Elite Redux LeafGreen
#737

Charjabug

The Battery Pokémon

Bug Electric

From the food it digests, it generates electricity, and it stores this energy in its electric sac. On camping trips, people are grateful to have one around.

Base stat total
400
Height
0.5 m
Weight
10.5 kg
Catch rate
120

Base stats

400 total
HP 57 255 318
Atk 82 180 289
Def 95 203 317
SpA 55 131 229
SpD 75 167 273
Spe 36 97 188

At level 100, from no EVs and a hindering nature to 252 EVs and a beneficial one. Every Pokémon here has perfect IVs, so they are not part of the spread — except Speed, which the Iron Pill can drop to zero.

Type matchups

defending
Takes more
Rock 2× Fire 2×
Takes less
Fighting ½× Steel ½× Grass ½× Electric ½×

The other 12 types deal normal damage. Full chart

Takes more
Rock 2× Fire 2×
Takes less
Fighting ½× Steel ½× Grass ½×
No effect
Electric 0×

The other 12 types deal normal damage. Full chart

Abilities

3 selectable · 3 innate
Main choose one, switch any time Generator Charges up once on entry or when electric terrain is active. Mold Breaker Moves hit through abilities. Battery Boosts ally's Sp. Atk.
Innate always active, all of them Swarm Boosts Bug moves by 20%, or 50% at low HP. Shell Armor Blocks critical hits and reduces damage by 20%. Volt Absorb Turns electricity into HP.

Evolution line

Grubbin Grubbin BST 300
Charjabug Charjabug BST 400 Level · 20
Vikavolt Vikavolt BST 500 Level · 30 Vikavolt (Totem) Vikavolt Totem BST 500 None

Changed from vanilla

Main abilities kept Battery new Generator Mold Breaker
Innates added SwarmShell ArmorVolt Absorb

Details

Height
0.5 m
Weight
10.5 kg
Gender
50% male · 50% female
Egg groups
Bug
Egg cycles
15
Catch rate
120
Base exp
140
Growth rate
Medium Fast
EV yield
2 Def
Base friendship
50
Wild held item
Cell Battery
Colour
Green

Moves

13 level-up · 0 egg · 56 teachable
LvMoveTypeCatPwrAccPP
— Charge Electric Status — ∞ 20
1 Charge Electric Status — ∞ 20
Vise Grip Normal Physical 55 100 30
String Shot Bug Status — 95 40
Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100 10
Bite Dark Physical 60 100 25
4 String Shot Bug Status — 95 40
7 Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100 10
10 Bite Dark Physical 60 100 25
13 Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100 20
16 Spark Electric Physical 40 100 15
19 Acrobatics Flying Physical 55 100 15
25 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 15
31 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 15
37 Dig Ground Physical 80 100 10
43 Discharge Electric Special 80 100 15
49 Iron Defense Steel Status — ∞ 15

No egg moves.

MoveTypeCatPwrAccPP
Acrobatics Flying Physical 55 100 15
Attract Normal Status — 90 15
Baton Pass Normal Status — ∞ 40
Bite Dark Physical 60 100 25
Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100 20
Charge Electric Status — ∞ 20
Charge Beam Electric Special 50 100 15
Confide Normal Status — ∞ 20
Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 15
Dig Ground Physical 80 100 10
Discharge Electric Special 80 100 15
Double Team Normal Status — ∞ 15
Eerie Impulse Electric Status — 100 15
Electric Terrain Electric Status — ∞ 10
Electroweb Electric Special 55 95 15
Electro Ball Electric Special 1 100 10
Endure Normal Status — ∞ 10
Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
Frustration Dark Physical 75 100 10
Harden Normal Status — ∞ 30
Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100 15
Iron Defense Steel Status — ∞ 15
Light Screen Psychic Status — ∞ 30
Lunge Bug Physical 80 100 15
Magnet Rise Electric Status — ∞ 10
Mud Shot Ground Special 55 95 15
Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100 10
Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100 20
Pounce Bug Physical 50 100 20
Protect Normal Status — ∞ 10
Rain Dance Water Status — ∞ 5
Rest Psychic Status — ∞ 5
Return Normal Physical 102 100 20
Rising Voltage Electric Special 70 100 20
Round Normal Special 60 100 15
Screech Normal Status — 85 40
Shock Wave Electric Special 60 ∞ 20
Skitter Smack Bug Physical 70 90 10
Sleep Talk Normal Status — ∞ 10
Snore Normal Special 85 100 15
Spark Electric Physical 40 100 15
Sticky Web Bug Status — ∞ 20
String Shot Bug Status — 95 40
Struggle Bug Bug Special 50 100 20
Substitute Normal Status — ∞ 10
Swagger Normal Status — 85 15
Take Down Normal Physical 90 85 20
Tera Blast Normal Special 80 100 10
Thunder Electric Special 110 70 10
Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 15
Thunder Wave Electric Status — 90 20
Toxic Poison Status — 90 10
Vise Grip Normal Physical 55 100 30
Volt Switch Electric Special 70 100 20
Wild Charge Electric Physical 90 100 15
X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 15

Where to find it

Not in any wild encounter table. Evolve Grubbin instead.