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venusaur
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Venusaur

Seed Pokémon

GrassPoison

The flower on its back catches the sun’s rays. The sunlight is then absorbed and used for energy.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 82
Defense 83
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 100
Speed 80
Total 525

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

ivysaur Ivysaur Lv. 16
venusaur Venusaur Lv. 32

Moves

Details

Category Seed Pokémon
Height 2.0 m
Weight 100.0 kg
Base Exp 236
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Monster ,Plant

Sprites

venusaur Front Front
venusaur Back Back
venusaur Front Shiny Front Shiny
venusaur Back Shiny Back Shiny
venusaur Front ♀ Front ♀
venusaur Back ♀ Back ♀
venusaur Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
venusaur Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
venusaur Official Art Official Art
venusaur Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Sleeping Beasty (Offensive)
Moves
Hidden Power Fire / Earthquake / Synthesis
Item
Venusaurite
Ability
Chlorophyll
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 192
SpA 48
Spe 16
Prince Charming (Stall)
Moves
Synthesis / Rest
Amnesia / Sludge Bomb
Item
Venusaurite
Ability
Chlorophyll
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 248
Def 148
SpD 112

Strategy Overview

Mega Venusaur has a solid defensive typing with adequate bulk and Thick Fat, which leaves it weak to just Flying and Psychic. This also means it is the only viable Grass-type that is not weak to either Fire- or Ice-type moves, giving it better matchups against Mega Charizard X and Choice Specs Greninja at the same time, one of which other Grass-types like Ferrothorn and Whimsicott may struggle with. It is one of the bulkiest and least passive Leech Seed users, with powerful STAB and coverage moves in Sludge Bomb, Giga Drain, and Hidden Power Fire to help it break foes like Greninja and Tapu Bulu, as well as Taunt users like Mega Mawile and other SubSeed users like Serperior and Jumpluff. It also has access to reliable recovery and stat-lowering moves via Synthesis, Rest, Sleep Powder, Charm, and Amnesia to beat offensive threats like Mega Charizard X. However, Mega Venusaur has no viable way of boosting its offenses, so it is susceptible to bulkier Pokemon like Type: Null. Mega Venusaur also is unable to do much to common Fire-, Steel-, and Dragon-types like Mega Charizard Y, Mega Metagross, and Dragonite, while also being weak to the plethora of Psychic-type Pokemon in the metagame like Tapu Lele, and Necrozma.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc