Grass (type): Difference between revisions

Types

Normal

Fire

Fighting

Water

Flying

Grass

Poison

Electric

Ground

Psychic

Rock

Ice

Bug

Dragon

Ghost

Dark

Steel

Fairy

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Stellar

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The Grass type (Japanese: くさタイプ Grass type) is one of the eighteen types. Notable Trainers who specialize in Grass-type Pokémon are the Gym Leaders Erika of Celadon City, Gardenia of Eterna City, Cilan former Gym Leader of Striaton City, and Ramos of Coumarine City. Prior to changes in Generation IV, all Grass-type moves were special, but they may now also be physical depending on the attack.

Statistical averages

Overall

Fully evolved*

Battle properties

Generation I

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×	None		0×	None

Generation II onwards

Starting in Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are immune to powder and spore moves.

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×	None		0×	None

Characteristics

Defense

Defensively, Grass types have both good and bad points. Whilst weak to the Ice type and Fire type are commonly used types offensively, the other weaknesses of the Grass types are rarely used offensively. Most Grass types have a secondary type which eliminates their weaknesses to Poison- and Bug-type moves, which in turn makes Flying-type moves more of a threat. However, Grass types have key resistances to Water, Ground, Electric, and themselves.

Since Generation I, a particular asset of Grass types are being the only one that immune to Leech Seed. As of Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are immune to Powder and spore moves, such as Sleep Powder and Spore. As these moves are majorly learned by Grass types, this enables them to provide support to the rest of their team, and can make them difficult to defeat. Because of this, they are good at defending against other Grass types.

Grass-type Pokémon seem to be affected by weather more than most other Pokémon, referencing their relations to natural environments. They gain both positive and negative benefits under weather like intense sunlight and rain.

Offense

Although they are the only type that can super-effectively handle Water, Ground, and Rock Pokémon, Grass types have several disadvantages. As Grass-type attacks are resisted by seven types, tied with Bug, double resistances to Grass are extremely common, even more so than double weaknesses.

Most of Grass-type attacks are not very powerful or have severe drawbacks prior to Generation IV, and the majority of Grass types have narrow attacking coverage. Despite this, a majority of Grass types have above-average Attack or Special Attack.

Contest properties

In Contests, Grass-type moves are typically Clever moves, but can also be any of the other four Contest types.

Pokémon

As of Generation VI, there are 87 Grass-type Pokémon or 12.1% of all Pokémon (counting forms and Mega Evolutions that change typing as different Pokémon), making it the fourth most common type.

Pure Grass-type Pokémon

# Name 114 Tangela 152 Chikorita 153 Bayleef 154 Meganium 182 Bellossom 191 Sunkern 192 Sunflora 252 Treecko 253 Grovyle 254 Sceptile 273 Seedot 285 Shroomish 331 Cacnea 387 Turtwig 388 Grotle 420 Cherubi 421 Cherrim 455 Carnivine 465 Tangrowth 470 Leafeon 492 Shaymin* 495 Snivy 496 Servine 497 Serperior 511 Pansage 512 Simisage 548 Petilil 549 Lilligant 556 Maractus 650 Chespin 651 Quilladin 672 Skiddo 673 Gogoat

Pokéstar Studios opponents

# Name N/A Black Door

Half Grass-type Pokémon

Primary Grass-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 003 Mega Venusaur Grass Poison 043 Oddish Grass Poison 044 Gloom Grass Poison 045 Vileplume Grass Poison 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 071 Victreebel Grass Poison 102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 254 Mega Sceptile Grass Dragon 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 275 Shiftry Grass Dark 286 Breloom Grass Fighting 315 Roselia Grass Poison 332 Cacturne Grass Dark 357 Tropius Grass Flying 389 Torterra Grass Ground 406 Budew Grass Poison 407 Roserade Grass Poison 459 Snover Grass Ice 460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 460 Mega Abomasnow Grass Ice 492 Shaymin* Grass Flying 546 Cottonee* Grass Fairy 547 Whimsicott* Grass Fairy 590 Foongus Grass Poison 591 Amoonguss Grass Poison 597 Ferroseed Grass Steel 598 Ferrothorn Grass Steel 640 Virizion Grass Fighting 652 Chesnaught Grass Fighting

