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meganium
#154

Meganium

Herb Pokémon

Grass

The aroma that rises from its petals contains a substance that calms aggressive feelings.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 82
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 83
Sp. Def 100
Speed 80
Total 525

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

bayleef Bayleef Lv. 16
meganium Meganium Lv. 32

Moves

Details

Category Herb Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 100.5 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

meganium Front Front
meganium Back Back
meganium Front Shiny Front Shiny
meganium Back Shiny Back Shiny
meganium Front ♀ Front ♀
meganium Back ♀ Back ♀
meganium Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
meganium Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
meganium Official Art Official Art
meganium Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 3.2%
Specially Defensive Support
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Meganium is outclassed by defensive Grass-types such as Tangela as a physical wall, Roselia as a special wall, Quilladin for utility, and Gourgeist for its typing and physical bulk. It also faces competition as an offensive Grass-type from Leafeon and Sawsbuck, limiting Meganium to a support role. Meganium's defensive sets lack offensive presence as well, making them vulnerable to setup sweepers such as Raichu and Ninetales. Its mono-Grass typing gives it many common weaknesses in the tier, which hinders Meganium's defensive capabilities. Its abilities, Overgrow and Leaf Guard, don't help much. Overgrow is only useful for powering up Giga Drain when Meganium is already at cripplingly low health. Meganium is also highly vulnerable to Taunt.

Nevertheless, Meganium's solid bulk, both physically and specially, combined with average HP makes it a decent, albeit hopelessly outclassed, physical, special, or mixed wall. It is also blessed with good support moves such as Aromatherapy.

Most Used Moves

Synthesis
56.9%
Toxic
28.6%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
76.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc