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parasect
#047

Parasect

Mushroom Pokémon

BugGrass

The large mushroom on its back controls it. It often fights over territory with Shiinotic.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 95
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 80
Speed 30
Total 405

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

parasect Parasect Lv. 24

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Mushroom Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 29.5 kg
Base Exp 142
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Bug ,Plant

Sprites

parasect Front Front
parasect Back Back
parasect Front Shiny Front Shiny
parasect Back Shiny Back Shiny
parasect Official Art Official Art
parasect Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 0.1%
Specially Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Dry Skin
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 248
Def 8
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Parasect's access to the rare Spore and a solid ability in Dry Skin cannot make up for the several crippling flaws it has in the PU metagame. It is absurdly slow, has lackluster bulk, and has an awful defensive typing; it is notably 4x weak to Flying and weak to Rock-, Ice-, and Poison-type attacks as well, which are all common in the PU metagame. Most of what Parasect can attempt to do, other Grass-types can do a lot better. Tangela has access to Regenerator and better bulk via Eviolite, Roselia has access to entry hazards and a solid secondary typing in addition to Eviolite, and Ferroseed has a far better typing and also can set entry hazards. In general, these Grass-types also lack the aforementioned problems that come with Parasect's Bug typing.

Most Used Moves

Spore
90.6%
Seed Bomb
60.0%
Knock Off
55.5%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
80.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc