Bug Buzz in Pokemon Survivor

Bug Buzz at a glance

What Bug Buzz does

Bug Buzz is a Bug-type aura move. A constant vibration that pounds everything nearby.

A Pokemon can learn it if it is Bug-type, which is true of 89 of the 966 Pokemon. It reaches you as a new-move card when you level up, as long as one of your four move slots is free. No Pokemon begins a run with it, so you only find it on level-up cards. Each level-up draws three cards by weight from up to six new-move candidates, your move upgrades and the stat cards, so even a good move can sit out several level-ups.

Bug Buzz stats by level

At level 1, Bug Buzz deals 8 damage with a 0.45 second cooldown. At level 5 that becomes 17 damage every 0.32 seconds, which is 55.2 potential damage per second against 17.8 at level 1.

Potential damage per second multiplies damage by the number of hits and divides by the cooldown. It assumes every one lands on the same enemy and leaves out the Pokemon's attack multiplier, your cards and the type chart, so treat it as an upper bound for comparing levels and moves, not as a kill time.

Bug Buzz level-up changes

Each level-up card for Bug Buzz applies the changes below. They stack, so the level 5 row above already includes all of them.

• Level 2: +30% radius
• Level 3: +45% damage
• Level 4: -30% cooldown
• Level 5: +30% radius, +50% damage

Bug Buzz evolution: Swarm

Bug Buzz evolves into Swarm when it reaches level 5 and you have taken the Synthesis card at least once in the same run. Once both are true, a golden evolution card is always offered at your next level-up. Until then, the Synthesis card keeps showing up with a note that it unlocks this evolution, so you do not have to hunt for it.

Swarm keeps the Bug type and the same slot. Its damage goes from 17 to 31 and its cooldown stays at 0.32 seconds. The move evolution guide lists all 59 evolutions and the cards they need.

• +80% damage
• +35% radius

Which Pokemon can use Bug Buzz

89 Pokemon can learn Bug Buzz: every Bug-type, which is 22 single-type and 67 dual-type. The best of them by Stat Score are Pheromosa, Buzzwole, Volcarona, and Slither Wing.

No Pokemon starts with Bug Buzz, so you only find it on level-up cards.

How to use Bug Buzz

• Aura moves do not need a target: Bug Buzz fires on its cooldown wherever you are.
• Grass, Psychic, and Dark take 60% more damage from Bug moves, while Fire, Fighting, Poison, Flying, Ghost, Steel, and Fairy take 40% less. Enemies with two types multiply both effects. See the type chart.
• Other aura moves are Grass Knot, Discharge, and Bulldoze. The moves list compares all 64.
• Each Reflexes card multiplies every cooldown by 0.92 and each Power card multiplies damage by 1.10. After 5 Reflexes cards the 0.45 second cooldown of Bug Buzz at level 1 becomes 0.3 seconds.
• Only the move group in your active slot fires, and every move in the group keeps its own cooldown timer. A bond, which a rift win gives you, fuses loose moves into one group.
• Weather can boost or weaken Bug moves: see the weather guide.

Bug Buzz in Pokemon Survivor FAQ

What does Bug Buzz do in Pokemon Survivor?

A constant vibration that pounds everything nearby. It is a Bug-type aura move with 5 levels. It deals 8 damage at level 1 and 17 at level 5.

How do you evolve Bug Buzz?

Level it to 5 and take the Synthesis card at least once in the same run. A golden evolution card then appears at the next level-up and turns it into Swarm.

Which Pokemon can learn Bug Buzz?

The 89 Bug-type Pokemon, including dual types. None of them start with it.

Browse all 64 moves in the Pokemon Survivor moves list, or read the Pokemon Survivor guides.