73. Venomoth
Originally Nominated by: GTM
First Appeared in: Pokemon Red/Blue
1st Gen Ranking: 18/20
Fun Fact: Along with several other bug type pokemon, it clearly has wings, but is not part flying and does not have access to the ability Levitate.
Venomoth just barely edges out Mothim in the best moth type on the list (personally I prefer Volcarona, but whatever). Most of what I said about Mothim can be applied to Venomoth. It's a pretty bland typing, and is unfortunate enough to end up in NU along with most bug types. Bug/Psychic is probably among the least useful typings in the game, which is unfortunate considering the number of them. Venomoth is another pokemon that could have been at least 4 types (Personally a Bug/Psychic would have been pretty cool IMO), not that I was ever confused about it since the first I remember seeing one was when Koga used it in the anime. Not that it really matters for Venomoth's ranking but Koga's pokemon are so horribly inconsistent across all the forms of pokemon media. Overall, I always wanted to like Venomoth, but I could never get off the ground with the idea (much like Venomoth itself apparently). Blame my power loving 8 year old self and the first gen game's horrible treatment of bug and poison types I guess.
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