Gloom in Pokemon Winds & Waves: What We Know So Far

The Weed Pokemon. Gloom faces a choice: Leaf Stone for Vileplume's power and Poison-type attacks, or Sun Stone for Bellossom's pure Grass approach.

Ability 1ChlorophyllHiddenStench

Weak to

Special

Trick Room

UTier

40Speed · Very Slow

Gloom in Pokemon Winds & Waves

Spotted in official prerelease footage and screenshotsReviewed Oct 13, 2026

We spotted Gloom in official prerelease footage and screenshots of Pokemon Winds and Waves.

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Watch on YouTube (spotted at 1:36)

Gloom in an official Pokemon Winds and Waves screenshot, Jungle path — Official screenshot: Jungle path

Where it was spotted

Announcement trailerFeb 27, 2026at 1:36GameplayJungle path
Official site screenshotFeb 27, 2026Official screenshotJungle path

Not revealed yet for Winds and Waves: locations, moves and base stats, so this page has no builds or counters for it yet.

More on the game: Pokemon Winds and Waves hub, Winds and Waves starters.

Shiny Gloom in Winds & Waves

Shiny Gloom has not been shown for Winds & Waves yet. See every game where Shiny Gloom can be hunted.

The shiny preview and evolution chain below are from earlier games.

Normal vs Shiny

Color ShiftBluetoGreen

Shiny TierD Tier Shiny

Shiny Gloom Evolution

Multi-Path

Showing shiny artworkView Full Evolution Chart

Gloom Weakness

Gloom is weak to Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. The Grass/Poison typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Not too many gaps in the chart, 4 weaknesses to account for.

Gloom Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic
0.5x (Resist)	Water, Electric, Fighting, Fairy
0.25x (Resist)	Grass

What is Gloom Weak Against

Vulnerable

4Weak

5Resist

0Immune

Score-2

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Fire Ice Flying Psychic

½xResist

Water Electric Fighting Fairy

¼xResist

Grass

0xImmune

None

What is Gloom Strong Against

5Strong

2Resisted

0Immune

Score+3

2xStrong

Water Grass Ground Rock Fairy

½xResisted

Poison Steel

0xImmune

None

Gloom Evolutions

In previous games, Gloom sat between Oddish and Bellossom in a chain that required an evolution item. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

4 Forms

#043Oddish

Level 21

#044Gloom

#045VileplumeLeaf Stone

#182BellossomSun Stone

Stat Comparison 4 Stages

Oddish

GrassPoison

Gloom

GrassPoison

Vileplume

GrassPoison

Bellossom

Grass

60+15

75+15

ATK

65+15

80+15

DEF

70+15

85+15

95+25

SP.ATK

85+10

110+25

90+5

SP.DEF

75+10

90+15

100+25

SPE

40+10

50+10

BST

320D-Tier

395D-Tier+75

490C-Tier+95

490D-Tier+95

ROLE

Balanced

Trick Room

Attacker

Balanced

TYPE

Special

Mixed

Breeding

Unconfirmed

In earlier games, Gloom could be paired through the Grass egg group to produce Oddish eggs.

Egg Groups

Grass

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Base Stats

In previous games, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def carried most of Gloom's stat budget.

Base Stats

Avg

HP60

Attack65

Defense70

Sp. Atk85

Sp. Def75

Speed40

Total395

Details

Catch Rate

Moderate120 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Slow1.06M XP

Height0.8 m

Weight8.6 kg

Base XP138

Abilities

Chlorophyll

Doubles Speed during strong sunlight.

StenchHidden Ability

Has a 10% chance of making target Pokémon flinch with each hit.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpA+2SpDSpe

Special Attack training target

Pokedex Entry

Its pistils exude an incredibly foul odor. The horrid stench can cause fainting at a distance of 1.25 miles.

Pokedex entry from Pokemon Legends: Z-A

Game Availability

Present since Red & Blue, Gloom appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Gloom have the longest track record of availability in the series.

Click a game to view version-specific details

Explore

Where to go next after Gloom.

Keep playing · Winds & WavesWinds & Waves Tier ListProvisional ranking from past-game statsSee Winds & Waves Tier List