Venusaur counters

Gen 9 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Venusaur
#0003 Venusaur
GrassPoison
USAGE 1.1% #78
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
Growth 98.4% Weather Ball 91.5% Giga Drain 88.0% Sludge Bomb 76.2% Earthquake 23.6% Earth Power 14.0% Solar Beam 5.0% Knock Off 1.4%
Items
Life Orb 95.3% Leftovers 2.7% Focus Sash 1.3% Assault Vest 0.2% Black Sludge 0.2% Expert Belt 0.1% Covert Cloak 0.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.0%
Abilities
Chlorophyll99.6%Overgrow0.4%
Tera Types
Fire 73.1% Ground 14.9% Ghost 6.9% Fairy 2.0% Dark 1.4% Grass 0.8% Water 0.4% Steel 0.2%
Common Teammates
Walking Wake97.6%Great Tusk89.7%Ninetales82.0%Kingambit53.2%Raging Bolt31.5%Landorus-Therian24.3%Hatterene23.3%Torkoal17.6%
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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 #78 with 1.08% usage. Sorted by reliability score.