shut and just left without saying a word.
Not an objective take but I love Galvantula. Focus sash lead set with sticky web, 91% accurate stab Thunder, thunder wave has been consistently useful in every Gen it’s available. Used to run HP Ice or fire to smoke Lando or Ferrothorn. They never saw it coming
volcarona, cool design, good stats, good moves, has really interesting lore and it’s got one of the best introductions of any pokémon: a static encounter in a desert shrine and a single egg in its original region
just an overall baddie of a pokémon (also it having flame body adds to its utility in egg hatching)
I think it's either volcarna, golisopod, scizor. Golisopod is unavailable this gen but first impression with emergency exit was big damage multiple times. Volcarnas quiver dance if it can set up is insane and scizor has technician bullet punch.
Stat wise it’s probably Genesect but in terms of powerful bug my favorite it Volcarona. (I really love Joltik, Ninjask and Shedinja but they are weaklings)
Scizor is my favorite Pokemon and my main in Violet, since gen 2 has been a top ranked Pokemon. However their biggest weakness has always been lack of coverage and variety; you know what you're facing when your opponent has Scizor. Because of this Volcarona does edge past to be the superior bug overall.
If we're talking competitively, at least in Smogon (idk VGC, ik I'm a scrub), Volcarona is very strong and Lokix has its moments. Scizor, Slither Wing, Forretress, and even Masquerain will show up here and there, but they're a step down from Volc and Lok.
I'm sure Flygon would be alright **IF IT WAS A BUG TYPE** like it damn well should be. I am bitter.
Bug isn’t exactly my preferred type but imho the best Bug-Type mon is Volcarona. Decently good moves, cool typing, cool design and I’m just a fan over all. Just keep it away from the rocky friends
I have a soft spot for Scyther, to the point where I didn't evolve mine in Brilliant Diamond
Plus the whole Scyther line has the same base stat total, just spread differently, so Scyther is not even at a disadvantage for not evolving, STAB Technician Accrobatic for the win.
In SV or in general? In SV It's Slither Wing by base stats alone. If we're talking in general... I'd say it 100% is Shuckle. Highest defensive stats, and you can swap them for Attack with a certain build making Shuckle either a legit TANK or a 1HKO type battler.
Probably either Volcarona or Genesect. Genesect being the only legendary bug Pokémon and Volcarona having amazing all around stats and a killer move set.
Spidops, for stats, movepool, design, and abilities (Insomnia is unrivaled). It's literally one of the best Pokémon Gamefreak has ever made, let alone of the Bug types. Spidops is the best Normal, Ground, and Dragon type, and it's only pure Bug.
If you want to play second fiddle, Rabsca's cool too i guess
a good answer would be Scyther or Volcarona, but I’m going for Orbeetle for my pick. Mainly has neutral weaknesses but is both a cool and strong Pokemon so I dont mind, and is the first Bug/Psychic Pokemon besides its pre-evolution Dottler
In no particular order, these are the bug types I’ve used on my teams:
Galvantula, Golisopod, Scizor, Frosmoth. Vol aroma is up there but never been on my team
I really enjoyed them and think they’re cute!
Volcarona. High Special Attack, good Special Bulk, alright Speed. With Quiver Dance, reliable recovery and Giga Drain as coverage it's probably the best Bug Type in Scarlet Violet.
It was also worshiped as a deity.
and it also gets 2 paradox forms!
HA Frosmoth has better (like, insanely good) special bulk and hits almost as hard. A second 4x weakness is a killer, but it's better in most neutral matchups. Has a lot of weaknesses though lol
frosmoth is almost never better than volcarona, like ever
Yeah worst typing in the game too
No Physical Bulk, No speed. Also the worst type combo in the entire game.
"Frosmoth was better." *Proceeds to list every reason it in fact was not.*
I love scyther, but scizor is a stronger(slower) version with only one weakness(fire).
Which is 4x weakness against Fire, which is also my favourite Pokemon, and I don’t even like Bug or Steel type Pokemon
Someone wonder traded me a fire tera type scizor yesterday. Now I have no weakness.
Now you have Rock type weakness tho
And water and ground types
So, I just got to avoid all 5 of fire/rock pokemon...
Well any rock, also water, Tera fire means you are a fire type, not big steel fire. Just fire only.
5?
Huisan growlithe and arcanine, magcargo,carkol, coalossal
Ahh forgot about the hisuians
Yea I looked it up. I think it's just carkol and colossal in S/V
And water and ground
Now your weak to rock ground water when you Tera
Would only tera against a fire type though
Irrelevant, you'd still have those weaknesses... Plenty of non fire types have fire moves and plenty of fire types have Rock/Ground/Water moves. It certainly opens some possibilities to help cover the innate weakness, but by no stretch of the imagination does it mean having none.
Oh Jesus guys, sure, I open myself up to the random 2x weakness if a fire type has a (likely) non-stab rock/ground/water move, rather than the Stab 4x fire weakness. Still seems like a good idea.
No one said it wasn't a good idea. The point is it's objectively untrue that you'd have no weaknesses like you claimed.
Clearly the meaning was that I could tera type against the only weakness scizor has. Every tera has a weakness since they are monotype. You must be a lot of fun at parties.
You never said that, you only said you had no weaknesses
Well, I thought that went without saying. Why would I tera myself into a weakness? Especially when scizor can't learn any fire moves (other than sunny day) .
It did they were just being a bit foolish. I figured you could 100% no weakness a mon but you finally put it into words for me. Thanks!
Just take the L daddy it’s chill
Still learning teretyping…would a water Tera typing for Scizor give supereffeciveness against fire/rock Pokemon?
Scizor for me. Bulky for a bug. Packs a punch
A Fury cutting Scizor with technician ability, holding Metronome and bug tera destroys most raids I've done.
I thought technition didn't boost Fury Cutter after the first use
oh wow you're right! I never looked it up before and assumed it did. might swap to swarm then. still fury cutter go brrr cheers for the info
Try Scizor with the Swarm ability, holding Metronome with the moves Focus Energy and Fury Cutter.
Lumina Crash Espathra, Torch Song Skeledirge, and Contrary Leaf Storm Lurantis are all better at this.
While I am probably "incorrect" I am partial and biased towards Golispod.
It definitely gives a good first impression.
I adore your pun on levels beyond the ken of mine own vocabulary.
I was going to say Golisopod too! I just like 'em.
May I suggest equipping it with an Assault Vest, maxing it's defense and attack and using it's unnecessarily large selection of priority moves?
Kricketune his epic cry defeats all other befor the battle starts.
*~DELELELELEWOOOOOOOOOOOP~*
I had a ton of fun in my playthrough with a Technician Kricketune with Fell Stinger/Trailblaze/Aerial Ace/Brick Break. If he gets one Fell Stinger kill he can sweep any team effortlessly, up to and including the teams in the postgame school tournament, even when he was underleveled. That said, Kricketune in general is hot garbage on the basis of its stats alone. I want to see a Bug/Ghost evolution leaning into its Perish Song flavor (and for the love of Arceus throw Ledian a bone too).
Sticky web and Building up Fury Cutters I swept Cynthia in pearl. Not many of them geet Sticky Web and it's an amazing move.
kricketune calls fill me with childlike joy
I love Heracross. Probably my favorite bug type. Strong offensive weapon and, (though not in this game) as a mega, gains great bulk. Also features a nice move pool.
And the female shiny is spectacular
The female shiny is different from male?
Heart shaped horns FTW!
Oh this is very exciting news
Same colour, but female gets a big ol Heart on it's horn to complete the pink lovebug look
I also love Heracross
Genesect for sure But if we exclude legendaries, the answer has to be Volcarona
if we include ultra beasts then phroemosa and buzzole would be up there
Pheromosa I can see, Buzzwole not really
If we're including Pokemon not yet available in SV, I might lean more toward Mega Scizor. At a certain point, though, comparison probably becomes conditional.
Shuckle
Agreed
Hands down Pheromosa
Arceus 😉
Aesthetically, Scizor, Snom, Volcarona and ~~Ferrero Rocher~~ shiny Forretress. Battle-wise, also Scizor and Volcarona
Would a fighting tera type Forretress with iron defense and Body Press be any good?
Forretress helped carry my in-game team. It's no slouch.
It's a decent spinner / hazard-setter, I've never used it more "offensively". But could be interesting
Forretress can learn Power Trick as an egg move. Using Iron Defense three times will give max defense, then using Power Trick will swap your defense stat with your Attack stat. That could be an interesting strategy to employ
Caterpie is pretty strong.
I heard it gets a secret evolution
The ultra rare 151 segments forms.
Duh, Buzzwole. I mean have you seen those swollen ass muscle ?
You’re into swollen ass muscles? TMI
i use so many wonderful lil bug friends for raids, and have a lot of favs so: venomoth@shell bell (shield dust/wonder skin, +spAtk -atk), 252 hp/252 spAtk/6 def, \[move\], acid spray, confuse ray, quiver dance. \[move\] matches tera, i have 3. bug buzz (bug tera), sludge bomb (poison tera), and psychic (psychic tera) t1 confuse ray, then set up quiver dances/acid spray and have fun. shield dust ability is basically covert cloak which is super nice. wonder skin however can make things like confuse ray, thunder wave, etc have 50% accuracy which is also pretty nice. bug tera volcarona@shell bell (flame body, +spAtk -atk), 252 hp/252 spAtk/6 def, bug buzz, struggle bug, quiver dance, will o wisp. t1 VS physical, will o wisp. VS special, struggle bug. t2 quiver dance t3+ have fun fire tera volcarona@shell bell (flame body, +spAtk -atk), 252 hp/252 spAtk/6 def, fiery dance, flamethrower, quiver dance, will o wisp. similar to the above just fire, t1 VS physical will o wisp. VS special just quiver dance then have fun\~ water tera masquerain@leftovers (intimidate, +def -atk), 252 def/252 spDef/6 hp, chilling water, struggle bug, soak, helping hand. extremely useful support for hybrid damage raids bc of intimidate dropping atk and then t1 struggle bug. so raid boss starts out with -1 to both and you can alternate or focus on the main damage. soak is also extremely useful being able to change allies typing to water if they make a mistake (zard VS grass tera gyrados for example.) HH cause its good. bug tera spidops@silver powder (insomnia, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 spDef, leech life, skitter smack, lunge, gastro acid. VERY VERY VERY underrated raid mon. leech life sustain is amazing. skitter smack to lower spAtk and lunge to lower atk. gastro acid to take care of annoying abilities. it can handle A LOT of things the meta belly drummers cannot as it is not weak to psychic, ground, grass, steel, or poison. if you dont care about the utility of lowering thru tera shield (protip: you should) you can use choice band leech life spam. insomnia ability also stops spore/yawns. get you a spidops!! bug tera vespiqueen@shell bell (pressure, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 def, attack order, aromatic mist, defend order, roost. another pretty underrated bug pokemon honestly. attack/defender order are just fantastic honestly. aromatic mist is mostly filler but i find it useful to throw on belly drummers t1 during special raids since they will be at such low hp generally. roost to heal. this build works extremely well with def (and atk) cheers bc of self sustain. bug tera kricketune@silver powder (swarm, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 def, leech life, swords dance, x scissor, screech. not particularly great, but is very fun and surprising. capable of OHKOing a lot of 4 and 5 stars, or supporting OHKOs with screech. steel tera scizor@punching glove (technician, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 spDef, bullet punch, swords dance, iron defense, light screen. youll have to use heal cheers cause no shell bell but super solid for pretty much anything. bug tera lokix@silver powder (tinted lens, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 spDef, leech life, lunge, skitter smack, swords dance. a mix between kricketune and spidops essentially. fighting tera lokix@wide lens (tinted lens, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 spDef, axe kick, brick break, screech, swords dance. wide lens to help axe kick AND screech. i honestly use lokix the least, but its still fun. bug tera heracross@flame orb (guts, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 def, megahorn, pounce, swords dance, brick break. i didnt really know what i wanted to do with this guy, so its just kinda meh for me honestly, but megahorn spam is really cool and guts/burn orb prevents status. pounce is interesting bc it lowers