What is a good competitive moveset for Bulbasaur? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Bulbasaur is a stupendous Grass and Poison-typed Pokemon. Bulbasaur is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Bulbasaur is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Bulbasaur is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Bulbasaur's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Bulbasaur's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Bulbasaur's grass-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Bulbasaur's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Petal Dance is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Bulbasaur afterwards). ♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Sludge is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Bulbasaur must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target). ♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Bulbasaur? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Bulbasaur is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Bulbasaur's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Bulbasaur's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Bulbasaur's grass-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Bulbasaur's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Petal Dance is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Bulbasaur afterwards). ♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Sludge is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Bulbasaur must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target). ♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Bulbasaur learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Bulbasaur can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Bulbasaur
Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
Moves: Sunny Day + Growth
Moves: Safeguard + Petal dance
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Substitute + Leech Seed
Moves: Ingrain + Leech Seed
Moves: Toxic + Leech Seed
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Most notable and possible best moves for Bulbasaur
Protect
Rest
Common Effort Values for Bulbasaur in Diamond and Pearl
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