Competitive Information for Venusaur (gmax) [Sword/Shield]
Grass / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Venusaur-gmax? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Venusaur is a wonderful Grass and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to find yourself dealing with Venusaur when battling in the 8th generation meta. Venusaur is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Petal Blizzard / Seed Bomb
- Knock Off / Double-Edge
- Outrage
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
Physical Sweeper Venusaur-Gmax (Chlorophyll)
Venusaur is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Venusaur's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Venusaur's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, Venusaur's speed is doubled during sunny weather. Knock Off was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Venusaur afterwards).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Venusaur's last move failed).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge
- Weather Ball
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Venusaur-Gmax (Chlorophyll)
Venusaur is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Venusaur's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Venusaur's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, Venusaur's speed is doubled during sunny weather.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Venusaur's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ 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).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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 Venusaur-gmax? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Petal Blizzard
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Knock Off / Double-Edge
- Outrage
Doubles Physical Sweeper Venusaur-Gmax (Chlorophyll)
Venusaur is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Venusaur's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Venusaur's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, Venusaur's speed is doubled during sunny weather. Knock Off was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Petal Blizzard is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Venusaur afterwards).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge
- Weather Ball
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Venusaur-Gmax (Chlorophyll)
Venusaur is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Venusaur's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Venusaur's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, Venusaur's speed is doubled during sunny weather.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Venusaur's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ 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).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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 Venusaur-gmax 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 Venusaur-gmax can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Venusaur-gmax
- Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
- Moves: Sunny Day + Growth
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Safeguard + Petal dance
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Leech Seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech Seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech Seed
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
Most notable and possible best moves for Venusaur-gmax
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Venusaur-gmax in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Venusaur-gmax's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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