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roserade
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Roserade

Bouquet Pokémon

GrassPoison

Luring prey with a sweet scent, it uses poison whips on its arms to poison, bind, and finish off the prey.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 70
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 125
Sp. Def 105
Speed 90
Total 515

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Bouquet Pokémon
Height 0.9 m
Weight 14.5 kg
Base Exp 232
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Fairy ,Plant

Sprites

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

Competitive

Special Attacker
Moves
Magical Leaf / Leaf Storm
Sludge Bomb / Protect
Sleep Powder / Protect
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Technician
Nature
Timid / Modest
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

At a glance, it looks like there is almost no reason to use Roserade in VGC. Amoonguss and Venusaur are both Grass / Poison types that not only see much more use in VGC, but also have a lot of positive traits over Roserade. Amoonguss boasts much greater bulk, a 100% accurate sleep move in Spore, and Rage Powder to redirect moves; Venusaur has increased Speed in sun thanks to Chlorophyll and a bulky Mega evolution to take hits more easily. However, Roserade has plenty of advantages over these two. Firstly, Roserade has a Special Attack stat of 125, meaning it hits harder than both Amoonguss and Venusaur. It also has 90 Speed, allowing it to outspeed Pokemon such as Rotom-H, Gardevoir, and Chandelure and put them to sleep before they can attack. Its ability, Technician, gives a boost to Hidden Power, giving it a powerful 90 Base Power Hidden Power Fire to hit Steel-types. It also deals with Pokemon such as Rotom-W, Azumarill, and Politoed very well. However, Roserade does have quite a few flaws. While it isn't necessarily slow, it's not very fast either, and is still outsped by Pokemon such as Charizard, Salamence, and Mega Kangaskhan. It also has quite poor physical bulk, meaning it has trouble taking physical attacks. Lastly, Roserade does have slight four-moveslot syndrome, as it really wants to run Magical Leaf, Sludge Bomb, Hidden Power Fire, Sleep Powder, and Protect all on the same set.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc