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Grovyle
Wood Gecko Pokémon
This Pokémon adeptly flies from branch to branch in trees. In a forest, no Pokémon can ever hope to catch a fleeing Grovyle however fast they may be.
Details
Height0.9 m
Weight21.6 kg
Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀
Catch rate45
Base friendship70
Growth ratemedium slow
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
50
Attack
65
Defense
45
Sp. Atk
85
Sp. Def
65
Speed
95
Total
405
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Grassy Terrain
- Item
- Grassy Seed
- Ability
- Unburden
- Nature
- Adamant
- EVs
- 192 HP / 252 Atk / 64 Spe
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Grovyle can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
19 sprites & renders for Grovyle.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Energy Ball | Grass | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | False Swipe | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 40 | 95 | 20 |
| 1 | Leafage | Grass | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Pound | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 9 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 12 | Detect | Fighting | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 15 | Quick Guard | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 18 | Pursuit | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 20 | Assurance | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 25 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 28 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 30 | Slam | Normal | Physical | 80 | 75 | 20 |
| 35 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 40 | Leaf Blade | Grass | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 45 | Screech | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 50 | Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
| 55 | Leaf Storm | Grass | Special | 130 | 90 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Grovyle can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