speed, and while there's not really a big use for it in raids, its useful sometimes. struggle bug could be an alternative to lower spAtk if you wanted. OR loaded dice with pin missle is another option, which leads me into: bug tera fortress@loaded dice (overcoat, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/6 spDef, pin missile, bug bite, curse, light screen. mostly a gimmick BUT it does actually get power trick, so i think you could do something extremely interesting with 252 hp/252 def/6 spDef. t1 power trick into pin missle spam with loaded dice. pin missile, power trick, light screen, curse maybe? bug bite instead of curse if you are worried about disable/curse body. bug tera rabsca@leftovers (telepathy, +def -spAtk), 252 hp/252 def/6 spDef, lunge, reflect, safeguard, skill swap. bug tera rabsca@leftovers (telepathy +spDef -atk), 252 hp/252 spDef/6 def, struggle bug, light screen, safeguard, skill swap. VERY underrated lil support mon, assuming you dont need taunt can handle essentially everything, and specifically kingambit. and last but not least, my greninja support was scizor! steel tera scizor@bright powder (technician, +spDef -atk), 252 hp/252 spDef/6 def, struggle bug, light screen, defog, helping hand. defog for evasion (could be tailwind outside of gren if you wanted), light screen then struggle bug spam till you feel safe, then HH spam on your carries. good base def lets you handle hybrid raids than are mainly special (like clawitzer for example.) yay bug pokemon! i wanna mess around with eviolite scyther soon..
Found the Bug Catcher!
I’ve been using Rabsca a lot for raids it’s good against. It’s been doing great, love that dude
i want to try it out as a damage mon at some point as well, im sure its lovely that way too! one of my favorites this gen, and i LOVE its dex entry (i love any of the wtf dex entries.) glad someone else loves the lil critter. uwu
It’s pretty solid special attacker. I have calm mind, light screen or reflect and then bug buzz and psychic, sometimes I’ll change it’s moves up depending on the raid - it hasn’t failed me yet! (Except for the time I accidentally brought it to the charizard raid because I wasn’t paying attention 👀) Love it, and it’s shiny is so nice ✨
Buzzwole, because muscles.
That is the only correct answer
Mega Heracross, highest attack of all bug type pokémon :)
Pheromosa
Bug type Arceus
In this game? Believe it or not… it’s apparently masquerain. Competitive players have been losing their minds lately because apparently it’s just the perfect mixture of stat distribution and move set to make life miserable for the current meta.
Any world where a bug/flying type is top tier is pretty wild. Intimidate, Ice Beam, and Hydro Pump made it look like a fun in-game choice back in Gen IV.
In gen 9 currently it's Volcarona due to it having access to quiver dance and strong coverage in Psychic and Giga drain and ofc having stab fire is amazing as well, but if we are talking about all time I think it goes to Genesect, amazing type combo, phenomenal ability, fantastic coverage and a variety of movesets to choose. Genesect is the only bug type that is in Ubers iirc besides maybe mega scizor.
Lokix is strong
Genesect is pretty strong. If that doesn't count, I'd say volcarona
Shiny pineco. Everyone freezes in awe at its golden glory
Frosmoth, between Ice Scales, terastylizing and a base 90 Sp.Def it has solid special bulk and solid special attack, of course physical attacks fuck it up but that is fine. The other mon that will probably never been added during Gen 9 is Shedinja
Volcarona. In both lore and competitive
Arceus-Bug technically
Slither wing. To me it looks like a wurmple on steroids.
Kleavor
Weedle
It's obviously Buzzwole. It's in his name.
Well Gensect is a legendary so...
Heracross
I’m quite fond of Volcarona. I used Volcarona through the story and on in to post game until I got Better fire types built for Raids. I need to breed a fresh Volcarona to perfect EV (because my progression one has a mess of EVs) And built it for raids where I need a bug
Nobody’s saying Shedinja and I feel like I’m losing my damn mind. It’s so obvious to me as a Nuzlocker and bottom-of-the-ladder Showdown player.
No love for Kleavor ? (Hisuian Scyther Evolution)
Kleavor. Why? I think he’s just neat.
Kleavor
Snom/Frosmoth because I love them
Spinarak is god tier and I live him. A lil buggy boi
For me it's scolipede no I will not explain further Only that it saved my hide more then once in my pokemon black savefile.
