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Shroomish

Grass

Best attacking moveset: Bullet Seed and Grass Knot, worth 4.7 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Shroomish can learn 6 combinations. Bullet Seed with Grass Knot 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

Weak toFlyingPoisonBugFireIce

ResistsGroundWaterGrassElectric

Fast attack	Type	Power	Duration	Energy
Bullet Seed	Grass	7	1.0s	+13
Tackle	Normal	5	0.5s	+5

Charged attack	Type	Power	Duration	Energy
Energy Ball	Grass	90	4.0s	-50
Grass Knot	Grass	90	2.5s	-50
Seed Bomb	Grass	55	2.0s	-33

Shiny

Yes. Shiny Shroomish has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, photobomb.

Evolution family

Shroomish

Breloom

Numbers

Max CP	916 at level 50, 810 at level 40
Raid catch	463 CP at level 20, or 578 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch	421 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats	74 attack · 110 defense · 155 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Size	0.41 m and 4.5 kg

Best moveset against each type

Shroomish does not have one best moveset, it has 1. 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	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	7.2
Rock	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	7.2
Water	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	7.2
Normal	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.7
Fighting	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.7
Ghost	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.7
Electric	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.7
Psychic	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.7
Ice	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.7
Dark	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.7
Fairy	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	4.7
Flying	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	3.4
Poison	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	3.4
Bug	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	3.4
Steel	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	3.4
Fire	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	3.4
Grass	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	3.4
Dragon	Bullet Seed + Grass Knot	3.4

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 Shroomish is actually for.

Counters: what beats Shroomish

Attacker	Type	Moveset	DPS
Blacephalon	FireGhost	Incinerate + Mind Blown Legacy	58.2
Eternatus	PoisonDragon	Poison Jab + Dynamax Cannon Legacy	49.8
Reshiram	DragonFire	Fire Fang + Fusion Flare Legacy	48.3
Pheromosa	BugFighting	Bug Bite + Bug Buzz	45.3
Salamence	DragonFlying	Fire Fang + Fly	44.6
Chandelure	GhostFire	Fire Spin + Overheat	44.2
Moltres	FireFlying	Fire Spin + Fly	43.9
Cinderace	Fire	Fire Spin + Pyroball	43.6
Enamorus	FairyFlying	Fairy Wind + Fly	43.4
Volcarona	BugFire	Fire Spin + Overheat	43.2

Ranked by damage per second against Shroomish's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.