Bulbasaur

No. 0001 · Gen 1

Bulbasaur weakness and type

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

Moves against Bulbasaur

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it

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

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Abilities

  • OvergrowNo change to type matchups
  • ChlorophyllNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP45
  • Attack49
  • Defense49
  • Sp. Atk65
  • Sp. Def65
  • Speed45
  • Total318

Best nature

ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.

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

Defeating Bulbasaur gives 1 Sp. Atk EV.

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How Bulbasaur evolves

BulbasaurGrassPoison
All evolutions

What Bulbasaur 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.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalSkull BashPhysical130
GrassLeaf Stormsame typeSpecial130
DragonOutragePhysical120
PoisonSludge Bombsame typeSpecial90
DarkKnock OffPhysical65
BugFury CutterPhysical40
FightingRock SmashPhysical40
GroundMud-SlapSpecial20

Type counters to Bulbasaur

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.