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Weedle → Kakuna → Beedrill

1-cost fighter · Bug / Poison · melee · #13 of 13 1-cost Pokémon in our tier list.

Weedle official artwork
Weedle ★
Kakuna official artwork
Kakuna ★★
Beedrill official artwork
Beedrill ★★★

Synergies

Bug Bug types gain +42/82% Attack speed. Active at 2 / 3. Other Bug Pokémon: Caterpie, Paras, Scyther.

Poison Poison types' attacks poison: 20/70/130 damage/s for 4s, and the target's healing is halved. Active at 2 / 3 / 5. Other Poison Pokémon: Bulbasaur, Zubat, Nidoran♂, Oddish, Gastly, Ekans.

Abilities

In Kanto Tactics each star level has its own ability. It casts on its own when Energy is full (+10 Energy per attack, more when hit).

★ Weedle: Poison Sting

Hits its target: 105; poisons 30/s.

Poison · Physical · 40 Energy (starts with 10)

★★ Kakuna: Harden

368 HP shield.

Normal · Special · 45 Energy (starts with 10)

★★★ Beedrill: TwineedleFinishes poisoned

Leaps to the poisoned enemy with the lowest HP (or else the weakest one) and stings it 3 times. Power 245.

Bug · Physical · 50 Energy (starts with 10)

Stats

StarHPAttackSp. AtkDefenseSp. DefAtk speedCritRangeEnergy
★ Weedle1,310704055450.776%140
★★ Kakuna1,887885882510.856%145
★★★ Beedrill3,911273148651121.026%150

Without items or synergies. A shiny copy (1 in 200 in the shop) has +10% HP, defenses and damage.

Where you fight it in the campaign

These Campaign trainers can field it: Route 2, Viridian Forest, Nugget Bridge · Team Rocket, Fuchsia Gym · Koga.