Is Venusaur Good in Yellow Playthrough?
Joins your team later in Yellow than it would as a starter in Red and Blue. Venusaur covers the same matchups once it shows up though. Handles Giovanni, threatens Lorelei's Water-types, and doesn't fold to most mid-game threats. Solid addition even when it's not your day-one pick.
Brock's typing presses Bulbasaur's defenses.
Bulbasaur has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's typing presses Ivysaur's defenses.
Erika's typing presses Ivysaur's defenses.
Venusaur trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Venusaur trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blaine's team hits Venusaur's weaknesses hard.
Venusaur has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
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 given to you as a gift on Cerulean City at Lv 10. Requires high Pikachu friendship. A girl in a house near the Pokemon Center in Cerulean City will give you her Bulbasaur if your Pikachu has high enough friendship. Raise friendship by walking with Pikachu and winning battles.
- 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
- LV 48GrassSolar Beam180100%10
- After Koga
- TM09NormalTake Down9085%20
Your Bulbasaur should hit Level 16 before you reach Lt. Surge, at typical leveling pace.
- STARTING (Lv 16)
- LV 16GrassVine Whip68100%25
- After Misty
- TM08NormalBody Slam85100%15
- LV 30GrassRazor Leaf8395%25
- After Erika
- TM21GrassMega Drain60100%15
- TM10NormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 46GrassSleep Powder—75%15
- After Koga
- TM09NormalTake Down9085%20
- 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 Venusaur in Yellow
Can't catch Venusaur directly. Start with Bulbasaur at solid rates from the locations below, then evolve at level 32. The 3-stage chain from Bulbasaur to Venusaur is where the leveling time goes.
Venusaur Weakness
Venusaur's Grass/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Bug, Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. Bug hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage.
| 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 Venusaur Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Venusaur
 Pidgeotto Normal | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | B | |
 Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Route 24 Gift) | ||
Pidgeotto Normal | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
 Zubat Poison | D | |
Kadabra Psychic | B | |
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Route 24 Gift) | ||
Pidgeotto Normal | C | |
Butterfree Bug | C | |
Zubat Poison | D | |
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Lapras WaterIce | B | |
Obtain MethodSilph Co Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x63-75% Psychic 2x40-48% | ||
Kadabra Psychic | B | |
 Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Magikarp (Pallet Town Old Rod) | ||
 Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Venomoth builds →Psychic 2x42-50% Leech Life 4x30-36% | ||
Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | S | |
Kadabra Psychic | B | |
Lapras WaterIce | B | |
Obtain MethodSilph Co Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x62-74% Psychic 2x39-47% | ||
 Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Route 24 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Charizard builds →Fly 2x54-63% Ember 2x33-39% | ||
Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Route 24 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Charizard builds →Fire Blast 2x92-109%KO Fly 2x52-62% | ||
Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Vulpix (Celadon City Gift) | ||
 Flareon Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
Exeggutor GrassPsychic | S | |
 Articuno Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodSeafoam Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Articuno builds →Blizzard 2x79-93% Sky Attack 2x105-124%KO | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodVictory Road Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Moltres builds →Fire Blast 2x106-126%KO Sky Attack 2x120-141%KO | ||
 Dodrio Normal | B | |
 Zapdos Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodPower Plant Interact Encounter | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodCinnabar Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Aerodactyl builds →Sky Attack 2x125-147%KO Fire Blast 2x40-48% | ||
 Mewtwo Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodCerulean Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Mewtwo builds →Psychic 2x96-113%KO Fire Blast 2x85-100%KO Blizzard 2x78-92% | ||
Articuno Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodSeafoam Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Articuno builds →Blizzard 2x77-92% Sky Attack 2x104-123%KO | ||
Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodVictory Road Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Moltres builds →Fire Blast 2x106-125%KO Sky Attack 2x120-141%KO | ||
Dodrio Normal | B | |
Zapdos Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodPower Plant Interact Encounter | ||
In Yellow, Rhydon's Earthquake hits Venusaur for 35-42%. Snorlax's Self-Destruct hits Venusaur for 60-71%.
S | ||
Recommended Build Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Rhydon builds →Earthquake35-42% Rock Slide26-31% Body Slam30-35% | ||
S | ||
Recommended Build Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Snorlax builds →Body Slam26-31% Self Destruct60-71% Earthquake30-36% | ||
S | ||
Recommended Build Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Chansey builds →Ice Beam 2x20-23% Thunderbolt5-6% | ||
A | ||
Recommended Build Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Cloyster builds →Explosion66-78% Clamp4-4% Blizzard 2x46-54% | ||
B | ||
Recommended Build Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Slowbro builds →Surf11-13% | ||
Venusaur Evolutions
The Grass/Poison-type Venusaur caps Bulbasaur's chain at 525 stats. No daycare options for this one. Evolving from Bulbasaur gave Venusaur the biggest boost in HP (+35), bringing the total to 525 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Y Venusaur Best Moveset
Resists Water and Electric, two of the most common attacking types at the top. MoveSleep Powder shuts down one threat, MoveRazor Leaf crits at a useful rate from 80 Speed, and 100 Special handles both offense and defense. The moves center on sleep and high-crit Grass damage backed by resistances that carve a real niche.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Razor Leaf
- Sleep Powder
- Leech Seed
- Body Slam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without TMs, Venusaur's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get Normal coverage on top of Solar Beam and Razor Leaf for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.
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
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Venusaur Yellow Guide
In Yellow, Venusaur has a 525 base stat total and ranks as C-Tier: a niche pick in Yellow's meta. It works best as an attacker. Razorleaf anchors the moveset.
Mega Evolution isn't available in Yellow, but Venusaur does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Venusaur hits 625 BST.
In Yellow, watch for Pinsir (Bug), Arcanine (Fire), and Lapras (Ice) when using Venusaur. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Pinsir 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.
In Yellow, Venusaur fills the attacker role. It's a mixed attacker with base 82 Attack and 100 Special. Base 80 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. And it's enough bulk to take a hit or two.
In Yellow, run Razorleaf, Sleep Powder, Leech Seed, and Body Slam on Venusaur. Razorleaf is the most common pick at 0% usage. This set covers the attacker role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Venusaur first appeared in Red & Blue and spans 21 games across 10 generations. It later gained a Mega form in Generation 6 and a Gigantamax form in Generation 8, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
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 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwShGigantamax
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