Paras
No. 0046
Type: Bug / Grass
Sometimes seen at the foot of trees in humid forests. The mushrooms on its back—called tochukaso—are not present on infant specimens and instead emerge as Paras matures.
Base stats
| HP | 35 |
|---|---|
| Attack | 70 |
| Defense | 55 |
| Sp. Attack | 45 |
| Sp. Defense | 55 |
| Speed | 25 |
Total 285
What to answer with
Attacking types that hit what hits it hard, and the best move of each one it learns.
- Rock — Cover 4 weaknesses (Fire, Ice, Flying, Bug) — It learns nothing of that type
- Ground — Cover 3 weaknesses (Fire, Poison, Rock) — Dig
- Water — Cover 2 weaknesses (Fire, Rock) — It learns nothing of that type
- Fighting — Cover 2 weaknesses (Ice, Rock) — Brick Break
- Fire — Cover 2 weaknesses (Ice, Bug) — It learns nothing of that type
- Steel — Cover 2 weaknesses (Ice, Rock) — It learns nothing of that type
Abilities
- Effect Spore
- Dry Skin
- Damp (Hidden)
Evolution line
Moves
- Absorb
- Brick Break
- Dig
- Facade
- Fury Swipes
- Growth
- Headbutt
- Leech Life
- Light Screen
- Mega Drain
- Poison Powder
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scratch
- Slash
- Sleep Powder
- Sludge Bomb
- Solar Beam
- Spore
- Stun Spore
- Substitute
- Toxic
- X-Scissor
What the optimizer would run
Rules: Gen 9 OU (singles)
- Role
- Speed control
- Ability
- Dry Skin
- Item
- Life Orb
- Nature
- Adamant
- EVs
- 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
- Moves
- Slash, Stun Spore, Leech Life, Brick Break