Venusaur counters

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

Venusaur
#0003 Venusaur
GrassPoison
USAGE 4.0% #45
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 91.6% Weather Ball 90.8% Growth 89.3% Sludge Bomb 77.7% Earth Power 31.4% Solar Beam 6.7% Sleep Powder 3.7% Synthesis 3.6%
Items
Life Orb 89.8% Rocky Helmet 2.9% Grassium Z 2.4% Poisonium Z 1.6% Black Sludge 1.1% Leftovers 0.5% Groundium Z 0.5% Expert Belt 0.4%
Abilities
Chlorophyll99.3%Overgrow0.7%
Common Teammates
Charizard-Mega-Y85.7%Torkoal83.7%Gliscor59.2%Darmanitan52.1%Slowking52.1%Landorus-Therian28.7%Victini19.6%Tapu Fini14.0%
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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 #45 with 3.95% usage. Sorted by reliability score.