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venusaur
#003

Venusaur

Seed Pokémon

GrassPoison

By spreading the broad petals of its flower and catching the sun’s rays, it fills its body with power.

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

Wallbreaker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Overgrow / Chlorophyll
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Defensive
Item
Black Sludge
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 248
Def 204
SpA 24
SpD 16
Spe 16
Chlorophyll Sweeper
Moves
Sleep Powder / Hidden Power Fire / Solar Beam
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Chlorophyll
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Venusaur boasts a good typing that grants it useful resistances to Water, Fairy, Grass, Fighting, and Electric, as well as an immunity to Toxic and powder moves plus the ability to absorb Toxic Spikes. It also has high Special Attack and powerful STAB moves in Leaf Storm and Sludge Bomb that prove to be very troublesome to a large majority of slower Pokemon, giving it amazing wallbreaking potential. Venusaur's Speed tier lets it outspeed most other wallbreakers as well, such as Exploud, Emboar, and Magneton. All of these traits give Venusaur great offensive and defensive presence. If that weren't enough, Venusaur can also be a potent Chlorophyll sweeper, using its bulk to set up Growths and overwhelm foes with +2 Giga Drains. However, Venusaur has several common weaknesses in Fire, Psychic, Flying, and Ice, of which many users outspeed Venusaur. Despite that, Venusaur has relatively minor flaws when its stats, typing, and movepool complement it so well.

Most Used Moves

Synthesis
67.4%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
26.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc