Not all Pokémon fall close to the tree. Sometimes, players find themselves looking at weird, obscure Grass-type Pokémon that might not be the best fit for their team. This list ain’t them. These Pokémon are tried and true exceptions and shine (partially due to their Solar Beam attacks being so bright) against the rest. With iconic Pokémon that have Grass-type to their name and meme-worthy plants, this list needed to happen.
It’s no wonder so many prominent websites love different grass babies for their mascots. So, let’s take a look at the top 10 Best Grass Pokémon. Just don’t get cut on the razor leaf as you take the tour.
Updated December 5th, 2020 by Linnea Capps: The love for Grass-types has strong roots in the Pokémon community. Since the release of Pokemon Red, Blue, and Green, players have been able to choose a Grass-type starter to bring with them on their journies. With the release of both Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra within Sword and Shield, there are now 108 Grass-type Pokemon. As some now have new Gigantamax forms as well, it seemed time to put on some gardening gloves, grab a watering can, and give this list an update. There are no Sudowoodo here, just twenty amazing Pokémon Gym Leader Erika would be proud to have on her team!
20 Sunkern
Premiering in Pokemon Gold and Silver, Sunkern was one of the Pokémon designed to show off a new evolution item: the Sun Stone! Sunkern could be found on Route 24 and in the National Park. So why is this little pint-sized seedling on the list? Sunkern actually holds a Pokémon world record — it has the lowest total base stats of any Pokémon in the entire franchise. With only 30 to speak of for every stat, this weakling may not be able to take or pack a punch but is notable enough to appear on this list.
19 Roserade
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl added a number of great evolutions to older Pokémon. Underwhelming Pokémon like Nosepass, Piloswine, and others got incredible evolutions. One of the best of these new Pokémon would have to be Roserade, the evolution of Roselia. Roserade is one of the coolest Grass-types GameFreak has added into the game, without a doubt.
The Bouquet Pokémon looks like it’s wearing a mask of sorts, masquerading as some kind of superhero. It has a number of flowers on its design, making it colorful and distinct. The shiny version of it is also a simple, yet elegant change. The best part is that Roserade is incredibly powerful as well, being a great party member for any team. When shopping for flowers, it’s hard to pass up on a bouquet like Roserade.
18 Ferrothorn
Ferrothorn is far from the cutest Pokémon. A number of trainers who did competitive battles probably have mixed feelings about it, since it’s such an effective wall that it’s mostly just annoying. However, for the edgiest gamers and the competitive battlers both, this Steel-type is a fantastic Pokémon. It has so many spikes, and enemy Pokémon will run themselves ragged in battle against it.
For intimidation factor alone, not many grass-types can compete with Ferrothorn; it looks like something that requires an army to take down. Its water-type sibling, Toxapex, only wishes it could be as simply cool as Ferrothorn. Gen V had a number of strange designs and some clear missteps, but Ferrothorn was absolutely a great hit in terms of design and effectiveness.
17 Carnivine
Carnivine is a Venus flytrap friend any trainer would be happy to call their own. It has had appearances in the anime, a strange unique glitch in Pokémon Battle Revolution, and has a focused story in the Pokémon Adventures manga. In Pokémon Go, Carnivine is actually a regional exclusive! Players throughout the world have to either travel to either Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia if they hope to catch one in the wild. Suffice it to say, James made an excellent choice by having Carnivine join the Team Rocket family.
16 Chikorita Line
Whenever people discuss the worst starters on Twitter, a lot of people pile on Chikorita for being bad. Its stats aren’t great, and it’s competing against Totodile and Cyndaquil. However, what Chikorita has that no other Pokémon has is friendship. Chikorita was one of the stars of the Johto Journeys anime, being Ash’s first confirmed female Pokémon. She’s a dynamic character, more so than a lot of Ash’s other Pokémon.
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On top of that, Chikorita’s evolutions are also great designs. Bayleaf is one of the best mid-evolutions of any starter Pokémon, and Meganium is a gorgeous flower Pokémon. It may be simple, but Chikorita is adorable and deserves as much praise (if not more) than the likes of Bulbasaur. It’s about time Chikorita starts getting the respect it deserves.
