Top 10 STRONGEST Bug Type Pokemon | NO LEGENDARIES

[@nintendolife25]

Man, Unova and Aloha really did the Bug types some justice. I find it funny that Durant is a far better Pokemon that it’s predator, Heatmor. Not that I’m complaining since it’s one of my favorite Unova Pokémon. Great list, Mystic!

[@sadik._.farhan]

Aloha :3

[@yeetskeet3]

Fax honestly galar had great quality bug types too

[@_george_jorge2067]

Ikr!!!

[@_george_jorge2067]

@@yeetskeet3 Indeed! It seems like gen 6 was the pause of good bugs but since then we were given some great bug types! I think the weakest and worst bugs belong to my favourite region, Hoenn! It had some potential like Vibrava or Nincada but.... they screwed it up!

[@Deltaaaaaaaaa]

Durant may be better, but it’s cooked goose against Heatmor with being 4x weak to fire

[@nigelbrigden4364]

Orbeetle is very underrated, I have used him in multiple playthroughs in sheild. He is a great set up pokemon with light screen and reflect thanks to it's solid defense and surprisingly good speed stats.

[@maxbenno707]

W

[@joaquinnovoa2386]

Only problem is if it’s gets taunted it’s outclassed by lots of other bugs

[@raybohall2135]

True but grimssnarl does all that and has prankster.

[@SoggySlopster]

The problem is that it’s abilities suck and it’s just outclassed by so many other things

[@malachirodrigues3013]

Heracross is the best Pokemon to defeat Whitney's miltank because it learns brick break at lv 19 in hgss. It's base power is 75 and 100 percent accurate. While in gold and silver your only choice is machop. I know I did not mention in hgss but it's base speed is so slow than miltank. Heracross is faster than miltank.

[@bkopgamer]

Absolutely. In Heartgold and Soulsilver Heracross does come in a clutch for sure against Whitney’s Miltank.

[@thamzhiyong3161]

it also rocks morty with shadow claw tm though so i always need heracross for that too...

[@kstanni87]

But it needs to be female to avoid attract.

[@malachirodrigues3013]

@@kstanni87 it's fine even if heracross is male you can catch a female Pokemon to either lower miltank defense or speed. I did this before.

[@linksora7120]

Actually miltank is faster than heracross, miltank has base 100 speed, heracross? 80

[@fluffydbeast7557]

Escavalier, accelgor, forretress and shuckle kind of deserve a spot over some of the low tier ones

[@turboshazed7370]

accelgor should have been bug dark dammit.

[@halojustin1]

Shuckle will always be number 1 in my heart. There’s no greater meme Pokémon then my boy shuckle

[@Sunaki1000]

And Ninjask if you ignore the Batton Pass Bann.

[@maggot848]

Tbh i'd put escavalier over heracross

[@Sunaki1000]

@@maggot848 Never. You got no Idea how insane Hera was over the Years.

[@LuDogg805]

I absolutely love Golisopod, it's my favorite Pokemon of all time. I'm a 1600+ player on Pokemon Showdown and I run Golisopod in DOUbles. I use him as a Trick Room answer to Psychics and Ghosts. Fun Fact: Emergency Exit won't work if the opponent hit you with a move with a secondary effect, while it has the Ability Sheer Force while holding Life Orb... it also will not switch you out with life lost under the effects of, Pain Split, Substitute or Curse, or if the opponent is holding an Eject Button. (Golisopod) (M) @ Life Orb Ability: Emergency Exit EVs: 60 HP / 250 Atk / 140 Def / 60 SpD Brave Nature IVs: 0 Spe - First Impression - Leech Life - Sucker Punch - Aqua Jet

[@bramvanreusel4687]

Ye this thing is a powerhouse in doubles and vgc. If played right, elergency exit even gives you momentum and its strong priority moves often cripple support pokemon

[@Pca32227]

Galvantula is great for setting sticky web, can use thunder wave and high accuracy thunder with compound eyes.

