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venusaur
#003

Venusaur

Seed Pokémon

GrassPoison

By spreading the broad petals of its flower and catching the sun’s rays, it fills its body with power.

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

Sun Sweeper
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Chlorophyll
Nature
Modest
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Venusaur is rather one-dimensional in the UnderUsed metagame, as it is outclassed by Roserade, Chesnaught, and Celebi it most of its potential roles; however, it is an extremely potent sun sweeper thanks to Chlorophyll, which doubles its Speed while the sun is up. While Chlorophyll is activated, Venusaur can outspeed Mega Aerodactyl and slower Choice Scarf users while having a Modest nature, which lets it hit much harder with Life Orb and Growth. Venusaur also has a pretty good offensive typing and an even better defensive typing in Grass / Poison, which allows it to set up on Pokemon such as Sylveon and Whimsicott while resisting most forms of priority, such as Crawdaunt's and Feraligatr's Aqua Jet and Mach Punch and Vacuum Wave from Fighting-types.

Most Used Moves

Protect
60.2%
Toxic
59.1%
Synthesis
47.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
56.5%
Life Orb
20.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc