Grass Type Pokemon
Grass type Pokemon disrupt opponents and sustain team health. They resist Water, Ground, Electric, and Grass while ignoring Spore and powder moves entirely. Draining moves like Giga Drain and Strength Sap keep them healthy.
How Grass Performs in Battle
See which attacks hit Grass super effectively, what Grass resists, and how Grass moves hit opposing targets.
Grass Type Pokemon Weakness
- Fire & Ice (2×): Fire Blast and Ice Beam are premier special coverage attacks that force immediate defensive switches on Grass types.
- Flying & Bug (2×): Brave Bird, Acrobatics, and U-turn hit Grass for double damage, with U-turn generating devastating momentum against pure Grass walls.
- Poison (2×): Sludge Bomb and Gunk Shot punish Grass types directly while threatening 30% poison status.
Defensive Resistances
- Ground & Water (0.5×): Grass walls premier metagame physical attacks like Earthquake, Liquidation, and Wave Crash with ease.
- Electric & Grass (0.5×): Cuts incoming Volt Switch and opposing Energy Ball damage in half, forming essential defensive cores with Fire and Water types.
- Powder & Spore Immunity: Since Generation 6, all Grass Pokemon are fully immune to Spore, Sleep Powder, Stun Spore, and Rage Powder redirection.
Offensive Coverage
- Super Effective on 3 Types: Grass attacks deal double damage to Ground, Rock, and Water, directly checking popular physical walls and hazard setters.
- Water/Ground Wallbreaker: Grass is the sole weakness of dominant dual types like Swampert, Quagsire, and Gastrodon, dealing devastating 4x damage.
- Resisted by 7 Types: Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon, and Steel resist Grass, making coverage moves like Earth Power and Knock Off mandatory.
Grass Type Battle Mechanics
Innate powder immunities, Grassy Terrain field synergy, and Chlorophyll speed mechanics that define Grass Pokemon in battle.
Since Generation 6, all Grass Pokemon are intrinsically immune to powder and spore moves. Attacks like 100% accurate Spore, Sleep Powder, Stun Spore, Poison Powder, Cotton Spore, and the Doubles redirection staple Rage Powder have zero effect on Grass types. Grass Pokemon are also immune to Leech Seed.
Grassy Terrain (summoned by the Grassy Surge ability or the move Grassy Terrain) boosts grounded Grass attacks by 1.3x, restores 1/16th max HP every turn to grounded Pokemon, cuts incoming damage from Earthquake, Bulldoze, and Magnitude in half, and grants +1 priority to Grassy Glide.
Under Harsh Sunlight, Pokemon with the Chlorophyll ability (like Venusaur, Lilligant, and Scovillain) double their Speed. In addition, Solar Beam and Solar Blade fire instantly in a single turn without charging, Growth grants +2 to both offenses instead of +1, and Synthesis heals 66.7% max HP.
All 17 Grass Dual Type Combinations
Grass pairs with every single one of the 17 other types across 107 dual type forms. Review concrete immunities, resistances, and 4× vulnerabilities across every pairing.
Deerling, Sawsbuck, Arboliva
Breloom, Virizion, Chesnaught
Jumpluff, Tropius, Rowlet
Venusaur, Roserade, Amoonguss
Torterra, Toedscool, Toedscruel
Cradily, Lileep, Ogerpon Cornerstone
Leavanny, Parasect, Wormadam Plant
Decidueye, Trevenant, Sinistcha
Ferrothorn, Kartana, Ferroseed
Scovillain, Ogerpon Hearthflame
Ludicolo, Lombre, Ogerpon Wellspring
Rotom Mow, Hisuian Electrode, Hisuian Voltorb
Celebi, Exeggutor, Iron Leaves
Abomasnow, Snover
Alolan Exeggutor, Hydrapple, Appletun
Meowscarada, Wo-Chien, Zarude
Whimsicott, Tapu Bulu, Shiinotic
Top 10 Strongest Grass Type Pokemon
Ranked by Base Stat Total (BST) for standard species. Celebi, Shaymin, and Zarude lead at 600 BST, followed by Iron Leaves at 590 BST, highlighting strong Grass type Pokemon and the highest-stat anchors for competitive teams.
All Grass Type Pokemon List
Browse the complete list of Grass type Pokemon across all 156 official forms and 130 base species, with live search and stat filters.
