Sunday, February 21, 2010


Grass (type)


Elemental types
Physical
Normal
Fighting
Flying
Poison
Ground
Rock
Bug
Ghost
Steel
Special
Fire
Water
Grass
Electric
Psychic
Ice
Dragon
Dark
 
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The Grass-type (Japanese: くさタイプ Kusa type) is one of the seventeenelemental types. So far, there are only two notable Grass-type specialists:Erika of Celadon City and Gardenia of Eterna City.


Statistical averages

Overall

Stat
HP:57
Attack:61
Defense:63
Sp.Atk:72
Sp.Def:64
Speed:57

Fully evolved*

Stat
HP:80.15
Attack:88.93
Defense:82.04
Sp.Atk:91.44
Sp.Def:83.11
Speed:79.96

Battle properties

OffensiveGrassDefensive
PowerTypes ResistTypes
Ground
Rock
Water
½×Electric
Grass
Ground
Water
½×Bug
Dragon
Fire
Flying
Grass
Poison
Steel
Bug
Fire
Flying
Ice
Poison
NoneNone

Characteristics

Defensively speaking, against most types, the Grass-type performs middlingly; Ice-type moves (and to a lesser extent Fire-type moves) are commonly carried by special attackers. An exception to this is certain Electric-type Pokémon, many of which carry Hidden Powers of various types (in response to theGround-type Pokémon they cannot normally damage). (If the Hidden Power of said Pokémon is not of the Ice-type, it will be forced to rely on other moves likely lacking same-type attack bonus or support its team via disabling moves, etc.) It is also weak to Flying-type and Bug-type moves. Given all of this, along with their exposure to a majority of the types, Grass-types are difficult to switch into play.
In spite of that, it is typical for Grass-types to learn Leech Seed (among other disabling moves). This enables these Pokémon to provide support to the rest of a team, and can make them difficult to faint. In addition, a particular asset of this type is being the only one immune to Leech Seed. However, it can be affected by Leech Seed if the previous Pokémon was seeded and has Baton Passed into a Grass-type Pokémon. Also, resistances to Water-, Electric- and even Ground-type help the Grass-type to block many common moves.
Offensively, the main problem Grass-type moves face is that nearly all of the few Pokémon they are advantageous against are also weak to moves of other types, hence making them seem dwarfed by the other moves. Other problems are that too many Pokémon resist these moves to rely on them as a main form of dealing damage, and most of them aren't very powerful. What the Grass-type is best at is taking down Water/Ground Pokémon (like Swampert), on which they deal four times normal damage; additions seen such as Grass Knot in later generations have also made the type more attractive in this regard.
Grass Pokémon seem to be affected by weather conditions more than most other Pokémon. This makes sense due to their closeness with plants and nature. Most power up under intense sunlight, while a few others work best under other conditions. Pokémon such as Ludicolo in heavy rainCacturne insandstorms or Abomasnow in hailstorms are such Grass-types.
When used in contests, Grass-type moves are in the majority become Smart moves, but can also be any of the other four Contest types.
In total, there are 55 Pokémon with the Grass-type.

Pokémon

Pure Grass-type Pokémon

#   ↓  ↓Name   ↓
114114Tangela
152152Chikorita
153153Bayleef
154154Meganium
182182Bellossom
191191Sunkern
192192Sunflora
252252Treecko
253253Grovyle
254254Sceptile
273273Seedot
285285Shroomish
331331Cacnea
387387Turtwig
388388Grotle
420420Cherubi
421421Cherrim
455455Carnivine
465465Tangrowth
470470Leafeon
492492Shaymin*

Half Grass-type Pokémon

Primary Grass-type Pokémon
#   ↓  ↓Name   ↓Type 1   ↓Type 2   ↓
001001BulbasaurGrassPoison
002002IvysaurGrassPoison
003003VenusaurGrassPoison
043043OddishGrassPoison
044044GloomGrassPoison
045045VileplumeGrassPoison
069069BellsproutGrassPoison
070070WeepinbellGrassPoison
071071VictreebelGrassPoison
102102ExeggcuteGrassPsychic
103103ExeggutorGrassPsychic
187187HoppipGrassFlying
188188SkiploomGrassFlying
189189JumpluffGrassFlying
274274NuzleafGrassDark
275275ShiftryGrassDark
286286BreloomGrassFighting
315315RoseliaGrassPoison
332332CacturneGrassDark
357357TropiusGrassFlying
389389TorterraGrassGround
406406BudewGrassPoison
407407RoseradeGrassPoison
459459SnoverGrassIce
460460AbomasnowGrassIce
492492SShaymin*GrassFlying
Secondary Grass-type Pokémon
#   ↓  ↓Name   ↓Type 1   ↓Type 2   ↓
046046ParasBugGrass
047047ParasectBugGrass
251251CelebiPsychicGrass
270270LotadWaterGrass
271271LombreWaterGrass
272272LudicoloWaterGrass
345345LileepRockGrass
346346CradilyRockGrass
413413Wormadam*BugGrass

