Is Bulbasaur Good in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Playthrough?
Bulbasaur shows up as a rare spawn in Viridian Forest, so a lucky early catch is possible. The sure route is the gift in Cerulean City: the woman in the house next to the Pokemon Center hands one over once you have caught 30 Pokemon. Grass/Poison is still useful from mid-game onward, putting in work against Giovanni's Ground-types. A welcome addition to the roster, just not the team anchor it was in Red and Blue.
Bulbasaur has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Ivysaur has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Ivysaur trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Venusaur trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Koga's team hits Venusaur's weaknesses hard.
Venusaur trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blaine's team hits Venusaur's weaknesses hard.
Venusaur has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Venusaur resists most of Lorelei's coverage and hits back hard.
Venusaur has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Venusaur trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Venusaur trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Venusaur has the type edge here and should clean up Trace's team.
This is the Let's Go Eevee team. In Let's Go Pikachu, Trace brings Jolteon Lv 57 in place of Raichu Lv 57.
Catchable
Catch Bulbasaur in Viridian Forest (walking, Lv 3-6, rare).
Recommended Moves
- LV 18NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 23GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Lt. Surge
- TMNormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 32NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Erika
- TMGrassMega DrainPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Sabrina
- TMPoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMGrassSolar BeamPower 300Accuracy 100%PP 10
- TMDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Bulbasaur to Ivysaur
Bulbasaur evolves into Ivysaur at Level 16. Your Bulbasaur should hit Level 16 before you reach Misty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- LV 22NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 31GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Erika
- TMGrassMega DrainPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Sabrina
- TMPoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Koga
- TMPoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 48NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Giovanni
- TMDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 56GrassSolar BeamPower 300Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Ivysaur to Venusaur
Ivysaur evolves into Venusaur at Level 32. Your Ivysaur should hit Level 32 before you reach Erika, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32GrassPetal DancePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 32GrassPower WhipPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TMNormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Erika
- TMGrassMega DrainPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Sabrina
- TMPoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 58NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 71GrassSolar BeamPower 300Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Bulbasaur in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
Bulbasaur appears at low spawn rates across 2 spots in early-game routes. Sort by Best below if you want the highest rate, or Earliest if you want the quickest access point in your playthrough.
2 locations to catch Bulbasaur
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1Where To Catch Bulbasaur in Let's Go
Bulbasaur is the chain's first catch. You'll find gift and walking encounters from Lv. 3+ across 4 total spots in the chain.
How to Get Shiny Bulbasaur in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
In Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee, the strongest route to a Shiny Bulbasaur is Catch Combo, which reaches about 1 in 274 at full boosts. Pick a method and tune your setup below to see live odds. Compare Shiny Bulbasaur odds across every game
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Bulbasaur Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Catch Combo at full boosts, about 1 in 274 on each try. Tune it below.
Catch Combo: Catch one species back-to-back. A Lure stacks on top of a 31-plus combo.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 29 |
| 25%one in four | 79 |
| 50%coin flip | 190 |
| 90%very likely | 630 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee shiny odds for Bulbasaur.
Bulbasaur Weakness
Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic moves hit Bulbasaur for super-effective damage. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Standard number of weaknesses for the Grass/Poison typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Fighting, Fairy |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
What is Bulbasaur Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Bulbasaur
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bulbasaur View Butterfree builds →Gust 2x56-67% Confusion 2x48-59% | ||
 Spearow Normal | C | |
 Pidgey Normal | D | |
Bulbasaur Evolutions
Three stages ahead. Bulbasaur grows into Ivysaur, then pushes on to Venusaur. Check the evolution methods below. The evolved forms gain up to 207 total stats over Bulbasaur. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Let's Go Bulbasaur Best Moveset
65 Sp. Atk on a Grass/Poison pre-evolution. Without abilities or held items, the moveset depends entirely on raw stats, and these can't compete. Evolve to Venusaur where Mega access and real bulk make Grass/Poison TermStab viable.
Best Build
Bulbasaur Candy
Smart Candy+SPAQuiet raises Sp. Atk and lowers Speed. Madam Celadon sets this nature when you pick Blue, then Pink. It costs 10,000 Pokedollars and lasts for the rest of the day.
Candy for Bulbasaur
- Bulbasaur Candy
- Smart Candy
Smart Candy L
Smart Candy XL
Bulbasaur Candy raises every stat, but only Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur can eat it. The stat candy that goes with Bulbasaur is Smart Candy (Sp. Atk), and any Pokemon can eat it; Smart Candy L needs level 30 and Smart Candy XL needs level 60 or higher.
Master Trainer
Rena battles with one level 65 Bulbasaur that knows Sludge Bomb, Take Down and Growth. It takes extra damage from Fire, Ice, Flying and Psychic moves. Win to earn the Bulbasaur Master title. Find Rena on Route 4.
Moves List
Level-up moves are just the starting point for Bulbasaur. TMs unlock Normal and Dragon coverage and turn a straightforward STAB kit around Solar Beam and Sludge Bomb into something with actual range.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 12 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It can go for days without eating a single morsel. In the bulb on its back, it stores energy.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Bulbasaur has appeared in 21 games: nearly every mainline game. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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