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shroomish
#285

Shroomish

Mushroom Pokémon

Grass

SHROOMISH live in damp soil in the dark depths of forests. They are often found keeping still under fallen leaves. This POKéMON feeds on compost that is made up of fallen, rotted leaves.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 40
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 40
Sp. Def 60
Speed 35
Total 295

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Mushroom Pokémon
Height 0.4 m
Weight 4.5 kg
Base Exp 59
Growth Rate Fast Then Very Slow
Capture Rate 255
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Fairy ,Plant

Sprites

shroomish Front Front
shroomish Back Back
shroomish Front Shiny Front Shiny
shroomish Back Shiny Back Shiny
shroomish Official Art Official Art
shroomish Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.0%
Tank
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 36
Atk 36
Def 196
SpD 116
Spe 76

Strategy Overview

Shroomish's nice defensive stats and access to Spore seem appealing, but it is largely outclassed by the ubiquitous Foongus. The only things Shroomish has over Foongus are a resistance to Ground-type moves and a better physical movepool with Drain Punch to hit Pawniard and Ferroseed, which isn't a great trade because Foongus has an absurd ability in Regenerator and a resistance to Fighting. Shroomish is also rendered passive by a majority of the tier due to its inability to damage Flying-, Fire-, and Poison-types, especially after it has already put a Pokemon to sleep.

Most Used Moves

Spore
72.5%
Protect
51.5%
Synthesis
49.1%
Toxic
29.1%

Most Used Items

Toxic Orb
90.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc