Is Venusaur Good in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Playthrough?
Venusaur handles Giovanni well and holds its own against Lorelei's Water-types. Your partner covers a lot of what Venusaur offers, so it fills a support role rather than leading every fight. Blue gives you the Venusaurite after Badge 7, so it can Mega Evolve for a significant power boost before Giovanni and the Elite Four.
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.
Catch Bulbasaur
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 Venusaur in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
Can't catch Venusaur directly. Start with Bulbasaur but it's a rare spawn from the locations below, then evolve at level 32. The 3-stage chain from Bulbasaur to Venusaur is where the leveling time goes.
Catch Bulbasaur at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Venusaur.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1How to Obtain Venusaur in Let's Go
Bulbasaur is your first catch on the way to Venusaur. You'll find gift and walking encounters from Lv. 3+ across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Evolve into Ivysaur
- Step 3Venusaur ✓
How to Get Shiny Venusaur in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
In Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee, the strongest route to a Shiny Venusaur is Catch Combo, which reaches about 1 in 274 at full boosts. Shininess carries through evolution, so hunting an earlier stage and evolving it counts too. Pick a method and tune your setup below to see live odds. Compare Shiny Venusaur odds across every game
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Venusaur 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 Venusaur.
Venusaur Weakness
Venusaur's Grass/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Fighting, Fairy |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
What is Venusaur Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Venusaur
 Fearow Normal | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Butterfree builds →Air Slash 2x51-61% Psybeam 2x29-35% | ||
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | B | |
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodVermilion City Gift | ||
 Mr. Mime PsychicFairy | C | |
 Charmeleon Fire | C | |
 Pidgeotto Normal | D | |
Venusaur Evolutions
Venusaur is the final form in a three-stage chain from Bulbasaur through Ivysaur. Evolving from Bulbasaur gave Venusaur the biggest boost in HP (+35), bringing the total to 525 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Let's Go Venusaur Best Moveset
Mega Evolution pushes Sp. Atk to 122 on a Pokemon that resists five types naturally, though Let's Go has no abilities, so there is no Thick Fat to soften Fire and Ice hits. Without held items, built-in bulk is everything, and the moveset runs special Grass and Poison TermStab behind defenses few Mega-eligible Pokemon match.
Best Build
Bulbasaur Candy
Courage Candy+SPDQuiet 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 Venusaur
Courage Candy L
Courage Candy XL
Smart Candy
Smart Candy L
Smart Candy XLBulbasaur Candy raises every stat, but only Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur can eat it. The stat candy that goes with Venusaur is Courage Candy (Sp. Def) and Smart Candy (Sp. Atk), and any Pokemon can eat it; Courage Candy L needs level 30, Courage Candy XL needs level 60, Smart Candy L needs level 30 and Smart Candy XL needs level 60 or higher.
Mega Evolution
- Mega Venusaur
Mega Venusaur (Grass/Poison type) has 80 HP, 100 Attack, 123 Defense, 122 Sp. Atk, 120 Sp. Def and 80 Speed, 625 in total. Weak to Fire, Ice, Flying and Psychic. Resists Grass (1/4), Water, Electric, Fighting and Fairy. Best nature for Mega Venusaur: Relaxed (Madam Celadon: Yellow, then Pink). Mega Stone: 
Venusaurite, a gift from Blue in Professor Oak's Lab in Pallet Town after your seventh Badge. Pokedex: In order to support its flower, which has grown larger due to Mega Evolution, its back and legs have become stronger.
Mega Evolution can be used once per battle, on one Pokemon.
Master Trainer
Sal battles with one level 75 Venusaur that knows Sludge Bomb, Outrage and Growth. It takes extra damage from Fire, Ice, Flying and Psychic moves. Win to earn the Venusaur Master title. Find Sal on Route 23.
Moves List
Venusaur develops a solid moveset just through leveling. Petal Dance and Power Whip show up naturally, and the progression handles both STAB and utility without leaning on TMs for the core attacks.
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 14 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The flower on its back catches the sun’s rays. The sunlight is then absorbed and used for energy.
Game Availability
Venusaur first appeared in Red & Blue and spans 21 games across 9 generations. It later gained a Mega form in Generation 6 and a Gigantamax form in Generation 8, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
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 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwShGigantamax
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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