Whirlipede

Curlipede Pokémon ^#544

This Pokémon spins itself rapidly and charges into its opponents. Its top speed is just over 60 mph.

Whirlipede protects itself with a sturdy shell and poisonous spikes while it stores up the energy it’ll need for evolution.

- Poison-Point
  Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, the move's user has a 30% chance of being poisoned.
- Swarm
  When this Pokémon has 1/3 or less of its HP remaining, its bug-type moves inflict 1.5× as much regular damage. Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, the wild encounter rate is increased.

It is usually motionless, but when attacked,
it rotates at high speed and then crashes into
its opponent.