Japanese Knotweed Leaf Beetle

Gallerucida bifasciata

Insectstrong against fungi, fish

Common

Swarm

While active with another insect in play, each of its attacks also hits the opposing bench for 10, without knocking them out (20 with two others).

Gallerucida bifasciata

In battle

Strong against

Weak against

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

No global status on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.

Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

Every Common card has 100 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

How they’re shared out:

Type: Herbivorous insect: HP 44, ATK 27 and DEF 29 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 1,107 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Size: About 20 mg: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.