Trapinch - Generation 5 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Trapinch can learn in Generation 5, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Black
Pokémon White
Pokémon Black 2
Pokémon White 2

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.

Trapinch artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Black/White Black 2/White 2

Moves learnt by level up

Trapinch learns the following moves in Pokémon Black & White at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Bite	Dark	60	100
9	Sand-Attack	Ground	—	100
17	Faint Attack	Dark	60	∞
25	Sand Tomb	Ground	35	85
33	Crunch	Dark	80	100
41	Dig	Ground	80	100
49	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
57	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
65	Earth Power	Ground	90	100
73	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
81	Feint	Normal	30	100
89	Fissure	Ground	—	30

Egg moves

Trapinch learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Black & White. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Bug Bite	Bug	60	100
Earth Power	Ground	90	100
Endure	Normal	—	—
Flail	Normal	—	100
Focus Energy	Normal	—	—
Fury Cutter	Bug	20	95
Gust	Flying	40	100
Mud Shot	Ground	55	95
Quick Attack	Normal	40	100
Signal Beam	Bug	75	100

Moves learnt by HM

Trapinch is compatible with these Hidden Machines in Pokémon Black & White:

HM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
04	Strength	Normal		80	100

Moves learnt by TM

Trapinch is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Black & White:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
06	Toxic	Poison	—	90
10	Hidden Power	Normal	60	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
15	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
17	Protect	Normal	—	—
21	Frustration	Normal	—	100
22	SolarBeam	Grass	120	100
26	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
27	Return	Normal	—	100
28	Dig	Ground	80	100
32	Double Team	Normal	—	—
37	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	50	80
42	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	—	—
45	Attract	Normal	—	100
48	Round	Normal	60	100
76	Struggle Bug	Bug	30	100
78	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
80	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
87	Swagger	Normal	—	90
90	Substitute	Normal	—	—
94	Rock Smash	Fighting	40	100

Transfer-only moves

Trapinch can only learn these moves in previous generations. It must be taught the moves in the appropriate game and then transferred to Pokémon Black & White.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.	Method
Body Slam	Normal	85	100	Generation 3 — Move tutor
Double-Edge	Normal	120	100	Generation 3 — Move tutor
Mimic	Normal	—	—	Generation 3 — Move tutor
Captivate	Normal	—	100	Generation 4 — TM
Natural Gift	Normal	—	100	Generation 4 — TM
Secret Power	Normal	70	100	Generation 4 — TM
Headbutt	Normal	70	100	Generation 4 — Move tutor

Moves learnt by level up

Trapinch learns the following moves in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Bite	Dark	60	100
4	Sand-Attack	Ground	—	100
7	Faint Attack	Dark	60	∞
10	Sand Tomb	Ground	35	85
13	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
17	Bide	Normal	—	—
21	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
25	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
29	Dig	Ground	80	100
34	Crunch	Dark	80	100
39	Earth Power	Ground	90	100
44	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
49	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
55	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
61	Feint	Normal	30	100
67	Superpower	Fighting	120	100
73	Fissure	Ground	—	30

Egg moves

Trapinch learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Bug Bite	Bug	60	100
Earth Power	Ground	90	100
Endure	Normal	—	—
Flail	Normal	—	100
Focus Energy	Normal	—	—
Fury Cutter	Bug	20	95
Gust	Flying	40	100
Mud Shot	Ground	55	95
Quick Attack	Normal	40	100
Signal Beam	Bug	75	100

Move Tutor moves

Trapinch can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Bug Bite	Bug	60	100
Earth Power	Ground	90	100
Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
Signal Beam	Bug	75	100
Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
Snore	Normal	40	100
Superpower	Fighting	120	100

Moves learnt by HM

Trapinch is compatible with these Hidden Machines in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2:

HM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
04	Strength	Normal		80	100

Moves learnt by TM

Trapinch is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
06	Toxic	Poison	—	90
10	Hidden Power	Normal	60	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
15	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
17	Protect	Normal	—	—
21	Frustration	Normal	—	100
22	SolarBeam	Grass	120	100
26	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
27	Return	Normal	—	100
28	Dig	Ground	80	100
32	Double Team	Normal	—	—
37	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	50	80
42	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	—	—
45	Attract	Normal	—	100
48	Round	Normal	60	100
76	Struggle Bug	Bug	30	100
78	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
80	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
87	Swagger	Normal	—	90
90	Substitute	Normal	—	—
94	Rock Smash	Fighting	40	100

Transfer-only moves

Trapinch can only learn these moves in previous generations. It must be taught the moves in the appropriate game and then transferred to Pokémon Black 2 & White 2.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.	Method
Body Slam	Normal	85	100	Generation 3 — Move tutor
Double-Edge	Normal	120	100	Generation 3 — Move tutor
Mimic	Normal	—	—	Generation 3 — Move tutor
Captivate	Normal	—	100	Generation 4 — TM
Natural Gift	Normal	—	100	Generation 4 — TM
Secret Power	Normal	70	100	Generation 4 — TM
Headbutt	Normal	70	100	Generation 4 — Move tutor

