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#0047Gen I

Parasect

Mushroom Pokémon

buggrass
Parasect

Type matchups

Damage taken when attacked
Weak to
flying4×fire4×poison2×rock2×bug2×ice2×
Resists
ground¼×grass¼×fighting½×water½×electric½×
  • Dry Skin: immune to Water, takes 1.25× from Fire.

Its STAB attacks

Super effective against
groundrockwatergrasspsychicdark
Walled by
flyingpoisonsteelfire
Full type chart

Base stats

HP60
Attack95
Defense80
Sp. Atk60
Sp. Def80
Speed30
Total 405
EV yield
2 Attack, 1 Defense
Base experience
142

Evolution

Abilities

Effect Spore

Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, the move's user has a 30% chance of being paralyzed, poisoned, or put to sleep, chosen at random. Nothing is done to compensate if the move's user is immune to one of these ailments; there is simply a lower chance that the move's user will be affected.

Dry Skin

This Pokémon takes 1/8 of its maximum HP in damage after each turn during strong sunlight, but it heals for 1/8 of its HP each turn during rain. This Pokémon takes 1.25× as much damage from Fire-type moves, but whenever a Water move hits it, it heals for 1/4 its maximum HP instead.

DampHidden

While this Pokémon is in battle, Self-Destruct and Explosion will fail and Aftermath will not take effect.

Profile

Height
1.0 m 3′03″
Weight
29.5 kg 65.0 lbs
Gender
♂ 50%♀ 50%
Egg groups
Bug, Grass
Hatch time
20 cycles ~5,100 steps
Habitat
Forest
Catch rate
75 Medium≈ 17.5% with a Poké Ball at full HP
Base friendship
70
Growth rate
Medium Fast

Moves

Legends: Arceus
Lv.MoveTypeCat.PwrAccPP
1Absorbgrass2010025
5Stun Sporegrass—7530
9Poison Powderpoison—7535
15Venoshockpoison6510010
21Slashnormal7010020
29Sporegrass—10015
37X-Scissorbug8010015
47Energy Ballgrass9010010

Where to find it

Legends: Arceus

PokeAPI has no location data for Legends: Arceus yet.

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Pokédex entries

Mushroom-lacking specimens of this Pokémon lie unmoving in the forest, lending credence to the hypothesis that the large mushroom is in control of Parasect's actions.

Legends: Arceus
All 20 Pokédex entries

Mushroom-lacking specimens of this Pokémon lie unmoving in the forest, lending credence to the hypothesis that the large mushroom is in control of Parasect's actions.

Legends: Arceus

The bug host is drained of energy by the mushroom on its back. The mushroom appears to do all the thinking.

Let’s Go, Pikachu! · Let’s Go, Eevee!

The bug is mostly dead, with the mushroom on its back having become the main body. If the mushroom comes off, the bug stops moving.

Ultra Sun

Its poisonous spores are also used in traditional medicine. Apparently, spores produced in Alola are not of very good quality.

Ultra Moon

The large mushroom on its back controls it. It often fights over territory with Shiinotic.

Sun

It scatters toxic spores from its mushroom cap. Once harvested, these spores can be steeped and boiled down to prepare herbal medicines.

Moon

Parasect is known to infest large trees en masse and drain nutrients from the lower trunk and roots. When an infested tree dies, they move onto another tree all at once.

Omega Ruby · Alpha Sapphire

The larger the mushroom on its back grows, the stronger the mushroom spores it scatters.

Y · SoulSilver

A mushroom grown larger than the host’s body controls Parasect. It scatters poisonous spores.

X · Black 2 · White 2 · Black · White

It stays mostly in dark, damp places, the preference not of the bug, but of the big mushroom on its back.

HeartGold

A mushroom grown larger than the host’s body controls PARASECT. It scatters poisonous spores.

Platinum · Diamond

It is controlled by a mushroom grown larger than the bug body. It is said to prefer damp places.

Pearl

A host-parasite pair in which the parasite mushroom has taken over the host bug. Prefers damp places.

LeafGreen · Red · Blue

It scatters toxic spores from the mushroom cap. In China, the spores are used as herbal medicine.

FireRed

PARASECT are known to infest the roots of large trees en masse and drain nutrients. When an infested tree dies, they move onto another tree all at once.

Emerald

PARASECT is known to infest large trees en masse and drain nutrients from the lower trunk and roots. When an infested tree dies, they move onto another tree all at once.

Ruby · Sapphire

When nothing's left to extract from the bug, the mushrooms on its back leave spores on the bug's egg.

Crystal

It stays mostly in dark, damp places, the preference not of the bug, but of the big mush­ rooms on its back.

Gold

The larger the mushroom on its back grows, the stronger the mush­ room spores it scatters.

Silver

The bug host is drained of energy by the mushrooms on its back. They appear to do all the thinking.