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Name   ↓Category   ↓Contest   ↓Power   ↓Accuracy   ↓PP   ↓Target   ↓Notes   ↓
AbsorbSpecialSmart20100%25One foeRestores the user's HP by half the damage dealt.
Bullet SeedPhysicalCool10100%30One foeAttacks two to five times in a row.
Energy BallSpecialBeauty80100%10One foeHas a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense.
Frenzy PlantSpecialCool15090%5One foeThe user must rest on the next turn.
Giga DrainSpecialSmart60100%10One foeRestores the user's HP by half the damage dealt.
Grass KnotSpecialSmartVaries100%20One foeThe heavier the foe, the greater the damage.
Leaf BladePhysicalCool90100%15One foeIt has a high critical hit ratio.
Leaf StormSpecialCute14090%5One foeSharply reduces the user's Special Attack stat.
Magical LeafSpecialBeauty60—%20One foeNever Misses.
Mega DrainSpecialSmart40100%15One foeRestores the user's HP by half the damage dealt.
Needle ArmPhysicalSmart60100%15One foeIt may also make the foe flinch.
Petal DanceSpecialBeauty90100%20One foeUser attacks for two to three turns. Afterwards, the user becomes confused.
Power WhipPhysicalBeauty12085%10One foe
Razor LeafPhysicalCool5595%25Both foesIt has a high critical hit ratio.
Seed BombPhysicalSmart80100%15One foe
Seed FlareSpecialCool12085%5One foeHas a 40% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense.
SolarBeamSpecialCool120100%10One foeThe first turn, the user takes in sunlight, the second turn does damage.
Vine WhipPhysicalCool35100%15One foe
Wood HammerPhysicalTough120100%15One foeUser takes 1/3 recoil damage.

Non-damaging moves

Name   ↓Category   ↓Contest   ↓Power   ↓Accuracy   ↓PP   ↓Target   ↓Notes   ↓
AromatherapyStatusSmart—%5UserHeals all status problems affecting the user's party.
Cotton SporeStatusBeauty85%40One FoeLowers the target's Speed by 2 levels.
GrassWhistleStatusSmart55%15One FoePuts the opponent to sleep.
IngrainStatusSmart—%20UserThe user restores HP every turn, but it can't switch out.
Leech SeedStatusSmart90%10One FoeSteals some HP from the foe to heal the user on every turn.
Sleep PowderStatusSmart75%15One FoePuts the opponent to sleep.
SporeStatusSmart100%15One FoePuts the opponent to sleep.
Stun SporeStatusSmart75%30One FoeParalyzes the opponent.
SynthesisStatusSmart—%5UserThe user restores its own HP. The amount of HP regained varies with the weather.
Worry SeedStatusBeauty100%10One FoePrevents the target from sleeping by changing its ability to Insomnia.

Trivia

  • The Grass-type is tied with the Rock-type for the largest number of weaknesses when unpaired, with five: BugFlyingIceFire and Poison.
    • Grass-type is also the most resisted type with seven types that resist it.
  • Due to being the type of the first starter Pokémon in all generations, the Grass-type is the first type in all regional Pokédexes. It is also the first type in all Pokédex-like listings except for Almia's Browser.
  • Although about a third of the Grass-type Pokémon were introduced in Generation I, only one is a pure Grass-type.
  • Counting Shaymin's Sky Forme, Generation I is the only generation not to introduce a Grass/Flyingtype Pokémon.
  • The Grass-type has been paired with every type that it is super effective against.
  • All Pokémon that have seven weaknesses are all of the Grass-type.
  • All Grass/Poison Pokémon have 3-stage evolution.
  • All Grass-type Gym Leaders have been female so far.
  • There is at least one Pokémon with each type combination that has a double weakness to Grass. For example, Omanyte is Water/RockWhiscash is Water/Ground, and Rhydon is Ground/Rock.Water and Flying have this distinction as well.

In other languages

  • Brazilian Portuguese: Grama (Grass), Planta (Plant)
  • Dutch: Gras
  • Finnish: Ruoho (Grass or "weed")
  • French: Plante
  • German: Pflanze
  • Italian: Erba
  • Japanese: くさ (草) kusa
  • Korean:  pul
  • Polish: Trawiasty
  • Spanish: Planta
  • Hebrew: עשב "esev"

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