How do you evolve Budew?

Into Roselia: High friendship in the day (Z-A, Arceus); Level up with high friendship in the day (BD/SP, Sw/Sh, US/UM, S/M, OR/AS, X/Y, B/W, HG/SS, D/P/Pt).

Budew is a dual Grass/Poison type Pokémon.

What is Budew weak to?

Budew is Grass/Poison. It takes 2× from Fire, Ice, Flying and Psychic.

No. 0406 · Gen 4

Budew weakness and type

Q: What is the best nature for Budew?

Calm: Raises its best defense and drops Attack, which it won't use.

Hit BUDEW with Fire, Ice, Flying and Psychic for 2× damage.

Moves against Budew

2×Super effective

Fire Ice Flying Psychic

½×Not very effective

Water Electric Fighting Fairy

¼×Barely scratches it

Grass

In Pokémon GO: Fire deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

Test a matchup against Budew

Abilities

Natural CureNo change to type matchups
Poison PointNo change to type matchups
Leaf GuardNo change to type matchups

Base stats

HP40
Attack30
Defense35
Sp. Atk50
Sp. Def70
Speed55
Total280

Best nature

CalmRaises its best defense and drops Attack, which it won't use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Budew gives 1 Sp. Atk EV.

Calculate Budew's stats

How Budew evolves

Your game

BudewGrassPoison

High friendship in the dayZ-A, ArceusLevel up with high friendship in the dayBD/SP, Sw/Sh, US/UM, S/M, OR/AS, X/Y, B/W, HG/SS, D/P/Pt
RoseliaGrassPoison
- Use Shiny Stone
  RoseradeGrassPoison

All evolutions

What Budew can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

Type	Move	Kind	Power
Grass	Leaf Stormsame type	Special	130
Normal	Uproar	Special	90
Poison	Sludge Bombsame type	Special	90
Ghost	Shadow Ball	Special	80
Psychic	Extrasensory	Special	80
Fairy	Dazzling Gleam	Special	80
Bug	Pin Missile	Physical	25
Ground	Mud-Slap	Special	20

Type counters to Budew

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.