Budew #0406

GrassPoison

Max CP	L40856L50968L51 (Best Buddy)979
Buddy Distance	3 km per Candy
Released	Nov 6, 2018Nov 6, 2018

Type Effectiveness

Budew takes 160% from Fire, Ice, Flying and Psychic moves.

Weak ×1.6

FireIceFlyingPsychic

Resists ×0.6

WaterElectricFightingFairy

Resists ×0.4

Grass

Budew is a Grass/Poison-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Fire, Ice, Flying and Psychic.

It reaches 968 CP at level 50, or 979 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Razor Leaf with Grass Knot.

Base Stats

Attack91

Defense109

Stamina120

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	GrassRazor Leaf	GrassGrass Knot	4.6	36
2	GrassRazor Leaf	GrassEnergy Ball	4.3	33
3	FightingHidden Power (Fighting)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
4	FlyingHidden Power (Flying)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
5	PoisonHidden Power (Poison)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
6	GroundHidden Power (Ground)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
7	RockHidden Power (Rock)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
8	BugHidden Power (Bug)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31

26 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	GhostHidden Power (Ghost)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
10	SteelHidden Power (Steel)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
11	FireHidden Power (Fire)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
12	WaterHidden Power (Water)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
13	GrassHidden Power (Grass)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
14	ElectricHidden Power (Electric)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
15	PsychicHidden Power (Psychic)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
16	IceHidden Power (Ice)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
17	DragonHidden Power (Dragon)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
18	DarkHidden Power (Dark)	GrassGrass Knot	4.0	31
19	FightingHidden Power (Fighting)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
20	FlyingHidden Power (Flying)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
21	PoisonHidden Power (Poison)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
22	GroundHidden Power (Ground)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
23	RockHidden Power (Rock)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
24	BugHidden Power (Bug)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
25	GhostHidden Power (Ghost)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
26	SteelHidden Power (Steel)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
27	FireHidden Power (Fire)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
28	WaterHidden Power (Water)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
29	GrassHidden Power (Grass)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
30	ElectricHidden Power (Electric)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
31	PsychicHidden Power (Psychic)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
32	IceHidden Power (Ice)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
33	DragonHidden Power (Dragon)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27
34	DarkHidden Power (Dark)	GrassEnergy Ball	3.5	27

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Razor Leaf	Grass	13	7	1.0s	13.0	7.0
Hidden Power (Fighting)	Fighting	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Flying)	Flying	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Poison)	Poison	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Ground)	Ground	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Rock)	Rock	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Bug)	Bug	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Ghost)	Ghost	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Steel)	Steel	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Fire)	Fire	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Water)	Water	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Grass)	Grass	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Electric)	Electric	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Psychic)	Psychic	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Ice)	Ice	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Dragon)	Dragon	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Hidden Power (Dark)	Dark	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
Grass Knot	Grass	90	50	2.5s	36.0	1.80
Energy Ball	Grass	90	50	4.0s	22.5	1.80

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Razor Leaf	Grass	9	4	2	4.5	2.0
Hidden Power (Fighting)	Fighting	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Flying)	Flying	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Poison)	Poison	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Ground)	Ground	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Rock)	Rock	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Bug)	Bug	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Ghost)	Ghost	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Steel)	Steel	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Fire)	Fire	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Water)	Water	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Grass)	Grass	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Electric)	Electric	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Psychic)	Psychic	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Ice)	Ice	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Dragon)	Dragon	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Hidden Power (Dark)	Dark	9	8	3	3.0	2.7

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
Energy Ball10% chance: lowers the opponent’s Defense.	Grass	80	45	1.78
Grass Knot	Grass	90	50	1.80

DPS is damage per second, EPS energy per second and DPE damage per energy.

Evolution Family

Budew evolves into Roselia for 25 candy, then into Roserade for 100 candy.

Budew

#0406

GrassPoison

Roselia

#0315

GrassPoison

100

Use a Sinnoh Stone

Roserade

#0407

GrassPoison

Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Tier 5 raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

1Mega Mewtwo YPsychicPsycho CutPsychicFuture Sight+78.1 eDPS
2Mega RayquazaFlyingAir SlashFlyingDragon AscentK68.9 eDPS
3Mega DelphoxFireFire SpinFireMystical Fire+63.0 eDPS
4Normal Forme DeoxysPsychicZen HeadbuttPsychicPsycho Boost61.4 eDPS
5BlacephalonFireIncinerateFireMind BlownE58.8 eDPS
6Shadow ReshiramFireFire FangFireFusion FlareE58.7 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Not stronger than the baseline against any Tier 5 or Mega boss.

The baseline is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that baseline would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	33610/10/10	36715/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	44810/10/10	48915/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	56010/10/10	61115/15/15
L40	40	6500/0/0	85615/15/15
L50	50	7340/0/0	96815/15/15
L51 (Best Buddy)	51	7430/0/0	97915/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	367	278
Level 20	489	371
Level 25	611	464
Level 30	734	557
Level 35	795	603
Level 40	856	650
Level 45	911	691
Level 50	968	734
Level 51	979	743

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move	25 Candy, 10,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	0.2 m / 1.2 kg
Gender Ratio	50.0%50.0%
Trading	TradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Budew in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs15/15/15979 CP at Level 51

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	15/15/15	979	51	100.00%
#2	15/14/15	975	51	99.19%
#3	15/15/14	976	51	99.12%
#4	14/15/15	970	51	99.05%
#5	15/13/15	972	51	98.38%
#6	15/14/14	972	51	98.32%
#7	14/14/15	966	51	98.25%
#8	15/15/13	972	51	98.24%
#9	14/15/14	967	51	98.18%
#10	13/15/15	961	51	98.11%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1 of 4,096, with 100.00% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs15/15/15979 CP at Level 51

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	15/15/15	979	51	100.00%
#2	15/14/15	975	51	99.19%
#3	15/15/14	976	51	99.12%
#4	14/15/15	970	51	99.05%
#5	15/13/15	972	51	98.38%
#6	15/14/14	972	51	98.32%
#7	14/14/15	966	51	98.25%
#8	15/15/13	972	51	98.24%
#9	14/15/14	967	51	98.18%
#10	13/15/15	961	51	98.11%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1 of 4,096, with 100.00% of the best stat product.

Ultra League Rankings on PvPoke

Ranked by stat product at the highest level under the CP cap.

Trades and research have at least 10 in each IV, lucky trades 12. Check your own. This ranks IVs only. For the meta, see PvPoke.

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Budew #0406

Type Effectiveness

Base Stats

Best Movesets

Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Evolution Family

Top Counters

Worth Powering Up?

CP by Level

Dex Details

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

Ultra League