Competitive Information for Venusaur (mega) [Sword/Shield]
Grass / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Venusaur-mega? 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 a pretty standard sight to see Venusaur out in the 8th generation battlefield. Venusaur is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Venusaurite
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Petal Blizzard / Seed Bomb
- Knock Off / Double-Edge
- Outrage
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
Physical Sweeper Venusaur-Mega (Thick Fat)
Venusaur is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Thick Fat, fire-/ice-type moves against Venusaur deal damage with a halved offensive stat. Knock Off was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Venusaurite equipped to it, if held by a venusaur, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ 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).
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Item: Venusaurite
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Venusaur-Mega (Thick Fat)
Venusaur is a marvelous Special Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Thick Fat, fire-/ice-type moves against Venusaur deal damage with a halved offensive stat. With a Venusaurite equipped to it, if held by a venusaur, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ 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).
◆ 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).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Venusaur cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Venusaur-mega? 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: Venusaurite
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Petal Blizzard
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Knock Off / Double-Edge
- Outrage
Doubles Physical Sweeper Venusaur-Mega (Thick Fat)
Venusaur is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Thick Fat, fire-/ice-type moves against Venusaur deal damage with a halved offensive stat. Knock Off was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Venusaurite equipped to it, if held by a venusaur, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ 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 Pokemon 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).
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Item: Venusaurite
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
- Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Venusaur-Mega (Thick Fat)
Venusaur is an extraordinary Special Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Thick Fat, fire-/ice-type moves against Venusaur deal damage with a halved offensive stat. With a Venusaurite equipped to it, if held by a venusaur, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ 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).
◆ 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).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Venusaur cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Venusaur-mega 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-mega 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-mega
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- 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, Helping Hand, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Sleep Powder, Toxic
Moves that boost Venusaur-mega's stats
- Amnesia
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Growth
- Skull Bash
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Venusaur-mega
- Earthquake
- Frenzy Plant
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Venusaur-mega in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Venusaur-mega's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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