Volbeat - Generation 9 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Volbeat 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.

Volbeat artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Scarlet/Violet

Moves learnt by level up

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

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Tackle	Normal	40	100
5	Double Team	Normal	—	—
8	Confuse Ray	Ghost	—	100
12	Quick Attack	Normal	40	100
15	Struggle Bug	Bug	50	100
19	Moonlight	Fairy	—	—
22	Tail Glow	Bug	—	—
26	Protect	Normal	—	—
29	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	80	90
33	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
36	Bug Buzz	Bug	90	100
40	Play Rough	Fairy	90	90
43	Double-Edge	Normal	120	100
47	Infestation	Bug	20	100

Egg moves

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

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Counter	Fighting	—	100
Roost	Flying	—	—
Seismic Toss	Fighting	—	100
Swagger	Normal	—	85

Moves learnt by TM

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

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal	90	85
05	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
11	Water Pulse	Water	60	100
14	Acrobatics	Flying	55	100
15	Struggle Bug	Bug	50	100
17	Confuse Ray	Ghost	—	100
18	Thief	Dark	60	100
20	Trailblaze	Grass	50	100
21	Pounce	Bug	50	100
22	Chilling Water	Water	50	100
23	Charge Beam	Electric	50	90
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
27	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
32	Swift	Normal	60	∞
40	Air Cutter	Flying	60	95
43	Fling	Dark	—	100
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
58	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
59	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	80	90
60	U-turn	Bug	70	100
65	Air Slash	Flying	75	95
66	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
68	Thunder Punch	Electric	75	100
69	Ice Punch	Ice	75	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
75	Light Screen	Psychic	—	—
79	Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	80	100
80	Metronome	Normal	—	—
82	Thunder Wave	Electric	—	90
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
87	Taunt	Dark	—	100
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
109	Trick	Psychic	—	100
111	Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
113	Tailwind	Flying	—	—
114	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
122	Encore	Normal	—	100
127	Play Rough	Fairy	90	90
130	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
132	Baton Pass	Normal	—	—
162	Bug Buzz	Bug	90	100
166	Thunder	Electric	110	70
168	Solar Beam	Grass	120	100
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100
182	Bug Bite	Bug	60	100
185	Lunge	Bug	80	100
192	Focus Punch	Fighting	150	100

Volbeat egg move parents

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Volbeat

Volbeat's egg groups: Bug, Human-Like

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

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

Counter

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Hitmonchan Heracross Hitmontop Meditite Medicham Lucario Scorbunny Raboot Cinderace Tarountula Spidops
Breeding	Scyther Pineco Forretress Gligar Scizor Makuhita Hariyama Volbeat Chimchar Croagunk Toxicroak Timburr Kleavor Nymble Lokix
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Counter

Roost

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Hawlucha
Breeding	Volbeat
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Roost

Seismic Toss

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Makuhita Hariyama
Breeding	Heracross Volbeat
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Seismic Toss

Swagger

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Drowzee Hypno Croagunk Toxicroak Toxtricity (Amped Form) Toxtricity (Low Key Form) Impidimp Morgrem Grimmsnarl
Breeding	Volbeat
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Swagger