Grass (type)

Grass is one of the three basic elemental types along with Fire and Water, which constitute the three starter Pokemon. This creates a simple triangle to explain the type concept easily to new players.

Grass is one of the weakest types statistically, with 5 defensive weaknesses and 7 types that are resistant to Grass moves. Furthermore, many Grass Pokemon have Poison as their secondary type, adding a Psychic vulnerability. The type combination with the most weaknesses is Grass/Psychic.

Attack pros & cons

Grass moves are super-effective against:

Water Ground Rock

Grass moves are not very effective against:

Fire Grass Poison Flying Bug Dragon Steel

Defense pros & cons

These types are not very effective against Grass pokemon:

Water Electric Grass Ground

These types are super-effective against Grass pokemon:

Fire Ice Poison Flying Bug

Dual-type attack pros & cons

The chart below shows the strength of the Grass type against every type combination. The numbers in the squares show the fraction damage the move will do (i.e. ½ means 50% damage and not very effective, while 4 means 400% - super-effective).

For example, look where the Grass and Poison types intersect to see how good a Grass-type move would be against a pokemon like Venusaur. You will see that it is 25%.

	nor	fir	wat	ele	gra	ice	fig	poi	gro	fly	psy	bug	roc	gho	dra	dar
Fire	½
Water	2
Electric		½	2
Grass	½	¼		½
Ice		½	2		½
Fighting		½	2		½
Poison	½	¼		½	¼	½	½
Ground	2		4	2		2	2
Flying	½	¼		½	¼	½	½	¼
Psychic		½	2		½			½	2	½
Bug	½	¼		½	¼	½	½	¼		¼	½
Rock	2		4	2		2	2		4		2
Ghost		½	2		½			½	2	½		½	2
Dragon	½	¼		½	¼	½	½	¼		¼	½	¼		½
Dark		½	2		½			½	2	½		½	2		½
Steel	½	¼		½	¼	½	½	¼		¼	½	¼		½	¼	½

Notable Grass-type trainers

Gardenia
Eterna City gym leader
Diamond/Pearl
Gardenia
Eterna City gym leader
Platinum
Erika
Celadon City gym leader
HeartGold/SoulSilver
Cilan
Striaton City gym leader
Black/White

Grass Pokemon

There are currently 77 Grass-type pokemon.
See also: