Venusaur counters

Gen 9 Championsvgc2026regmb · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Venusaur
#0003 Venusaur
GrassPoison
USAGE 2.6% #43
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 94.5% Protect 90.5% Sleep Powder 60.1% Earth Power 54.0% Energy Ball 37.5% Leaf Storm 17.1% Solar Beam 16.9% Giga Drain 16.7%
Items
Focus Sash 40.8% Life Orb 39.6% Wide Lens 8.3% Leftovers 2.5% Sitrus Berry 2.3% Occa Berry 1.9% Miracle Seed 1.6% Coba Berry 0.8%
Abilities
Chlorophyll98.7%Overgrow1.3%
Common Teammates
Charizard-Mega-Y59.0%Garchomp51.4%Incineroar41.6%Torkoal39.8%Farigiraf39.5%Pyroar-Mega28.2%Scrafty-Mega18.6%Sylveon14.6%
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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 #43 with 2.63% usage. Sorted by reliability score.