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Venusaur

GrassPoison Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Venusaur is #45 on the ladder, on 2.9% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 80
Atk 82
Def 83
SpA 100
SpD 100
Spe 80

Base stat total 525

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132

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Modest Nature

Types and weaknesses

GrassPoison
Weak ×2
FireIceFlyingPsychic
Resists ×½
WaterElectricFightingFairy
Resists ×¼
Grass

Abilities

Overgrow
At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5× with Grass attacks. · used by 1%
Chlorophyll
If Sun is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled. · used by 99%

Speed tier

Most common
132 (Modest, 32 Spe SP, 89% of spreads)
Fastest
145 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
100 (0 SP)
Slowest
90 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 132, it outspeeds 19 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Excadrill 140
  2. Kommo-o 137
  3. Mega Tyranitar 135
  4. Venusaur (this) 132
  5. Mega Blastoise 130
  6. Pelipper 128
  7. Mega Swampert 122
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #45 · on 2.9% of teams · 75,629 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Sludge Bomb 92.3%
  2. Protect 86.9%
  3. Sleep Powder 84.0%
  4. Leaf Storm 70.7%
  5. Earth Power 34.8%
  6. Energy Ball 7.4%
  7. Solar Beam 6.3%
  8. Weather Ball 4.5%
  9. Bulldoze 3.5%
  10. Giga Drain 2.9%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 64.1%
  2. Life Orb 23.5%
  3. Wide Lens 7.8%
  4. Occa Berry 2.9%
  5. Expert Belt 0.6%
  6. Leftovers 0.4%

Abilities

  1. Chlorophyll 99.3%
  2. Overgrow 0.8%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 56.7%
  2. Modest 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 132 11.4%
  3. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 145 7.9%
  4. Modest 4/0/0/30/0/32 · Spe 132 1.9%
  5. Calm 32/0/0/0/13/21 · Spe 121 1.7%
  6. Modest 14/0/0/20/0/32 · Spe 132 1.7%
  7. Modest 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 132 1.3%
  8. Modest 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 132 1.3%

Teammates

  1. Mega Charizard Y 80.8%
  2. Archaludon 39.9%
  3. Pelipper 36.2%
  4. Grimmsnarl 31.7%
  5. Incineroar 22.7%
  6. Garchomp 19.7%
  7. Mega Swampert 18.8%
  8. Basculegion 14.8%
  9. Farigiraf 13.0%
  10. Sneasler 12.6%
  11. Indeedee-F 12.6%
  12. Mega Garchomp Z 12.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #58 · on 2.2% of teams · 75,629 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Sludge Bomb 91.5%
  2. Protect 83.0%
  3. Sleep Powder 79.1%
  4. Leaf Storm 53.7%
  5. Earth Power 45.3%
  6. Energy Ball 11.7%
  7. Solar Beam 11.1%
  8. Giga Drain 10.8%
  9. Weather Ball 3.8%
  10. Sunny Day 1.5%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 55.9%
  2. Life Orb 21.2%
  3. Wide Lens 13.0%
  4. Occa Berry 3.6%
  5. Leftovers 2.1%
  6. Sitrus Berry 1.2%

Abilities

  1. Chlorophyll 98.6%
  2. Overgrow 1.5%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 52.8%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 145 10.8%
  3. Modest 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 132 5.6%
  4. Modest 4/0/0/30/0/32 · Spe 132 2.1%
  5. Timid 1/0/0/23/19/23 · Spe 135 1.5%
  6. Modest 4/0/12/32/0/18 · Spe 118 1.3%
  7. Modest 22/0/0/32/0/12 · Spe 112 1.1%
  8. Modest 5/0/0/32/0/29 · Spe 129 1.1%

Teammates

  1. Mega Charizard Y 75.0%
  2. Archaludon 28.0%
  3. Pelipper 26.0%
  4. Indeedee-F 22.2%
  5. Grimmsnarl 20.6%
  6. Sneasler 20.6%
  7. Incineroar 18.4%
  8. Garchomp 16.2%
  9. Torkoal 15.2%
  10. Basculegion 14.9%
  11. Farigiraf 14.6%
  12. Mega Gardevoir 14.3%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #59 · on 2.0% of teams · 75,629 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Sludge Bomb 88.6%
  2. Protect 80.4%
  3. Sleep Powder 77.3%
  4. Leaf Storm 45.6%
  5. Earth Power 44.2%
  6. Giga Drain 16.7%
  7. Solar Beam 14.1%
  8. Energy Ball 12.2%
  9. Weather Ball 6.3%
  10. Leech Seed 2.4%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 48.2%
  2. Life Orb 21.9%
  3. Wide Lens 14.1%
  4. Leftovers 4.4%
  5. Occa Berry 3.7%
  6. Sitrus Berry 1.8%

Abilities

  1. Chlorophyll 97.7%
  2. Overgrow 2.3%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 49.4%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 145 10.2%
  3. Modest 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 132 4.3%
  4. Modest 4/0/0/30/0/32 · Spe 132 2.3%
  5. Timid 1/0/0/23/19/23 · Spe 135 1.6%
  6. Modest 22/0/0/32/0/12 · Spe 112 1.2%
  7. Modest 5/0/0/32/0/29 · Spe 129 1.1%
  8. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 145 1.0%

Teammates

  1. Mega Charizard Y 69.8%
  2. Archaludon 22.8%
  3. Pelipper 21.4%
  4. Indeedee-F 20.2%
  5. Sneasler 19.0%
  6. Incineroar 18.3%
  7. Grimmsnarl 16.6%
  8. Garchomp 16.6%
  9. Torkoal 16.1%
  10. Basculegion 14.8%
  11. Farigiraf 13.9%
  12. Mega Gardevoir 12.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 308 of 4,641 teams (6.6%) · win rate 49.6% (95% interval 47.2%–52.0%, n = 1,610 games) · 26 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

  1. Mega Charizard Y +2.3 pp n = 69 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Mega Charizard Y beat teams bringing Venusaur more often than expected+2.3 pp · n = 69 · Showdown replays
  2. Garchomp +1.9 pp n = 60 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Garchomp beat teams bringing Venusaur more often than expected+1.9 pp · n = 60 · Showdown replays

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Strong against (replays)

Teams with it beat teams bringing these more often than expected.

  1. Mega Raichu Y +3.9 pp n = 78 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Raichu Y more often than expected+3.9 pp · n = 78 · Showdown replays
  2. Arcanine-Hisui +3.6 pp n = 62 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Arcanine-Hisui more often than expected+3.6 pp · n = 62 · Showdown replays
  3. Mega Staraptor +2.6 pp n = 63 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Staraptor more often than expected+2.6 pp · n = 63 · Showdown replays
  4. Gholdengo +2.2 pp n = 76 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Gholdengo more often than expected+2.2 pp · n = 76 · Showdown replays

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Mega Charizard Y +68.6 pp n = 61,108 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 81% of Venusaur teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (6.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Grimmsnarl +26.5 pp n = 23,959 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 32% of Venusaur teams; Grimmsnarl is on 5% of all teams (6.07× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Swampert +13.5 pp n = 14,203 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Venusaur teams; Mega Swampert is on 5% of all teams (3.55× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Pelipper +21.4 pp n = 27,408 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 36% of Venusaur teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (2.44× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Archaludon +22.7 pp n = 30,184 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 40% of Venusaur teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (2.32× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Garchomp +10.2 pp n = 14,914 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Venusaur teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (2.08× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Mega Garchomp Z +4.5 pp n = 9,348 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Venusaur teams; Mega Garchomp Z is on 8% of all teams (1.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Farigiraf -2.7 pp n = 9,817 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Venusaur teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.83× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Basculegion -5.8 pp n = 11,163 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Venusaur teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.72× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Incineroar -9.0 pp n = 17,130 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Venusaur teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.72× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Indeedee-F -7.7 pp n = 9,499 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Venusaur teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sneasler -24.4 pp n = 9,552 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Venusaur teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.34× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 80
Atk 100
Def 123
SpA 122
SpD 120
Spe 80

Base stat total 625

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 7 Def / 20 SpA / 6 SpD / 1 Spe · Modest Nature

Types and weaknesses

GrassPoison
Weak ×2
FireIceFlyingPsychic
Resists ×½
WaterElectricFightingFairy
Resists ×¼
Grass

With Thick Fat: Fire ×1, Ice ×1

Abilities

Thick Fat
Fire-/Ice-type moves against this Pokemon deal damage with a halved offensive stat. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Venusaur holding Venusaurite .

Speed tier

Most common
101
Fastest
145 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
100 (0 SP)
Slowest
90 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 101, it outspeeds 13 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 1, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Volcarona 120
  2. Rillaboom 105
  3. Milotic 101
  4. Mega Venusaur (this) 101
  5. Sylveon 95
  6. Indeedee-F 94
  7. Politoed 90
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #99 · on 0.5% of teams · 24,852 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Sludge Bomb 94.3%
  2. Protect 85.1%
  3. Earth Power 82.3%
  4. Giga Drain 75.8%
  5. Sleep Powder 21.8%
  6. Leech Seed 14.7%
  7. Leaf Storm 8.1%
  8. Energy Ball 6.3%
  9. Growth 2.1%
  10. Weather Ball 1.8%

