Orbeetle

#826 (Galar)

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Pokémon type

Bug

Psychic

Boosted in Rain and Windy weather

Orbeetle weaknesses

Orbeetle is weak to Flying, Rock, Bug, Ghost, Fire and Dark-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Orbeetle is resistant to Ground, Grass and Psychic-type moves, and doubly resistant to Fighting-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Orbeetle

The best moves for Orbeetle are Psycho Cut and Psychic when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Confusion and Psyshock deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Psycho Cut

9.6DPS

Psychic

38DPS

Defending

Confusion

15.2DPS

Psychic

38DPS

Trainer Battles

Confusion

3.5EPT

Psyshock

2.1DPE

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Evolution

There are 3 Pokémon in the Blipbug family. Orbeetle evolves from Dottler for 100 Candy.

Game images

Orbeetle, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Orbeetle is a Bug & Psychic Pokémon which evolves from Dottler. It is weak to Flying, Rock, Bug, Ghost, Fire and Dark moves. Orbeetle's best moveset is Psycho Cut & Psychic and it has a Max CP of 2,513.

About

"It's famous for its high level of intelligence, and the large size of its brain is proof that it also possesses immense psychic power."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Confusion	19	9.3	15.2
Struggle Bug	15	10	12
Psycho Cut	4	14	9.6

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Psychic	95	2	2.28
Bug Buzz	95	2	2.28
Psyshock	60	3	2.18

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Psycho Cut	4	2	2.4	4.5
Confusion	16	4	4.8	3.5
Struggle Bug	9	3	3.6	2.7

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Psyshock	70	40	2.1
Bug Buzz ▼ def	100	60	2
Psychic ▼ def	75	55	1.64

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	9.1	100%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	9.1	100%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Bug Buzz 32.6 DPS	8.5	94%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Bug Buzz 32.6 DPS	8.5	93%
Struggle Bug 12 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	8.4	93%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psyshock 28.8 DPS	8.1	89%
Struggle Bug 12 DPS	Bug Buzz 32.6 DPS	7.9	87%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Psyshock 28.8 DPS	7.9	87%
Struggle Bug 12 DPS	Psyshock 28.8 DPS	7.5	83%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	4.3	100%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Bug Buzz 32.6 DPS	4.2	97%
Struggle Bug 12 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	4	93%
Struggle Bug 12 DPS	Bug Buzz 32.6 DPS	3.9	91%
Confusion 15.2 DPS	Psyshock 28.8 DPS	3.8	89%
Struggle Bug 12 DPS	Psyshock 28.8 DPS	3.5	82%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Psychic 38 DPS	2.6	61%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Bug Buzz 32.6 DPS	2.6	60%
Psycho Cut 9.6 DPS	Psyshock 28.8 DPS	2.4	55%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Psyshock 2.1 DPE	12	12.2	100%
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Psyshock 2.1 DPE	10	11.9	98%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Bug Buzz ▼ def 2 DPE	20	11.8	97%
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Bug Buzz ▼ def 2 DPE	14	11.4	94%
Confusion 3.5 EPT	Psychic ▼ def 1.64 DPE	16	10.5	87%
Psycho Cut 4.5 EPT	Psychic ▼ def 1.64 DPE	14	9.8	80%
Struggle Bug 2.7 EPT	Psyshock 2.1 DPE	15	9.2	76%
Struggle Bug 2.7 EPT	Bug Buzz ▼ def 2 DPE	24	8.9	73%
Struggle Bug 2.7 EPT	Psychic ▼ def 1.64 DPE	21	8	66%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Orbeetle?

Orbeetle is weak to Flying, Rock, Bug, Ghost, Fire and Dark moves.

Pokémon Moveset Trainers

1
Dawn Wings Necrozma

Shadow Claw

Moongeist Beam

0.68
2
Reshiram (Shadow)

Fire Fang

Fusion Flare

0.68
3
Salamence (Shadow)

Fire Fang

Fly

0.72
4
Moltres (Shadow)

Fire Spin

Fly

0.74
5
Rayquaza

Air Slash

Dragon Ascent

0.75
6
Blacephalon

Astonish

Mind Blown

0.75
7
Darkrai (Shadow)

Snarl

Foul Play

0.76
8
Chandelure (Shadow)

Fire Spin

Shadow Ball

0.77
9
Heatran (Shadow)

Fire Spin

Magma Storm

0.77
10
Toucannon (Shadow)

Peck

Beak Blast

0.78

The best counter to Orbeetle is Dawn Wings Necrozma with Shadow Claw and Moongeist Beam, followed by Reshiram (Shadow), Salamence (Shadow) and Moltres (Shadow). The best Mega or Primal to bring is Mega Rayquaza with Air Slash and Dragon Ascent.

The top Orbeetle counters, ranked by how many trainers it takes to win the raid in time, each bringing six of that Pokémon at level 40. Fewer is better. Simulated raid battles against Orbeetle's own moves and stats, with no dodging. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		156
Defense		240
Stamina		155

Max HP

Level 40	134
Level 50	142

Average size

Height	0.4 m
Weight	40.8 kg

Second charged move cost

Stardust	10,000
Candy	25

Other

Buddy walk distance

1 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	953
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,270
Level 30 Max wild	1,906
Level 40	2,223
Level 50	2,513

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,588
Level 35 (wild)	2,064