Grass Type
Grass-types blend sustainability with subtle power. With healing moves, status effects, and elemental control, they grow stronger the longer they’re in battle. Root your team and let nature fight back.
Grass-types aren’t always literal grass—many are based on plants and fungi, such as Cacturne the cactus or Foongus the mushroom. They often fall within the Plant Egg Group, and many are paired with Poison, reflecting the natural toxicity of plants. Others are animal-like creatures with plant features, like Bulbasaur, Paras, and Tropius, while some draw inspiration from myths, such as Shiftry’s tengu origins or Tangela’s resemblance to Medusa.
In battle, Grass-types rely heavily on status-inflicting moves. Seeds, spores, and powders allow them to spread Poison, Paralysis, or Sleep, while Leech Seed provides a unique draining effect. This makes their battling style more passive and disruptive than outright aggressive.
For offense, Grass Pokémon use nature itself as a weapon—draining foes with moves like Giga Drain, or striking with attacks that call on leaves, vines, petals, wood, or even sunlight. This blend of control and sustain defines the Grass-type’s approach in combat.
Key Abilities
Key Moves
Trainer Tips
Know their reach: Grass Pokémon counter Water, Ground, and Rock, but struggle against Fire, Flying, Ice, Bug, and Poison.
Expect control: They spread status with Sleep Powder or Leech Seed and manipulate terrain.
Mind their fragility: Grass-types often have many weaknesses, so protect them with good teammates.
Respect their roots: Common in forests and fields, they embody growth, patience, and resilience.
Solid Grass-type Choices:
Venusaur
Potentially bulky with healing options
Venusaur's hidden ability, Chlorophyll can make it out speed a lot of opponents
Breloom
Wide variety of moves, including Spore and Powder moves, for lots of versatility
Good ability choices as well to complement moves
Torterra
Ground-typing helps combat Fire weakness
Bulky potential with healing options
Rillaboom
Hidden ability, Grassy Surge, with Grassy Glide is still a good combo despite being nerfed in the generation
Access to good utility moves like Knock-Off, U-Turn, Taunt, etc.
Meowscarda
Solid attack and speed to make a good sweeper
Protean is one of the best abilities in the game
Iron Leaves
Versatile stat build so it can either be bulky or a sweeper
Solid move pool
