Bug Type Editorial Analysis
Coverage Score
-4
TypeMatchup score: super-effective targets minus resisted and immune targets.
Defensive Burden
3
noticeable defensive burden based on weaknesses, resistances, and immunities.
Role Fit
Bug targets Grass, Psychic, and Dark, but it is resisted by seven types and often needs a secondary role to justify the slot.
Original TypeMatchup judgment
Use Bug when the Pokémon brings momentum, setup, priority, hazards, or a strong secondary typing. Bug STAB alone is usually not enough to carry an offensive plan.
Team partners and coverage
Water, Rock, and Ground teammates can pressure Fire, Flying, and Steel answers, while Steel partners cover many of Bug’s defensive weaknesses.
Data check: Bug attacks are resisted or blocked by Fire, Fighting, Poison, Flying, Ghost, Steel, Fairy. Candidate partner attack types that pressure at least one of those answers include Fire, Water, Electric, Ice, Fighting, Poison.
Best use case
Bug works best when it punishes Psychic or Dark targets while also providing utility such as pivoting, trapping pressure, or defensive resistances.
On defense, Bug is threatened by Fire, Flying, Rock. Teammate types that can resist or blank at least one of those threats include Fire, Water, Electric, Fighting, Ground, Rock.
Important exception
If the opposing team has Fire, Flying, Ghost, Steel, Poison, Fighting, and Fairy answers, Bug attacks can disappear quickly; avoid drafting Bug without a secondary plan.