Competitive Information for Bulbasaur [Diamond/Pearl]
Grass / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
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 notable 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.
Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Petal Dance
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge
- Snore
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Bulbasaur
Bulbasaur is a notable Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Bulbasaur's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Focus Sash helps protect Bulbasaur from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. 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.
♦ 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).
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.
Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Petal Dance
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge
- Snore
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Bulbasaur
Bulbasaur is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Bulbasaur's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Focus Sash helps protect Bulbasaur from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. 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.
♦ 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).
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.
Damage Modifiers:
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: Safeguard + Petal dance
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Leech Seed
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Optimize Bulbasaur's EVs for Diamond/Pearl
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