#0152 · Leaf Pokémon
Chikorita
Chikorita›
Bayleef›
MeganiumCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #367 · 8 votes · median B
Your vote
Rank #273 · 12 votes · median A
Your vote
Endless
Your vote
Your vote
Tier history
2 recorded changes · 8 votes
9 recorded changes · 12 votes
7 recorded changes · 1 vote
Game data
Abilities
- Overgrow
Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s Grass-type moves by 50% when its HP drops to ⅓ or less of its max.
- Leaf GuardHidden
The Pokémon is immune to status conditions in harsh sunlight.
When the Pokémon is hit by a contact move, the attacker has a 30% chance of becoming infatuated if the attacker and the Pokémon are of opposite genders.
Different passives in this line: Bayleef: Thick Fat, Meganium: Thick Fat
Egg moves
- MoonblastFairySpecial95 pow · 100%
Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target. This move has 10% chance of lowering the target’s Sp. Atk stat.
- Earth PowerGroundSpecial90 pow · 100%
The user makes the ground under the target erupt with power. This move has a 10% chance of lowering the target’s Sp. Def stat.
- GrowthGrassStatus— · —
The user’s body grows all at once, boosting its Attack and Sp. Atk stats. In harsh sunlight, these stats will be boosted sharply instead.
- SporeGrassStatus— · 100%Rare egg move
The user scatters bursts of spores that induce sleep. Grass-type Pokémon are unaffected.
Base stats
Chikorita · BST 318
Meganium · BST 525
BST in this line: Chikorita 318 · Bayleef 405 · Meganium 525
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-3 starter:
- Passive ability
- 35 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 20 / 50 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 25 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Chikorita eggs: 22 🍬 after 20 hatches, 18 🍬 after 40 hatches, 12 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 75
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Chikorita needs 75 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.