In Legends: Z-A, Roselia isn't fully evolved, so it's not built for competitive play. You'll want to evolve it into Roserade to unlock its full potential. At 400 BST, it's a stepping stone rather than a team anchor.

What is Roselia weak to?

In Legends: Z-A, watch for Charizard (Fire), Cloyster (Ice), and Salamence (Flying) when using Roselia. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Psychic-type attackers are also a problem.

How do you evolve Roselia?

In Legends: Z-A, Budew evolves into Roselia by leveling up. Roselia evolves into Roserade using a Shiny Stone. Roselia is a middle-stage evolution in the Budew line.

What is the best ability for Roselia?

In Legends: Z-A, Run Natural Cure on Roselia. It's the ability that defines how you build around it and the main reason it holds a competitive niche. Roselia also gets Poison Point and Leaf Guard, but they don't compare.

What role does Roselia play in battle?

In Legends: Z-A, Roselia fills the attacker role. It's leaning toward the special side (base 100 Sp. Atk). At base 65 Speed, it won't be moving first often.

Roselia - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Utility

Attacker

DTier

65Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

Roselia's built around special offense. Sp. Atk leads the charge, Defense pays for it. Common in the wild, worth 2 Sp. Atk EVs. Follows a 1.06M XP medium-slow curve.

Base Stats

Above

HP50

Attack60

Defense45

Sp. Atk100

Sp. Def80

Speed65

Total400

Details

Catch Rate

Moderate150 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Slow1.06M XP

Height0.3 m

Weight2.0 kg

Base XP140

Abilities

Natural CurePopular

Cures any major status ailment upon switching out.

Poison PointPopular

Has a 30% chance of poisoning attacking Pokémon on contact.

Leaf GuardHA

Protects against major status ailments during strong sunlight.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpA+2SpDSpe

Special Attack training target

Pokedex Entries

No Legends Z A entries available

Though beautiful, it has highly poisonous thorns. There is an old tradition in my homeland wherein one would send these thorns to an opponent to challenge them to a duel.

Legends: Arceus

Roselia Weakness

Roselia's Grass/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Roselia's special bulk (base 80 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.

Roselia 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 Roselia in Legends: Z-A (Best Counters)

Espeon Psychic	A
Psychic is super effective against RoseliaView Espeon →
Charizard FireFlying	B
Fire is super effective against RoseliaView Charizard →

Legends: Z-A Evolution

Roselia is partway through a three-stage line between Budew and Roserade. The chain involves an evolution item, so it's not a straightforward grind. So far, Sp.Atk got the biggest boost (+50 from Budew). The final form adds another 115 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

3 Forms

#406Budew

High Friendship (Day)

#315Roselia

Shiny Stone

#407Roserade

Stat Comparison 3 Stages

Budew

GrassPoison

Roselia

GrassPoison

Roserade

GrassPoison

50+10

60+10

ATK

60+30

70+10

DEF

45+10

65+20

SP.ATK

100+50

125+25

SP.DEF

80+10

105+25

SPE

65+10

90+25

BST

280D-Tier

400D-Tier+120

515C-Tier+115

ROLE

Balanced

Attacker

Wallbreaker

TYPE

Special

Breeding is not available in this game

Legends: Z-A Roselia Best Moveset

Spikes is the priority every time Roselia comes in. Gentle nature and max HP and Sp. Def EVs keep it alive long enough to get layers down, while Eviolite provides a bulk boost that only works before full evolution. Poison Point rounds it out.

Best Build

Experimental

Wall

Ability

Poison Point

Item

EvioliteBULK

Best Nature for Roselia

Gentle+SPD

Roselia best EVs are Sp. Def and HP

EVs

Atk

SpD

Wall Moveset

Sludge BombSTAB
AromatherapyUtility
SpikesHazard
Sleep PowderSTAB

Moves

Roselia develops a solid moveset just through leveling. Leaf Storm and Energy Ball show up naturally, and the progression handles both STAB and utility without leaning on TMs for the core attacks.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Absorb

D2010025Grass

Lv 1

Charm

C—10020Fairy

Lv 1

Growth

C——20Normal

Lv 1

Stun Spore

S—7530Grass

Lv 5

Razor Leaf

D559525Grass

Lv 8

Pin Missile

D259520Bug

Lv 10

Leech Seed

B—9010Grass

Lv 15

Magical Leaf

C60—20Grass

Lv 18

Sleep Powder

C—7515Grass

Lv 22

Toxic Spikes

C——20Poison

Lv 30

Giga Drain

S7510010Grass

Lv 33

Poison Jab

C8010020Poison

Lv 37

Synthesis

C——5Grass

Lv 44

Toxic

C—9010Poison

Lv 55

Leaf Storm

B130905Grass

TM Moves

TM33

Body Slam

D8510015Normal

TM40

Bullet Seed

D2510030Grass

TM92

Dazzling Gleam

C8010010Fairy

TM35

Endure+4

C——10Normal

TM26

Energy Ball

B9010010Grass

TM109

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM42

Giga Drain

S7510010Grass

TM46

Mud Shot

D559515Ground

TM151

Petal Dance

B12010010Grass

TM77

Poison Jab

C8010020Poison

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM128

Seed Bomb

C8010015Grass

TM74

Shadow Ball

C8010015Ghost

TM53

Sludge Bomb

S9010010Poison

TM64

Solar Beam

B12010010Grass

TM88

Spikes

C——20Ground

TM85

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM27

Swift

C60—20Normal

TM30

Swords Dance

C——20Normal

TM07

Toxic

C—9010Poison

TM89

Toxic Spikes

C——20Poison

Egg Moves

Roselia doesn't have any Egg moves

Tutor Moves

Roselia can't learn any Tutor moves

How to Get Roselia in Legends: Z-A

No wild encounters for Roselia in Legends: Z-A. Bring Budew over from Diamond, Platinum, or Sword, then level through the stages. Each step in the chain is laid out below.

How to Obtain Roselia in Legends: Z-A

Step 1Breed Budew from Roselia
Also found in:
Diamond Platinum HeartGold White X Sword
Friendship (Day)
Step 2Roselia ✓

Roselia Guide

In Legends: Z-A, Roselia isn't fully evolved, so it's not built for competitive play. You'll want to evolve it into Roserade to unlock its full potential. At 400 BST, it's a stepping stone rather than a team anchor.
In Legends: Z-A, watch for Charizard (Fire), Cloyster (Ice), and Salamence (Flying) when using Roselia. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Psychic-type attackers are also a problem.
In Legends: Z-A, Budew evolves into Roselia by leveling up. Roselia evolves into Roserade using a Shiny Stone. Roselia is a middle-stage evolution in the Budew line.
In Legends: Z-A, Run Natural Cure on Roselia. It's the ability that defines how you build around it and the main reason it holds a competitive niche. Roselia also gets Poison Point and Leaf Guard, but they don't compare.
In Legends: Z-A, Roselia fills the attacker role. It's leaning toward the special side (base 100 Sp. Atk). At base 65 Speed, it won't be moving first often.

Game Availability

Roselia has been available in 16 games since Ruby & Sapphire, though obtaining it requires an item-based evolution. This extra step makes it less common than Pokemon found through standard wild encounters.

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