Best Grass Type Pokémon

Widely Used, Widely Weak

Grass is weak to five types -- Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug -- more than almost any other type, and it shows up as a starter type in most generations anyway. The defensive standouts lean into raw bulk to compensate: Ferrothorn (131 Defense, 116 Special Defense) and Tangrowth (125 Defense, 110 Special Attack) both trade Speed entirely for stats that can absorb hits most Grass types can't. Serperior takes the opposite approach, using 113 Speed to outrun threats instead of tanking them.

Matchups

Grass moves are super effective against Water, Ground, and Rock -- all three of which double as three of Grass's own resistances, along with Electric, making Grass a clean defensive answer to the exact types it also threatens offensively. That symmetry doesn't extend to the rest of the chart, though, which is why Grass-type teams typically need real coverage support rather than running on Grass moves alone.

See the full type chart → for every Grass type matchup, including how it stacks up against dual types.