Venusaur counters

Gen 9 Champions VGC 2026 Regulation MA Best of 3 · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Venusaur
#0003 Venusaur
GrassPoison
USAGE 3.1% #42
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
Sludge Bomb 98.8% Sleep Powder 93.3% Protect 91.3% Leaf Storm 53.3% Earth Power 30.3% Energy Ball 26.2% Giga Drain 2.0% Solar Beam 1.4%
Items
Focus Sash 92.7% Coba Berry 1.5% Miracle Seed 1.4% Sitrus Berry 1.3% Leftovers 0.9% Occa Berry 0.8% Poison Barb 0.6% White Herb 0.3%
Abilities
Chlorophyll99.6%Overgrow0.4%
Tera Types
Grass 0.0%
Common Teammates
Charizard-Mega-Y86.7%Garchomp81.6%Incineroar54.9%Kingambit37.1%Basculegion30.9%Sneasler28.7%Dragonite-Mega21.6%Floette-Mega21.1%
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Checks & Counters

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Ranked #42 with 3.12% usage. Sorted by reliability score.