15 Ludicolo
To be honest, Ludicolo is mostly only on this list because of the Detective Pikachu movie. As a whole, it’s a pretty solid Water and Grass-type Pokémon in the games. But, its minor cameo in the movie as a barista is just a whole mood. Lucicolo even has a Pokémon TCG card now with Detective Pikachu art thanks to its role in the movie, not to mention a Megablocks set!
When Lotad evolves into Lombre and Lombre gets a Water Stone used on it, Ludicolo is the festive duck-thing (or a kappa in Japan) that just deserves to be around. When it comes to TMs, it learns a pretty wide array of types of moves and can be a pretty competitive fighter.
14 Deerling and Sawsbuck
Deerling and Sawsbuck come in so many gorgeous forms how could any trainer not want to Catch em’ All? Deerling and Sawsbuck are also the only Normal/Grass-type in the entire Pokémon universe which is quite the distinction! This Pokémon brings on the heat (without the fire) in other ways as well. A deck utilizing the Sawsbuck card from Cosmic Eclipse swept through several competitive Pokemon TCG tournaments and changed the entire metagame for a period of time. These Grass-types are as beautiful as they are fierce!
13 Shaymin
This little Mythical Pokémon comes in two different flavors. Using a flower called Gracidea in the daytime, the hedgehog-like Shaymin will change from its land forme into its deer-like sky forme. As the “Gratitude” Pokémon, flowers are the primary focus for the land forme.
But, when it turns into sky forme, the imagery and information about it are meant to invoke the real-world idea of a guardian angel or fairy. Shaymin made its first appearance during Pokémon’s 4th generation, marking a great Mythical for Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl and still a cute little thing even today.
12 Virizion
Aside from the obvious “Can you hear me now?” jokes, Virizion stands as one of the Swords of Justice. For those that don’t know, they’re based on the book The Three Musketeers. Virizion is based on the character Aramis, known for being vain and feminine in stature.
Alongside Cobalion that is thought to be based on Athos and Terrakion that is based on Porthos, Virizion makes up the core three members. Keldeo is the fourth member, based on the youngest member of the Musketeers, d’Artagnan. All for one and one for all!
11 Exeggutor
This guy deserves to be pretty high on the list. Exeggutor is literally just a big egg pun and joke that turns into a tree. When people say that Pokémon designs are weird in recent years, show them this derpy guy and explain that those faces aren’t coconuts, they’re Ex-EGG-utors.
Sure he’s designed like a short, squat palm tree, but his Alolan form takes to the skies with a super long neck due to the region. That form isn’t just a grass-type. It’s also a dragon-type to just really confused everyone on all sides. Who wants a tree with faces running at you with Dragon Rage? Let’s just not think about it, okay?
10 Decidueye
Decidueye is one of the biggest glow ups on this list. Starting off as literally just a cute green owl Rowlet, Decidueye is the Pokémon equivalent to Robin Hood. Out of the Alolan starters, he is a fan favorite. Giving off the Green Arrow vibe, it shoots arrows as an archer.
The ghost typing is interesting and could lie in the origins of Hawaiian culture where spirits take on the form of pueo owls that look pretty similar to Decidueye. While Incineroar has that Fire/Dark typing from the same generation, Decidueye stands out as well for its grass/ghost typing.
9 Leafeon
While Leafeon may not be the best of all Eeveelutions, it definitely deserves praise as an adorable addition to a Grass-type Pokémon list. As with all Eeveelutions, it has to evolve a certain way.
Since being introduced in the generation 4 games, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Leafeon has evolved using the mossy rock. Standing near the game’s particular mossy rock and evolving the Eevee will give Leafeon. In the Gen 8 games, Pokémon Sword and Shield, the method is dramatically simpler, removing the mossy rock altogether and letting it evolve via Leaf Stone!
8 Grookey Line
Pokémon Sword and Shield didn’t add too many new grass-types. However, its starter was one of the best grass starters overall: Grookey. Grookey is absolutely a top tier design, being cute and memorable with its tiny branch. It was lovingly used for memes when it was first shown off, as it is a wonderful monkey (with or without a gun).
Thwacky aside, Rillaboom is a great design with its drumming gimmick, rock star haircut, and great signature moves. It’s equal parts goofy and cool, making it a perfect partner for any playthrough. In terms of final designs, Grookey absolutely had the best final evolution when compared to Scorbunny and especially Sobble. Some people may be disappointed in having another bipedal starter, but Grookey and its evolutions deserve all the praise they get. Plus with Rillaboom’s new Gingatamax form it’s hard to not be impressed by this rock and roll Grass-type!
