In Black & White, Poison Heal changes the entire equation for Breloom. The 460 BST doesn't tell the full story. Ranked B-Tier as a cannon. Mach Punch with Life Orb is the standard set.

What is Breloom weak to?

In Black & White, Breloom's biggest threats include Aerodactyl (Flying), Arcanine (Fire), and Walrein (Ice), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Aerodactyl is the most dangerous since Flying moves deal 4x damage. Poison and Psychic-type attackers are also a problem. With 5 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.

What is the best ability for Breloom?

Poison Heal is what you want on Breloom. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind. The alternatives (Effect Spore, Technician) work on paper but Poison Heal is what makes Breloom worth using.

What role does Breloom play in battle?

Base 70 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. On offense, Breloom is a physical attacker with base 130 Attack. Defensively? Enough bulk to take a hit or two. Best used as a cannon.

What are the best moves for Breloom?

For Black & White, the core moveset is Mach Punch, Bullet Seed, Swords Dance, and Lowsweep. Mach Punch leads at 21% usage. This set covers the cannon role with a mix of damage and utility.

Breloom - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Physical

Cannon

BTier

70Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

The stat budget goes to damage. Attack and Defense carry the offense, HP doesn't even come close. A Mushroom Pokemon on a standard growth curve, worth 2 Attack EVs per KO.

Base Stats

Above

HP60

Attack130

Defense80

Sp. Atk60

Sp. Def60

Speed70

Total460

Details

Catch Rate

Challenging90 / 255

Growth Rate

Fluctuating1.64M XP

Height1.2 m

Weight39.2 kg

Base XP161

Abilities

Effect Spore

Has a 30% chance of inflcting either paralysis, poison, or sleep on attacking Pokémon on contact.

Poison HealNiche

Heals for 1/8 max HP after each turn when poisoned in place of damage.

TechnicianHATop Pick

Strengthens moves of 60 base power or less to 1.5× their power.

EV Yield

HPAtk+2DefSpASpDSpe

Attack training target

Pokedex Entries

Its short arms stretch when it throws punches. Its technique is equal to that of pro boxers.

Breloom Weakness

Type-wise, Breloom takes extra damage from Flying, Fire, Ice, Poison, and Psychic. Watch out for Flying attacks, those deal 4x damage. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong.

Breloom Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
4x (Critical)	Flying
2x (Weak)	Fire, Ice, Poison, Psychic
0.5x (Resist)	Water, Electric, Grass, Ground, Rock, Dark

Type ChartFragile

5Weak

6Resist

0Immune

Score-6

Gen V Type Chart

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

4xCritical

Flying

2xWeak

Fire Ice Poison Psychic

½xResist

Water Electric Grass Ground Rock Dark

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (7)

Water Ground Rock Normal Ice Dark Steel

How to Beat Breloom in Black & White (Best Counters)

In Black & White, Tyranitar's Superpower hits Breloom for 60-71%.

TyranitarThreatens with Ice Beam, excellent bulk RockDark	S
Recommended Build AbilitySand Stream ItemChopleberry NatureAdamant Moves PursuitSTAB CrunchSTAB Superpower Thunder Wave Damage vs Breloom Pursuit 15-18% Crunch 30-35% Superpower 60-71% View Tyranitar builds →
ChanseyWears down with Toxic, threatens with Toxic, cures status via Natural Cure Normal	B
Recommended Build AbilityNatural Cure ItemEviolite NatureBold Moves Seismic Toss Soft Boiled ToxicUtility Thunder Wave View Chansey builds →
HippowdonWalls physical sets Ground	B
Recommended Build AbilitySand Stream ItemLeftovers NatureCareful Moves EarthquakeSTAB Slack Off Stealth Rock WhirlwindUtility Damage vs Breloom Earthquake 27-32% View Hippowdon builds →
JellicentImmune to Fighting, recovers with Recover, burns with Scald WaterGhost	B
Recommended Build AbilityWaterabsorb ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves RecoverRecovery Will O Wisp TauntUtility ScaldSTAB Damage vs Breloom Scald 22-26% View Jellicent builds →
ClefableIgnores boosts via Unaware, threatens with Ice Beam Fairy	C
Recommended Build AbilityMagic Guard ItemLeftovers NatureCalm Moves Soft Boiled Thunder Wave Knock Off Seismic Toss Damage vs Breloom Knock Off 7-9% View Clefable builds →

Black & White Evolution

Evolved from Shroomish. Breloom is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+90 over Shroomish), and Breloom peaks at 460 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#285Shroomish

Level 23

#286Breloom

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Shroomish

Grass

Breloom

GrassFighting

ATK

130+90

DEF

80+20

SP.ATK

60+20

SP.DEF

SPE

70+35

BST

295D-Tier

460B-Tier+165

ROLE

Balanced

Cannon

TYPE

Utility

Physical

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed with Breloom to get Shroomish eggs easily using 38 partners from the Fairy and Plant egg groups. Notable egg moves include Bullet Seed, Charm, Drain Punch and 7 more.

Egg Groups

FairyPlant

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

15 cycles·3,855 steps

Quick~4 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

10moves

Breed With (best first)

Black & White Breloom Best Moveset

Life Orb buys the setup turn. Breloom clicks Swords Dance, then starts cleaning with Mach Punch and the remaining moves. Adamant nature with max Attack and Speed EVs makes sure nothing tanks a boosted hit comfortably.

