Grass type
Pokémon.
Counter to Water/Ground/Rock — weak defensively but offers unique utility.
Grass stats
What defines the Grass type
Grass is the only type with built-in healing — Synthesis, Giga Drain, Leaf Storm + Contrary (Serperior), and Strength Sap. Grass abilities are unusually impactful: Chlorophyll doubles Speed in sun, Contrary inverts stat drops, Sap Sipper grants Grass-immunity + Atk boost, and Overcoat blocks weather and powder moves. The type covers Water/Ground/Rock — three meta-defining types — making Grass a frequent third-attacker slot on offensive teams even when no Pokémon is Grass-type primary.
Best Grass-type Pokémon
Top 12 by Base Stat Total across all generations
Celebi
Shaymin
Zarude
Iron Leaves
Virizion
Tapu Bulu
Kartana
Brute Bonnet
Wo Chien
Ogerpon
Hydrapple
Tangrowth
Grass offensive analysis
Hits Water, Ground, Rock super-effective. Resisted by 6 types so needs coverage (Ice, Ground, Rock pair well). Tera Grass is a niche but powerful conversion for Pokémon needing to flip a matchup against a Steel or Ground attacker.
What Grass attacks hit super-effective
What resists Grass attacks
Strongest Grass moves
Top 12 attacking moves by base power (Gen 9)
| Move | Cat | BP | Acc | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenzy Plant | special | 150 | 90 | The user slams the target with the roots of an enormous tree. The user can't mov… |
| Leaf Storm | special | 130 | 90 | The user whips up a storm of leaves around the target. The recoil from this move… |
| Solar Blade | physical | 125 | 100 | The user gathers light on the first turn, then fills a blade with the light's en… |
| Petal Dance | special | 120 | 100 | The user attacks the target by scattering petals for two to three turns. The use… |
| Power Whip | physical | 120 | 85 | The user violently whirls its vines, tentacles, or the like to lash the target. |
| Solar Beam | special | 120 | 100 | The user gathers light on the first turn, then blasts a bundled beam on the next… |
| Energy Ball | special | 90 | 100 | The user draws power from nature and fires it at the target. This may also lower… |
| Leaf Blade | physical | 90 | 100 | The user handles a sharp leaf like a sword and cuts the target to inflict damage… |
| Petal Blizzard | physical | 90 | 100 | The user stirs up a violent petal blizzard and damages everything around it. |
| Grass Pledge | special | 80 | 100 | A column of grass hits the target. When used with its water counterpart, this mo… |
| Seed Bomb | physical | 80 | 100 | The user attacks by slamming a barrage of hard-shelled seeds down on the target … |
| Giga Drain | special | 75 | 100 | A nutrient-draining attack. The user's HP is restored by up to half the damage t… |
Grass defensive analysis
5 weaknesses (Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug) but resists Water, Grass, Electric, Ground — the four most-common attack types into a normal team. Sap Sipper turns Grass moves into +1 Atk. Overcoat blocks Spore. Ferrothorn is the canonical defensive Grass-type — 4× weak to Fire but resists 10 types.
Grass's weaknesses, resistances, and immunities
Weak to (2×)
Resists (½×)
Best Grass dual-type combos
Grass / Steel
Examples: Ferrothorn, Kartana
Spike-setting wall / Beast Boost wallbreaker — 10+ resists
Grass / Fairy
Examples: Tapu Bulu, Florges, Whimsicott
Grassy Surge + Fairy STAB; immune to Dragon
Grass / Ghost
Examples: Decidueye, Sinistcha
Fighting/Normal immunity + STAB Matcha Gotcha heal
Grass / Dragon
Examples: Mega Sceptile, Appletun
Dragon STAB hits Grass-resists; Apple Acid lowers SpDef
Grass type history & meta shifts
Grass stayed stable across gens. Major shifts: Sleep Clause (Smogon rule), Hidden Ability releases bringing Chlorophyll Venusaur, and Mega Evolution adding Mega Sceptile (Grass/Dragon) and Mega Venusaur (Grass/Poison + Thick Fat).
Vibe in one line
Utility-rich, weather-dependent, the 'do-everything' offensive type with healing.