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roselia
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Roselia

Thorn Pokémon

GrassPoison

It uses the different poisons in each hand separately when it attacks. The stronger its aroma, the healthier it is.

Base Stats

HP 50
Attack 60
Defense 45
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 80
Speed 65
Total 400

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Thorn Pokémon
Height 0.3 m
Weight 2.0 kg
Base Exp 140
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 150
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Fairy ,Plant

Sprites

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

Competitive

nu Usage: 1.0%
Defensive Spikes
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252
Focus Sash Lead
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Poison Point
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Offensive Spikes
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 80
SpA 252
Spe 176

Strategy Overview

Access to Spikes and Toxic Spikes gives Roselia a unique niche as one of the better entry hazard stackers in the tier and separates it from other Grass-types, especially Vileplume. Roselia also boasts a nice typing with great resistances to Water-, Grass-, Electric-, and Fighting-type moves, and its special bulk is bolstered to great levels thanks to Eviolite. A good Special Attack stat gives it a great niche as an offensive Spiker and prevents it from being a sitting duck when using defensive sets. However, Roselia faces competition from Vileplume, which boasts far greater physical bulk and lacks Roselia's susceptibility to Knock Off, letting it function as an actual Fighting-type check and, in general, check a significantly larger portion of the metagame. Other Spikers in Garbodor, Ferroseed, and even Cacturne also give Roselia stiff competition for a teamslot.

Most Used Moves

Spikes
79.8%
Rest
50.9%
Synthesis
25.7%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
88.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc