Grass (type)

Attack pros & cons

Grass moves are super-effective against:

Water Ground Rock

Grass moves are not very effective against:

Fire Grass Poison Flying Bug Dragon Steel

Defense pros & cons

These types are not very effective against Grass Pokémon:

Water Electric Grass Ground

These types are super-effective against Grass Pokémon:

Fire Ice Poison Flying Bug

Dual-type attack pros & cons

This chart shows the strength of the Grass type against every type combination. The fraction of damage a Grass type move will deal is shown - ½ means 50% damage (not very effective), 2 means 200% (super-effective) and so on.

Effects of the Grass type

• Grass type Pokémon are immune to powder and spore moves - Cotton Spore, Leech Seed, Poison Powder, Powder, Rage Powder, Sleep Powder, Spore and Stun Spore - as well as the ability Effect Spore.
• The power of Grass type moves increases by 30% when Grassy Terrain is active.
• The Overgrow ability increases the power of Grass type moves by 50% when the Pokémon has less than ¹⁄₃ HP remaining.
• The ability Sap Sipper raises the Pokémon's Attack one stage when hit by a Grass type attack, instead of dealing damage.
• The ability Flower Veil prevents the stats of ally Grass type Pokémon from being lowered.
• The move Flower Shield raises the Defense of all Grass type Pokémon one the field by one stage; Rototiller does the same for both Attack and Special Attack.
• The move Forest's Curse adds the Grass type to the target's type.
• The items Meadow Plate, Miracle Seed and Rose Incense increase the power of Grass type moves by 20% when held.
• The Grass Gem increases the power of a Grass type move by 30% when held, and is then consumed.
• The Rindo Berry, when held, neutralizes a super-effective Grass type move.

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