Is Venusaur Good in Yellow Playthrough?
Joins your team later in Yellow than it would as a starter in Red and Blue. Venusaur covers the same matchups once it shows up though. Handles Giovanni, threatens Lorelei's Water-types, and doesn't fold to most mid-game threats. Solid addition even when it's not your day-one pick.
Brock's typing presses Bulbasaur's defenses.
Ivysaur has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's typing presses Ivysaur's defenses.
Erika's typing presses Ivysaur's defenses.
Venusaur trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Sabrina's team hits Venusaur's weaknesses hard.
Blaine's team hits Venusaur's weaknesses hard.
Venusaur has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Venusaur has the type edge here and should clean up Lorelei's team.
Venusaur resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Agatha's team hits Venusaur's weaknesses hard.
Venusaur trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Venusaur has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Gift Bulbasaur
Bulbasaur is given to you as a gift in Cerulean City at Lv 10. Requires high Pikachu friendship. A girl in a house near the Pokemon Center in Cerulean City will give you her Bulbasaur if your Pikachu has high enough friendship. Raise friendship by walking with Pikachu and winning battles.
Recommended Moves
- LV 13GrassVine WhipPower 53Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Misty
- TM08NormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15S.S. Anne
- LV 27GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Lt. Surge
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- TM09NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20Silph Co.
- After Erika
- TM21GrassMega DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Celadon Gym Leader Erika
- LV 41GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- LV 48GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 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
- STARTING (Lv 16)
- LV 16GrassVine WhipPower 53Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Misty
- TM08NormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15S.S. Anne
- After Lt. Surge
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- TM09NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20Silph Co.
- LV 30GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Erika
- TM21GrassMega DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Celadon Gym Leader Erika
- LV 46GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- LV 54GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Ivysaur to Venusaur
Ivysaur evolves into Venusaur at Level 32. Your Ivysaur should hit Level 32 before you reach Koga, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Misty
- TM08NormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15S.S. Anne
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Rocket Game Corner
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- TM09NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20Silph Co.
- After Koga
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Fuchsia Gym Leader Koga
- LV 55GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- LV 65GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Venusaur in Yellow
The only Venusaur in Yellow grows out of the Cerulean City Bulbasaur gift. Evolve Ivysaur at level 32, and remember you're working from a single copy.
Catch Bulbasaur at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Venusaur.
Badge 1How to Obtain Venusaur in Y
- Step 2Evolve into Ivysaur
- Step 3Venusaur ✓
Venusaur Weakness
Venusaur's Grass/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Bug, Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. Bug hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Bug |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
- Only 15 types exist — Dark, Steel, and Fairy are absent
- Ghost has no effect on Psychic (a known bug, fixed in Gen II)
- Special stat governs both offense and defense — no Sp.Atk / Sp.Def split
What is Venusaur Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Venusaur
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | S | |
 Kadabra Psychic | B | |
 Lapras WaterIce | B | |
Obtain MethodSilph Co Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x62-74% Psychic 2x39-47% | ||
 Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Route 24 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Charizard builds →Fly 2x54-63% Ember 2x33-39% | ||
 Dodrio Normal | B | |
 Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Magikarp (Pallet Town Old Rod) | ||
 Fearow Normal | C | |
 Pidgeot Normal | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Golbat builds →Wing Attack 2x26-32% Leech Life 4x24-28% | ||
 Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Venomoth builds →Psychic 2x41-49% Leech Life 4x31-37% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Vulpix (Celadon City Gift) | ||
 Flareon Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venusaur View Butterfree builds →Psychic 2x41-49% Gust 2x22-26% | ||
Venusaur Evolutions
The Grass/Poison-type Venusaur caps Bulbasaur's chain at 525 stats. No daycare options for this one. 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
Y Venusaur Best Moveset
Resists Water and Electric, two of the most common attacking types at the top. MoveSleep Powder shuts down one threat, MoveRazor Leaf crits at a useful rate from 80 Speed, and 100 Special handles both offense and defense. The moves center on sleep and high-crit Grass damage backed by resistances that carve a real niche.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Razor Leaf
- Sleep Powder
- Leech Seed
- Body Slam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without TMs, Venusaur's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get Normal coverage on top of Solar Beam and Razor Leaf for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.
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 16 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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Venusaur Yellow Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Yellow, but Venusaur does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Venusaur hits 625 BST.
In Yellow, use Venusaur as an attacker. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling,
Gigantamax Venusaur is exclusive to Sword & Shield, so it's not usable in Yellow. The form has a unique appearance and a signature G-Max move.
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
Winds & Waves
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