Venusaur counters

Gen 8 National Dex · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Venusaur
#0003 Venusaur
GrassPoison
USAGE 1.8% #75
ABILITYChlorophyll
BASE STATS
HP 80
ATK 82
DEF 83
SPA 100
SPD 100
SPE 80
BST525
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireIceFlyingPsychic
½×
WaterElectricFightingFairy
¼×
Grass
Moves
Giga Drain 88.7% Growth 80.5% Weather Ball 75.0% Sludge Bomb 69.4% Earth Power 53.6% Solar Beam 10.0% Hidden Power Fire 7.2% Sleep Powder 6.3%
Items
Life Orb 87.9% Rocky Helmet 5.6% Poisonium Z 2.3% Black Sludge 1.8% Choice Specs 1.0% Leftovers 0.7% Groundium Z 0.3% Grassium Z 0.2%
Abilities
Chlorophyll99.5%Overgrow0.5%
Common Teammates
Torkoal64.8%Landorus-Therian63.6%Charizard-Mega-Y60.1%Tapu Koko26.6%Melmetal26.2%Slowbro26.2%Gliscor19.5%Tapu Fini19.1%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #75 with 1.83% usage. Sorted by reliability score.