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paras
#046

Paras

Mushroom Pokémon

BugGrass

Growing out of the bug’s back are mushrooms called tochukaso. The mushrooms grow with the bug host.

Base Stats

HP 35
Attack 70
Defense 55
Sp. Atk 45
Sp. Def 55
Speed 25
Total 285

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

parasect Parasect Lv. 24

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Mushroom Pokémon
Height 0.3 m
Weight 5.4 kg
Base Exp 57
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 190
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Bug ,Plant

Sprites

paras Front Front
paras Back Back
paras Front Shiny Front Shiny
paras Back Shiny Back Shiny
paras Official Art Official Art
paras Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.2%
Utility
Moves
Bullet Seed / Aromatherapy
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Dry Skin
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 76
Atk 36
Def 236
SpD 156

Strategy Overview

Paras has a small niche in Little Cup thanks to its access to useful moves such as Spore, Knock Off, and Aromatherapy, as well as a very helpful ability in Dry Skin, which gives it an immunity to Water-type moves. Its Bug / Grass typing provides it with useful resistances to Electric-, Fighting-, Grass-, and Ground-type moves, giving it plenty of opportunities to switch in and support the team. Its positive traits end there, however, as its typing leaves it with a whopping six weaknesses, including 4x weaknesses to both Fire- and Flying-type moves, as well as a weakness to Stealth Rock. In addition to this, Paras has very low Speed and HP stats, making it even tougher for it to perform its role well.

Most Used Moves

Spore
97.4%
X-Scissor
67.8%
Knock Off
31.7%
Seed Bomb
26.3%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
30.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc