Victreebel
Victreebel is a Grass/Poison-type Pokémon, the Flycatcher Pokémon, number 71 (#0071) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 1.7 m tall and weighs 15.5 kg.
Victreebel is the Flycatcher Pokémon, a carnivorous plant that lures prey with a sweet honey scent and a vine it waves like a living animal. In Legends: Z-A it can Mega Evolve into a bloated, acid-filled giant.
How to pronounce Victreebel
Victreebel is pronounced VIK-tree-bel. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Victreebel said out loud:
In Japanese it is ウツボット (Utsubot).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Victreebel is 1.7 m tall and weighs 15.5 kg. It has a bell-shaped body with a gaping mouth, a swollen pink lip, two sharp bottom teeth and dark green spots, with a large leaf on each side. A leaf covers the top of its mouth, and from it grows a long brown vine with a yellow tip. The Pokédex says its acid can dissolve even the hardest object.
Behaviour
Victreebel flicks the vine to mimic an animal and gives off a honey-like aroma to draw prey in, then swallows it whole. Acid that has dissolved many victims turns sweeter, so the lure only gets better. The Pokédex says it lives in huge colonies deep in jungles, from which no one has returned.
Habitat
Because it comes from an evolution stone, Victreebel seldom turns up in the wild, but Bulbapedia places it in temperate forests and jungles.
Powers
Its Abilities are Chlorophyll and the hidden Gluttony. It fights with Leaf Blade, Sludge Bomb and Power Whip, and its base Attack of 105 and Special Attack of 100 make it a mixed attacker. Mega Victreebel (Grass and Poison, with the Ability Innards Out) swells with acid, wraps its own vine around its throat to stop it overflowing, and hops about tackling prey. It fans a dizzying sweet scent from the leaves on its head to immobilise foes, and its acid can eat through concrete or steel.
Name origin
Victreebel may combine 'victory', 'tree' and 'bell'; the missing L in 'bell' is likely because English names had a ten-character limit before Generation VI. The Japanese name is Utsubot (ウツボット), possibly from utsubokazura ('pitcher plant') and 'pot'.
Design inspiration
Victreebel may take after carnivorous pitcher plants, and the blue lips of its Shiny form may echo the blue glow that a pitcher plant's rim takes on under UV light. Mega Victreebel may draw on Nepenthes lower traps and their coiling vines, as well as calabash gourds, waterskins, or the water balloon yo-yos used in Japanese festival games. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Weepinbell evolves into Victreebel when exposed to a Leaf Stone, and Victreebel does not evolve further.
In the games
Victreebel's big moment in the games is its Mega Evolution in Legends: Z-A, where an Alpha one also roams Wild Zone 20 of Centrico Plaza and the Mega Dimension DLC adds it to Hyperspace Lumiose. In Scarlet and Violet it is not wild in Paldea but can be traded in, and in The Teal Mask DLC it appears in 5-star Tera Raids.
In the anime
James owned two Victreebel in the original series, both evolved from Weepinbell, and the pair fell in love and hopped off together. In 'Danger, Sweet as Honey!', Meowth was bitten and paralysed after a Victreebel woke up while Iris's Axew was peering into its mouth.
Fun facts
- Bulbapedia says Victreebel holds the top index number among Generation I's non-glitch Pokémon.
- At 4.5 m, Mega Victreebel is about 2.65 times taller than Victreebel, which Bulbapedia calls the greatest proportional height increase of any Mega Evolution.
- The only other holder of Innards Out in the game data is Pyukumuku.
Base stats
- HP: 80
- Attack: 105
- Defense: 65
- Sp. Atk: 100
- Sp. Def: 70
- Speed: 70
Victreebel’s base stat total is 490. Its highest stat is Attack.
Type matchups
What is Victreebel weak to?
Victreebel takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Ice (2×), Flying (2×), Psychic (2×) moves.
It resists Grass (¼×), Water (½×), Electric (½×), Fighting (½×), Fairy (½×).
Evolution
What does Victreebel evolve from?
Victreebel evolves from Weepinbell (Leaf Stone).
Victreebel is the final stage of its evolution family.
The whole family: Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel.
- Bellsprout evolves into Weepinbell at level 21.
Forms
- Mega Victreebel (Mega): Grass/Poison-type, base stat total 590 (HP 80, Attack 125, Defense 85, Sp. Atk 135, Sp. Def 95, Speed 70). Ability: Innards Out.
Abilities
- Chlorophyll: Doubles Speed during strong sunlight.
- Gluttony (hidden ability): Makes the Pokémon eat any held Berry triggered by low HP below 1/2 its max HP.
Moves
Moves Victreebel learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evo | Leaf Storm | Grass | Special | 130 |
| 1 | Vine Whip | Grass | Physical | 45 |
| 1 | Razor Leaf | Grass | Physical | 55 |
| 1 | Sleep Powder | Grass | Status | — |
| 1 | Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — |
| 44 | Leaf Blade | Grass | Physical | 90 |
“Evo” means Victreebel learns the move the moment it evolves: Leaf Storm.
TM moves (40)
Victreebel can learn 40 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Scary Face, Protect, Acid Spray, Thief, Trailblaze, Pounce, Facade, Swift, Magical Leaf, Venoshock, Endure, Sunny Day, Bullet Seed, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Reflect, Grass Knot, Poison Jab, Rest, Swords Dance, Leech Life, Substitute, Giga Drain, Energy Ball, Encore, Grassy Terrain, Sludge Bomb, Giga Impact, Leaf Storm, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Toxic, Knock Off, Bug Bite, Lunge, Weather Ball, Grassy Glide, Sludge Wave.
Egg moves (12):Clear Smog, Gastro Acid, Ingrain, Power Whip, Spit Up, Stockpile, Strength Sap, Sucker Punch, Swallow, Synthesis, Tickle, Worry Seed.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Grass.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 3 Attack effort values.
- Base experience yield: 221.
Pokédex entries
Lures prey with the sweet aroma of honey. Swallowed whole, the prey is dissolved in a day, bones and all. (Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)
Victreebel has a long vine that extends from its head. This vine is waved and flicked about as if it were an animal to attract prey. When an unsuspecting prey draws near, this Pokémon swallows it whole. (Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire)
Once ingested into this Pokémon's body, even the hardest object will melt into nothing. (Crystal, Y)
Said to live in huge colonies deep in jungles, although no one has ever returned from there. (Red, Blue, LeafGreen, X)
It pools in its mouth a fluid with a honeylike scent, which is really an acid that dissolves anything. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2)
This horrifying plant Pokémon attracts prey with aromatic honey, then melts them in its mouth. (Silver, SoulSilver)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ウツボット |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Utsubot |
| French | Empiflor |
| German | Sarzenia |
| Spanish | Victreebel |
| Italian | Victreebel |
| Korean | 우츠보트 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 大食花 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 大食花 |
Trivia
- Highest Attack among Grass types in Gen 1: 105.
- Highest Attack among Poison types in Gen 1: 105, shared with 1 other.
- Taller than 80% of all Pokémon (1.7 m).
- Heavier than 37% of all Pokémon (15.5 kg).
- Base stat total 490, ranked #338 of 1,025.
- One of 14 Pokémon that are both Grass and Poison.
- One of 130 green Pokémon.
- Number 71 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
- Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
- Can learn 57 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Has 1 alternate form.
- Appears in 10 distinct Pokédex entries.
Sources and fact-checking
- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Victreebel (Pokémon), Serebii: Victreebel (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (VIK-tree-bel): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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