In Platinum, Bellossom looks average on paper at 480 BST. But Chlorophyll is why it sees play. Build around that and it pulls its weight. C-Tier on our tier list. Sleep Powder with Heatrock is the standard set.

What is Bellossom weak to?

In Platinum, Bellossom's biggest threats include Charizard (Fire), Cloyster (Ice), and Nidoking (Poison), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Flying and Bug-type attackers are also a problem. With 5 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.

What is the best ability for Bellossom?

Bellossom gets Chlorophyll and Healer. But Chlorophyll is the one that matters. It's the centerpiece of every viable set. Build around that.

What role does Bellossom play in battle?

Bellossom is a mixed attacker with base 80 Attack and 90 Sp. Atk. Enough bulk to take a hit or two, too. Speed tells the real story. Base 50 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go.

What are the best moves for Bellossom?

For Platinum, the core moveset is Sleep Powder, Solarbeam, Sunnyday, and Hiddenpowerrock. Sleep Powder leads at 16% usage. This set covers the balanced role with a mix of damage and utility.

Bellossom - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Mixed

Balanced

CTier

50Speed · Slow

Stats & Training

Nothing fancy in Bellossom's spread. It leans mixed with Sp. Def out front. And you'll get 3 Sp. Def EVs per KO for it. Follows a 1.06M XP medium-slow curve.

Base Stats

Above

HP75

Attack80

Defense85

Sp. Atk90

Sp. Def100

Speed50

Total480

Details

Catch Rate

Challenging45 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Slow1.06M XP

Height0.4 m

Weight5.8 kg

Base XP221

Abilities

ChlorophyllTop Pick

Doubles Speed during strong sunlight.

HealerHANot in game

Has a 30% chance of curing each adjacent ally of any major status ailment after each turn.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpASpD+3Spe

Strong Special Defense training target

Pokedex Entries

When the heavy rainfall season ends, it is drawn out by warm sunlight to dance in the open.

Platinum

Bellossom Weakness

Type-wise, Bellossom takes extra damage from Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. The Grass typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.

Bellossom Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug
0.5x (Resist)	Water, Electric, Grass, Ground

Type ChartFragile

5Weak

4Resist

0Immune

Score-6

Gen IV Type Chart

Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Fire Ice Poison Flying Bug

½xResist

Water Electric Grass Ground

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (3)

Water Ground Rock

How to Beat Bellossom in Platinum (Best Counters)

In Platinum, Infernape's Fire Blast hits Bellossom for 76-89%. Dragonite threatens a KO with Outrage (113-133%). Gengar deals 59-69% with Shadow Ball.

Infernape FireFighting	A
Recommended Build AbilityBlaze ItemExpert Belt NatureJolly Moves Close Combat U Turn Grass Knot Fire Blast Damage vs Bellossom Close Combat 66-78% U Turn 2x 52-61% Fire Blast 2x 76-89% View Infernape builds →
Dragonite DragonFlying	A
Recommended Build AbilityInnerfocus ItemLife Orb NatureAdamant Moves Extreme Speed OutrageSTAB Dragon Dance Fire Punch Damage vs Bellossom Extreme Speed 50-59% Outrage 113-133%KO View Dragonite builds →
Gengar GhostPoison	A
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves Shadow Ball Focus Blast SubstituteUtility Explosion Damage vs Bellossom Shadow Ball 59-69% Focus Blast 59-69% Explosion 58-68% View Gengar builds →
Forretress BugSteel	B
Recommended Build AbilitySturdy ItemLeftovers NatureImpish Moves Rapid Spin SpikesHazard Explosion Payback Damage vs Bellossom Rapid Spin 13-16% Explosion 65-76% Payback 13-16% View Forretress builds →
Weavile DarkIce	B
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemExpert Belt NatureJolly Moves Ice Shard Night Slash Low Kick PursuitSTAB Damage vs Bellossom Ice Shard 2x 50-59% Pursuit 25-29% View Weavile builds →

Platinum Evolution

Bellossom is one of 2 ways Gloom's chain can end. This one takes the item path, while the siblings go different directions. Breed through Oddish to get eggs. Vileplume has 10 more total stats, but Bellossom makes up for it with a stronger Sp.Def gain (+35 from Oddish). View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

4 Forms

#043Oddish

Level 21

#044Gloom

#045VileplumeLeaf Stone

#182BellossomSun Stone

Stat Comparison 4 Stages

Oddish

GrassPoison

Gloom

GrassPoison

Vileplume

GrassPoison

Bellossom

Grass

60+15

75+15

ATK

65+15

80+15

DEF

70+15

85+15

95+25

SP.ATK

85+10

110+25

90+5

SP.DEF

75+10

90+15

100+25

SPE

40+10

50+10

BST

320D-Tier

395D-Tier+75

490B-Tier+95

490C-Tier+95

ROLE

Balanced

Trick Room

Attacker

Balanced

TYPE

Special

Mixed

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed with Bellossom to get Oddish eggs easily using 45 partners from the Plant egg group. Notable egg moves include Charm, Flail, Ingrain and 4 more.

