Is Shroomish Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Grass from Hoenn with AbilityEffect Spore for random contact status. Trade-only. Breloom at 23 adds Fighting. The Grass/Fighting combination doesn't exist in Kanto.
Shroomish resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Shroomish has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Shroomish trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's Pokemon outpace and outclass Shroomish here.
Koga's Pokemon outpace and outclass Shroomish here.
Sabrina's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Blaine's Pokemon outpace and outclass Shroomish here.
Shroomish has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Shroomish trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Shroomish trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Agatha's Pokemon outpace and outclass Shroomish here.
Lance's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Terry's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Shroomish cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. On GBA, cross-region trading unlocks post-game after Celio's Sevii Islands Ruby & Sapphire quest. The Switch re-release supports only one-way transfers out to Pokemon HOME.
- LV 22NormalHeadbutt70100%15
- After Erika
- TM22GrassSolar Beam180100%10
- TM36PoisonSludge Bomb90100%10
- TM43NormalSecret Power70100%20
- LV 45GrassGiga Drain113100%10
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody Slam85100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Shroomish in FireRed & LeafGreen
Shroomish stays in Hoenn, spawning all over Petalburg Woods. No FRLG encounter produces the mushroom, so a trade from Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald is the only way to add one to Kanto.
How to Obtain Shroomish in FRLG
Step 1Shroomish ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom Ruby & SapphireAvailableCatch in Ruby & Sapphire via Walking · Petalburg Woods, then trade to the current game via link cable.CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom EmeraldAvailableCatch in Emerald via Walking · Petalburg Woods, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Diamond & PearlNot TradeableAppears in Diamond & Pearl via Walking · Great Marsh · Post-National Dex.LATER APPEARANCELATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in HeartGold & SoulSilver via Headbutt · Viridian Forest · Post-National Dex.LATER APPEARANCELATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire via Walking · Petalburg Woods.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Scarlet & VioletNot TradeableAppears in Scarlet & Violet via Overworld · West Province (Area Three).HOME TRANSFERNot TradeablePokemon HOME on Switch FireRed & LeafGreen is permanently deposit-only — once it launches, Shroomish can be sent from this game into HOME, but never transferred in.
Step 2Evolve into Breloom
Shroomish Weakness
Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug moves hit Shroomish for super-effective damage. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Shroomish Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Shroomish
 Charmander Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
 Pidgey Normal | D | |
 Weedle BugPoison | D | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
 Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Nidoqueen builds →Aerial Ace 2x46-56% Poison Sting 2x24-30% | ||
 Spearow Normal | C | |
 Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Charmeleon builds →Ember 2x44-54% Aerial Ace 2x36-44% | ||
Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Butterfree Bug | C | |
Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Nidoqueen builds →Aerial Ace 2x46-56% Poison Sting 2x24-30% | ||
Spearow Normal | C | |
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Charmeleon builds →Ember 2x44-54% Aerial Ace 2x36-44% | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Golbat builds →Wing Attack 2x65-77% Leech Life 2x16-20% | ||
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Charmeleon builds →Flamethrower 2x99-117%KO Aerial Ace 2x37-44% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Parasect builds →Aerial Ace 2x49-59% Leech Life 2x27-33% | ||
Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Beedrill builds →Aerial Ace 2x48-56% Twineedle 2x30-37% | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
Golbat Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x99-117%KO Wing Attack 2x66-78% Leech Life 2x16-20% | ||
Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Beedrill builds →Sludge Bomb 2x108-127%KO Aerial Ace 2x48-57% Twineedle 2x33-39% | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Nidoking builds →Sludge Bomb 2x118-140%KO Flamethrower 2x72-85% Ice Beam 2x72-85% Peck 2x30-37% | ||
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
Golbat Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x99-117%KO Wing Attack 2x66-78% Leech Life 2x16-20% | ||
Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Beedrill builds →Sludge Bomb 2x108-127%KO Aerial Ace 2x48-57% Twineedle 2x33-39% | ||
Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Nidoking builds →Sludge Bomb 2x118-140%KO Flamethrower 2x72-85% Ice Beam 2x72-85% Peck 2x30-37% | ||
 Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x187-220%KO Fly 2x76-90% | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Flareon builds →Overheat 2x165-194%KO Smog 2x22-27% | ||
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Muk Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Muk builds →Sludge Bomb 2x116-137%KO Fire Blast 2x71-83% | ||
Golbat Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x94-111%KO Wing Attack 2x64-76% Leech Life 2x16-19% | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Ember Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x213-251%KO Fly 2x90-107%KO | ||
Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x190-224%KO Fly 2x79-93% | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Flareon builds →Overheat 2x170-200%KO Smog 2x22-27% | ||
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Articuno Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodSeafoam Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Articuno builds →Ice Beam 2x117-138%KO Fly 2x79-93% | ||
 Ho-oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodNavel Rock Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Ho-oh builds →Overheat 2x191-225%KO Fly 2x111-131%KO | ||
Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Ember Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x214-251%KO Fly 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x190-224%KO Fly 2x77-91% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Interact Encounter | ||
In FireRed & LeafGreen, Gengar's Explosion hits Shroomish for 53-62%. Charizard's Fire Blast also KOs at 98-115%.
 Gengar GhostPoison | S | |
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Gengar builds →Thunderbolt15-18% Explosion53-62% | ||
 Salamence Dragon | S | |
Recommended Build AbilityIntimidate ItemLeftovers NatureRash Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Salamence builds →Earthquake22-26% Rock Slide33-39% | ||
Charizard Fire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityBlaze ItemLeftovers NatureHasty Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Charizard builds →Fire Blast 2x98-115%KO | ||
 Scizor BugSteel | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySwarm ItemSalacberry NatureJolly Moves View Scizor builds →
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Shroomish Evolutions
Shroomish evolves into Breloom. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 165 total stats over Shroomish. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Shroomish easily with 27 breeding partners from the Fairy and Plant egg groups. Pass egg moves like Charm, Fake Tears, False Swipe and 2 more to offspring.
FRLG Shroomish Best Moveset
AbilityEffect Spore inflicts random status on contact. Breloom's devastating Fighting/Grass moveset is one evolution away with MoveSpore at 100% accuracy.
Best Build
Shroomish best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Leech Seed
- Mega Drain
- Headbutt
- Poison Powder
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Shroomish misses out on Charm and Fake Tears. That's 5 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Solar Beam and Giga Drain, with Normal and Poison coverage rounding things out.
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
Base Stats
It prefers damp places. By day it remains still in the forest shade. It releases toxic powder from its head.
Shroomish FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
Shroomish isn't catchable in FireRed & LeafGreen. Catch one in Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, then trade it to FireRed & LeafGreen.
Game Availability
Shroomish first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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