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Bug Bite

In Pokémon ChampionsGen IV
Game

Pokémon Champions

BugPhysical

User steals and eats the target's Berry.

Power
60
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Hits
One Pokémon next to the user
On Showdown
0.1% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Changes over time

How Bug Bite changed from game to game, newest first.

  1. Gen V

    dropped: The added: If this move is successful and the user added: has not fainted, it steals the target's held Berry if … eats it immediately, gaining its effects dropped: unless added: even if the user's item is being ignored. Items lost to this move dropped: can added: cannot be regained with dropped: Recycle. added: Recycle or the Harvest Ability.

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

If this move is successful and the user has not fainted, it steals the target's held Berry if it is holding one and eats it immediately, gaining its effects even if the user's item is being ignored. Items lost to this move cannot be regained with Recycle or the Harvest Ability.

  • Makes contact

“The user attacks by biting the target. If the target is holding a Berry, the user eats it and gains its effect.”

In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

Good to know

Works with or against it

Leppa Berry

Who runs Bug Bite on Showdown

  1. Scizor81.8% of its sets
  2. Mega Scizor82.0% of its sets

Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.

On the ladder today

Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Bug Bite among their most used moves.

Who learns Bug Bite

19 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.