Grass Pokémon are the originals – the earth that grounds the series. In Pokémon Go, they also fulfill an important role, as you’ll come up against some bulky water and rock types that simply cannot withstand the awesome power of a Solar Beam. So what are the best grass Pokémon in Pokémon Go?
If you need a bit more help after this, be sure to check out our Pokémon Go guides covering the best electric Pokémon, fire Pokémon, water Pokémon, and dark Pokémon next, plus our grass Pokémon weakness guide.
Let’s go into the long grass, and uncover some of the best grass Pokémon in Pokémon Go.
Torterra
Fast move – Razor Leaf
Charged move – Frenzy Plant (Elite TM or community day)
Watch out, the big boy is on board. We love Torterra, the tree-carrying turtle who draws inspiration from the old idea that the planet existed on the back of a giant turtle. It’s got trees coming out of its back, which, personally, would cause me no end of spine problems. Befitting of its size, Torterra is a beefy beast that can take quite a few hits, especially with its joint grass and ground types providing it resistance to ground, rock, and electric types.
This guy is essentially designed to ruin Tyranitar, and if you have access to Frenzy Plant that’s definitely the way to go. Frenzy Plant was a community day move, so if you evolved an old Torterra back then, you may be in luck – or you can use an elite TM instead. If you’re struggling to take this beefy boy down, check out our ground Pokémon weakness guide.
Shaymin – Sky Forme
Fast move – Magical Leaf
Charged move – Grass Knot
This adorable little hedgehog Pokémon also has a second form, the ‘sky forme’, that mixes its stats and makes it look like… a little grass dog Pokémon? Anyway, Shaymin sky forme gains the flying type on top of its grass typing, giving it a mixture of resistances to fighting, water, grass, and ground.
Shaymin has a high attack stat of 261, which, when used with Solar Beam, makes Shaymin a bit of a glass cannon as its other stats aren’t quite as impressive. Still, the joint grass and flying types make it a perfect way to counter Pokémon like Swampert, but you should try to avoid ice Pokémon as they can easily take Shaymin down.
Roserade
Fast move – Magical Leaf
Charged move – Grass Knot
A fantastic mixture of grass and poison means that Roserade has five resistances, covering fighting, water, electricity, fairy, and grass. This makes Budew’s evolution a great choice against fish Pokémon like Lanturn, and bulky threats like Mega Blastoise.
Mixing grass and poison moves also help make the most of the stab bonus, but you still have to be careful of common psychic threats like Mewtwo. Roserade also has a cool shiny, changing the color of the flowers it holds to black and purple instead of red and blue.
Sceptile
Fast move – Bullet Seed
Charged move – Frenzy Plant (Elite TM)
Good old Sceptile takes us back to the days when starters still evolved into single-type monsters (aka, the days of gen 3 Pokémon). Pure grass is great against ground, water, and electric types, but still leaves you open to very common threats like fire and ice.
Still, its great attack stat and Frenzy Plant make it a good fit to take on Rotom (wash), Quagsire, Swampert, and huge threats like Mega Gyrados. That stab on Frenzy Plant especially makes it a move that opponents really want to avoid. I’ve always liked Sceptile’s lizard design, and while normally green, its shiny form is a really nice shade of bluey-green that I love.
Venusaur
Fast move – Vine Whip
Charged move – Frenzy Plant (Elite TM)
Yup, another entry that uses Frenzy Plant with stab well – and combining this with its well-rounded stats makes Venusaur a menace to water Pokémon everywhere. That grass poison typing is great for resistance, and Mega Venusaur packs a real punch if you can use them. Tricky ‘mon like Swampert and Quagsire won’t last long if you have the right stats, and even the mighty Ryhperior doesn’t have much to counter you.
Venusaur is one of the very first gen 1 Pokémon, number 003 in the Pokédex, and it holds a place in the hearts of many trainers who grew up with Bulbasaur and the gang. We wish its shiny was a little bit cooler though, as it just seems to be a slightly brighter shade of green.
Alolan Exeggutor
Fast move – Dragon Tail (against dragons) or Bullet Seed
Charged move – Draco Meteor (against dragons) or Solar Beam
Possibly the tallest Pokémon to ever exist, Alolan Exeggutor shows what happens when the Pokémon moves to warmer temperatures and gets all the sustenance it needs – it grows bloody massive. Its interesting mixture of grass and dragon types sadly gives Exeggutor more weaknesses than resistances, especially to common threats ice, dragon, and fairy. Still, it’s got a base attack stat of 230 so with enough training those charged moves can hit hard.
The best way to use Alolan Exeggutor is against other dragon Pokémon, and you should go with Draco Meteor if this is your plan. Even bigger threats like Mega Amphoros, Haxorus, and Mega Latios need to be careful against this giant egg creature. Also, we really love its design, and it has a fantastic shiny as well, with gorgeous autumnal red leaves instead of the regular green.
Kartana
Fast move – Razor Leaf
Charged move – Leaf Blade
We’re not quite sure how this Pokémon Go Ultra Beast is a grass type, given that it’s literally a piece of paper origami, but it’s incredibly strong. Unfortunately, thanks to its combined grass and steel typing, Kartana is doubly weak to fire Pokémon, so keep that in mind.
Having said that, it’s strong against practically everything else and can learn a huge range of grass, flying, dark, and bug type moves to diversify your strategy.
Zarude
Fast move – Vine Whip
Charged move – Power Whip
Another strong gen 8 Pokémon is Zarude, the mythical monkey. Possibly due to its habitat in the trees, both of its strongest grass moves are whip-based, like the vines it swings on.
This shadowy simian is weak to a lot of different types, but its mastery of grass and dark moves means it still ranks in the top ten competitive grass Pokémon in Pokémon Go.
There you have it Pokémon masters, that is our guide to the best grass Pokémon in Pokémon Go, helping you to lay waste to all those water types out there causing you trouble. If you’re looking to level up your team, we also have Ralts evolution, Bisharp evolution, Floette evolution, Rockruff evolution, Dreepy evolution, and Salandit evolution guides to fill out your Pokédex.