Grass (type)

The **Grass type** is one of the eighteen types. Notable Trainers who specialize in Grass-type Pokémon are Anna.

## Battle properties

### Generation I

Grass-type Pokémon are immune to Leech Seed, Template:Cat and Effect Spore.

## Characteristics

### Defense

Defensively, Grass types have both good and bad points. While they have key resistances to Water, Ground, and Electric, they are tied with Rock in having the most weaknesses out of all types with five, although only Ice, Fire, and Flying are commonly used offensively. Additionally, most Grass types have well-balanced defensive stats, and two of their weaknesses have poor offensive stats on average. On the other hand, many Grass types also have double weaknesses, with some having two.

Since Generation I, a particular asset of Grass types is being the only type that is immune to Leech Seed. As of Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are also immune to Template:Cat, such as Sleep Powder and Stun Spore, as well as Effect Spore. As these moves are mostly learned by Grass types, this enables them to provide support to the rest of their team and can make them difficult to defeat. Because of this, Grass types are often switched into each other.

Grass-type Pokémon are categorically more affected by weather than other types. They gain both positive and negative benefits under the two common weather conditions; Template:Weather empowers Solar Beam, Synthesis and Growth but also empowers Fire, whereas Template:Weather weakens Fire but also weakens Solar Beam and Synthesis, and makes the dangerous Hurricane incapable of missing. Grass-types also have Abilities relating to the weather more often than other types.

### Offense

Although they can super-effectively handle Water, Ground, and Rock Pokémon, Grass types have several disadvantages. As Grass-type attacks are resisted by seven types, double resistances to Grass are common, although so are double weaknesses.

Most Grass-type attacks are not very powerful or have severe drawbacks prior to Generation IV, and the majority of Grass types have narrow attacking coverage, traditionally playing more of a supportive role with Leech Seed and Spore. Despite this, a majority of Grass types have above-average Template:Stat or Template:Stat, and Grass types deal 4× super effective damage to more Pokémon than any other type.

When Grassy Terrain is in the effect, the power of Grass-type moves is increased by 50% if the user is on the ground.

### Contest properties

In contests, Grass-type moves are typically Clever moves, but can also be any of the other four contest conditions.

## Pokémon

As of Generation I, there are X Grass-type Pokémon or X% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Grass-type in at least one of their forms), making it the fourth most common type.

## Interacting with the Grass type

A Pokémon with Color Change, Protean, Imposter, RKS System, or Multitype will become a Grass-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with a Grass-type move, uses a Grass-type move, is sent out against a Grass-type opponent, is holding a Grass Memory, or is holding a Meadow Plate or Grassium Z.

Since Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are also immune to Effect Spore.