Is Weepinbell Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Hold off on the Leaf Stone until Weepinbell learns the moves you need. The level-up movepool is better than Victreebel's. Mid-Johto performance is fine for a Grass-type while you wait.
Falkner's team hits Bellsprout's weaknesses hard.
Bugsy's typing presses Bellsprout's defenses.
Bellsprout trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's team hits Weepinbell's weaknesses hard.
Weepinbell has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Victreebel resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Victreebel has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Janine's team hits Victreebel's weaknesses hard.
Victreebel has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Victreebel resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Koga's team hits Victreebel's weaknesses hard.
Victreebel has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Catch Bellsprout on Route 31 (walking, Lv 5, uncommon).
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5GrassVine Whip68100%25
- After Falkner
- HM01NormalCut5095%30
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnore50100%15
- LV 23PoisonAcid60100%30
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge Bomb135100%10
- TM10NormalHidden Power60100%15
- LV 37GrassRazor Leaf8395%25
- LV 45NormalSlam8075%20
Your Bellsprout should hit Level 21 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
- STARTING (Lv 21)
- LV 21GrassVine Whip68100%25
- LV 21GrassSleep Powder—75%15
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnore50100%15
- LV 24PoisonAcid60100%30
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge Bomb135100%10
- TM10NormalHidden Power60100%15
- LV 42GrassRazor Leaf8395%25
- LV 54NormalSlam8075%20
You can receive the Leaf Stone from an NPC in Route 34.
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30GrassRazor Leaf8395%25
- LV 30GrassVine Whip68100%25
- After Falkner
- HM01NormalCut5095%30
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnore50100%15
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge Bomb135100%10
- TM10NormalHidden Power60100%15
How to Get Weepinbell in Crystal
Weepinbell starts showing up in mid-game routes at moderate rates across 1 encounter spots. The list below is sorted so you can pick what fits your current progress without scrolling through everything.
Where To Catch Weepinbell in C
Bellsprout is your first catch on the way to Weepinbell. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 5-24 across 7 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Catch BellsproutRoute 31Lv.5GrassRate 20%Route 36Lv.5GrassRate 20%Route 32Lv.7GrassRate 20%Route 24Lv.10GrassRate 5%Route 25Lv.10GrassRate 5%Route 44Lv.22GrassRate 20%
Step 2Weepinbell ✓Route 44Lv.24GrassRate 10%or evolve from Bellsprout (Step 1)
Step 3Evolve into VictreebelBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Victreebel egg.
Weepinbell Weakness
Type-wise, Weepinbell takes extra damage from Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Standard number of weaknesses for the Grass/Poison typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Weepinbell Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Weepinbell
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
 Smoochum IcePsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift | ||
 Magby Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift | ||
 Cyndaquil Fire | D | |
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift | ||
 Drowzee Psychic | B | |
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
Magby Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift | ||
Smoochum IcePsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Kadabra builds →Confusion 2x90-106%KO Ice Punch 2x87-103%KO Fire Punch 2x87-103%KO | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Flareon Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Kadabra builds →Psybeam 2x115-136%KO Ice Punch 2x88-104%KO Fire Punch 2x88-104%KO | ||
Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Celebi PsychicGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Interact Encounter Available Move Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Celebi builds →Future Sight 2x176-207%KO | ||
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x207-243%KO Ice Punch 2x87-102%KO Fire Punch 2x87-102%KO | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Celebi PsychicGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Interact Encounter Available Move Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Celebi builds →Future Sight 2x170-200%KO | ||
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x200-235%KO Ice Punch 2x84-99% Fire Punch 2x84-99% | ||
Magmar Fire | C | |
Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Celebi PsychicGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Interact Encounter Available Move Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Celebi builds →Future Sight 2x170-200%KO | ||
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x200-235%KO Ice Punch 2x84-99% Fire Punch 2x84-99% | ||
Magmar Fire | C | |
Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x200-235%KO Ice Punch 2x84-99% Fire Punch 2x84-99% | ||
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Celebi PsychicGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Interact Encounter Available Move Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Celebi builds →Future Sight 2x170-200%KO | ||
Magmar Fire | C | |
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Lugia builds →Dream Eater 2x138-163%KO Aeroblast 2x129-152%KO Blizzard 2x110-130%KO | ||
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x210-248%KO Ice Punch 2x88-104%KO Fire Punch 2x88-104%KO | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
Arcanine Fire | B | |
Celebi PsychicGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Interact Encounter Available Move Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Celebi builds →Future Sight 2x180-211%KO | ||
In Crystal, Charizard can KO Weepinbell with Fire Blast (177-208%).
 Charizard Fire | B | |
Recommended Build ItemLeftovers Moves
Damage vs Weepinbell View Charizard builds →Earthquake40-47% Fire Blast 2x177-208%KO Rock Slide30-35% | ||
Weepinbell Evolutions
Sitting between Bellsprout and Victreebel, Weepinbell is part of a chain that requires an evolution item. Not your typical level-up setup. HP has grown the most so far (+15), but there's still another 100 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Weepinbell to get Bellsprout eggs easily using 23 partners from the Plant egg group. Notable egg moves include Encore, Leech Life, Reflect and 2 more.
C Weepinbell Best Moveset
MoveSleep Powder and MoveSludge Bomb from a middle-stage stat line. Victreebel improves the Attack and Sp. Atk to levels where the moves actually threaten. Functional but outclassed by the evolution.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Swords Dance
- Sludge Bomb
- Hidden Power Ground
- Sleep Powder
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Encore and Leech Life give Weepinbell options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Bug coverage already covers a decent range on top of Solar Beam and Sludge Bomb. The egg moves push it further.
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
When it is hungry, it swings its razor-sharp leaves, slicing up any unlucky object nearby for food.
Weepinbell Crystal Guide
Weepinbell is meant to evolve into Victreebel. At 390 BST, the stats aren't there for competitive play yet. Pre-evolution Pokemon rarely hold up against fully evolved threats.
At base 55 Speed, it won't be moving first often. On offense, Weepinbell is a mixed attacker with base 90 Attack and 85 Sp. Atk. Defensively? Fragile, can't afford to take many hits.
For Crystal, you can run Weepinbell through the first few routes without issues. 390 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Victreebel as fast as you can.
For Crystal, the core moveset is Swords Dance, Sludge Bomb, Hiddenpowerground, and Sleep Powder. Swords Dance leads at 0% usage. This set covers the balanced role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Weepinbell has appeared in 20 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 7LGPE
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