Growth (move)

Growth せいちょう Growth

The user's body is forced to grow all at once. It raises the Sp. Atk stat.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0 Ups the user's condition and helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  0 Earn double the score in the next turn.

Growth on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Growth on Eevee's Movedex

Growth (Japanese: せいちょう Growth) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Growth increases the user's Special stat by one stage. Growth will do nothing if the user's Special has reached six stages or a value of 999. The effect of Growth is ignored by critical hits.

Generation II and on

The effects of Growth are the same as the previous generation, however, it increases user's Special Attack stat instead.

In the anime

Tangrowth. Tangrowth emits a green beam from its hands that gives a dying tree the energy to grow.

• Used by wild Tangrowth as well as several other Grass-type Pokémon in Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 34 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 38 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 43 046 Paras Bug Grass 41 047 Parasect Bug Grass 48 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison -- 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 114 Tangela Grass 49RGB 114 Tangela Grass 48Y Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 32 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 38 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 41 046 Paras Bug Grass 37 047 Parasect Bug Grass 46 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 6 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 6 114 Tangela Grass 46 191 Sunkern Grass 4 192 Sunflora Grass 4 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 32 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 38 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 41 046 Paras Bug Grass 37 047 Parasect Bug Grass 43 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 6 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 6 114 Tangela Grass 13 191 Sunkern Grass 6 192 Sunflora Grass 6 273 Seedot Grass 7 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 7 275 Shiftry Grass Dark -- 285 Shroomish Grass 36 315 Roselia Grass Poison 5 331 Cacnea Grass 9 332 Cacturne Grass Dark --,9 357 Tropius Grass Flying 7 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 314 Illumise Bug Parasect, Parasect Cacnea, Cacturne Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 25 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 28 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 28 046 Paras Bug Grass 27 047 Parasect Bug Grass 30 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 7 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison -- 7 114 Tangela Grass 12 191 Sunkern Grass -- 192 Sunflora Grass -- 273 Seedot Grass 7 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 7 285 Shroomish Grass 33 315 Roselia Grass Poison 4 331 Cacnea Grass 9 332 Cacturne Grass Dark -- 9 357 Tropius Grass Flying 7 406 Budew Grass Poison 4 413 Wormadam Plant Cloak Bug Grass 29 420 Cherubi Grass 7 421 Cherrim Grass 7 455 Carnivine Grass -- 465 Tangrowth Grass 12 492 Shaymin Land Forme Grass --PtHGSS 492 Shaymin Sky Forme Grass Flying -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 314 Illumise Bug Parasect, Parasect Cacnea, Cacturne 387 Turtwig Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Paras, Parasect Bellsprout, Weepinbell Tangela, Tangrowth Sunkern, Sunflora Shroomish Roselia Cacnea, Cacturne Tropius Cherubi, Cherrim Carnivine 459 Snover Grass Ice Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Paras, Parasect Bellsprout, Weepinbell Tangela, Tangrowth Sunkern, Sunflora Shroomish Roselia Cacnea, Cacturne Tropius Cherubi, Cherrim Carnivine Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In other languages

• Spanish: Desarrollo
• French: Croissance
• German: Wachstum
• Portuguese: Crescimento
• Italian: Crescita

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