Trapinch egg move parents

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Trapinch

Trapinch's egg groups: Bug, Dragon

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

You will need to breed a female Trapinch with a compatible male Pokémon, with the male (for Gen 2-5) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Trapinch with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Bug Bite

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Caterpie Weedle Ariados Pineco Forretress Shuckle Wurmple Ninjask Kricketot Burmy (Plant Cloak) Mothim Combee Skorupi Drapion Yanmega Sewaddle Swadloon Leavanny Venipede Whirlipede Scolipede Dwebble Crustle Joltik Galvantula Durant Larvesta
Breeding	Paras Parasect Venonat Venomoth Pinsir Ledyba Ledian Surskit Masquerain Nincada Ninjask Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Karrablast Escavalier
Move tutor	Caterpie Metapod Butterfree Weedle Kakuna Beedrill Paras Parasect Venonat Venomoth Scyther Pinsir Ledyba Ledian Spinarak Ariados Yanma Pineco Forretress Gligar Scizor Shuckle Heracross Wurmple Silcoon Beautifly Cascoon Dustox Surskit Masquerain Nincada Ninjask Volbeat Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Kricketot Kricketune Burmy (Plant Cloak) Mothim Combee Skorupi Drapion Yanmega Gliscor Sewaddle Swadloon Leavanny Venipede Whirlipede Scolipede Dwebble Crustle Karrablast Escavalier Joltik Galvantula Shelmet Accelgor Durant Larvesta Volcarona
Pre-evolution Level up	Metapod Butterfree Kakuna Beedrill Silcoon Beautifly Cascoon Dustox Kricketune Volcarona

Earth Power

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Trapinch Vibrava Flygon
Breeding	Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Deino Zweilous Hydreigon
Move tutor	Gligar Shuckle Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Gible Gabite Garchomp Gliscor Deino Zweilous Hydreigon

Endure

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Heracross Sewaddle Karrablast
Breeding	Paras Parasect Scyther Pineco Forretress Scizor Surskit Masquerain Nincada Ninjask Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Bagon Shelgon Salamence Dwebble Crustle Axew Fraxure Haxorus Shelmet Accelgor Durant Larvesta Volcarona
Pre-evolution Level up	Swadloon Leavanny Escavalier
Generation 4 TM	Charmander Charmeleon Charizard Butterfree Beedrill Ekans Arbok Venonat Venomoth Horsea Seadra Pinsir Gyarados Dratini Dragonair Dragonite Ledyba Ledian Spinarak Ariados Yanma Gligar Shuckle Kingdra Treecko Grovyle Sceptile Beautifly Dustox Volbeat Swablu Altaria Seviper Feebas Milotic Kricketune Mothim Gible Gabite Garchomp Skorupi Drapion Yanmega Gliscor

Flail

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Magikarp Feebas Sewaddle Dwebble Crustle Karrablast
Breeding	Paras Parasect Horsea Seadra Pinsir Pineco Forretress Heracross Kingdra Trapinch Vibrava Flygon
Pre-evolution Level up	Gyarados Milotic Swadloon Leavanny Escavalier

Focus Energy

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Beedrill Horsea Seadra Scyther Pinsir Scizor Kingdra Bagon Shelgon Salamence Kricketune Deino Zweilous Hydreigon
Breeding	Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Axew Fraxure Haxorus

Fury Cutter

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Paras Parasect Scyther Gligar Scizor Grovyle Ninjask Kricketune Gliscor Dwebble Karrablast Joltik Galvantula Durant
Breeding	Trapinch Vibrava Flygon
Pre-evolution Level up	Sceptile Crustle Escavalier
Generation 4 Move tutor	Charmander Charmeleon Charizard Beedrill Pinsir Dragonite Heracross Treecko Nincada Seviper Bagon Shelgon Salamence Gible Gabite Garchomp Skorupi Drapion

Gust

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Butterfree Venomoth Beautifly Dustox Masquerain Mothim Combee Volcarona
Breeding	Nincada Ninjask Trapinch Vibrava Flygon

Mud Shot

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Breeding	Surskit Masquerain Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Gible Gabite Garchomp

Quick Attack

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Scyther Yanma Gligar Scizor Treecko Grovyle Sceptile Surskit Masquerain Volbeat Yanmega Gliscor Accelgor
Breeding	Pinsir Trapinch Vibrava Flygon

Signal Beam

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Venonat Venomoth Volbeat Joltik Galvantula
Breeding	Venonat Venomoth Horsea Seadra Spinarak Ariados Yanma Kingdra Surskit Masquerain Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Yanmega
Move tutor	Butterfree Venonat Venomoth Horsea Seadra Spinarak Ariados Yanma Forretress Kingdra Beautifly Dustox Surskit Masquerain Volbeat Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Mothim Yanmega Sewaddle Swadloon Leavanny Joltik Galvantula Shelmet Accelgor Hydreigon Larvesta Volcarona