Buzzwole (Pokémon)

This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Buzzwole.

**Buzzwole** (Japanese: **マッシブーン** *Massivoon*) is a dual-type Bug/Fighting Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

It is one of the Ultra Beasts and is known by the code name **UB-02 Absorption** (Japanese: **ＵＢ０２　Ｅｘｐａｎｓｉｏｎ**).

## Biology

Buzzwole is an Ultra Beast that resembles a large, anthropomorphic mosquito. Its head is small and flat with a black ridge up the center. It has two red compound eyes with two black, spherical basal joints for its red and black antennae between them. Protruding from under these joints is a long, silver proboscis. It has many bulging muscles that appear to be sacs full of red fluid with small white bubbles inside. There are three sacs on each arm, two on each leg, two on its chest, and several on its shoulders and down its back. Around its waist are three rings of smaller sacs. The muscles on its chest and some on its arms and waist have thin, grayish lines resembling tendons running across them. It has large, five-fingered hands with red knuckles and four pointed legs. There are several black spikes on its body: a small one on each side of its head, two on each shoulder, one on each elbow, and one on each leg. The portions of its body between its muscles are dark red or black. On its back are two pairs of pale orange wings with slightly darker veins.

According to Wicke from the Aether Foundation, its most notable feature is its ability to strengthen itself. By stabbing its proboscis into a foe, it absorbs the foe's energy. This in turn triggers a chemical reaction within its body fluids that causes its muscles to grow at explosive rates, further augmenting its already considerable strength. Buzzwole appears to strike bodybuilding poses before it performs any sort of action. This is thought to be its main form of communication, but what it could be trying to communicate is not understood.

## Game data

### Pokédex entries

 Ultra Moon  | Buzzwole goes around showing off its abnormally swollen muscles. It is one kind of Ultra Beast.

### Stats

#### Base stats

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

### Learnset

#### By breeding

 * Moves marked with an asterisk (\*) must be chain bred onto Buzzwole in Generation VIII
* Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
* Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Buzzwole in that game.
* **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Buzzwole
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Buzzwole

#### By tutoring

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Buzzwole
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Buzzwole
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

### Sprites

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## Trivia

* Buzzwole's effort value yield of 1 Attack and 2 Defense is unique.
* Buzzwole has the highest base HP stat of all Bug-type Pokémon.
* Buzzwole is the heaviest Bug-type Pokémon.
* In Pokémon Sun and Moon, Buzzwole has a catch rate of 25 and a base experience yield of 114.
* In version 1.0 of Pokémon Sun and Moon, Buzzwole's code name was spelled incorrectly in Japanese as (Japanese: **ＵＢ０２　Ｅｘｐａｎｓｉｏｎｅ**), despite being spelled correctly in pre-release material.
* Buzzwole was designed by James Turner.

### Origin

Buzzwole seems to be based on both a mosquito and a bodybuilder. It may specifically derive inspiration from *Aedes albopictus*, which is an invasive species worldwide.

Buzzwole may also be based on common depictions of superheroes in comic books. The black portions of its body resemble the shading in comic book illustrations used to draw attention to a a character's muscular physique.

#### Name origin

Buzzwole may be a combination of *buzz* and the slang word *swole*, which refers to someone muscular.

Massivoon may be a combination of *massive*, 蚊 *bun* (mosquito), and ブーン *būn* (buzz).

## Related articles

* Ultra Beast
* Ultra Beasts (anime)

## External links

1. ↑ Tweet about designing Buzzwole