What does Oddish evolve into?

First stop is Gloom at level 21. From there the chain splits: Vileplume using a Leaf Stone and Bellossom using a Sun Stone. Pick your final form based on what your team needs.

At what level does Oddish evolve?

Level 21 gets you Gloom . Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.

For X & Y, you can run Oddish through the first few routes without issues. 320 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Gloom as fast as you can.

Where can you catch Oddish?

You can find Oddish in X & Y. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 20 other games across the series.

Oddish - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Special

Balanced

DTier

30Speed · Very Slow

Stats & Training

Sp. Atk and Sp. Def carry most of Oddish's stat budget. Speed's the obvious dump stat. Easy to catch and yields 1 Sp. Atk EV. Follows a 1.06M XP medium-slow curve.

Base Stats

Avg

HP45

Attack50

Defense55

Sp. Atk75

Sp. Def65

Speed30

Total320

Details

Catch Rate

Guaranteed255 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Slow1.06M XP

Height0.5 m

Weight5.4 kg

Base XP64

Abilities

Chlorophyll

Doubles Speed during strong sunlight.

Run AwayHA

Ensures success fleeing from wild battles.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpA+1SpDSpe

Special Attack training source

Pokedex Entries

During the day, it stays in the cold underground to avoid the sun. It grows by bathing in moonlight.

Oddish Weakness

Oddish's Grass/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Standard number of weaknesses for the Grass/Poison typing.

Oddish Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic
0.5x (Resist)	Water, Electric, Fighting, Fairy
0.25x (Resist)	Grass

Type ChartVulnerable

4Weak

5Resist

0Immune

Score-2

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Fire Ice Flying Psychic

½xResist

Water Electric Fighting Fairy

¼xResist

Grass

0xImmune

None

STAB (5)

Water Ground Rock Grass Fairy

How to Beat Oddish in X & Y (Best Counters)

Archen RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 1 PluckLv. 15 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Oddish Wing Attack 2x 104-122%KO Pluck 2x 104-122%KO Aerial Ace 2x 104-122%KO View Archen builds →
Aerodactyl RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves Fire FangLv. 1 Ice FangLv. 1 Wing AttackLv. 1 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Oddish Fire Fang 2x 69-81% Ice Fang 2x 69-81% Wing Attack 2x 98-117%KO Aerial Ace 2x 98-117%KO View Aerodactyl builds →
Lunatone RockPsychic	C
Available Move Moves ConfusionLv. 1 Damage vs Oddish Confusion 2x 70-83% View Lunatone builds →
Drifloon GhostFlying	D
Available Move Moves GustLv. 8 Damage vs Oddish Gust 2x 41-50% View Drifloon builds →
Zubat PoisonFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 15 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Oddish Wing Attack 2x 56-67% Aerial Ace 2x 56-67% View Zubat builds →

X & Y Evolution

From here, Oddish's line branches into Vileplume and Bellossom. That's 2 possible evolutions, each with its own method. The evolved forms gain up to 170 total stats over 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 Oddish easily with 59 breeding partners from the Plant egg group. Pass egg moves like After You, Charm, Flail and 7 more to offspring.

Egg Groups

Plant

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

10moves

Breed With (best first)

X & Y Oddish Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 6.

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Moves

You'll want to breed for After You and Charm on Oddish. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Petal Dance and Solar Beam, they expand what Oddish can actually threaten in practice.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Absorb

—2010025Grass

Lv 5

Sweet Scent

——10020Normal

Lv 9

Acid

—4010030Poison

Lv 13

Poison Powder

——7535Poison

Lv 15

Stun Spore

D—7530Grass

Lv 17

Sleep Powder

C—7515Grass

Lv 21

Mega Drain

—4010015Grass

Lv 25

Lucky Chant

———30Normal

Lv 29

Natural Gift

D—10015Normal

Lv 33

Moonlight

C——5Fairy

Lv 37

Giga Drain

C7510010Grass

Lv 41

Petal Dance

B12010010Grass

Lv 45

Grassy Terrain

D——10Grass

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

D—10015Normal

TM100

Confide

———20Normal

HM01

Cut

D509530Normal

TM99

Dazzling Gleam

C8010010Fairy

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM53

Energy Ball

C9010010Grass

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM70

Flash

D—10020Normal

TM21

Frustration

D—10020Normal

TM86

Grass Knot

D—10020Grass

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM83

Infestation

D2010020Bug

TM96

Nature Power

D——20Normal

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM48

Round

D6010015Normal

TM88

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM36

Sludge Bomb

C9010010Poison

TM22

Solar Beam

B12010010Grass

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM11

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

TM87

Swagger

——9015Normal

TM75

Swords Dance

C——20Normal

TM06

Toxic

C—9010Poison

TM09

Venoshock

C6510010Poison

Egg Moves

Egg

After You

———15Normal

Egg

Charm

D—10020Fairy

Egg

Flail

——10015Normal

Egg

Ingrain

D——20Grass

Egg

Nature Power

D——20Normal

Egg

Razor Leaf

—559525Grass

Egg

Secret Power

—7010020Normal

Egg

Synthesis

C——5Grass

Egg

Teeter Dance

——10020Normal

Egg

Tickle

——10020Normal

Tutor Moves

Oddish can't learn any Tutor moves

Transfer Moves

Gen

Gen 4

Bullet Seed

D2510030Grass

Gen 4

Captivate

——10020Normal

Gen 3

Double-Edge

C12010015Normal

Gen 4

Endure+4

D——10Normal

Gen 3

Mimic

———10Normal

X & Y Oddish Locations

Oddish's scattered across 2 spots in early-game routes with high spawn rates. Check the list below for the closest location to wherever you are in the game. This one's quick.

Best Locations to Catch Oddish in X & Y

Route 6

YGrass Lv.10-12 Route

CommonEarly

Tall grass only

Route 6

XGrass Lv.10-12 Route

CommonEarly

Tall grass only

Oddish Guide

First stop is Gloom at level 21. From there the chain splits: Vileplume using a Leaf Stone and Bellossom using a Sun Stone. Pick your final form based on what your team needs.
Level 21 gets you Gloom. Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.
For X & Y, you can run Oddish through the first few routes without issues. 320 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Gloom as fast as you can.
You can find Oddish in X & Y. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 20 other games across the series.

Game Availability

One of the original 151, Oddish has appeared in 21 games — nearly every mainline game. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Fennekin Fire	D
Obtain MethodAquacorde Town Gift Available Move Moves EmberLv. 5 Damage vs Oddish Ember 2x 56-67% View Fennekin builds →
Combee BugFlying	D
Available Move Moves GustLv. 1 Damage vs Oddish Gust 2x 37-44% View Combee builds →
Ralts PsychicFairy	D
Available Move Moves ConfusionLv. 6 Damage vs Oddish Confusion 2x 56-67% View Ralts builds →
Pansear Fire	D
Upcoming Move Moves IncinerateLv. 10 Learns Incinerate at Level 10 View Pansear builds →
Fletchling NormalFlying	D
Upcoming Move Moves PeckLv. 10 Learns Peck at Level 10 View Fletchling builds →

Archen RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 1 PluckLv. 15 Aerial AceTM40 AcrobaticsLv. 28 Damage vs Oddish Wing Attack 2x 95-113%KO Pluck 2x 95-113%KO Aerial Ace 2x 95-113%KO Acrobatics 2x 89-105%KO View Archen builds →
Aerodactyl RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves Fire FangLv. 1 Ice FangLv. 1 Wing AttackLv. 1 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Oddish Fire Fang 2x 65-78% Ice Fang 2x 65-78% Wing Attack 2x 91-109%KO Aerial Ace 2x 91-109%KO View Aerodactyl builds →
Sigilyph PsychicFlying	C
Available Moves Moves SynchronoiseLv. 31 PsybeamLv. 18 Air CutterLv. 21 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Oddish Synchronoise 2x 159-188%KO Psybeam 2x 89-105%KO Air Cutter 2x 83-98% Aerial Ace 2x 60-71% View Sigilyph builds →
Drifloon GhostFlying	D
Available Move Moves GustLv. 8 Damage vs Oddish Gust 2x 38-45% View Drifloon builds →
Zubat PoisonFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 15 Air CutterLv. 26 Aerial AceTM40 AcrobaticsLv. 30 Damage vs Oddish Wing Attack 2x 50-60% Air Cutter 2x 38-45% Aerial Ace 2x 50-60% Acrobatics 2x 48-56% View Zubat builds →

Aerodactyl RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 Fire FangLv. 1 Ice FangLv. 1 Wing AttackLv. 1 Damage vs Oddish Fly 2x 136-161%KO Fire Fang 2x 65-78% Ice Fang 2x 65-78% Wing Attack 2x 91-109%KO View Aerodactyl builds →
Archen RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 1 PluckLv. 15 Aerial AceTM40 AcrobaticsTM62 Damage vs Oddish Wing Attack 2x 95-113%KO Pluck 2x 95-113%KO Aerial Ace 2x 95-113%KO Acrobatics 2x 89-105%KO View Archen builds →
Sigilyph PsychicFlying	C
Available Moves Moves SynchronoiseLv. 31 FlyHM02 PsybeamLv. 18 Air CutterLv. 21 Damage vs Oddish Synchronoise 2x 159-188%KO Fly 2x 89-105%KO Psybeam 2x 89-105%KO Air Cutter 2x 83-98% View Sigilyph builds →
Drifloon GhostFlying	D
Available Moves Moves AcrobaticsTM62 GustLv. 8 Damage vs Oddish Acrobatics 2x 50-60% Gust 2x 38-45% View Drifloon builds →
Zubat PoisonFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 Wing AttackLv. 15 Air CutterLv. 26 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Oddish Fly 2x 73-86% Wing Attack 2x 50-60% Air Cutter 2x 38-45% Aerial Ace 2x 50-60% View Zubat builds →

Aerodactyl RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 Fire FangLv. 1 Ice FangLv. 1 Wing AttackLv. 1 Damage vs Oddish Fly 2x 136-161%KO Fire Fang 2x 65-78% Ice Fang 2x 65-78% Wing Attack 2x 91-109%KO View Aerodactyl builds →
Archen RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 1 PluckLv. 15 Aerial AceTM40 AcrobaticsTM62 Damage vs Oddish Wing Attack 2x 95-113%KO Pluck 2x 95-113%KO Aerial Ace 2x 95-113%KO Acrobatics 2x 89-105%KO View Archen builds →
Sigilyph PsychicFlying	C
Available Moves Moves SynchronoiseLv. 31 FlyHM02 PsybeamLv. 18 Air CutterLv. 21 Damage vs Oddish Synchronoise 2x 159-188%KO Fly 2x 89-105%KO Psybeam 2x 89-105%KO Air Cutter 2x 83-98% View Sigilyph builds →
Drifloon GhostFlying	D
Available Moves Moves AcrobaticsTM62 GustLv. 8 Damage vs Oddish Acrobatics 2x 50-60% Gust 2x 38-45% View Drifloon builds →
Zubat PoisonFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 Wing AttackLv. 15 Air CutterLv. 26 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Oddish Fly 2x 73-86% Wing Attack 2x 50-60% Air Cutter 2x 38-45% Aerial Ace 2x 50-60% View Zubat builds →

Aerodactyl RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 Fire FangLv. 1 Ice FangLv. 1 Wing AttackLv. 1 Damage vs Oddish Fly 2x 142-168%KO Fire Fang 2x 69-82% Ice Fang 2x 69-82% Wing Attack 2x 96-113%KO View Aerodactyl builds →
Archen RockFlying	C
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 1 PluckLv. 15 Aerial AceTM40 AcrobaticsTM62 Damage vs Oddish Wing Attack 2x 101-119%KO Pluck 2x 101-119%KO Aerial Ace 2x 101-119%KO Acrobatics 2x 92-110%KO View Archen builds →
Drifloon GhostFlying	D
Available Moves Moves AcrobaticsTM62 GustLv. 8 Damage vs Oddish Acrobatics 2x 52-61% Gust 2x 38-45% View Drifloon builds →
Litwick GhostFire	D
Available Moves Moves InfernoLv. 38 Flame BurstLv. 20 Flame ChargeTM43 EmberLv. 1 Damage vs Oddish Inferno 2x 98-116%KO Flame Burst 2x 68-81% Flame Charge 2x 35-42% Ember 2x 41-48% View Litwick builds →
Zubat PoisonFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 Wing AttackLv. 15 Air CutterLv. 26 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Oddish Fly 2x 76-90% Wing Attack 2x 52-61% Air Cutter 2x 38-45% Aerial Ace 2x 52-61% View Zubat builds →

Latios DragonPsychic	A
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves Draco Meteor ProtectPriority PsyshockSTAB TailwindUtility Damage vs Oddish Draco Meteor 171-201%KO Psyshock 2x 211-248%KO View Latios builds →
Volcanion FireWater	A
Recommended Build AbilityWaterabsorb ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves Steam Eruption FlamethrowerSTAB Sludge Bomb Hidden Power Grass Damage vs Oddish Flamethrower 2x 182-214%KO Sludge Bomb 61-71% View Volcanion builds →
Gliscor GroundFlying	B
Recommended Build AbilityPoisonheal ItemToxic Orb NatureCareful Moves EarthquakeSTAB RoostRecovery Swords Dance Knock Off Damage vs Oddish Earthquake 73-86% Knock Off 32-37% View Gliscor builds →
Volcarona BugFire	B
Recommended Build AbilityFlame Body ItemLum Berry NatureModest Moves Quiver Dance Giga Drain Bug Buzz FlamethrowerSTAB Damage vs Oddish Giga Drain 14-16% Flamethrower 2x 205-242%KO View Volcarona builds →