Is Meganium Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
The weakest of the Johto starter gifts for ORAS postgame. Grass typing and defensive stats don't match up well against the rematch E4 or the Delta Episode. More of a collection piece.
Chikorita resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Chikorita has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Bayleef trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Bayleef trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Bayleef trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Meganium trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Meganium resists most of Tate & Liza's coverage and hits back hard.
Meganium resists most of Wallace's coverage and hits back hard.
Meganium has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Meganium has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Meganium has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Meganium trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Meganium has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Chikorita is given to you as a gift on Route 101 at Lv 5. LIMITED; After beating Elite Four & speaking to Zinnia. Receive from Professor Birch on Route 101 after defeating the Elite Four and speaking to Zinnia at the Mossdeep Space Center
Your Chikorita should hit Level 16 before you reach Wattson, at typical leveling pace.
Your Bayleef should hit Level 32 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Meganium in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Can't catch Meganium directly. Start with Chikorita at moderate rates from the locations below, then evolve at level 32. The 3-stage chain from Chikorita to Meganium is where the leveling time goes.
Meganium Weakness
Type-wise, Meganium takes extra damage from Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Meganium's overall bulk (80/100/100) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
What is Meganium Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Meganium
 Dustox BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Dustox builds →Sludge Bomb 2x45-54% Gust 2x14-18% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | C | |
 Sewaddle BugGrass | D | |
 Paras BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Paras builds →Sludge Bomb 2x30-36% Leech Life 2x18-21% | ||
 Chatot Normal | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Aerodactyl builds →Wing Attack 2x48-57% Fire Fang 2x34-41% Ice Fang 2x34-41% | ||
 Archen Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Oddish GrassPoison | D | |
Dustox BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Dustox builds →Sludge Bomb 2x42-49% Struggle Bug 2x25-30% Gust 2x14-18% | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Combusken builds →Overheat 2x84-99% Aerial Ace 2x27-32% | ||
 Gloom GrassPoison | C | |
 Flareon Fire | C | |
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Monferno builds →Overheat 2x81-96% U-turn 2x30-36% Aerial Ace 2x24-30% | ||
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Combusken builds →Overheat 2x86-102%KO Aerial Ace 2x27-32% | ||
Gloom GrassPoison | C | |
Flareon Fire | C | |
Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Monferno builds →Overheat 2x79-93% U-turn 2x28-34% Aerial Ace 2x25-30% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Combusken builds →Overheat 2x86-102%KO Aerial Ace 2x26-32% | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Aerodactyl builds →Fly 2x72-85% Fire Fang 2x35-42% Ice Fang 2x35-42% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Heracross builds →Megahorn 2x109-129%KO Aerial Ace 2x37-44% Venoshock 2x18-21% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Blaziken builds →Overheat 2x105-124%KO Aerial Ace 2x36-43% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x100-118%KO U-turn 2x37-44% Aerial Ace 2x31-37% | ||
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Heracross builds →Megahorn 2x105-124%KO Aerial Ace 2x36-42% Venoshock 2x17-21% | ||
Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Blaziken builds →Overheat 2x103-122%KO Aerial Ace 2x34-41% | ||
Infernape FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x98-115%KO U-turn 2x36-42% Aerial Ace 2x31-36% | ||
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Vileplume builds →Sludge Bomb 2x71-84% Infestation 2x12-14% | ||
 Volcarona BugFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Volcarona builds →Overheat 2x122-144%KO Bug Buzz 2x85-100%KO Hurricane 2x69-81% Poison Jab 2x26-31% | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Rayquaza builds →Fly 2x93-110%KO Overheat 2x89-105%KO Ice Beam 2x62-74% | ||
 Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x117-138%KO U-turn 2x45-54% | ||
 Heatran FireSteel | A | |
Obtain MethodScorched Slab Interact Encounter | ||
 Salamence Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Salamence builds →Fly 2x85-100%KO Fire Blast 2x58-69% | ||
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Kyurem's Ice Beam hits Meganium for 68-80%. Staraptor's Double-Edge hits Meganium for 47-55%. Volcarona deals 78-91% with Flamethrower.
 Kyurem DragonIce | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Kyurem builds →Ice Beam 2x68-80% | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityReckless ItemChoice Scarf NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Staraptor builds →Close Combat31-37% Double Edge47-55% U Turn 2x37-43% | ||
Volcarona BugFire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityFlame Body ItemLum Berry NatureModest Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Volcarona builds →Giga Drain11-13% Flamethrower 2x78-91% | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Recommended Build AbilitySheerforce ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Nidoking builds →Ice Beam 2x45-53% Flamethrower 2x45-53% | ||
Meganium Evolutions
End of the line. Meganium caps a three-stage chain that started at Chikorita. Breeding produces the base form, and eggs are average hatch time. HP grew the most through evolution (+35 over Chikorita), and Meganium peaks at 525 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Meganium to get Chikorita eggs easily using 59 partners from the Plant and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Aromatherapy, Body Slam and 12 more.
ORAS Meganium Best Moveset
Grass at 83 Sp. Atk and 100/100 defenses. AbilityOvergrow boosts Grass when low. The moveset fires Grass TermStab at moderate power but pure Grass typing with no secondary coverage or useful ability can't justify a team slot over Venusaur or Roserade.
Best Build
Meganium best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Giga Drain
- Leech Seed
- Toxic
- Ancient Power
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Ancient Power and Aromatherapy aren't available any other way for Meganium, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Frenzy Plant and Leaf Storm for solid options.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- 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. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, 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, Egg, 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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
The fragrance of Meganium’s flower soothes and calms emotions. In battle, this Pokémon gives off more of its becalming scent to blunt the foe’s fighting spirit.
Meganium Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
For Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, we rate Meganium C-Tier: a niche pick in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire's meta. At 525 BST, the stats are spread pretty evenly. Giga Drain with Leftovers is the standard set.
Overgrow is the go-to ability for Meganium. It strengthens grass moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less. Its hidden ability Leaf Guard can work in specific setups.
Base 80 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. On offense, Meganium is a special attacker with base 83 Sp. Atk. Defensively? Tanky enough to absorb a few hits.
For Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, the core moveset is Giga Drain, Leech Seed, Toxic, and Ancientpower. Giga Drain leads at 0% usage. This set covers the balanced role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Meganium spans 9 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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 7LGPE
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
Winds & Waves