Best moves
ButterfreeMovepool
3 fast and 3 charged moves, elite / legacy included. Ranked by damage per second (fast) and damage per energy (charged), both with this form's x1.2 STAB applied where it earns it.
9 x Bug Bite per Bug Buzz · 8.0s cycle · 168 power with STAB
Fast moves
| Move | Type | Power | Energy | Duration | DPS | EPS | Att DPS | Def DPS | PvP | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confusion | psychic | 19 | +14 | 1.5s | 12.67 | 9.33 | 5.4 | 12.7 | 16 / 14 / 4t | standard |
| Struggle BugSTAB | bug | 15 | +15 | 1.5s | 12.00 | 10.00 | 4.3 | 10.0 | 9 / 8 / 3t | standard |
| Bug BiteSTAB | bug | 5 | +6 | 0.5s | 12.00 | 12.00 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 4 / 3 / 1t | elite / legacy |
Charged moves
| Move | Type | Power | Energy | Duration | DPS | DPE | Att DPS | Def DPS | PvP | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug BuzzSTAB | bug | 95 | -50 | 3.5s | 32.57 | 2.28 | 17.3 | 27.1 | 100 / 60 | standard |
| Psychic | psychic | 95 | -50 | 3.0s | 31.67 | 1.90 | 19.0 | 31.7 | 75 / 55 | standard |
| Signal BeamSTAB | bug | 75 | -50 | 3.0s | 30.00 | 1.80 | 15.0 | 25.0 | 75 / 55 | standard |
STAB marks moves that share a type with this form (x1.2 damage), and the DPS and DPE columns above already have that x1.2 in them — so a STAB move and a stronger-on-paper neutral move can be compared straight down the column, which is how the best-moveset cards rank them too. Power and Duration stay raw; hover a DPS or DPE figure to see the arithmetic. Att DPS and Def DPS are the two columns pokebattler.com prints in the same table, reproduced exactly: both are raw with no STAB, Def DPS is power / duration, and Att DPS is power / (duration + 2s), the gym move delay. They are there so this table can be diffed against theirs row by row — every row on the pages read on 2026-09-11 matches. Energy is gained on fast moves and spent on charged moves. Every move name opens its own page with the damage window and every other form that learns it — or browse all moves.