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venusaur
#003

Venusaur

Seed Pokémon

GrassPoison

Its plant blooms when it is absorbing solar energy. It stays on the move to seek sunlight.

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

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

Strategy Overview

Venusaur is a phenomenal sun sweeper in UU. Venusaur's defensive typing lets it set up on many common Pokemon like Tangrowth, Swampert, and Rotom-W, allowing it to clean teams with its Growth boots. With moves like Giga Drain for reliable recovery, a powerful 100-Base Power and sun-boosted Weather Ball, and Sludge Bomb or Earth Power, Venusaur is able to punch holes in many teams, as with a boost it 2HKOes nearly every Pokemon in the tier barring Chansey. With a Modest nature, it outspeeds every relevant Pokemon in the tier under sun. However, Venusaur is severely limited if sun is no longer active, being outsped and KOed by plenty of Pokemon like Salamence and Azelf or used as setup bait for Pokemon like Scizor. Without a boost, Venusaur can sometimes be too weak to sweep, as common Pokemon like Rotom-H and Moltres are able to survive an unboosted hit and OHKO it back. Lastly, priority users such as Zygarde-10%, Scizor, and Mamoswine can pick off a weakened Venusaur. The inconsistency of sun teams because of Hippowdon limits the prominence of Venusaur in the metagame.

Most Used Moves

Growth
72.5%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
78.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc