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Types

Grass type

Grass moves are super effective (1.6×) against Water, Ground, Rock and not very effective (0.625× or less) against Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon, Steel. Grass-type Pokémon are weak to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug (1.6×) and resist Water, Electric, Grass, Ground. Sunny weather boosts Grass moves by 1.2×. In raids, the strongest attackers using only Grass moves are Mega Sceptile, Mega Chesnaught, Mega Venusaur; among easy-to-get Pokémon, Rillaboom, Roserade, Meowscarada.

MatchupsPokémon GO multipliers

Deals 1.6×WaterGroundRock
Deals 0.625×FireGrassPoisonFlyingBugDragonSteel
Weak to (1.6×)FireIcePoisonFlyingBug
ResistsWaterElectricGrassGround
Weather boostSunny

Defense is for a pure Grass type. Dual types multiply their multipliers.

Best Grass attackersIncl. Shadow, Mega & Legendary

Raid ranking when both the Fast and Charged Attack are Grass type (level 40, 100% IVs, neutral boss). Ranked by a score combining DPS and durability (TDO); * marks an exclusive move.

  1. 1Mega SceptileBullet Seed · Frenzy Plant*DPS 20.6
  2. 2Mega ChesnaughtVine Whip · Frenzy Plant*DPS 17.1
  3. 3Mega VenusaurVine Whip · Frenzy Plant*DPS 17.2
  4. 4KartanaRazor Leaf · Leaf BladeDPS 19.1
  5. 5ZarudeVine Whip · Power WhipDPS 16.3
  6. 6Shadow ChesnaughtVine Whip · Frenzy Plant*DPS 17.8
  7. 7Shaymin (Sky Forme)Magical Leaf · Grass KnotDPS 17.3
  8. 8Shadow VenusaurVine Whip · Frenzy Plant*DPS 17.7
  9. 9Shadow TangrowthVine Whip · Power WhipDPS 17.0
  10. 10Mega VictreebelMagical Leaf* · Solar BeamDPS 16.6

Easy-to-get PokémonExcl. Legendary, Mega & Shadow

Counted with currently learnable moves only.

  1. 1RillaboomRazor Leaf · Drum BeatingDPS 15.4
  2. 2RoseradeMagical Leaf · Grass KnotDPS 15.7
  3. 3MeowscaradaLeafage · Grass KnotDPS 15.5
  4. 4TsareenaMagical Leaf · Grass KnotDPS 14.6
  5. 5TangrowthVine Whip · Power WhipDPS 13.8
  6. 6ChesnaughtVine Whip · Solar BeamDPS 13.1
  7. 7ExeggutorBullet Seed · Solar BeamDPS 13.7
  8. 8Alolan ExeggutorBullet Seed · Solar BeamDPS 13.6
  9. 9GogoatVine Whip · Leaf BladeDPS 12.9
  10. 10LeafeonRazor Leaf · Leaf BladeDPS 13.1
See Grass-type Pokémon in the Pokédex190 Pokémon (incl. forms)