Grotle

No. 0388 · Gen 4

Grotle weakness and type

Hit GROTLE with Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying and Bug for 2× damage.

Moves against Grotle

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

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

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Abilities

  • OvergrowNo change to type matchups
  • Shell ArmorNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP75
  • Attack89
  • Defense85
  • Sp. Atk55
  • Sp. Def65
  • Speed36
  • Total405

Best nature

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.

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

Defeating Grotle gives 1 Attack EV, 1 Defense EV.

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How Grotle evolves

TurtwigGrass
All evolutions

What Grotle 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
GrassLeaf Stormsame typeSpecial130
NormalThrashPhysical120
FightingSuperpowerPhysical120
SteelIron TailPhysical100
GroundEarth PowerSpecial90
DarkCrunchPhysical80
PsychicZen HeadbuttPhysical80
RockSmack DownPhysical50

Type counters to Grotle

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.