Level 16To Ivysaur

Level 32To Venusaur

VenusaurLast stage shown

#0003 · GENERATION 1

Venusaur Build Guide

GrassPoison

Special attacker with sleep support

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMBlack Sludge

ABILITYOvergrow

NATUREModest

Giga Drain

Sludge Bomb

Sleep Powder

Earth Power

How to play

Use a suitable sleep opportunity to create room for an attack. Giga Drain restores HP while dealing damage, and Black Sludge provides recovery for Poison types.

Watch out for

Key risk. Sleep Powder can miss and fails against Grass types and other protected targets. Fire, Ice, Flying and Psychic attacks are super effective. Check your format’s sleep rules.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Use a suitable sleep opportunity to create room for an attack. Giga Drain restores HP while dealing damage, and Black Sludge provides recovery for Poison types.

You want to create an opening

Consider Sleep Powder against an eligible target, but account for misses. Grass types and other protected targets are unaffected; check the format’s sleep rules.

You can attack and recover together

Use Giga Drain when the matchup supports it. Do not trade into a strong Fire, Ice, Flying or Psychic attack just to recover a little HP.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Venusaur in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Giga Drain restores HP while dealing damage. Black Sludge supplies additional recovery for a Poison type; neither guarantees that Venusaur can stay in against a super-effective hit.

Watch the tradeoff. Sleep Powder can miss and fails against Grass types and other protected targets. Fire, Ice, Flying and Psychic attacks are super effective. Check your format’s sleep rules.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Venusaur or Amoonguss?

Amoonguss shares Grass/Poison typing and offers a slower, bulkier support role.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Venusaur	Amoonguss
HP	80	114
Attack	82	85
Defense	83	70
Sp. Attack	100	85
Sp. Defense	100	80
Speed	80	30

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Steel teammate can resist Flying and Psychic attacks. A Water teammate helps against Fire and Ice attacks.

Corviknight

Resists Flying and Psychic attacks; both need a Fire answer.

Read Corviknight guide →Compare teammates →

Gastrodon

Resists Fire; Venusaur resists its Grass weakness.

Read Gastrodon guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

Compare computed teammate suggestions →

Alternative: Amoonguss

Amoonguss shares Grass/Poison typing and offers a slower, bulkier support role.

Read Amoonguss guide →

Try Amoonguss →

Type matchups

Weak to

Fire2×Ice2×Flying2×Psychic2×

Resistances and immunities

Water0.5×Electric0.5×Grass0.25×Fighting0.5×Fairy0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP80

Attack82

Defense83

Sp. Attack100

Sp. Defense100

Speed80

Evolution chain

Bulbasaur#001
Level 16
Ivysaur#002
Level 32
Venusaur#003

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

Build your Venusaur team

Start with Venusaur. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#003

Venusaur

GrassPoison

SLOT 02

SLOT 03

SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense79

Defense62

Coverage28

Synergy8

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Fire attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Flying attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 5 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Venusaur	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	2×	1	0
Water	½×	0	1
Electric	½×	0	1
Grass	¼×	0	1
Ice	2×	1	0
Fighting	½×	0	1
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	1×	0	0
Flying	2×	1	0
Psychic	2×	1	0
Bug	1×	0	0
Rock	1×	0	0
Ghost	1×	0	0
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	1×	0	0
Steel	1×	0	0
Fairy	½×	0	1

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireNeutral

Water✓ Super effective

ElectricNeutral

Grass✓ Super effective

IceNeutral

FightingNeutral

PoisonResisted

Ground✓ Super effective

FlyingNeutral

PsychicNeutral

BugNeutral

Rock✓ Super effective

GhostNeutral

DragonNeutral

DarkNeutral

SteelResisted

Fairy✓ Super effective

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.