[@emiliohernandez7214]

Heracross is and Scizor are my #2 and 3 favorite pokemon of all time and they're both (one or the other) basically required on my team in a playthrough when available

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

I raised a Volcarona for my orignal playthrough of Black 2 trading the Larvesta I got in Black 1 over and while it took alot of time to get him leveled up to evolve but it was worth it

[@jaretco6423]

There is an Level 35 Volcarona u can get in the main game in Black 2 & White 2. Go to Driftveil's City's Pokemon World Tournament. There's an cave at the left side that takes u to the other parts of the Relic Castle and you'll find an Volcarona there. It's easy to get there than raising an Larvesta at postgame.

[@lazyhippie6139]

Volcarona is so cool. I use it pretty much every chance I get. Scolipede is my second favorite Bug. Unova and Alola really knocked it out of the part with the Bug types, huh? You didn't even mention Galvantula! That's a fun one.

[@asterodon]

I'm really happy that Ribombee made it on the list as its my favorite bug type and easily in my top five favorite pokemon of all time, its just so cute and packs a pretty powerful punch:3

[@VegardMyklebust]

I have a feeling ribombee is a little more underrated than it deserve to be. I was surprised how good and useful it is in alola, and has become one of my favorite bug types. Ribombee is a very good choice, if you're not picking primarina as your starter, or use vikavolt as your electric type. It's worth a try.

[@ARCEUS493ZELDA]

vikavolt holds a special place in my heart................ i remember during my blind play of ultra sun the very first mon i caught ended up being a timid grubbin.......... i knew right away they were staying on my team and have been on many a team of mine since then

[@TheWitheredSoul]

Always liked Volcarona and it's my all time favourite bug type. Definitely some good honourable mentions would be (imo) Orbeetle, Escavalier, Accelgor and Ninjask

[@krimson_flux]

*cries in Centiskorch*

[@shreyanshbehera8550]

syther and pinser : creis in the corner

[@kellylively448]

@@krimson_flux are u referring only to centiskorch or just it’s gigantamax form or both?

[@cobalt7248]

Coincidentally, all of these Bug Types are among my favorite Pokémon of all time, simply because they're all so cool and strong!

[@AlectricEel]

I'm so glad my boy Scolipede made it on! I recommend it for an in-game playthrough of Black, White, Black 2 and White 2.

[@Condor-gb1xp]

I’m surprised but happy to see Volcarona at the top of the list tbh. I love it’s design and I knew it would make the list, but I got nervous when I got to number 2

[@thatman666]

To this day, the only Shiny Pokemon to evolve in the anime

[@kazukiishimura3972]

0:55　Ribombee might be in the Top ten non legendary Fairy types 1:57　An honorable mention for Water types 2:59　I knew Vikavolt will be in the list, since it's my favorite Bug type Pokemon in the start of the journey 3:29　My favorite moves it uses are Thunderbolt and Bug Buzz 4:01　I had a feeling Yanmega would be in the list thanks to it's Speed Boost ability 5:29　I wanted Golisopod in the list as another honorable mention for Water types (regardless of it's Emergency Exit ability) 5:50　Also it's better to use Liquidation and X Scissor 6:29　It might be in the Top ten non legendary Poison types 7:33　Durant which is an honorable mention for Steel types was in the Top ten strongest Bug types with Legendary Pokemon 9:09　Don't forget about Brick Break which will break Light Screen and Reflect 9:37　I thought Scizor would be number one of this video 10:47　Volcarona is rare in Unova 11:45　It's Giga Drain is better to use in order to counterattack Rock types 11:45　Honorable mentions I assume are: Shuckle, Armaldo, Pinsir, Galvantula and Crustle 11:55　How about Rock types next week since Tyranitar is the only Rock type Pokemon we saw in the Top ten non legendary Pokemon videos?

[@brycerush98]

I’d like to see a a funnel web spider Pokémon, either bug and dark or bug and poison with some high attack and decent defense and maybe an ability that makes it’s moves super effective against normal types. Would also like to see another spider Pokémon that gets super effective against bug bc in real life their venom is adapted for bugs. Maybe a tiger beetle Mon that has some really high speed, attack and good defense. Bombardier beetles would be a cool one to give high special attack and good defenses to as well

[@joshuabonesteel2303]

Dark/bug would be cool if it was a black widow type mon.

[@joeyteter9383]

Finally, the bugs are here! They’re my favorite type so I get hyped for “their” videos lol

[@moxxiefan2.055]

Another great Top 10 Strongest Type video down the line. The Top 10 Flying Type list should be next Mystic, After the Top 10 Flying Type's, The Top 10 Rock Type's will be next.

