Roserade: Best Moveset, Weaknesses & Counters, Stats, and Evolution

The world of Pokémon has been a growing phenomenon since 1996, when the first pair of video games came out in stores. Today, there are almost 900 individual Pokémon identified by the PokéDex and in this article, we are going to tell you everything you need to know about one of them – Roserade.

Roserade is a dual-type Grass/Poison Pokémon introduced in Generation IV. of the core video games. It is the second and final evolution form of Budew, a baby Pokémon introduced in Generation IV. Budew first evolves into Roselia, which, in turn, evolves into Roserade when exposed to the Shiny Stone. It is weak only to Fire-, Ice-, Flying-, and Psychic-type moves, and is super effective against Ground-, Rock-, Water-, Grass-, and Fairy-type Pokémon. It is not immune to any moves.

In this article, we are going to tell you all the information you’ll need if you want to breed a Roserade in any of the games. You’ll find out about its type, its powers, its strengths and weaknesses, its evolutions, and its moves. We’re going to focus on both the core games, as well as other popular video games based on the Pokémon franchise.

Best moveset

In the PokémonGO videogame, the best moves for your Roserade are Poison Jab and Solar Beam if you’re battling Pokémon in Gyms. Namely, this moveset gives you the highest total DPS and is, likewise, the best moveset for PVP battles. The official description for Poison Jab reveals the following: “The target is stabbed with a tentacle, arm, or the like steeped in poison. This may also poison the target”; as for Solar Beam, the attack is described as follows: “In this two-turn attack, the user gathers light, then blasts a bundled beam on the next turn.”

Weaknesses and Counters

As a dual Grass and Poison-type Pokémon, Roserade is weak against Fire-, Ice-, Flying-, and Psychic-type moves, and is super effective against Ground-, Rock-, Water-, Grass-, and Fairy-type Pokémon. It is not immune to any specific type. It receives normal damage from Normal-, Poison-, Ground-, Rock-, Bug-, Ghost-, Steel-, Dragon, and Dark-type moves.

Stats

Roserade’s Stats, based on the most recent available data, are:

In Pokémon GO, Roserade has a Base Stamina of 155, a Base Attack of 243, and a Base Defense of 178.

As for its abilities, they are:

• Nature Cure: All status conditions heal when the Pokémon switches out. (or)
• Poison Point: Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.
• Technician: Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves. (Hidden Ability)

Evolutions

Roserade was first introduced in Generation IV as the second and final evolution of Budew. Budew first evolves into Roselia, when it has a high-enough Friendship level with the trainer and during the daytime, and then into Roserade when exposed to the Shiny Stone. Roserade has no regional variants nor additional forms, so this is the only form you can obtain.

In Pokémon GO, Roserade is also obtained by first evolving Budew into Roselia, for which you need 25 Budew Candy, and after that, Roselia to Roserade, for which you need 100 Budew Candy and a Sinnoh Stone.

Moves

As of Generation VIII, the movies that Roserade can learn are:

• Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Roserade
• Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Roserade
• × indicates a move that cannot be used in Generation VIII

By leveling up

By TM

By transfer from another generation

In Pokémon GO, Roserade can learn Poison Jab, Razor Leaf, and Bullet Seed as Fast Attacks, and Solar Beam, Sludge Bomb, Dazzling Gleam, Grass Knot, Leaf Storm, and Weather Ball (Fire) as Charged Attacks. Some of these attacks depend on when you caught and evolved your Roserade, as they are event-only attacks.