What is Beautifly weak to?

In X & Y, watch for Golem (Rock), Charizard (Fire), and Raikou (Electric) when using Beautifly. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Golem is the most dangerous since Rock moves deal 4x damage. Ice and Flying-type attackers are also a problem. With 5 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.

How do you evolve Beautifly?

In X & Y, Silcoon evolves into Beautifly at level 10. Beautifly is the final evolution in a 5-stage line starting from Wurmple .

Should I use Beautifly?

In X & Y, Beautifly has niche appeal at best. 395 base stats means you're fighting uphill by mid-game. There are better Bug/Flying Pokemon available.

In X & Y, Beautifly has a 395 base stat total and ranks as C-Tier: a niche pick in X & Y's meta. It works best as an attacker. Aircutter with Focus Sash is the standard set.

What is the best ability for Beautifly?

Swarm strengthens bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less. That's the one you want on Beautifly. Rivalry is the hidden ability. Niche, but it has its uses.

Beautifly - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Utility

Attacker

CTier

65Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

Beautifly's built around special offense. Sp. Atk leads the charge, Defense pays for it. Tough to catch, worth 3 Sp. Atk EVs. Follows a medium-fast 1M XP curve.

Base Stats

Avg

HP60

Attack70

Defense50

Sp. Atk100

Sp. Def50

Speed65

Total395

Details

Catch Rate

Challenging45 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Fast1M XP

Height1.0 m

Weight28.4 kg

Base XP178

Abilities

SwarmTop Pick

Strengthens bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.

RivalryHA

Increases damage inflicted to 1.25× against Pokémon of the same gender, but decreases damage to 0.75× against the opposite gender.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpA+3SpDSpe

Strong Special Attack training target

Pokedex Entries

Vibrantly patterned wings are its prominent feature. It sucks sweet flower nectar with its long mouth.

Beautifly Weakness

Beautifly's Bug/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying. Rock hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Ground-type attacks completely.

Beautifly Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
4x (Critical)	Rock
2x (Weak)	Fire, Electric, Ice, Flying
0.5x (Resist)	Bug
0.25x (Resist)	Grass, Fighting
0x (Immune)	Ground

Type ChartVulnerable

5Weak

3Resist

1Immune

Score-4

4xCritical

Rock

2xWeak

Fire Electric Ice Flying

½xResist

Bug

¼xResist

Grass Fighting

0xImmune

Ground

STAB (5)

Grass Psychic Dark Fighting Bug

How to Beat Beautifly in X & Y (Best Counters)

In X & Y, Weavile can KO Beautifly with Ice Shard (99-117%). Zapdos's Thunderbolt also KOs at 126-148%.

Weavile DarkIce	A
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemChoice Band NatureJolly Moves Knock Off Icicle Crash Ice Shard PursuitSTAB Damage vs Beautifly Knock Off 80-94% Ice Shard 2x 99-117%KO Pursuit 49-58% View Weavile builds →
Heatran FireSteel	A
Recommended Build AbilityFlashfire ItemLeftovers NatureCalm Moves Stealth Rock Lava Plume Earth Power TauntUtility View Heatran builds →
Zapdos ElectricFlying	A
Recommended Build AbilityStatic ItemSitrus Berry NatureTimid Moves Heat Wave TailwindUtility ThunderboltSTAB RoostRecovery Damage vs Beautifly Heat Wave 2x 89-104%KO Thunderbolt 2x 126-148%KO View Zapdos builds →
Tyranitar RockDark	A
Recommended Build AbilitySand Stream ItemChoice Band NatureRelaxed Moves Stone Edge PursuitSTAB CrunchSTAB Superpower Damage vs Beautifly Stone Edge 4x 442-520%KO Pursuit 44-52% Crunch 88-104%KO Superpower 22-26% View Tyranitar builds →
Gliscor GroundFlying	B
Recommended Build AbilityPoisonheal ItemToxic Orb NatureCareful Moves EarthquakeSTAB RoostRecovery Swords Dance Knock Off Damage vs Beautifly Knock Off 24-28% View Gliscor builds →

X & Y Evolution

Out of 2 evolutions from Wurmple, Beautifly comes from the level-up path. The method you use determines which form you end up with. Breed through Wurmple to get eggs. Evolving from Wurmple gave Beautifly the biggest boost in Sp.Atk (+80), bringing the total to 395 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

5 Forms

#265Wurmple

#266SilcoonLevel 7 (Random)

#267BeautiflyLevel 10

#268CascoonLevel 7 (Random)

#269DustoxLevel 10

Stat Comparison 5 Forms

Wurmple

Bug

Silcoon

Bug

Beautifly

BugFlying

Cascoon

Bug

Dustox

BugPoison

50+5

60+10

50+5

60+10

ATK

35-10

70+35

35-10

50+15

DEF

55+20

50-5

55+20

70+15

SP.ATK

25+5

100+75

25+5

50+25

SP.DEF

25-5

50+25

25-5

90+65

SPE

15-5

65+50

15-5

65+50

BST

195D-Tier

205D-Tier+10

395C-Tier+190

205D-Tier+10

385D-Tier+180

ROLE

Balanced

Attacker

Balanced

TYPE

Physical

Utility

Special

Utility

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed with Beautifly to get Wurmple eggs easily using 68 partners from the Bug egg group.

