#046 Paras

#046 Paras

Type		Abilities			Catch Rate	Max Exp.	Happiness
Bug	Grass	Effect Spore	Dry Skin	Damp	190	1,000,000	70
Egg Group (compatibility)		Gender Ratio					Steps to Hatch
Bug	Grass	50%F 50%M					5120

Damage Taken

Normal	Fire	Water	Electric	Grass	Ice	Fighting	Poison	Ground	Flying	Psychic	Bug	Rock	Ghost	Dragon	Dark	Steel	Fairy
1	4	½	½	¼	2	½	2	¼	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

Evolution

#046 Paras

BugGrass

Level 24

#047 Parasect

BugGrass

Paras Attacks Learned by Level

Level	Name	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP	Effect
—	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100%	35	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
6	PoisonPowder	Poison	Other	0	75%	35	Poisons the target.
6	Stun Spore	Grass	Other	0	75%	30	Paralyzes the target.
11	Leech Life	Bug	Physical	20	100%	15	Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.
17	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95%	20	Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, maxing out after five turns.
22	Spore	Grass	Other	0	100%	15	Puts the target to sleep.
27	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Has an increased chance for a critical hit.
33	Growth	Normal	Other	0	-	20	Raises the user's Attack and Special Attack by one stage.
38	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100%	10	Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.
43	Aromatherapy	Grass	Other	0	-	5	Cures the entire party of major status effects.
49	Rage Powder	Bug	Other	0	-	20	Redirects the target's single-target effects to the user for this turn.
54	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100%	15	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.

Paras Base Stats

Stat	Base Stat Value	EVs Given
HP	35	0
Attack	70	1
Defense	55	0
Special Attack	45	0
Special Defense	55	0
Speed	25	0
Total	285	1

Flavor Text

X	Growing out of the bug's back are mushrooms called tochukaso. The mushrooms grow with the bug host.
Y	Burrows under the ground to gnaw on tree roots. The mushrooms on its back absorb most of the nutrition.