Items

  1. Venusaurite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Thick Fat 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Modest 32/0/7/20/6/1 · Spe 101 7.0%
  2. Modest 32/0/7/18/0/9 · Spe 109 5.4%
  3. Modest 17/0/0/28/0/21 · Spe 121 5.4%
  4. Modest 25/0/0/26/5/10 · Spe 110 4.9%
  5. Modest 32/0/0/20/0/14 · Spe 114 4.4%
  6. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 4.4%
  7. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 100 4.0%
  8. Modest 20/0/0/28/0/18 · Spe 118 3.7%

Teammates

  1. Archaludon 47.4%
  2. Pelipper 36.8%
  3. Basculegion 26.7%
  4. Grimmsnarl 19.6%
  5. Sableye 15.0%
  6. Torkoal 14.6%
  7. Farigiraf 14.5%
  8. Incineroar 14.2%
  9. Indeedee-F 13.4%
  10. Kingambit 13.4%
  11. Mega Charizard Y 13.2%
  12. Mega Swampert 12.9%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #99 · on 0.6% of teams · 24,852 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Sludge Bomb 89.5%
  2. Protect 87.1%
  3. Giga Drain 81.0%
  4. Earth Power 76.7%
  5. Sleep Powder 20.5%
  6. Leech Seed 17.7%
  7. Energy Ball 7.4%
  8. Leaf Storm 3.8%
  9. Weather Ball 3.8%
  10. Sludge Wave 2.9%

Items

  1. Venusaurite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Thick Fat 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 6.0%
  2. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 100 6.0%
  3. Modest 32/0/7/20/6/1 · Spe 101 5.4%
  4. Modest 32/0/0/32/0/2 · Spe 102 3.4%
  5. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 100 3.2%
  6. Modest 22/0/0/32/0/12 · Spe 112 2.9%
  7. Modest 30/0/0/18/0/18 · Spe 118 2.5%
  8. Modest 32/0/7/18/0/9 · Spe 109 2.4%

Teammates

  1. Pelipper 28.3%
  2. Archaludon 28.0%
  3. Incineroar 21.8%
  4. Grimmsnarl 16.3%
  5. Farigiraf 15.4%
  6. Basculegion 14.5%
  7. Indeedee-F 12.6%
  8. Torkoal 12.6%
  9. Mega Charizard Y 11.7%
  10. Mega Swampert 11.5%
  11. Sneasler 11.4%
  12. Kingambit 10.8%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #100 · on 0.7% of teams · 24,852 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Sludge Bomb 85.7%
  2. Protect 84.8%
  3. Giga Drain 78.8%
  4. Earth Power 67.1%
  5. Sleep Powder 24.4%
  6. Leech Seed 21.3%
  7. Energy Ball 7.0%
  8. Weather Ball 4.6%
  9. Leaf Storm 3.7%
  10. Sludge Wave 3.7%

Items

  1. Venusaurite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Thick Fat 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 9.2%
  2. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 100 6.6%
  3. Modest 32/0/0/32/0/2 · Spe 102 4.0%
  4. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 145 3.4%
  5. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 100 2.8%
  6. Modest 32/0/7/20/6/1 · Spe 101 2.7%
  7. Modest 32/0/7/18/0/9 · Spe 109 2.1%
  8. Modest 30/0/0/18/0/18 · Spe 118 2.0%

Teammates

  1. Pelipper 21.2%
  2. Archaludon 20.2%
  3. Incineroar 18.1%
  4. Farigiraf 14.5%
  5. Torkoal 14.4%
  6. Indeedee-F 12.8%
  7. Basculegion 12.6%
  8. Grimmsnarl 12.5%
  9. Sneasler 10.6%
  10. Mega Charizard Y 10.2%
  11. Kingambit 10.2%
  12. Milotic 9.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 13 of 4,641 teams (0.3%) · win rate 58.8% (95% interval 48.2%–68.7%, n = 85 games) · 2 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Sableye +13.4 pp n = 3,728 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Venusaur teams; Sableye is on 2% of all teams (9.12× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Grimmsnarl +14.4 pp n = 4,869 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Venusaur teams; Grimmsnarl is on 5% of all teams (3.76× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Torkoal +9.5 pp n = 3,621 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Venusaur teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (2.86× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Archaludon +30.2 pp n = 11,770 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 47% of Mega Venusaur teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (2.75× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Pelipper +22.0 pp n = 9,148 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 37% of Mega Venusaur teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (2.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Swampert +7.6 pp n = 3,216 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Venusaur teams; Mega Swampert is on 5% of all teams (2.44× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Basculegion +6.1 pp n = 6,640 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Mega Venusaur teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (1.30× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Mega Charizard Y +1.0 pp n = 3,278 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Venusaur teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (1.08× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Farigiraf -1.2 pp n = 3,599 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Venusaur teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.92× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Indeedee-F -6.9 pp n = 3,333 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Venusaur teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.66× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kingambit -11.9 pp n = 3,325 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Venusaur teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.53× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Incineroar -17.5 pp n = 3,526 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Venusaur teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.45× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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