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Vileplume, a Grass and Poison type Pokémon, official artwork

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Vileplume: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Vileplume is a straightforward attacker, led by its Sp. Atk (110) and Sp. Def (90), with a base stat total of 490. Competitively it is viable in lower tiers. In the VGC ladder it sits at 1.4% usage.

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What is Vileplume weak to?

How much damage Vileplume takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFireFlyingIcePsychic
0.5×ResistsElectricFairyFightingWater
0.25×ResistsGrass

Vileplume takes super-effective damage from Fire, Flying, Ice, Psychic. It resists Electric, Fairy, Fighting, Water, Grass.

Best moveset for Vileplume

The most-used moves on Vileplume in VGC (official doubles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • Sludge BombPoison9023.9%
  • Sleep PowderGrass-23.5%
  • After YouNormal-21.7%
  • Leaf StormGrass1308.6%
  • Solar BeamGrass1208.2%
  • Strength SapGrass-5%

Best nature for Vileplume

Timid. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Timid with 2/0/0/32/0/32 EVs (72.9% of sets).

Abilities

  • ChlorophyllIf Sunny Day is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled.
  • Effect Spore30% chance of poison/paralysis/sleep on others making contact with this Pokemon.

Evolution line

Oddish
Gloom
VileplumeBellossom

Best teammates for Vileplume

Pokémon most often paired with Vileplume on successful VGC (official doubles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (47 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Leaf StormGrass13090%Special
Solar BladeGrass125100%Physical
Petal DanceGrass120100%Special
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
MoonblastFairy95100%Special
Sludge WavePoison95100%Special
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Petal BlizzardGrass90100%Physical
Pollen PuffBug90100%Special
Sludge BombPoison90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dazzling GleamFairy80100%Special
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
VenoshockPoison65100%Special
Magical LeafGrass60-Special
Grassy GlideGrass55100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
Weather BallNormal50100%Special
AcidPoison40100%Special
Acid SprayPoison40100%Special
Mega DrainGrass40100%Special
Bullet SeedGrass25100%Physical
AbsorbGrass20100%Special
FlingDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
CharmFairy-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
Grassy TerrainGrass--Status
GrowthNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
MoonlightFairy--Status
Poison PowderPoison-75%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sleep PowderGrass-75%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stun SporeGrass-75%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Sweet ScentNormal-100%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status