Egg Groups

Bug

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

15 cycles·3,855 steps

Quick~4 min with Flame Body

Breed With (best first)

X & Y Beautifly Best Moveset

One boost from Quiver Dance and Beautifly gets dangerous fast. The Timid nature targets max HP and Speed, and Swarm backs the whole approach. Aircutter and the remaining moves handle most of what's left standing.

Best Build

Experimental

Bulky Support

Ability

Swarm

Item

Focus SashSURVIVAL

Best Nature for Beautifly

Timid+SPE

Beautifly best EVs are HP and Speed

EVs

Def

Spe

Bulky Support Moveset

Air CutterSTAB
Bug BuzzSTAB
Quiver DanceSTAB
RoostRecovery

Recommended Teammates

CrustleGood

ParasectGood

Moves

Without TMs, Beautifly's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get coverage across 7 types on top of Bug Buzz and U-turn for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Absorb

—2010025Grass

Lv 10

Absorb

—2010025Grass

Lv 13

Gust

—4010035Flying

Lv 17

Stun Spore

D—7530Grass

Lv 20

Morning Sun

D——5Normal

Lv 24

Mega Drain

—4010015Grass

Lv 27

Whirlwind-6

C——20Normal

Lv 31

Attract

D—10015Normal

Lv 34

Silver Wind

C601005Bug

Lv 38

Giga Drain

C7510010Grass

Lv 41

Bug Buzz

S9010010Bug

Lv 45

Quiver Dance

S——20Bug

TM Moves

TM62

Acrobatics

D5510015Flying

TM40

Aerial Ace

C60—20Flying

TM45

Attract

D—10015Normal

TM100

Confide

———20Normal

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM53

Energy Ball

C9010010Grass

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM70

Flash

D—10020Normal

TM21

Frustration

D—10020Normal

TM68

Giga Impact

C150905Normal

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM15

Hyper Beam

B150905Normal

TM83

Infestation

D2010020Bug

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM29

Psychic

C9010010Psychic

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM19

Roost

S——10Flying

TM48

Round

C6010015Normal

TM20

Safeguard

C——25Normal

TM30

Shadow Ball

C8010015Ghost

TM88

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM22

Solar Beam

B12010010Grass

TM76

Struggle Bug

C5010020Bug

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM11

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

TM87

Swagger

——9015Normal

TM46

Thief

D6010025Dark

TM06

Toxic

C—9010Poison

TM89

U-turn

C7010020Bug

TM09

Venoshock

C6510010Poison

Egg Moves

Beautifly doesn't have any Egg moves

Tutor Moves

Beautifly can't learn any Tutor moves

Reminder Moves

Rem

Bug Bite

C6010020Bug

Rem

Harden

———30Normal

Rem

Poison Sting

—1510035Poison

Rem

String Shot

——9540Bug

Rem

Tackle

D5010035Normal

Transfer Moves

Gen

Gen 4

Captivate

——10020Normal

Gen 4

Defog

C——15Flying

Gen 3

Double-Edge

C12010015Normal

Gen 4

Endure+4

D——10Normal

Gen 3

Mimic

———10Normal

Gen 4

Natural Gift

D—10015Normal

Gen 4

Ominous Wind

—601005Ghost

Gen 4

Swift

—60—20Normal

Gen 4

Twister

—4010020Dragon

How to Get Beautifly in X & Y

No wild encounters for Beautifly in X & Y. Bring Wurmple over from Ruby, Emerald, or Diamond, then level through the stages. Each step in the chain is laid out below.

How to Obtain Beautifly in X & Y

Step 1Obtain Wurmple
Also found in:
Ruby Emerald Diamond
Train until Level 7
Step 2Evolve into Silcoon
Also found in:
Ruby Emerald Diamond
Train until Level 10
Step 3Beautifly ✓

Beautifly Guide

In X & Y, watch for Golem (Rock), Charizard (Fire), and Raikou (Electric) when using Beautifly. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Golem is the most dangerous since Rock moves deal 4x damage. Ice and Flying-type attackers are also a problem. With 5 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.
In X & Y, Silcoon evolves into Beautifly at level 10. Beautifly is the final evolution in a 5-stage line starting from Wurmple.
In X & Y, Beautifly has niche appeal at best. 395 base stats means you're fighting uphill by mid-game. There are better Bug/Flying Pokemon available.
In X & Y, Beautifly has a 395 base stat total and ranks as C-Tier: a niche pick in X & Y's meta. It works best as an attacker. Aircutter with Focus Sash is the standard set.
Swarm strengthens bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less. That's the one you want on Beautifly. Rivalry is the hidden ability. Niche, but it has its uses.

Game Availability

Beautifly first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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