Egg Groups

Plant

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

7moves

Breed With (best first)

Platinum Bellossom Best Moveset

the remaining moves keeps opponents guessing about Bellossom's real targets. Heatrock provides extra utility while max Sp. Atk and Speed EVs and Modest nature handle the stat profile. Chlorophyll ties it together.

Best Build

Experimental

Special Attacker

Ability

Chlorophyll

Item

Heat Rock

Best Nature for Bellossom

Modest+SPA

Bellossom best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed

EVs

SpA

Spe

Special Attacker Moveset

Sleep PowderSTAB
Solar BeamSTAB
Sunny Day
Hidden Power Rock

Recommended Teammates

TyphlosionGood

EspeonGood

SkarmoryGood

Moves

Breeding's the move. Charm and Flail give Bellossom options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Fighting coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Leaf Storm and Solar Beam. The egg moves push it further.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Leaf Blade

C9010015Grass

Lv 1

Mega Drain

—4010015Grass

Lv 1

Stun Spore

C—7530Grass

Lv 1

Sunny Day

A——5Fire

Lv 1

Sweet Scent

——10020Normal

Lv 23

Magical Leaf

—60—20Grass

Lv 53

Leaf Storm

B140905Grass

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

——10015Normal

TM09

Bullet Seed

—1010030Grass

TM78

Captivate

——10020Normal

HM01

Cut

—509530Normal

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM60

Drain Punch

B751005Fighting

TM58

Endure+4

———10Normal

TM53

Energy Ball

B8010010Grass

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM70

Flash

D—10020Normal

TM56

Fling

——10010Dark

TM21

Frustration

D—10020Normal

TM19

Giga Drain

B6010010Grass

TM68

Giga Impact

C150905Normal

TM86

Grass Knot

D—10020Grass

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM15

Hyper Beam

B150905Normal

TM83

Natural Gift

D—10015Normal

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM20

Safeguard

D——25Normal

TM43

Secret Power

—7010020Normal

TM82

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM36

Sludge Bomb

C9010010Poison

TM22

Solar Beam

S12010010Grass

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM11

Sunny Day

A——5Fire

TM87

Swagger

——9015Normal

TM75

Swords Dance

C——30Normal

TM06

Toxic

C—8510Poison

Egg Moves

Egg

Charm

——10020Normal

Egg

Flail

——10015Normal

Egg

Ingrain

———20Grass

Egg

Razor Leaf

—559525Grass

Egg

Swords Dance

C——30Normal

Egg

Synthesis

D——5Grass

Egg

Tickle

——10020Normal

Tutor Moves

Tut

Tutor

Gastro Acid

——10010Poison

Tutor

Seed Bomb

C8010015Grass

Tutor

Snore

D4010015Normal

Tutor

Synthesis

D——5Grass

Tutor

Uproar

—9010010Normal

Reminder Moves

Rem

Absorb

—2010025Grass

Rem

Acid

—4010030Poison

Rem

Giga Drain

B6010010Grass

Rem

Lucky Chant

———30Normal

Rem

Moonlight

———5Normal

Rem

Natural Gift

D—10015Normal

Rem

Petal Dance

—12010020Grass

Rem

Poison Powder

——7535Poison

Rem

Sleep Powder

S—7515Grass

Transfer Moves

Gen

Gen 3

Double-Edge

C12010015Normal

Gen 3

Mimic

———10Normal

How to Get Bellossom in Platinum

You're catching Oddish first, not Bellossom. Oddish appears at decent rates in the encounters below. The step cards map the full 3-stage chain with evolution methods between each stage.

How to Obtain Bellossom in Platinum

Oddish is your first catch on the way to Bellossom. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 47-51 across 4 total spots in the chain.

Step 1Catch Oddish
Route 230
Grass Lv.47 Route
UncommonPost
Night
Route 224
Grass Lv.49 Route
UncommonPost
Night
Train until Level 21
Step 2Catch or Evolve Gloom
Route 230
Grass Lv.49 Route
RarePost
Route 224
Grass Lv.51 Route
RarePost
or evolve from Oddish (Step 1)
Sun Stone
Step 3Bellossom ✓

Bellossom Guide

In Platinum, Bellossom looks average on paper at 480 BST. But Chlorophyll is why it sees play. Build around that and it pulls its weight. C-Tier on our tier list. Sleep Powder with Heatrock is the standard set.
In Platinum, Bellossom's biggest threats include Charizard (Fire), Cloyster (Ice), and Nidoking (Poison), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Flying and Bug-type attackers are also a problem. With 5 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.
Bellossom gets Chlorophyll and Healer. But Chlorophyll is the one that matters. It's the centerpiece of every viable set. Build around that.
Bellossom is a mixed attacker with base 80 Attack and 90 Sp. Atk. Enough bulk to take a hit or two, too. Speed tells the real story. Base 50 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go.
For Platinum, the core moveset is Sleep Powder, Solarbeam, Sunnyday, and Hiddenpowerrock. Sleep Powder leads at 16% usage. This set covers the balanced role with a mix of damage and utility.

Game Availability

Since Gold & Silver, Bellossom has been in 18 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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