Base Stats

Evolution

Strengths & Weaknesses

Best counters vs Gempillar

Their element hits Gempillar for 2× damage — bring one as a switch-in. Ordered by base-stat total.

• Sundercrene Flying
• Blazmane Fire
• Empixy Fire
• Lavarock Fire
• Graycrene Flying
• Blazgrowl Fire
• Bluebird Flying
• Lavite Fire
• Emfox Fire
• Chirplume Flying

Field Notes ✎ Observed (cross-referenced)

Field identification is trivial: no other larva in the Dex is armored in alternating gold and lapis plates, and no other larva grooms itself against sandstone quite so deliberately. Observed specimens in Canyon Oasis spend long stretches inching along exposed rock, pausing to buff their segments to a shine — the polishing behavior noted in its official description, and the reason the community files it under 'crawling treasure'. Whether this is maintenance, display, or simple vanity is unrecorded, though the description dryly notes that collectors adore it 'and it clearly knows'.

For the ledger's bookkeeping: Gempillar carries the standard revealed-creature profile — rarity SSS, rank E, any-weather spawning, level cap 90 — and it does not have an EM slot. No possible traits have yet been catalogued against this species specifically; trait rolls follow the game-wide Normal 6.5% / Rare 2.7% / Legendary 1.5% tiers documented on our Traits page.

Base Stats & Battle Role ✎ Observed (cross-referenced)

Gempillar's base stats are community-verified: 52 HP, 70 Attack, 48 Defense, 74 Special Attack, 48 Special Defense, and 70 Speed, for a 362 total. The spread is unusually even-handed for a larval stage — both attacking stats sit at a workable 70/74 split with Speed to match, while everything defensive (52/48/48) is where the budget was cut. Read plainly: this is a fragile mixed attacker that would rather strike first than trade hits, and its 74 Special Attack gives the special side a slight edge.

By typing, Bug hits Grass and Psychic targets hard, comes in resisted against Fire and Flying, and shrugs off Water, Grass, and Fighting attacks. In practice Gempillar is an early-team pick for Canyon Oasis trainers who want Grass and Psychic coverage before evolving it — cross-check matchups on the Type Chart, and remember every stat here rolls through the Talent grade system (C 40% up to SSS 100%), so two wild Gempillar are rarely equals.

Evolution & Where to Find ✎ Observed (cross-referenced)

Gempillar is the base stage of a two-creature line and evolves into Gempress using a Bug Element Stone — one of the handful of stone evolutions the community has explicitly documented, alongside the Humding and Chitmite lines. Bug Element Stones turn up in shops, chests, and redeem codes, so a spare is worth banking before you commit a well-rolled specimen; Gempress itself is only obtainable by evolution, making a good Gempillar the required starting material.

Wild Gempillar are caught in Canyon Oasis, in any weather. Standard catch balls work as normal, and an Advance Ball guarantees the capture at a 100% catch rate if you find one with a nature, talent grade, or mutation you refuse to lose. Given how much a Shiny or Prismatic recolor would presumably do for a creature whose whole aesthetic is polished gemstone plating, patient collectors may want to inspect a few before settling.