Roserade
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Best attacking moveset: Magical Leaf and Leaf Storm, worth 14.1 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Roserade can learn 30 combinations. Magical Leaf with Leaf Storm does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magical Leaf | Grass | 17 | 1.5s | +17 |
| Poison Jab | Poison | 13 | 1.0s | +9 |
| Poison Sting | Poison | 4 | 0.5s | +6 |
| Razor Leaf | Grass | 13 | 1.0s | +7 |
| Bullet Seed Legacy | Grass | 7 | 1.0s | +13 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dazzling Gleam | Fairy | 100 | 3.5s | -50 |
| Grass Knot | Grass | 90 | 2.5s | -50 |
| Leaf Storm | Grass | 130 | 2.5s | -100 |
| Sludge Bomb | Poison | 85 | 2.5s | -50 |
| Solar Beam | Grass | 180 | 5.0s | -100 |
| Weather Ball Fire Legacy | Fire | 55 | 1.5s | -33 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Roserade has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, evolution, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 3,359 at level 50, 2,971 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,697 CP at level 20, or 2,122 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,619 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 243 attack · 185 defense · 155 stamina |
What it costs
| Candy to evolve | 25 Candy |
|---|---|
| Second charged move | 50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy |
| Buddy distance | 3 km per Candy |
| Size | 0.9 m and 14.5 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Roserade does not have one best moveset, it has 6. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Ground, Rock, Water.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Ground | Magical Leaf + Leaf Storm | 22.4 |
| Rock | Magical Leaf + Leaf Storm | 22.4 |
| Water | Magical Leaf + Leaf Storm | 22.4 |
| Grass | Poison Jab + Sludge Bomb | 21.9 |
| Fairy | Poison Jab + Sludge Bomb | 21.9 |
| Ice | Magical Leaf + Weather Ball Fire | 16.6 |
| Bug | Poison Jab + Weather Ball Fire | 16.1 |
| Fighting | Magical Leaf + Dazzling Gleam | 16.0 |
| Dark | Magical Leaf + Dazzling Gleam | 16.0 |
| Dragon | Poison Jab + Dazzling Gleam | 15.6 |
| Steel | Magical Leaf + Weather Ball Fire | 14.9 |
| Normal | Magical Leaf + Leaf Storm | 14.1 |
| Ghost | Magical Leaf + Leaf Storm | 14.1 |
| Electric | Magical Leaf + Leaf Storm | 14.1 |
| Psychic | Magical Leaf + Leaf Storm | 14.1 |
| Poison Jab + Sludge Bomb | 13.4 | |
| Fire | Poison Jab + Sludge Bomb | 13.4 |
| Poison | Magical Leaf + Weather Ball Fire | 10.8 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Roserade is actually for.
Counters: what beats Roserade
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Blacephalon | FireGhost | Incinerate + Mind Blown Legacy | 36.4 |
 Mewtwo | Psychic | Confusion + Psystrike Legacy | 31.3 |
 Reshiram | DragonFire | Fire Fang + Fusion Flare Legacy | 30.2 |
 Salamence | Dragon | Fire Fang + Fly | 27.9 |
 Chandelure | GhostFire | Fire Spin + Overheat | 27.7 |
 Moltres | Fire | Fire Spin + Fly | 27.4 |
 Cinderace | Fire | Fire Spin + Pyroball | 27.3 |
 Volcarona | BugFire | Fire Spin + Overheat | 27.0 |
 Darmanitan | Fire | Fire Fang + Overheat | 26.9 |
 Yveltal | Dark | Gust + Oblivion Wing Legacy | 26.8 |
Ranked by damage per second against Roserade's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.