Is Roserade Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Shiny Stone evolution from Roselia. 125 Special Attack and AbilityNatural Cure make Roserade the strongest native Grass option in Hoenn. Handles Wallace, contributes against Steven, and the speed keeps it competitive through the E4. The Shiny Stone is available during the story.
Budew resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Budew resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Budew trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Budew trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Roserade has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Roserade has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Roserade resists most of Wallace's coverage and hits back hard.
Roserade has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Roserade has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catch Roselia on Route 117 (walking, Lv 12-14, common).
You can pick up the Shiny Stone in Mt. Pyre. 1 other location is also available.
How to Get Roserade in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Budew doesn't appear in the wild, so the 3-stage path to Roserade starts at the nursery. Catch Roselia first, breed for Budew, then evolve through the chain.
How to Obtain Roserade in ORAS
The path to Roserade starts with Budew at Lv. 7-14 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
Roserade Weakness
Roserade's Grass/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. The Grass/Poison typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Roserade's special bulk (base 105 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Fighting, Fairy |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
What is Roserade Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Roserade
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Aerodactyl builds →Wing Attack 2x76-90% Fire Fang 2x53-63% Ice Fang 2x53-63% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | C | |
 Archen Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Chatot Normal | C | |
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Combusken builds →Overheat 2x93-110%KO Aerial Ace 2x43-51% | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Monferno builds →Overheat 2x87-102%KO Aerial Ace 2x41-49% | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Combusken builds →Overheat 2x93-110%KO Aerial Ace 2x43-51% | ||
Skarmory Steel | B | |
Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Monferno builds →Overheat 2x87-103%KO Aerial Ace 2x40-48% | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
 Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Latios builds →Psychic 2x93-111%KO Fly 2x66-78% | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Latias builds →Psychic 2x79-95% Fly 2x61-72% | ||
Skarmory Steel | B | |
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Aerodactyl builds →Fly 2x113-134%KO Fire Fang 2x55-65% Ice Fang 2x55-65% | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Latios builds →Psychic 2x93-111%KO Fly 2x66-79% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Latias builds →Psychic 2x81-96% Fly 2x61-72% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x119-140%KO | ||
 Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Metagross builds →Zen Headbutt 2x125-148%KO Aerial Ace 2x62-74% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Latios builds →Psychic 2x91-108%KO Fly 2x65-77% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Latias builds →Psychic 2x79-94% Fly 2x58-69% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x116-137%KO | ||
Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Metagross builds →Zen Headbutt 2x120-142%KO Aerial Ace 2x61-72% | ||
Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Latios builds →Dream Eater 2x100-119%KO Ice Beam 2x60-71% Fly 2x65-77% | ||
 Deoxys Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Deoxys builds →Psycho Boost 2x159-187%KO Ice Beam 2x69-81% Aerial Ace 2x68-80% | ||
 Heatran FireSteel | A | |
Obtain MethodScorched Slab Interact Encounter | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Latias builds →Dream Eater 2x87-103%KO Ice Beam 2x52-62% Fly 2x60-70% | ||
 Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x190-224%KO Psychic 2x20-24% | ||
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Blaziken threatens a KO with Flare Blitz (288-339%). Talonflame's Flare Blitz also KOs at 156-184%.
A | ||
Recommended Build AbilityMagic Guard ItemLeftovers NatureBold Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Clefable builds →Moonblast12-14% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySpeed Boost ItemLife Orb NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Blaziken builds →Flare Blitz 2x288-339%KO High Jump Kick78-92% | ||
 Talonflame Fire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityGalewings ItemLeftovers NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Roserade View Talonflame builds →Flare Blitz 2x156-184%KO | ||
Roserade Evolutions
Roserade evolved from Budew's chain using an evolution item. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Budew eggs (average hatch time). The evolution from Budew pushed Roserade to 515 total stats. Sp.Atk saw the largest single gain at +75. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Roserade to get Budew eggs easily using 47 partners from the Fairy and Plant egg groups. Notable egg moves include Bullet Seed, Cotton Spore, Extrasensory and 11 more.
ORAS Roserade Best Moveset
125 Sp. Atk at 90 Speed fires Grass/Poison TermStab at the highest special power among Grass types this side of Mega Venusaur. AbilityNatural Cure clears status on switch. AbilityTechnician as a hidden ability boosts weaker moves. The moveset earns A-tier through offensive Grass power that hits Fairy super-effectively with Poison.
Best Build
Roserade best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Energy Ball
- Sleep Powder
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Bullet Seed and Cotton Spore from the egg pool give Roserade something extra.
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
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Luring prey with a sweet scent, it uses poison whips on its arms to poison, bind, and finish off the prey.
With the movements of a dancer, it strikes with whips that are densely lined with poison thorns.
Roserade Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Roserade looks average on paper at 515 BST. But Natural Cure is why it sees play. Build around that and it pulls its weight. B-Tier wallbreaker on our tier list. Sludge Bomb with Black Sludge is the standard set.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, watch for Infernape (Fire), Lapras (Ice), and Aerodactyl (Flying) when using Roserade. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Psychic-type attackers are also a problem.
Roserade gets Natural Cure, Poison Point, and Technician. But Natural Cure is the one that matters. It's the centerpiece of every viable set. Build around that. Natural Cure synergizes with Roserade's base 105 Sp.Def, letting it soak special attacks as a pivot.
Roserade is a special attacker with base 125 Sp. Atk. Enough bulk to take a hit or two, too. Speed tells the real story. Base 90 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. Fits the wallbreaker role.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, run Sludge Bomb, Giga Drain, Energy Ball, and Sleep Powder on Roserade. Sludge Bomb is the most common pick at 0% usage. This set covers the wallbreaker role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Since Diamond & Pearl, Roserade has been in 13 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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