Secondary Grass-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 046 Paras Bug Grass 047 Parasect Bug Grass 251 Celebi Psychic Grass 270 Lotad Water Grass 271 Lombre Water Grass 272 Ludicolo Water Grass 345 Lileep Rock Grass 346 Cradily Rock Grass 413 Wormadam* Bug Grass 479 Mow Rotom* Electric Grass 540 Sewaddle Bug Grass 541 Swadloon Bug Grass 542 Leavanny Bug Grass 585 Deerling Normal Grass 586 Sawsbuck Normal Grass 708 Phantump Ghost Grass 709 Trevenant Ghost Grass 710 Pumpkaboo Ghost Grass 711 Gourgeist Ghost Grass

Moves

Abilities

Interacting with Grass-type

Users of Color Change will be changed into Grass-type after it is hit with a Grass-type move. Protean will change its user into Grass-type when it uses a Grass-type move. When a Pokémon with Multitype holds a Meadow Plate, it will become a Grass-type Pokémon. When a Pokémon with Imposter is sent out and its opposite opponent is Grass-type, it will transform into that Pokémon and turn into Grass-type.

In addition, as of Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are immune to Effect Spore.

Exclusive Abilities

Only Grass-type Pokémon can have these Abilities. This does not include signature Abilities.

Trivia

• Generation V introduced the most Grass-type Pokémon of any generation, with 21 (including Rotom's Mow form), and Generation VI introduced the fewest Grass-type Pokémon, with nine.
• Generation I introduced the most Grass-type moves of any generation, with 10, and Generation II introduced the fewest Grass-type moves, with three.
• The Grass type and/or Pokémon of the type have been referred to using the term "plant" instead on some occasions:
  • In the English Generation I games, the Gym guide in Cerulean Gym refers to Pokémon of the Grass type as "plant Pokémon". In the English versions of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, he instead mentions "Grass-type Pokémon". In the Japanese versions of the Generation I games and FireRed and LeafGreen, he mentions the Grass type itself, calling it the "Plant type" (Japanese: しょくぶつタイプ).
  • Another reference to "plant Pokémon" (Japanese: しょくぶつポケモン) is made by Professor Oak in the Japanese Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, and international Pokémon Red and Blue, classifying Bulbasaur as such when the player is about to choose it as their starter. This is also the case in the Japanese versions of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; in contrast, he calls it the "grass Pokémon" in the English versions.
    • This same reference is also used in the first episode of Pokémon Origins.
• The Grass type has the most Pokémon that evolve by evolutionary stones, with a total of 11. It is also the type that can utilize the most stones, having at least one Pokémon that can evolve via the Leaf Stone, Sun Stone, Water Stone, and Shiny Stone.
• There are 28 Pokémon with a double weakness to Grass, more than any other type.
  • Moreover, in all generations Grass was the most common double weakness, with the exception of Generation I where the Bug type had one more Pokémon with a double weakness to it.
  • However, Grass is also the most doubly resisted type.
• The Grass type has been paired with every other type except for the Fire type.
• Grass is the only type to have more than one HP-draining move, having five of them.

In other languages

Language Title Japanese くさ (草) Kusa Mandarin Chinese 草 Cǎo Danish Græs Dutch Gras Finnish Ruoho French Plante German Pflanze Greek Φυτού Fitou Hebrew עשב Esev Indonesian Tanaman Italian Erba Korean 풀 Pul Norwegian Gress Polish Trawiasty Portuguese Brazil Grama Planta Vegetal Portugal Erva Romanian Iarbă Russian Травяной Travyanoi Spanish Latin America Hierba* Spain Planta Swedish Gräs Thai พืช or หญ้า Vietnamese Cỏ