Heracross - Generation 9 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Heracross can learn in Generation 9, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Violet

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Heracross artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Scarlet/Violet

Moves learnt by level up

Heracross learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Arm Thrust	Fighting	15	100
1	Leer	Normal	—	100
1	Tackle	Normal	40	100
5	Fury Attack	Normal	15	85
10	Endure	Normal	—	—
15	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
20	Horn Attack	Normal	65	100
25	Counter	Fighting	—	100
30	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
35	Pin Missile	Bug	25	95
40	Throat Chop	Dark	80	100
45	Thrash	Normal	120	100
50	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
55	Megahorn	Bug	120	85
60	Close Combat	Fighting	120	100

Egg moves

Heracross learns the following moves via breeding or picnics in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Double-Edge	Normal	120	100
Feint	Normal	30	100
Flail	Normal	—	100
Harden	Normal	—	—
Night Slash	Dark	70	100
Seismic Toss	Fighting	—	100

Moves learnt by TM

Heracross is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal	90	85
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
12	Low Kick	Fighting	—	100
15	Struggle Bug	Bug	50	100
18	Thief	Dark	60	100
20	Trailblaze	Grass	50	100
21	Pounce	Bug	50	100
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
27	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
28	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
36	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
43	Fling	Dark	—	100
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
53	Smart Strike	Steel	70	—
55	Dig	Ground	80	100
56	Bullet Seed	Grass	25	100
57	False Swipe	Normal	40	100
58	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
61	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
64	Bulk Up	Fighting	—	—
66	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
76	Rock Blast	Rock	25	90
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
86	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
88	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
90	Spikes	Ground	—	—
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
104	Iron Defense	Steel	—	—
130	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
134	Reversal	Fighting	—	100
149	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
150	Stone Edge	Rock	100	80
152	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
158	Focus Blast	Fighting	120	70
162	Bug Buzz	Bug	90	100
163	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
167	Close Combat	Fighting	120	100
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100
179	Smack Down	Rock	50	100
181	Knock Off	Dark	65	100
182	Bug Bite	Bug	60	100
184	Vacuum Wave	Fighting	40	100
185	Lunge	Bug	80	100
186	High Horsepower	Ground	95	95
192	Focus Punch	Fighting	150	100
204	Double-Edge	Normal	120	100
205	Endeavor	Normal	—	100
213	Coaching	Fighting	—	—
219	Skitter Smack	Bug	70	90
221	Throat Chop	Dark	80	100
224	Curse	Ghost	—	—
229	Upper Hand	Fighting	65	100

Heracross egg move parents

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Heracross Mega Heracross

Heracross's egg groups: Bug

The egg moves for Heracross are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Heracross with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Heracross with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Double-Edge

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Pineco Forretress Volbeat Larvesta Volcarona
TM	Venomoth Yanma Pineco Forretress Gligar Scizor Heracross Volbeat Flygon Yanmega Gliscor Larvesta Volcarona Kleavor Lokix
Breeding	Yanma Gligar Heracross
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Double-Edge

Feint

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Yanmega Tarountula Spidops Nymble Lokix
Breeding	Scyther Yanma Gligar Scizor Heracross Trapinch Kleavor
Reminder	Flygon
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Feint