Notable Grass Type Moves
Essential STAB attacks, recovery options, and tactical status moves commonly run on competitive Grass Pokemon.
| Move | Category | Power | Accuracy | Battle Effect & Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaf Storm | Special | 130 | 90% | Colossal special Grass burst damage. Lowers user's Special Attack by two stages; turns into a continuous offensive sweep on Contrary Serperior. |
| Energy Ball | Special | 90 | 100% | Premier reliable special Grass attack. Features 90 base power, perfect 100% accuracy, and a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense. |
| Giga Drain | Special | 75 | 100% | Essential sustain attack. Restores the user's HP by 50% of the damage dealt, keeping defensive Grass walls active on the battlefield. |
| Wood Hammer | Physical | 120 | 100% | Massive physical Grass wallbreaker delivering 120 base power. Deals 33% recoil damage to the user, powering physical heavy hitters. |
| Flower Trick | Physical | 70 | -- | Signature physical attack of Meowscarada. Bypasses accuracy checks and guarantees a critical hit on every strike, ignoring defensive stat boosts. |
| Grassy Glide | Physical | 55 | 100% | Gains +1 priority on grounded targets when Grassy Terrain is active, allowing fast physical sweepers like Rillaboom to revenge-kill weakened threats. |
| Spore | Status | -- | 100% | The only 100% accurate sleep move in Pokemon. Puts opposing targets straight to sleep, serving as premier disruption for Amoonguss and Breloom. |
| Leech Seed | Status | -- | 90% | Drains 1/8th of target's maximum HP at the end of every turn to heal the user or any incoming switch-in. Fails against opposing Grass Pokemon. |
| Strength Sap | Status | -- | 100% | Reduces target's Attack stat by one stage and restores HP equal to the target's current Attack stat, severely neutralizing physical sweepers. |
| Synthesis | Status | -- | -- | Reliable 50% recovery move that scales with battlefield weather, restoring 66.7% HP under Harsh Sunlight and dropping to 25% under Rain or Hail. |
Grass Type Battle Questions
Direct answers to the most common questions about Grass Pokemon.
Grass type Pokemon are weak to five types: Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, and Bug. All five attack types deal 2x super effective damage against pure Grass Pokemon, tying Grass with Rock for the most defensive weaknesses in the game. Defensively, Grass Pokemon resist four major attacking types: Water, Electric, Ground, and Grass. Dual types can face compound 4x vulnerabilities: Grass/Steel Pokemon like Ferrothorn take 4x damage from Fire attacks, Grass/Bug Pokemon like Leavanny take 4x damage from Fire and Flying attacks, and Grass/Dragon Pokemon like Hydrapple take 4x damage from Ice moves. Additionally, all Grass Pokemon are completely immune to powder and spore status moves, as well as Leech Seed.
Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, and Bug attacks deal 2x super effective damage against Grass Pokemon. On defense, seven types resist Grass attacks: Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon, and Steel, all taking half damage (0.5x). When Grass Pokemon attack, their STAB moves deal 2x super effective damage against Water, Ground, and Rock types, making Grass moves premier answers to common defensive battle cores.
By base stats, the strongest standard Grass Pokemon are Mythicals Celebi, Shaymin, and Zarude, all tied at 600 BST, followed by Paradox Iron Leaves at 590 BST. If Mega Evolutions are counted, Mega Sceptile reaches 630 BST and Mega Venusaur reaches 625 BST. In competitive VGC and ranked battles, Rillaboom (Grassy Surge priority with Grassy Glide), Meowscarada (Protean and guaranteed critical hits with Flower Trick), Amoonguss (Regenerator and 100% accurate Spore), and Ogerpon (form flexibility and high burst damage) are widely recognized as the best competitive Grass picks.
Major Grass type legendary Pokemon include Virizion (Swords of Justice), Tapu Bulu (Alolan Island Guardian), Wo-Chien (Treasures of Ruin), and Ogerpon (Masked Legendary of Kitakami). Celebi, Shaymin, and Zarude are Mythical Pokemon. Kartana is an Ultra Beast with a colossal 181 base Attack, while Iron Leaves and Brute Bonnet represent futuristic and prehistoric Paradox Pokemon.
For raid battles, top picks for the best Grass type Pokemon GO attackers include Mega Sceptile, Mega Venusaur, Kartana, Shadow Tangrowth, and Zarude equipped with Frenzy Plant or Leaf Blade. In GO Battle League PvP, Venusaur and Trevenant are top Great and Ultra League anchors, Serperior and Meganium offer immense bulk with Frenzy Plant, and Chesnaught provides fighting coverage against Dark and Steel opponents.
Grass was one of the original 15 types introduced in Generation 1 (Red, Blue, and Yellow) with 14 base species. The original Generation 1 roster featured Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Tangela, Paras, and Parasect. Iconic Grass type starter Pokemon across all generations include Bulbasaur, Chikorita, Treecko, Turtwig, Snivy, Chespin, Rowlet, Grookey, and Sprigatito. Across all nine generations, there are 130 base species and 156 official forms.
In the Pokemon Trading Card Game, Grass type Pokemon cards are represented by the green leaf energy symbol. Grass decks frequently feature energy acceleration, status effects (Poison and Sleep), and continuous HP recovery. Popular competitive cards include Venusaur ex, Meowscarada ex, and Rillaboom across both the physical card game and Pokemon TCG Pocket.