Grass (type)

The Grass type (Japanese: くさタイプ Grass type) is one of the eighteen types. Prior to changes in Generation IV, all damaging Grass-type moves were special, but they may now also be physical depending on the attack.

Generation I
Grass-type Pokémon are immune to.

Generation II onwards
Starting in Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are immune to and.

Defense
Grass types are tied with Rock in having the most weaknesses out of all types with five.

Since Generation I, a particular asset of Grass types is being the only type that is immune to. As of Generation VI, Grass-type Pokémon are also immune to, such as and. Additionally, Grass Pokémon are the only ones affected by and. Those moves raise both attack stats or the physical stat, respectively, when used.

adds the Grass type to the target's types.

Offense
Grass-type attacks are resisted by seven types, so they're tied with Bug as the most resisted type. Those resistant types are best covered by Rock and Ground. As of Generation VI, Dark and Ghost have neutral matchups against every type that resists Grass.

When is in the effect, the power of Grass-type moves is increased by 30% (50% prior to Generation VIII) if the user is on the ground.

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

Pokémon
As of Generation VIII, there are 107 Grass-type Pokémon or 12.0% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Grass-type in at least one of their forms), making it the third most common type.

Interacting with the Grass type
A Pokémon with, , , , or 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.

Exclusive Abilities
Only Grass-type Pokémon can have these Abilities. This does not include signature Abilities.

In the TCG
Due to the decreased amount of types in the TCG, Grass generally adopts all Pokémon under its typing. It also adopted Pokémon prior to the TCG Diamond & Pearl set, after which they were moved to TCG Psychic.

Similar to the games, Grass-type Pokémon in the TCG are generally weak to TCG Fire and resist TCG Water. Grass-type Pokémon are strong against TCG Fighting and TCG Water Pokémon, whilst TCG Metal Pokémon resisted it until the TCG EX Power Keepers expansion set.

Trivia

 * Generation V introduced the most Grass-type Pokémon of any generation, with 21 (including Rotom's Mow form), and Generation VI introduced the fewest Grass-type Pokémon, with nine.
 * Generation I introduced the most Grass-type moves of any generation, with 10, and Generation II introduced the fewest Grass-type moves, with three.
 * The Grass type and/or Pokémon of the type have been referred to using the term "plant" instead on some occasions:
 * In the English Generation I games, the Gym guide in Cerulean Gym refers to Pokémon of the Grass type as "plant Pokémon". In the English versions of, he instead mentions "Grass-type Pokémon". In the Japanese versions of the Generation I games and FireRed and LeafGreen, he mentions the Grass type itself, calling it the "Plant type" (Japanese: しょくぶつタイプ).
 * Another reference to "plant Pokémon" (Japanese: しょくぶつポケモン) is made by Professor Oak in the Japanese, and international , classifying as such when the undefined is about to choose it as their . This is also the case in the Japanese versions of ; in contrast, he calls it the "grass Pokémon" in the English versions.
 * This same reference is also used in the first episode of Pokémon Origins.
 * The Turkish dub of the anime occasionally refers to "" as "".
 * The Grass type has the most Pokémon that evolve by Evolution stones, with a total of 11. It is also the type that can utilize the most stones, having at least one Pokémon that can evolve via the Leaf Stone, Sun Stone, Water Stone, and Shiny Stone.
 * The Grass type is the only type to have more than one, having five of them.
 * Grass-type attacks deal 4× super effective damage to the most Pokémon of all types.
 * Grass-Type attacks are super effective against the three types that Fire-Types are weak to.