[@DrillToPierceTheHeavens]

You should do a Top 10 absolutely broken things in Pokémon if Nintendo allowed it. Examples would be Body Press on Shuckle or Electro Ball on Regieleki. Both of which could not happen without cheats.

[@linksora7120]

I’m not big on vikavolt as much as the other Alola bugs and here’s why: it’s speed is so low and unlike golisopod who has great defences and solid priority moves, vikavolt has to always take a hit first and I don’t think it does this that well. Maybe in trick room it can work but anytime I tried to get it to work it just felt like a higher damage but slower and less reliable galvantula.

[@Galavantworks]

Centiskorch definitely is one of my type 10 favorite bug types by being Scizor, Durant, Escavalier, and Forretress best friend with that Flame body, and Scald coverage

[@mxochii5159]

I'm glad yanmega is here, it is my fav bug pokemon, i just wish it had a mega evolution and switch it's flying type with dragon or dark idk

[@generalcrashpad]

Always good to my fav Pokémon Ribombee get some love. Awesome video as usual.

[@zachfranklin6359]

Volcarona isn't just my favorite bug type, volcarona is my favorite pokemon period. I run it with quiver dance, flamethrower, psychic, and giga drain. God near unstoppable

[@ninja9567]

I agree on this list and I agree with how strong Yanmega is, since I used him with an Aaron themed team in Pokemon showdown w/ speed boost, and in the right circumstances, he'd kick butt. And competitively with defog? Don't get me started. And I can't deny how powerful Heracross and Scizor are either, and I do respect Volcarona. I've actually come close to getting beaten by Volcarona and Scizor, and barely losing to Scizor a few times.

[@mikeleddyphoto]

I always wait sooo impatiently for the next video in this series 😍 it’s an exciting day

[@Ngobi17]

Escavalier underrated as per usual. Y’all seen dem stats!? Absolute monster in trick room.

[@halojustin1]

This is why as a kid I never took bug types seriously(aside from those few Pokémon) literally almost all the best Pokémon came out within the last few years. Or post gen 4 (aside from a few really good ones of course)

[@seldomsane5278]

Gotta say, quiver dance makes Butterfree a viable Pokemon. Especially with Butterfree's nice move pool.

[@andream9669]

The bug type went to the worst type in the game to a very solid one through the years. And let's not forget that Bugsy swept the Johto True Power Tournament with a mono bug type team.

[@Sunaki1000]

Im not sure, was it what bad? It had some massive Problems in Gen 1, but so did Fire and Dragon. In Gen 2, there are more Bugs in OU then Fire and Dragon together.

[@andream9669]

Well, in Gen 1 the Bug type in my opinion was no doubt the worst. I mean, Fire and Poison were bad too but there were at least some Pokémon that could make the type work, like Tentacruel, Victreebel, Venusaur, Moltres and somehow Charizard. The Dragon type was inconsistent but at least Dragonite had great stats and an incredible moveset for the time. The bugs, even Pinsir and Scyther, were simply horrible: no STAB moves at all, mediocre speed, no defensive utility, no great bulk, no good secondary typing. From Gen 2 the things started to change for the better for the poor bugs.

[@Sunaki1000]

@@andream9669 Pinsir had a niche as Sword dancer, even if it was a small one. But yeah im glad Gen 2 buffed them.

[@AustimosPrime]

I’ve always loved bug types. Galvantula will always be one of my favorite Pokémon of all time.

[@MrLightningbob]

I've always found that having a Ninjask on my team is great. Always able to outspeed the opponent, good attack, and coverage moves like leech life, dig, metal claw, and aerial ace has it going strong through most battles for me. I may not play competitive but in the main games, its done nothing but pull its weight, sometimes better than my starters.

[@joeymessantonio4356]

I used ribombee in my swsh playthrough and ev trained one in early swsh competitive doubles and it was a monster special attacker for my team at the time.

[@Peterledgend]

Hopefully, we finally get a No Restriction games to be completed with RBY, HGSS, B2W2, USUM and the Let's Go games.

[@robertreynolds7123]

I’ve been playing sword recently, I’m on my 3rd play through (one with each starter and new team each time) but I’ve thought about doing a big mono type run because they are so good in that game

[@zacharyjoy8724]

Bugs are my third-favorite Pokémon Type, after Water and Steel. Flying just got knocked to fourth place after seeing some amazing Mono-Bug games.

[@russellee5216]

I was hoping that centiskorch would have made the list, but this is a really cool list. I just don't know what's strong or not since I'm new to pokemon.

[@evansalerno3694]

I agree with every Pokémon on this list but Durant. I’d switch it with either Ninjask for its baton pass speed boost or galvantula

[@abidali4527]

Baton pass is banned and galvantula gets like no coverage. It's good but nothing crazy.

[@TheRazor124]

I feel personally attacked that Orbeetle didn't make this list. He's by far my favorite screen and web setter. That said, I was glad to see Heracross make it that high even without his mega.

[@rl9817]

Mystic, in X/Y, Scatterbug and Amaura is a surprisingly effective 1-2 combo to begin a play through with.

[@SoggySlopster]

If you think about it, water bubble is the best ability in the game. It combines three abilities into one. You can’t be burned, you take reduced fire damage, and water moves do double damage

[@speedreaper666]

Don't sleep on life orb scizor👌😤

[@saber1827]

Scolipede is my favourite Bug type ever, and i always wanted to use Vulcarona but its difficult to get.

[@WilliamX5000]

My Non-Legendary Bug list is for the most part the same, but it has 1 different Pokemon, and it's a Gen 8 Pokemon that I know by the time you made this list didn't exist. Along with that I feel Ribombee is stronger than Araquanid, cause I feel it's stats are a little better than Araquanid's, but that's just me. Top 10 Strongest Non-Legendary Bug Type Pokemon: 1. Volcarona 2. Scizor 3. Heracross 4. Kleavor 5. Scolipede 6. Golisopod 7. Yanmega 8. Vikavolt 9. Ribombee 10. Araquanid

[@malachirodrigues3013]

Heracross Scizor Yanmega Pinsir Vikavolt Butterfree Centiskorch Orberttle Galvantula Gollispod Araqunaid These are my favourite bug type Pokemon.

[@hepic2874]

My favourite combination was incineroar and golisipod. It just worked so well, with my favourite fire starter and my favourite bug pokemon.

[@mruniversal7093]

I'm just gonna keep saying this till it gets through: we need more to the "strongest type trainers" series

[@pokejolt9908]

Alola killed it with a lot of Bug types like Vikavolt, Ribombee, and Golisopod, all of which are Pokémon I've used. Same with Heracross and Scizor, who I have a likeness towards as well. Bug may arguably be the worst type in the franchise, but it's got some merit.

[@jamesdomonte9900]

Please do Top 10 Rock types 👍

[@johnnypollack3243]

Love the video and keep up the great work

[@POKEMONETWORK]

Armaldo being rock bug and super effective against bug type and a great desin fossil and strong against Flying, Bug, Fire, and Ice for the Rock side, and Grass, Psychic, and Dark for the Bug😢😢

[@edwardperez8580]

Centiskorch is so underrated. Give an assault vest and its tanky with great attack. Beats Volcarona 9/10 times.

[@acewitchhunter222]

Heracross is the best bug and fighting type in my opinion

[@nolanwooten8911]

Idk if you misspoke. But yanmega came out during the original Diamond and Pearl as well. Not just BDSP

[@bet0v966]

Hot dang no Orbeetle or Mega Beedrill, but what hurts most is no Chuckle Shuckle

[@jruwilkerson1356]

I'm shocked my boy Pinsir didn't get any love

[@superfireblaze2]

MOM WAKE UP MYSTIC POSTED

[@NS_Count]

Cringe

[@abidali4527]

@@NS_Count that's a lot coming from the guy with weeb in his username

[@NS_Count]

@@abidali4527 homie the dude your watching is a weeb so you should just stop talking

[@abidali4527]

@@NS_Count even if you watch anime (i do) kinda cringe to have that as your username

[@NS_Count]

@@abidali4527 how is it cringe it’s something I like so I don’t see what the big deal is bro

[@zendruoflynstin8275]

To me Ribombee is the cutest looking Pokemon. And Cutifly is just a dustball with wiings 😉😅

[@isaacdumdum3951]

the six bug types pokemon that I would make up as a team from the video Ribombee Vikabolt Gollisopod Heracross Scizor Volcarona my prefer substitutes (not in the vid) were: Shedinja (very strategic and I think its Wonder Guard ability is cool and unique, has only 1 HP though xD) Shuckle (even though it lacks all other stats, its def and sp defense is godly lol, you can utilize its tankness by irritating your opponents xD) Armaldo (very cool pokemon for me, first it came from a fossil w/c is rare and it also has a good atk and def stat)

[@itzshadowz7467]

Ninjask is so good as a set up pokemon. Give focus sash. Protect turn 1 speed boost. Swords dance turn 2 baton pass out there

[@damienthenovice]

Um, why is Durant on this list and not Galvantula? - Galvantula's type is better defensively since it has no glaring 4x weaknesses - It has more utility with Sticky Web and Thunder Web - Compound Eyes is better than Hustle - It's decently fast - it performs well in Singles/VGC Srsly, Galvantula stands tall with Volc and Scol as the best Unovan Bug type. Edit: Dang it!!!! Meant to say Electroweb

[@yeahyeahwowman8099]

My favorite bug types are. Golisopod, Masquerain, Araquanid, Frosmoth, Orbeetle.

[@axels3188]

I think that all the top 10 bug types are 10, Rhibombie 9, Araquanid 8, Vikavolt 7, Yanmega 6, Golisapod 5, Scolipede 4, Durant 3, Heracross 2, Scizor 1, Volcarona and can you do Either the Rock types or Poison types next.

[@digishade7583]

I honestly think orbeetle should have been on this list man’s the only early game bug I’ve ever brought to the endgame

[@Kidday]

I would still keep Scyther eviolite over Scizor. The defense boost from eviolite along with the speed difference, I’d say Scyther is more convenient for comp battling imo

[@shivamdangi9678]

Nah, you would want heavy duty boots instead.

[@Kidday]

@@shivamdangi9678 eviolite Scyther tanks flamethrowers from Charizards, I can careless about some stealth rocks 🫱🏻‍🫲🏾

[@shivamdangi9678]

@@Kidday That's a stupid point. You can't survive a flamethrower after being crippled by stealth rock.

[@shisuiedits]

where galvantua? Sticky web and accurate enough thunder is rad asffff. Thunder wave and focus sash so you always mess up sumn. Mad special attack and speed too. Such a underrated mon

[@tylamcgilverson3923]

Man what if every region got 150 new Pokémon would be a great video

[@jfb173jb]

The burning Mothra Mon at the top wasn't too surprising. Though Yanmega and Durant surprised me a bit. Never thought much of them given I never played gens 4 and 5. But I will say the big bad bugs of alola make sense. If you read fanfics, do you do ones like MHA? If so you might check out HanBaron. There's a lot of My Hero stories there.

[@giuddecca16]

The velocity of Ninjask 👌🏽

[@verlandes1]

Scolipede is one of my all time favourite pokemon. Just a good horse.

[@turboshazed7370]

?????

[@josephcirrincone9596]

I love the fact that Unova and Alola make up more than half the list

[@VaellinTheBard]

Haven't watched yet. I'm making a guess. in no particular order: volcarona scizor Durant ribombee golisopod frosmoth(great glass cannon) Leavanny Scolipede Heracross Vikavolt though several other good ones include araquanid shedinja ninjask shuckle fortress galvantula beedrill escavalier and my favorite nincada.

[@VaellinTheBard]

Bah. got 2 wrong. Araquanid was up there and I forgot about yanmega despite being my star in my pokemon x nuzlocke.

[@Kannadiga2301]

Nice 👌 list mystic

[@joaquinnovoa2386]

There’s one problem with volcarona most rock types have huge attack stats and rock is very good type with Pokémon like tyranitar and gigalith these Pokémon are bulky and can do a lot at once when on the field one stone edge and there done

[@shadowbonbon3]

Giga drain bug buzz switching all work it’s not walled by rock just can’t tank there hits also rock is not nearly as good due to stealth rocks scaring away the rock weak mons

[@CrazyMudkip]

I personally think galvantula, centiskorch, escavalier and orbeetle should be at honorable mentions

[@nickcoltz1526]

Heracross is my favorite pokemon. i am glad that it is threatening in competitive in RU

[@krimson_flux]

Centiskorch needed an honorable mention, sheesh that Centipede is such an unexpected hard hitter

[@turboshazed7370]

Max attack and max HP Gigantamax.

[@charliescott859]

Bug types are one of my favorites

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

LETS GO BUG TYPES, I LOVE THIS

[@andreluisconceicaolemos6552]

Golisopod is such a cool pokemon

[@unforgettableblackguy9697]

Its crazy I got these 5 on one of my playthroughs

[@breew2968]

I agree with most of this list, but Durant. I think Orbeetle or Escavalier could have been viable replacements

[@abidali4527]

Durant does get hone claws now so u can buff accuracy and power at the same time

[@turboshazed7370]

Vikavolt, Escavalier and Golisopod are my favorite bugs

[@aaronhood778]

I saw the number 1 spot It’s time to bow down to the butterfly Morpho Knight/Volcarona 🤣🤣

[@jamesgrills4382]

Heracross is one of my favourite Pokémon

[@unforgettableblackguy9697]

Well make that six this my whole team in sword ⚔️

[@user-bn4ey4nd6p]

where is the Butterfree? Butterfree has very cool ability - compoundeyes. She can use sleep powder without miss. After use quiver dance. Very very cool combination)))))

[@LawrenceMFTW]

No galvantula? Your opinions have been consistently wrong/neglectful

[@turboshazed7370]

Bruh.

[@derekbackofen6]

Heracross and glisopod are my all time favorite bug pokemon

[@jonahdengler3858]

I have 5 of these: Vikavolt 🐜⚡️ • Thunderbolt ⚡️ • Bug Buzz 🐜 • Energy Ball 🍃 • Flash Cannon 🔩 Ability: Levitate Held item: Electrium Z Yanmega 🐜🦅 • Ancient Power 🪨 • Air Slash 🦅 • Bug Buzz 🐜 • Solar Beam 🍃 Ability: Speed Boost Held item: Wise Glasses/Buginium Z Scolipede 🐜☠️ • Megahorn 🐜 • Earthquake ⛰ • Rock Slide 🪨 • Poison Jab ☠️ Ability: Poison Point Held item: Insect Plate/Buginium Z Scizor 🐜🔩 • Bullet Punch 🔩 • X-Scissor 🐜 • Night Slash 🌃 • Iron Head 🔩 Ability: Technician Mega Evolution Ability: Technician Held item: Scizorite Volcarona 🐜🔥 • Quiver Dance 🐜 • Bug Buzz 🐜 • Fiery Dance 🔥 • Solar Beam 🍃 Ability: Flame Body Held item: Wise Glasses/Firium Z

[@amazinglynugget976]

This is a very good list (although Alola hard carried) but I'm honestly gutted that galvantula and orbeetle weren't on the list. Welp waddayagunnado

[@stalwartcoleopteran8716]

This video shows that Bug type Pokémon can be great despite being perceived as “Weak”.

[@DeckKnight]

I mean, the only legendary Bug type is Arceus-Bug, so.... not exactly a list that cut anything out lol. EDIT: I suppose the Ultra Beasts count, I just forgot about them. Buzzwole and Pheromosa are lit.

[@gatorman5547]

Video 18 asking for a best team for Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness. It’s been requested so much that my phone has started auto filling it. Also a you never used this team and worst team would be fun too.

[@joltx9909]

When you say strong bug pokemon, you say unova and alola

[@hm01cut67]

Does heavy duty boots prevents golisopod's emergency exit?

[@jonahdengler3858]

Escavalier could’ve been in here, too. I kind of prefer it over Durant to be honest.

[@ScuffedHits]

durant is objectively better tho, especially in a dynamax format

[@turboshazed7370]

I prefer Escavalier for an assault vest set. Max attack and max special defense. Max speed and max attack for Durant. FIIIIRST IMPRESSION.

[@tipodeincognito5660]

Between him, Scizor and Durant, is a bit hard to choose escavalier before the other 2. Being slower than durant and with no priority moves hurts him.