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roserade
#407

Roserade

Bouquet Pokémon

GrassPoison

It attracts prey with a sweet aroma, then downs it with thorny whips hidden in its arms.

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

uu Usage: 1.3%
3 Attacks
Item
Poisonium Z
Ability
Technician
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Roserade holds a niche as a powerful attacker thanks to its massive base 125 Special Attack and ability to hit nearly the entire tier for neutral damage. Access to Poisonium Z alongside two powerful STAB attacks allows Roserade to threaten the common defensive backbones consisting of Fairy-, Ground-, and Water-types that flood the UU tier. Useful utility in Sleep Powder coming off a fast base 90 Speed stat and a Technician-boosted Hidden Power Fire gives Roserade a way to bypass its common checks while providing free turns for its entire team. Furthermore, a Grass / Poison typing enables Roserade to absorb Scald, Toxic, and Spore from defensive Pokemon on offensive teams while still providing respectable damage output thanks to its high Special Attack. However, its terrible base 60 HP and 65 Defense means that Roserade is revenge killed by faster offensive threats like Mega Aerodactyl, Infernape, and Latias and strong priority users like Choice Band Scizor, and Roserade even struggles switching into hard-hitting resisted attacks from slower Pokemon like Primarina's Moonblast. Roserade's longevity is also hampered by its proneness to being Pursuit trapped once weakened by Mega Aerodactyl and Krookodile, two very common attackers in the metagame.

Most Used Moves

Spikes
35.9%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
12.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc