What type is Tangrowth?

Tangrowth is a pure Grass type Pokémon.

What is Tangrowth weak to?

Tangrowth is Grass. It takes 2× from Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying and Bug.

No. 0465 · Gen 4

Adamant: For a physical moveset: more Attack, less Sp. Atk. Modest: For a special moveset: more Sp. Atk, less Attack.

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

2×Super effective

½×Not very effective

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

AdamantFor a physical moveset: more Attack, less Sp. Atk.

ModestFor a special moveset: more Sp. Atk, less Attack.

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

Defeating Tangrowth gives 2 Defense EVs.

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TangrowthGrass

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
Normal	Hyper Beam	Special	150
Grass	Leaf Stormsame type	Special	130
Fighting	Focus Blast	Special	120
Ground	Earthquake	Physical	100
Poison	Sludge Bomb	Special	90
Rock	Rock Slide	Physical	75
Dark	Knock Off	Physical	65
Flying	Aerial Ace	Physical	60
Electric	Shock Wave	Special	60
Bug	Infestation	Special	20

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.