Competitive Information for Bulbasaur [Scarlet/Violet]
Grass / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Bulbasaur? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Scarlet/Violet 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 Scarlet/Violet generation metagame.
Bulbasaur is an extraordinary Grass and Poison-typed Pokemon. Bulbasaur is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Bulbasaur can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Bulbasaur is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 204 Hp / 52 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Weather Ball
- Tera Blast
Special Sweeper Bulbasaur (Chlorophyll)
Bulbasaur is a spectacular Special Sweeper for single battles. 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 Chlorophyll, Bulbasaur's speed is doubled during sunny weather.
◆ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Bulbasaur'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).
◆ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
◆ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: phys. If attack > spa, type = tera).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 248 Hp / 160 Def / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Synthesis
- Giga Drain / Energy Ball
- Sludge Bomb / Sleep Powder
- Leech Seed
Bulbasaur Double Wall (The One Nobody Picked)
Bulbasaur is pretty popular Double Wall for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Bulbasaur is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until equipping Eviolite became the goto option. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Bulbasaur's offensive stat is 1.5x with grass attacks.
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Bulbasaur recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Sleep Powder is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
◆ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Bulbasaur every turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Bulbasaur? These builds have been optimized for Scarlet/Violet 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 Scarlet/Violet generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 204 Hp / 52 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Weather Ball
- Tera Blast
Doubles Special Sweeper Bulbasaur (Chlorophyll)
Bulbasaur is a fabulous Special Sweeper for double battles. 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 Chlorophyll, Bulbasaur's speed is doubled during sunny weather.
◆ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Bulbasaur'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).
◆ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
◆ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: phys. If attack > spa, type = tera).
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Terastal Phenomenon
In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (Generation 9), each Pokémon in Paldea has a Tera Type. A Pokémon's Tera Type is inactive until the Pokémon Terastallizes, at which time the Pokémon's type will change to its Tera Type.
There are 18 types, meaning there are countless combinations of Pokémon and Tera Types. Terastallizing a Pokémon allows you to enhance your battle strategies by increasing the power of any moves that have the same type as your Pokémon’s Tera Type or by changing your Pokémon’s weaknesses.
Fire moves are bad against Water/Dragon/Rock/Fire.
Flying moves are bad against Steel/Rock/Electric.
Ice moves are bad against Water/Steel/Fire/Ice.
Psychic moves are bad against Dark.
The most recommended Terastral Type for Bulbasaur is: Water, Rock, Fire or Steel
Terastallizing into one of it's default typings ( Grass or Poison ) could also prove useful.
Select a Tera-type:
Teratype Bug moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Dark moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Dragon moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Electric moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Fairy moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Fighting moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Fire moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Flying moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Ghost moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Grass moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Ground moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Ice moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Normal moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Poison moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Psychic moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Rock moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Steel moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
Teratype Water moveset for Bulbasaur
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Ivysaur
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 Scarlet/Violet. 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 SV Move and Ability Combos for Bulbasaur
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- 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 Bulbasaur's stats
- Curse
- Growth
- Swords Dance
- Trailblaze
Most notable and possible best moves for Bulbasaur
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Bulbasaur in Scarlet and Violet
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