Grassy Surge (Ability)

Grassy Surge	グラスメイカー
	Grass Maker
Flavor text Generation VII Turns the ground into Grassy Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle. Generation VIII Turns the ground into Grassy Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle. Generation IX Turns the ground into Grassy Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.

Grassy Surge (Japanese: グラスメイカー Grass Maker) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII. Prior to Generation VIII, it was the signature Ability of Tapu Bulu. In Generation IX, it is the signature Ability of Grookey's evolutionary line.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with Grassy Surge enters the battle, it creates the effect of the move Grassy Terrain on the battlefield.

Outside of battle

Grassy Surge has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Grassy Surge

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0787		Tapu Bulu	Grass	Fairy	Grassy Surge	None	Telepathy
0810		Grookey	Grass		Grass	Overgrow	None	Grassy Surge
0811		Thwackey	Grass		Grass	Overgrow	None	Grassy Surge
0812		Rillaboom	Grass		Grass	Overgrow	None	Grassy Surge
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Trivia

• This is the only terrain-creating Ability which more than two Pokémon have. It was also the only one unobtainable at the launch of Pokémon Sword and Shield.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 青草製造者 Chēngchóu Jaichoujé Mandarin 青草製造者 / 青草制造者 Qīngcǎo Zhìzàozhě French Créa-Herbe German Gras-Erzeuger Italian Erbogenesi Korean 그래스메이커 Grass Maker Russian Травяная Волна Travyanaya Volna Spanish Herbogénesis

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