Grass Type Starters Ranked

There are 9 Grass type starters, one in each generation. Rowlet ranks first on our early-game matchup score and Chikorita ranks last.

| Rank | Starter | Generation | Score per Pokemon | Final form | Base stats | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Rowlet | 7 | 1.2 | Decidueye | 530 | | 2 | Bulbasaur | 1 | 0.87 | Venusaur | 525 | | 3 | Treecko | 3 | 0.5 | Sceptile | 530 | | 4 | Grookey | 8 | 0.5 | Rillaboom | 530 | | 5 | Turtwig | 4 | 0.22 | Torterra | 525 | | 6 | Sprigatito | 9 | 0.2 | Meowscarada | 530 | | 7 | Chespin | 6 | -0.14 | Chesnaught | 530 | | 8 | Snivy | 5 | -0.71 | Serperior | 528 | | 9 | Chikorita | 2 | -0.75 | Meganium | 525 |

Rowlet ranks first among Grass starters

!Rowlet official artwork

Rowlet is the generation 7 grass starter and evolves into Decidueye, a Grass and Ghost type with 530 base stats. It scores 12 over 10 opposing Pokemon in the early fights of its games. See all of generation 7's starters.

Bulbasaur ranks second among Grass starters

!Bulbasaur official artwork

Bulbasaur is the generation 1 grass starter and evolves into Venusaur, a Grass and Poison type with 525 base stats. It scores 13 over 15 opposing Pokemon in the early fights of its games. See all of generation 1's starters.

Treecko ranks third among Grass starters

!Treecko official artwork

Treecko is the generation 3 grass starter and evolves into Sceptile, a Grass type with 530 base stats. It scores 12 over 24 opposing Pokemon in the early fights of its games. See all of generation 3's starters.

Grookey ranks fourth among Grass starters

!Grookey official artwork

Grookey is the generation 8 grass starter and evolves into Rillaboom, a Grass type with 530 base stats. It scores 5 over 10 opposing Pokemon in the early fights of its games. See all of generation 8's starters.

Turtwig ranks fifth among Grass starters

!Turtwig official artwork

Turtwig is the generation 4 grass starter and evolves into Torterra, a Grass and Ground type with 525 base stats. It scores 7 over 32 opposing Pokemon in the early fights of its games. See all of generation 4's starters.

Sprigatito ranks sixth among Grass starters

!Sprigatito official artwork

Sprigatito is the generation 9 grass starter and evolves into Meowscarada, a Grass and Dark type with 530 base stats. It scores 2 over 10 opposing Pokemon in the early fights of its games. See all of generation 9's starters.

Chespin ranks seventh among Grass starters

!Chespin official artwork

Chespin is the generation 6 grass starter and evolves into Chesnaught, a Grass and Fighting type with 530 base stats. It scores -1 over 7 opposing Pokemon in the early fights of its games. See all of generation 6's starters.

Snivy ranks eighth among Grass starters

!Snivy official artwork

Snivy is the generation 5 grass starter and evolves into Serperior, a Grass type with 528 base stats. It scores -10 over 14 opposing Pokemon in the early fights of its games. See all of generation 5's starters.

Chikorita ranks ninth among Grass starters

!Chikorita official artwork

Chikorita is the generation 2 grass starter and evolves into Meganium, a Grass type with 525 base stats. It scores -18 over 24 opposing Pokemon in the early fights of its games. See all of generation 2's starters.

How the score works

Every Pokemon in the first three Gyms of each game, plus your rival's first battle where the game ties the rival's starter to yours, gives a starter points. Games without Gyms use their first early fights instead. A damaging move it has learned by then that is super effective on that Pokemon adds one point, and moves that are all not very effective subtract one. The opposing Pokemon's types add one point when none of them is super effective on the starter and subtract one when one of them is. Games differ in how many Pokemon you meet, so the table ranks by points per opposing Pokemon.