Is Ivysaur Good in Red & Blue Playthrough?
Does everything Bulbasaur does but better. Carries comfortably through the mid-game while you build out the rest of your team. Evolves into Venusaur at 32, which comes around Celadon City if you're keeping pace.
Brock's typing presses Bulbasaur's defenses.
Ivysaur has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Ivysaur trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's typing presses Ivysaur's defenses.
Koga's typing presses Venusaur's defenses.
Venusaur trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Venusaur trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Venusaur resists most of Giovanni's coverage and hits back hard.
Venusaur has the type edge here and should clean up Lorelei's team.
Venusaur has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Agatha's team hits Venusaur's weaknesses hard.
Venusaur trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Venusaur trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Bulbasaur is available as a starter.
- LV 13GrassVine Whip68100%25
- After Misty
- TM08NormalBody Slam85100%15
- LV 27GrassRazor Leaf8395%25
- After Erika
- TM21GrassMega Drain60100%15
- TM10NormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 41GrassSleep Powder—75%15
- After Koga
- TM09NormalTake Down9085%20
- LV 48GrassSolar Beam180100%10
Your Bulbasaur should hit Level 16 before you reach Misty, at typical leveling pace.
- STARTING (Lv 16)
- LV 16GrassVine Whip68100%25
- After Misty
- TM08NormalBody Slam85100%15
- After Erika
- TM21GrassMega Drain60100%15
- TM10NormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 30GrassRazor Leaf8395%25
- After Koga
- TM09NormalTake Down9085%20
- LV 46GrassSleep Powder—75%15
- LV 54GrassSolar Beam180100%10
Your Ivysaur should hit Level 32 before you reach Koga, at typical leveling pace.
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32GrassRazor Leaf8395%25
- After Misty
- TM08NormalBody Slam85100%15
- After Erika
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- TM10NormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- After Koga
- TM06PoisonToxic—90%10
- TM09NormalTake Down9085%20
- LV 55GrassSleep Powder—75%15
- LV 65GrassSolar Beam180100%10
How to Get Ivysaur in Red & Blue
Can't catch Ivysaur directly. Start with Bulbasaur but it's a rare spawn from the locations below, then evolve at level 32. The 3-stage chain from Bulbasaur to Ivysaur is where the leveling time goes.
Ivysaur Weakness
Type-wise, Ivysaur takes extra damage from Bug, Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. Watch out for Bug attacks, those deal 4x damage. The Grass/Poison typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Bug |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
- Only 15 types exist — Dark, Steel, and Fairy are absent
- Ghost has no effect on Psychic (a known bug, fixed in Gen II)
- Special stat governs both offense and defense — no Sp.Atk / Sp.Def split
What is Ivysaur Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Ivysaur
 Pidgey Normal | D | |
 Charmander Fire | D | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | B | |
 Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
 Zubat Poison | D | |
Kadabra Psychic | B | |
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
Butterfree Bug | C | |
Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Zubat Poison | D | |
 Articuno Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodSeafoam Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ivysaur View Articuno builds →Blizzard 2x107-127%KO Sky Attack 2x149-176%KO | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodVictory Road Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ivysaur View Moltres builds →Fire Blast 2x147-173%KO Sky Attack 2x172-202%KO | ||
 Dodrio Normal | B | |
 Zapdos Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodPower Plant Interact Encounter | ||
 Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Mewtwo Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodCerulean Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ivysaur View Mewtwo builds →Psychic 2x132-156%KO Fire Blast 2x117-138%KO Blizzard 2x107-126%KO | ||
Articuno Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodSeafoam Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ivysaur View Articuno builds →Blizzard 2x107-126%KO Sky Attack 2x149-175%KO | ||
Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodVictory Road Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ivysaur View Moltres builds →Fire Blast 2x146-172%KO Sky Attack 2x171-201%KO | ||
Dodrio Normal | B | |
Zapdos Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodPower Plant Interact Encounter | ||
Ivysaur Evolutions
This Grass/Poison-type links Bulbasaur to Venusaur. Ivysaur has 405 stats but sits in the Undiscovered egg group. HP has grown the most so far (+15), but there's still another 120 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
RB Ivysaur Best Moveset
Grass/Poison middle stage with 80 Special and MoveSleep Powder. Better than Bulbasaur but still outclassed by Venusaur at everything. A weaker version of the evolution doing the same moves at lower power.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Razor Leaf
- Sleep Powder
- Mega Drain
- Leech Seed
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Most of Ivysaur's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Solar Beam and Razor Leaf, but Normal and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When the bulb on its back grows large, it appears to lose the ability to stand on its hind legs.
Ivysaur Red & Blue Guide
At 405 BST, Ivysaur is firmly in pre-evolution territory. Evolve it into Venusaur before bringing it to any serious fight.
In Red & Blue, Ivysaur's biggest threats include Scyther (Bug), Charizard (Fire), and Cloyster (Ice), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Scyther is the most dangerous since Bug moves deal 4x damage. Flying and Psychic-type attackers are also a problem. With 5 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.
Ivysaur is a mixed attacker with base 62 Attack and 80 Special. Enough bulk to take a hit or two, too. Speed tells the real story. At base 60 Speed, it won't be moving first often.
In Red & Blue, For a casual playthrough, Ivysaur works as a placeholder. Grass/Poison coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Venusaur. That's where the stats start mattering.
For Red & Blue, the core moveset is Razorleaf, Sleep Powder, Megadrain, and Leech Seed. Razorleaf leads at 0% usage. This set covers the balanced role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Ivysaur appears in 21 games spanning 10 generations. Gen 1 originals like Ivysaur have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves