Metapod
Artwork
Names
- English: Metapod
- Japanese: トランセル (Transel)
- German: Safcon
- French: Chrysacier
Number(s)
- National: 11
- Hoenn: 213
- Johto: 25
Gender
♂ 50% - ♀ 50%
Egg Group(s)
Bug
Evolution
| Basic | Stage One | Stage Two |
|---|---|---|
 CaterpieBase form |  MetapodLevel 7 |  ButterfreeLevel 10 |
Size
- Height: 0.7 m / 2’04”
- Weight: 9.9 kg / 21.8 lbs.
Damage Taken
- ×½: Fighting, Ground, Grass
- ×2: Flying, Rock, Fire
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 205 | ||
| HP | 44 | 0 | |
| Attack | 58 | 0 | |
| Defense | 38 | 2 | |
| Sp.Atk | 52 | 0 | |
| Sp.Def | 51 | 0 | |
| Speed | 48 | 0 | |
Ability
- Shed Skin
- Game's description
- Heals the body by shedding.
- Battle effect
- Every turn, it has a 1 in 3 chance of healing from a status condition (BURN, PARALYZE, SLEEP, POISON, FREEZE).
Wild Item
- NONE
Habitat
Forest
Miscellaneous
- Species: Cocoon Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 3,840
- Color: Green
- Catch Rate: 120
- Base Tameness: 70
- Growth Group: Medium Fast
1,000,000 exp. points to Lv100
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Red/Blue
- This POKéMON is vulnerable to attack while its shell is soft, exposing its weak and tender body.
- Yellow
- Hardens its shell to protect itself. However, a large impact may cause it to pop out of its shell.
- Gold
- Inside the shell, it is soft and weak as it prepares to evolve. It stays motionless in the shell.
- Silver
- It prepares for evolution by hardening its shell as much as possible to protect its soft body.
- Crystal
- This is its preevolved form. At this stage, it can only harden, so it remains motionless to avoid attack.
- Ruby
- The shell covering this POKéMON's body is as hard as an iron slab. METAPOD does not move very much. It stays still because it is preparing its soft innards for evolution inside the hard shell.
- Sapphire
- The shell covering this POKéMON's body is as hard as an iron slab. METAPOD does not move very much. It stays still because it is preparing its soft innards for evolution inside the hard shell.
- Emerald
- Its shell is as hard as an iron slab. A METAPOD does not move very much because it is preparing its soft innards for evolution inside the shell.
- Fire Red
- Even though it is encased in a sturdy shell, the body inside is tender. It can't withstand a harsh attack.
- Leaf Green
- This POKéMON is vulnerable to attack while its shell is soft, exposing its weak and tender body.