Best Build

Recommended

Physical Setup Sweeper

Ability

Technician

Item

Life OrbPOWER

Best Nature for Breloom

Adamant+ATK

Breloom best EVs are Attack and Speed

EVs

Atk

Spe

Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset

Mach PunchSTAB
Bullet SeedSTAB
Swords Dance
Low SweepSTAB

Recommended Teammates

StarmieDecent

VolcaronaDecent

ScizorDecent

Moves

Breeding's the move. Bullet Seed and Charm give Breloom options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Dark coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Focus Punch and Focus Blast. The egg moves push it further.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Absorb

—2010025Grass

Lv 1

Leech Seed

C—9010Grass

Lv 1

Stun Spore

C—7530Grass

Lv 1

Tackle

D5010035Normal

Lv 5

Tackle

D5010035Normal

Lv 9

Stun Spore

C—7530Grass

Lv 13

Leech Seed

C—9010Grass

Lv 17

Mega Drain

—4010015Grass

Lv 21

Headbutt

C7010015Normal

Lv 23

Mach Punch+1

S4010030Fighting

Lv 25

Counter-5

D—10020Fighting

Lv 29

Force Palm

—6010010Fighting

Lv 33

Sky Uppercut

—859015Fighting

Lv 37

Mind Reader

———5Normal

Lv 41

Seed Bomb

B8010015Grass

Lv 45

Dynamic Punch

C100505Fighting

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

C—10015Normal

TM31

Brick Break

B7510015Fighting

TM08

Bulk Up

C——20Fighting

HM01

Cut

—509530Normal

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM53

Energy Ball

C8010010Grass

TM42

Facade

C7010020Normal

TM54

False Swipe

—4010040Normal

TM70

Flash

D—10020Normal

TM56

Fling

——10010Dark

TM52

Focus Blast

C120705Fighting

TM21

Frustration

——10020Normal

TM68

Giga Impact

B150905Normal

TM86

Grass Knot

D—10020Grass

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM15

Hyper Beam

C150905Normal

TM47

Low Sweep

A6010020Fighting

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM67

Retaliate

C701005Normal

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM80

Rock Slide

C759010Rock

TM94

Rock Smash

C4010015Fighting

TM39

Rock Tomb

—609510Rock

TM48

Round

—6010015Normal

TM20

Safeguard

D——25Normal

TM36

Sludge Bomb

D9010010Poison

TM22

Solar Beam

C12010010Grass

TM71

Stone Edge

C100805Rock

HM04

Strength

C8010015Normal

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM11

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

TM87

Swagger

——9015Normal

TM75

Swords Dance

S——30Normal

TM06

Toxic

C—9010Poison

TM09

Venoshock

—6510010Poison

TM83

Work Up

D——30Normal

Egg Moves

Egg

Bullet Seed

S2510030Grass

Egg

Charm

——10020Normal

Egg

Drain Punch

B7510010Fighting

Egg

Fake Tears

——10020Dark

Egg

Focus Punch-3

B15010020Fighting

Egg

Helping Hand+5

———20Normal

Egg

Natural Gift

——10015Normal

Egg

Seed Bomb

B8010015Grass

Egg

Wake-Up Slap

—6010010Fighting

Egg

Worry Seed

——10010Grass

Tutor Moves

Breloom can't learn any Tutor moves

Reminder Moves

Rem

Giga Drain

C7510010Grass

Rem

Growth

D——40Normal

Rem

Poison Powder

——7535Poison

Rem

Spore

——10015Grass

Rem

Worry Seed

——10010Grass

Transfer Moves

Gen

Gen 3

Body Slam

C8510015Normal

Gen 4

Captivate

——10020Normal

Gen 3

Double-Edge

B12010015Normal

Gen 4

Endure+4

D——10Normal

Gen 4

Fury Cutter

—209520Bug

Gen 3

Mega Kick

—120755Normal

Gen 3

Mega Punch

—808520Normal

Gen 3

Mimic

———10Normal

Gen 4

Mud-Slap

D2010010Ground

Gen 4

Secret Power

—7010020Normal

Gen 3

Seismic Toss

D—10020Fighting

Gen 4

Vacuum Wave+1

D4010030Fighting

How to Get Breloom in Black & White

No wild encounters for Breloom. The 2-stage line runs through Shroomish, which you can catch at solid rates from the locations below. Evolve at level 23 once you've got the levels.

How to Obtain Breloom in Black & White

Step 1Catch Shroomish
Route 11
Grass Lv.47-48 Route
CommonPost
AnySwarm active
Train until Level 23
Step 2Breloom ✓

Breloom Guide

In Black & White, Poison Heal changes the entire equation for Breloom. The 460 BST doesn't tell the full story. Ranked B-Tier as a cannon. Mach Punch with Life Orb is the standard set.
In Black & White, Breloom's biggest threats include Aerodactyl (Flying), Arcanine (Fire), and Walrein (Ice), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Aerodactyl is the most dangerous since Flying moves deal 4x damage. Poison and Psychic-type attackers are also a problem. With 5 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.
Poison Heal is what you want on Breloom. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind. The alternatives (Effect Spore, Technician) work on paper but Poison Heal is what makes Breloom worth using.
Base 70 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. On offense, Breloom is a physical attacker with base 130 Attack. Defensively? Enough bulk to take a hit or two. Best used as a cannon.
For Black & White, the core moveset is Mach Punch, Bullet Seed, Swords Dance, and Lowsweep. Mach Punch leads at 21% usage. This set covers the cannon role with a mix of damage and utility.

Game Availability

Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Breloom spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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