7 Celebi
This guy is the cutest little onion fairy in all of Pokémon. To be fair, it’s the only onion fairy in all of Pokémon. Celebi is a time traveler that many fans first met during the anime’s fourth movie when it took Ash back in time to meet a much younger Professor Oak.
For those that play the games, Celebi was an event Pokémon often associated with the Ilex Forest Shrine to the point the Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver added a special event scene involving the Shrine and Celebi that would take you to fight Giovanni. It’s become so iconic in the real world that its Japanese name, Serebii, is often associated with large amounts of Pokémon information and news by the entire community.
6 Pumpkaboo
Some people complain that inanimate objects get turned into Pokémon too often. So, how did GameFreak take a Halloween festivity and make it a Pokémon? They made it into the adorable Pumpkaboo.
This little jack-o-lantern Pokémon is everything one would need for getting into the Halloween spirit, including its signature move, Trick-or-Treat. In fact, since Ghost-type moves are Super Effective against other ghosts, Trick-or-Treat is a real treat. It turns the opponent’s typing into Ghost, where Pumpkaboo can then hit it with a more powerful Ghost move. It’s really a powerful and underrated combo.
5 Calyrex
Calyrex comes courtesy of Crown Tundra and is the coolest Grass-type Legendary players have seen in years. Its ability to combine with Glastier and Spectrier is incredibly unique and it’s the only Pokémon that exudes a blue aura when Dynamaxing. This King of Galar is one of the few Pokémon also capable of telepathically communicating with humans. With its ability to see the past, present, and future, it may be so powerful it breaks the lore of Pokémon itself. This noble beast is a welcome addition to any team and by far one of the strongest Grass-types to ever exist.
4 Applin, Flapple, And Appletun
Ah, to be the Applin of someone’s eye… Anyway, these Pokémon are the only Grass/Dragon-types in existence and both have Gigantamax forms making them incredibly special. Applin is also quite rare, likely because giving an Applin to one’s true love is a sign of deep affection leads to a low amount of them in the wild. For players lucky enough to catch one, they must give them a special item to evolve them into their final form. Just please don’t try to eat them, that would hurt the poor darlings…
3 Bulbasaur Line
Look, this was bound to happen when talking about the best of the best in Grass-type Pokémon. So, propaganda aside, this is the best boi and, sorry, it is not even close. The Bulbasaur line is a case where a cute Pokémon gets even cuter and more powerful when it becomes Ivysaur, then finally turns into an absolute tank for defensive power when it becomes Venusaur.
Bulbasaur was arguably the obvious pick of starter Pokémon from Kanto. While we had the raw power of Charizard and the Squirtle Squad during the same games, Bulbasaur was actually good against the first two gyms in Pewter City and Cerulean City since they had rock and water types. Since grass-types were few and far between that early in the game, that made Bulbasaur an early-game star of the show. With the addition of Gigantamax Venusaur, these bulby friends will be planting Leach Seeds and taking names for many years to come.
2 Zarude
Zarude is currently one of the rarest Grass-types in existence due to it only being distributed with special codes thus far. It has the unique move Jungle Healing (which actually originated as an attack in the Pokémon TCG) which heals not only itself but any allies in battle. Plus as the main star of the incoming Secrets of the Jungle movie, Zarude is bound to become the favorite Grass-type of a whole new generation of Pokémon fans.
1 Seedot and Nuzleaf
On the surface, Seedot and Nuzleaf look like fairly normally Grass-type Pokémon. They first appeared in Ruby and Sapphire where Seedot was an early game pick up for anyone with the patience to train it (as its only attacking move was Bide). So why are these two Pokémon included on the list but Shiftry is excluded? Because they may be some of the most famous Grass-types on the entire internet.
Fans that have been looking to spice up their Pokémon adventures have been doing Nuzlocke Runs for many years. The originator of the challenge took the name Nuzlocke by combining the name Nuzleaf with John Locke. This is because of a famous meme in the original Nuzlocke comic of a once-dead Nuzleaf coming in flashbacks that looks like the character John Locke from Lost. As they inspired one of the most famous ways to play the game, Seedot and Nuzleaf deserve to top off this list.
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