Grass-type Pokémon can be difficult to use in competitive battles in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, but they are great options nonetheless. Grass-type Pokémon are one of three elemental types that every player can choose to start within Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, alongside Fire and Water-types. Together, these three types of Pokémon form a rock-paper-scissors loop where Fire-types beat Grass-types, Grass-types beat Water-types, and Water-tyes beat Fire-types.
Of these three elemental types, however, Grass-type Pokémon have many offensive and defensive pros and cons, which is why they aren’t part of the overall best competitive team in Pokémon BDSP. For example, while Grass-type moves inflict 2x damage to Water, Ground, and Rock-types, they only deal half damage to Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon, and Steel-Pokémon. Additionally, Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug-type moves inflict 2x damage to Grass-type Pokémon, while Water, Electric, Ground, and other Grass-types only inflict half damage on Grass-type Pokémon. Unfortunately, these type-disadvantages are common to see in many battles, as many offensive heavy Pokémon have access to a wide range of moves that are super effective against Grass-type Pokémon.
The best Grass-type Pokémon in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are Breloom, Roserade, Rotom-Mow, and Tangrowth. Breloom and Roserade are also some of the best competitive Fighting-type Pokémon and Poison-type Pokémon, respectively. Rotom’s various forms often make it one of the best competitive Pokémon in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Tangrowth is the only pure Grass-type here and has exceptional HP, Attack, Defense, and Special Attack stats. Roserade can be added to any team before the National Dex is acquired, but Rotom, Tangrowth, and Breloom require players to have the Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl National Dex first.
The Best Competitive Grass-Type Pokémon In Diamond & Pearl
Roserade is one of the best leading Pokémon in the game, with a high-Speed Stat and access to moves like Toxic Spikes, Sleep Powder, and Energy Ball. Breloom has a high Attack stat, can set itself up for extended combat with Leech Seed, Drain Punch, and Substitute. Rotom-Mow’s dual Electric and Grass-type allows it to negate the Flying-type weaknesses without gaining any additional weaknesses thanks to its Levitate ability. After players find and catch Rotom in Pokémon BDSP, they can head to the Team Galatic building in Eterna City to change its form from Ghost/Electric to Grass/Electric, where it will instantly learn Leaf Storm. As a pure Grass-type Pokémon, Tangrowth needs to be wary of all the aforementioned weaknesses. Still, if it can effectively use Swords Dance, Tangrowth will have an extremely high Attack stat that is difficult to defend.
Breloom
The best Breloom stats, moves, and items in Diamond and Pearl include:
- Ability: Poison Heal
- Nature: Adamant
- Moves: Substitute, Drain Punch, Leech Seed, Seed Bomb
- Held Item: Toxic Orb, available for purchase in the Pokémon BDSP Battle Park
- EV Stat Spread: 12 HP; 252 Attack; 244 Speed
Roserade
The best Roserade stats, moves, and items in Diamond and Pearl include:
- Ability: Natural Cure
- Nature: Timid
- Moves: Toxic Spikes, Sleep Powder, Energy Ball, Hidden Power Ice
- Held Item: Focus Sash, available for purchase in the Pokémon BDSP Battle Park
- EV Stat Spread: 4 HP; 252 Special Attack; 252 Speed
Rotom-Mow
The best Rotom-Mow stats, moves, and items in Diamond and Pearl include:
- Ability: Levitate
- Nature: Bold
- Moves: Volt Switch, Shadow Ball, Will-O-Wisp, Leaf Storm
- Held Item: Leftovers can be obtained through multiple methods
- EV Stat Spread: 252 HP; 208 Defense; 48 Speed
Tangrowth
The best Tangrowth stats, moves, and items in Diamond and Pearl include:
- Ability: Chlorophyll
- Nature: Adamant
- Moves: Swords Dance, Power Whip, Rock Slide, Earthquake
- Held Item: Life Orb, available for purchase in the Pokémon BDSP Battle Park
- EV Stat Spread: 4 HP; 252 Attack; 252 Speed
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl are available now on Nintendo Switch.
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