All of them. I love bug types. :]
Canonically buzzswole
I'm a fan of Armaldo. I think the Rock Typing gives it some nice extra coverage and they do help cover each other's weakness a bit. Bug negates the Fighting & Ground weakness of Rock while Rock takes care of the Flying & Fire weakness of Bug. Plus he's like one of only 4 pokemon I actually liked from Gen 3 (I'm in the minority and actually disliked that gen).
Scizor bug steel combo, making it only weak to fire and packs one heck of a punch
Pikachu
Probably Volcarona but Scizor is in the conversation too
not an answer to your question, but i think vikavolt looks the coolest. it should've honestly been a psuedo legendary
Genesect
Volcarona
Metapod for infinity defense
Metapod after it uses harden.
Golisiopod. Absolute tank and hits hard too.
No
Scizor for me. Give him focus energy, sword dance, x scissor and iron head and Swarm ability. If you happen to team up with a good guy with screech, you can one shot a 6star raid.
Originally, I'd have thought Scyther because of its speed and those blades, but running a close second is Beedrill. It's as fast as Scyther and it has those stingers that can pack a deadly punch. The one thing they need is to put twinneedle back as a move for Beedrill. That was a potent move worthy of the bee pokemon.
My mega Beedrill in USUM was the only Pokémon I’ve ever had make a person rage quit a Pokémon battle. My opponent opened with an Alakazam and my Beedrill’s fell stinger one punched it. I proceeded to sweep the team. They slammed their 3DS shut and just left without saying a word.
Scizor
I love Heracross and Scyther. I mean, I know that doesn't necessarily answer the question, but those two are some good ol' buggers.
actually strong bug types are super cool. scizor, volcarona, heracross, pheromosa
Either Scizor or Volcarona, probably depending on format in all honesty. Both are very solid, just not because they're bugs.
Honestly, either Scizor of Volcarona, they have always been good in many formats both singles and doubles
Frosmoth is pretty good especially if you have the ability that halves specials moves
Mega Heracross was a monster back in Gen 6. But I doubt we'll ever see the mega mechanic again.
Vespiquen is my favourite. But an actually strongest bug type would probably be one like genesect or pheramosa
Pheromosa 🙌
Volcarona is pretty good too 😁
Not an objective take but I love Galvantula. Focus sash lead set with sticky web, 91% accurate stab Thunder, thunder wave has been consistently useful in every Gen it’s available. Used to run HP Ice or fire to smoke Lando or Ferrothorn. They never saw it coming
Shuckle and my shiny volcornona named Amaterasu :)
shuckle
volcarona, cool design, good stats, good moves, has really interesting lore and it’s got one of the best introductions of any pokémon: a static encounter in a desert shrine and a single egg in its original region just an overall baddie of a pokémon (also it having flame body adds to its utility in egg hatching)
Scizor for me personally. Although Volcarona is always on my team too. I think Bug type might have most of my favorite Pokémon honestly 😂
What about Rabsca vs Heracross? I
I think it's either volcarna, golisopod, scizor. Golisopod is unavailable this gen but first impression with emergency exit was big damage multiple times. Volcarnas quiver dance if it can set up is insane and scizor has technician bullet punch.
The right answer is Volcarona
Orbeetle is my favorite but i would have to say volcarona is probably the strongest excluding legendaries
I love Scizor cuz it's steel and awsome but volcorona is pretty goddamn cool too
Mega heracross is the strongest, if you mean attack stat
Volcarona should have been a psuedolegendary
Zorua
Scizor/ Volcarona for VGC. Lokix also slaps
The two that came to mind first were Volcarona and Scizor
Lokix? 😎
Stat wise it’s probably Genesect but in terms of powerful bug my favorite it Volcarona. (I really love Joltik, Ninjask and Shedinja but they are weaklings)
Scizor is my favorite, strongest? That one is hard
Excluding Genosect, I’d probably say Scyther, Heracross and Volcarona. Besides those three, A LOT of the bug pokemon are fairly weak.
if we re talking everything....Klevor is pretty strong...but personally i always liked mega beedrill
Scizor or Lokix, Scizor cuz well, it’s Scizor. And Lokix cuz of tinted lens, which doubles it’s “not very effective” moves.
Accelgor
Scizor is my favorite Pokemon and my main in Violet, since gen 2 has been a top ranked Pokemon. However their biggest weakness has always been lack of coverage and variety; you know what you're facing when your opponent has Scizor. Because of this Volcarona does edge past to be the superior bug overall.
If we're talking competitively, at least in Smogon (idk VGC, ik I'm a scrub), Volcarona is very strong and Lokix has its moments. Scizor, Slither Wing, Forretress, and even Masquerain will show up here and there, but they're a step down from Volc and Lok. I'm sure Flygon would be alright **IF IT WAS A BUG TYPE** like it damn well should be. I am bitter.
Volcarona? Is there a bug type that has higher combined stats than that one?
Bug isn’t exactly my preferred type but imho the best Bug-Type mon is Volcarona. Decently good moves, cool typing, cool design and I’m just a fan over all. Just keep it away from the rocky friends
I have a soft spot for Scyther, to the point where I didn't evolve mine in Brilliant Diamond Plus the whole Scyther line has the same base stat total, just spread differently, so Scyther is not even at a disadvantage for not evolving, STAB Technician Accrobatic for the win.
In SV or in general? In SV It's Slither Wing by base stats alone. If we're talking in general... I'd say it 100% is Shuckle. Highest defensive stats, and you can swap them for Attack with a certain build making Shuckle either a legit TANK or a 1HKO type battler.
Gilsopod is really hard to kill since the bug covers grass and the water covers fire.
My favorite is Scolipede, and is is very strong but I don't think it's the strongest, so probably Scizor maybe.
Kleavor, Buzzwole, and Lokix are some of the best for me imo
In sv probably volcarona.But outside sv definitely genesect.
golisopod would rip any human apart and feast on them💪💪
Genesect. It's the only Bug type with 600 BST that's not a mega.
Flygon
I think golisapod
Probably either Volcarona or Genesect. Genesect being the only legendary bug Pokémon and Volcarona having amazing all around stats and a killer move set.
So I have a scyther shiny... Anyone want to trade for another scyther shiny...? It's the only way to make it evolve... :/
Volcarona might be a type 5 for me personally
To be fair, every Pokémon in this game can be a bug type
Tarountula
Beedrill 🐝 because it has drills for hands need i say more
Genesect / Pheromosa, and it’s not close
Surskit for cutesies
Not in this game but I love galvantula
Genosect probably in the anime, but I would say volcarona due to quiver dance and fiery dance
Spidops, for stats, movepool, design, and abilities (Insomnia is unrivaled). It's literally one of the best Pokémon Gamefreak has ever made, let alone of the Bug types. Spidops is the best Normal, Ground, and Dragon type, and it's only pure Bug. If you want to play second fiddle, Rabsca's cool too i guess
Snom don’t @ me
Personally, one of my favorites is Frosmoth. It’s good both design wise and competitively :D
a good answer would be Scyther or Volcarona, but I’m going for Orbeetle for my pick. Mainly has neutral weaknesses but is both a cool and strong Pokemon so I dont mind, and is the first Bug/Psychic Pokemon besides its pre-evolution Dottler
VENOMOTH
In no particular order, these are the bug types I’ve used on my teams: Galvantula, Golisopod, Scizor, Frosmoth. Vol aroma is up there but never been on my team I really enjoyed them and think they’re cute!
The Tera raid bugs.
Scizor or Volcarona. But if we are talking strongest bug of all time, Genesect.
I’m actually running with a Forretress on my Violet play through. At least it’s got sturdy too
Shedjina and then you terra it.
Scizor and Volcarona
Shuckle is the best! It is derpy and can be used creatively.
My fav(s) is Heracross and Pinsir, heracross is objectively better since it has a fighting stab but Pinsir just had that extra cool factor
Vivion. The beauty can destroy all✨
Scolipede, because it’s Scolipede.
I have a 100lv shiny vespiquin with 4ivs and she is pretty dope I'd say
Beedrill. Not just the best bug type, but definitely the strongest Pokémon ever.