Grass (type)

The Grass-type (Japanese: くさタイプ Kusa type) is one of the seventeen elemental types. So far, there are only two notable Grass-type specialists: Erika of Celadon City and Gardenia of Eterna City.

Statistical averages

Battle properties

Grass-type moves:

• Are super effective against: Ground, Rock, Water
• Are not very effective against: Bug, Dragon, Fire, Flying, Grass, Poison, Steel
• Have no effect against: None

Grass-type Pokémon:

• Resist: Electric, Grass, Ground, Water
• Are weak to: Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison
• Have immunity to: None

Characteristics

Defensively speaking, against most types, the Grass-type performs middlingly; Ice-type moves (and to a lesser extent Fire-type moves) are commonly carried by special attackers. An exception to this is certain Electric-type Pokémon, many of which carry Hidden Powers of various types (in response to the Ground-type Pokémon they cannot normally damage). (If the Hidden Power of said Pokémon is not of the Ice-type, it will be forced to rely on other moves likely lacking same-type attack bonus or support its team via disabling moves, etc.) It also resists Ground-type moves, but is weak to Flying-type and Bug-type moves. Given all of this, along with their exposure to a majority of the types, Grass-types are difficult to switch into play.

In spite of that, it is typical for Grass-types to learn Leech Seed (among other disabling moves). This enables these Pokémon to provide support to the rest of a team, and can make them difficult to faint. In addition, a particular asset of this type is being the only one immune to Leech Seed.

Offensively, the main problem Grass-type moves face is that nearly all of the few Pokémon they are advantageous against are also weak to moves of other types, hence making them seem dwarfed by the other moves. Other problems are that too many Pokémon resist these moves to rely on them as a main form of dealing damage, and most of them aren't very powerful. What the Grass-type is best at is taking down Water/Ground Pokémon (like Swampert), on which they deal four times normal damage; additions seen such as Grass Knot in later generations have also made the type more attractive in this regard.

Pokémon

Pure Grass-type Pokémon

#		Name	Type
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*

Half Grass-type Pokémon

Primary Grass-type Pokémon

#		Name	Type 1	Type 2
001		Bulbasaur
002		Ivysaur
003		Venusaur
043		Oddish
044		Gloom
045		Vileplume
069		Bellsprout
070		Weepinbell
071		Victreebel
102		Exeggcute
103		Exeggutor
187		Hoppip
188		Skiploom
189		Jumpluff
274		Nuzleaf
275		Shiftry
286		Breloom
315		Roselia
332		Cacturne
357		Tropius
389		Torterra
406		Budew
407		Roserade
459		Snover
460		Abomasnow
492		Shaymin*

Secondary Grass-type Pokémon

#		Name	Type 1	Type 2
046		Paras
047		Parasect
251		Celebi
270		Lotad
271		Lombre
272		Ludicolo
345		Lileep
346		Cradily
413		Wormadam*

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Name	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Target	Notes
Absorb			20	100%	25	One foe	Restores the user's HP by half the damage dealt.
Bullet Seed			10	100%	30	One foe	Attacks two to five times in a row.
Energy Ball			80	100%	10	One foe	Has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense.
Frenzy Plant			150	90%	5	One foe	The user must rest on the next turn.
Giga Drain			60	100%	10	One foe	Restores the user's HP by half the damage dealt.
Grass Knot			Varies	100%	20	One foe	The heavier the foe, the greater the damage.
Leaf Blade			90	100%	15	One foe	It has a high critical hit ratio.
Leaf Storm			140	90%	5	One foe	Sharply reduces the user's Special Attack stat.
Magical Leaf			60	—%	20	One foe	Never Misses.
Mega Drain			40	100%	15	One foe	Restores the user's HP by half the damage dealt.
Needle Arm			60	100%	15	One foe	It may also make the foe flinch.
Petal Dance			90	100%	20	One foe	User attacks for two to three turns. Afterwards, the user becomes confused.
Power Whip			120	85%	10	One foe
Razor Leaf			55	95%	25	Both foes	It has a high critical hit ratio.
Seed Bomb			80	100%	15	One foe
Seed Flare			120	85%	5	One foe	Has a 40% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense.
SolarBeam			120	100%	10	One foe	The first turn, the user takes in sunlight, the second turn does damage.
Vine Whip			35	100%	15	One foe
Wood Hammer			120	100%	15	One foe	User takes 25% recoil damage.

Non-damaging moves

Name	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Target	Notes
Aromatherapy			—	—%	5	User	Heals all status problems affecting the user's party.
Cotton Spore			—	85%	40	One Foe	Lowers the target's Speed by 2 levels.
GrassWhistle			—	55%	15	One Foe	Puts the opponent to sleep.
Ingrain			—	—%	20	User	The user restores HP every turn, but it can't switch out.
Leech Seed			—	90%	10	One Foe	Steals some HP from the foe to heal the user on every turn.
Sleep Powder			—	75%	15	One Foe	Puts the opponent to sleep.
Spore			—	100%	15	One Foe	Puts the opponent to sleep.
Stun Spore			—	75%	30	One Foe	Paralyzes the opponent.
Synthesis			—	—%	5	User	The user restores its own HP. The amount of HP regained varies with the weather.
Worry Seed			—	100%	10	One Foe	Prevents the target from sleeping by changing its ability to Insomnia.

Trivia

• The Grass-type is tied with the Rock-type for the largest number of weaknesses when unpaired, with five: Bug, Flying, Ice, Fire and Poison.
• In Generation I, the only pure Grass-type Pokémon was Tangela, while most of the others were part Poison.
• Due to being the type of the first starter Pokémon in all generations, the Grass-type is the first type in all regional Pokédexes. It shares this spot in the National Dex with Poison, as Bulbasaur is a dual-type Pokémon. It is also the first type in all Pokédex-like listings except for Almia's Browser.

In other languages

• French: Plante
• German: Pflanze
• Italian: Erba
• Spanish: Planta
• Korean: 풀 pul
• Hebrew: עשב essev