Growth

せいちょう Growth

Generation:	I

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	N/A
Accuracy:	N/A
PP:	40, max: ?
Affects:	User
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	No
Protect/Detect:	No
Snatch:	Yes
Mirror Move:	No
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contests (RS E)

Type:
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	0

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Type:
Appeal:	0

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Growth (せいちょう Growth) is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Description[]

Games	Description
GS C	Raises the Spcl. Atk rating
RS E	Forces the body to grow and heightens Sp. Atk.
FRLG	The user's body is forced to grow, raising the Sp. Atk stat.
DP Pt HGSS	The user's body is forced to grow all at once. It raises the Sp. Atk stat.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS	The user's body grows all at once, raising the Attack and Sp. Atk stats.
SM USUM PE	The user's body grows all at once, raising the Attack and Sp. Atk stats.

Effect[]

In Battle[]

The user's body is forced to grow all at once. It raises the Sp. Atk stat.

In Generation V, growth increases Attack by one stage in addition to increasing Sp. Atk. In intense sunlight, Growth raises Attack and Sp. Atk by two stages each.

Contests[]

Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests[]

Earn double the score in the next turn.

Learnset[]

Generation I[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Bulbasaur	Grass/Poison	34
Ivysaur	Grass/Poison	38
Venusaur	Grass/Poison	43
Paras	Bug/Grass	41
Parasect	Bug/Grass	48
Bellsprout	Grass/Poison	1
Weepinbell	Grass/Poison	1
Tangela	Grass	49 (RB G) or 48 (Y)
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

Generation II[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Bulbasaur	Grass/Poison	32
Ivysaur	Grass/Poison	38
Venusaur	Grass/Poison	41
Paras	Bug/Grass	37
Parasect	Bug/Grass	46
Bellsprout	Grass/Poison	6
Weepinbell	Grass/Poison	1 or 6
Tangela	Grass	46
Sunkern	Grass	4
Sunflora	Grass	4
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

By Event[]

Pokémon	type	Obtained in
By Event'
Poliwag (Lv 5)	Water	New York City Pokémon Center
Eevee (Lv 5)	Normal	New York City Pokémon Center
Spinarak (Lv 5)	Bug/Poison	New York City Pokémon Center
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

Generation III[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Bulbasaur	Grass/Poison	32
Ivysaur	Grass/Poison	38
Venusaur	Grass/Poison	41
Paras	Bug/Grass	37
Parasect	Bug/Grass	43
Bellsprout	Grass/Poison	6
Weepinbell	Grass/Poison	1 or 6
Tangela	Grass	13
Sunkern	Grass	6
Sunflora	Grass	6
Seedot	Grass	7
Nuzleaf	Grass/Dark	7
Shiftry	Grass/Dark	1
Shroomish	Grass	36
Roselia	Grass/Poison	5
Cacnea	Grass	9
Cacturne	Grass/Dark	1 or 9
Tropius	Grass/Flying	7
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding'
Illumise	Bug	Paras, Parasect Cacnea, Cacturne
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding

Generation IV[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Bulbasaur	Grass/Poison	25
Ivysaur	Grass/Poison	28
Venusaur	Grass/Poison	28
Paras	Bug/Grass	27
Parasect	Bug/Grass	30
Bellsprout	Grass/Poison	7
Weepinbell	Grass/Poison	1 or 7
Tangela	Grass	12
Sunkern	Grass	1
Sunflora	Grass	1
Seedot	Grass	7
Nuzleaf	Grass/Dark	7
Shroomish	Grass	33
Roselia	Grass/Poison	4
Cacnea	Grass	9
Cacturne	Grass/Dark	1 or 9
Tropius	Grass/Flying	7
Budew	Grass/Poison	4
Wormadam (Plant Cloak)	Bug/Grass	29
Cherubi	Grass	7
Cherrim	Grass	7
Carnivine	Grass	1
Tangrowth	Grass	12
Shaymin (Land Forme)	Grass	1 (Pt HGSS)
Shaymin (Sky Forme)	Grass/Flying	1
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding'
Illumise	Bug	Paras, Parasect Cacnea, Cacturne
Turtwig	Grass	Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Paras, Parasect Bellsprout, Weepinbell Tangela, Tangrowth Sunkern, Sunflora Shroomish Roselia Cacnea, Cacturne Tropius Cherubi, Cherrim Carnivine
Snover	Grass/Ice	Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Paras, Parasect Bellsprout, Weepinbell Tangela, Tangrowth Sunkern, Sunflora Shroomish Roselia Cacnea, Cacturne Tropius Cherubi, Cherrim Carnivine
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding

Generation V[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Bulbasaur	Grass/Poison	25
Ivysaur	Grass/Poison	28
Venusaur	Grass/Poison	28
Paras	Bug/Grass	33
Parasect	Bug/Grass	37
Bellsprout	Grass/Poison	7
Weepinbell	Grass/Poison	1 or 7
Tangela	Grass	12
Sunkern	Grass	1
Sunflora	Grass	1
Seedot	Grass	7
Nuzleaf	Grass/Dark	7
Shroomish	Grass	33
Roselia	Grass/Poison	4
Cacnea	Grass	9
Cacturne	Grass/Dark	1 or 9
Tropius	Grass/Flying	7
Budew	Grass/Poison	4
Wormadam (Plant Cloak)	Bug/Grass	29
Cherubi	Grass	7
Cherrim	Grass	1 or 7
Carnivine	Grass	1
Tangrowth	Grass	12
Shaymin (Land Forme)	Grass	1
Shaymin (Sky Forme)	Grass/Flying	1
Snivy	Grass	13
Servine	Grass	13
Serperior	Grass	13
Cottonee	Grass	4
Whimsicott	Grass	1
Petilil	Grass	4
Lilligant	Grass	1
Maractus	Grass	6
Foongus	Grass/Poison	6
Amoonguss	Grass/Poison	1 or 6
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding'
Illumise	Bug	Paras, Parasect Cacnea, Cacturne
Turtwig	Grass	Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Paras, Parasect Bellsprout, Weepinbell Tangela, Tangrowth Sunkern, Sunflora Shroomish Roselia Cacnea, Cacturne Tropius Cherubi, Cherrim Carnivine Snivy, Servine, Serperior Cottonee, Whimsicott Petilil, Lilligant Maractus Foongus, Amoonguss
Snover	Grass/Ice	Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Paras, Parasect Bellsprout, Weepinbell Tangela, Tangrowth Sunkern, Sunflora Shroomish Roselia Cacnea, Cacturne Tropius Cherubi, Cherrim Carnivine Snivy, Servine, Serperior Cottonee, Whimsicott Petilil, Lilligant Maractus Foongus, Amoonguss
* Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding

Gallery[]

Main games

Main series

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A	Acupressure After You Assist Attract

B	Barrage Baton Pass Belly Drum Bestow Bide Bind Bite Block Blood Moon Body Slam Boomburst

C	Camouflage Captivate Celebrate Charm Chip Away Comet Punch Confide Constrict Conversion Conversion 2 Copycat Court Change Covet Crush Claw Crush Grip Cut

D	Defense Curl Disable Dizzy Punch Doodle Double Hit Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge

E	Echoed Voice Egg Bomb Encore Endeavor Endure Entrainment Explosion Extreme Speed

F	Facade Fake Out False Swipe Feint Fillet Away Flail Flash Focus Energy Follow Me Foresight Frustration Fury Attack Fury Swipes

G	Giga Impact Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust

H	Happy Hour Harden Head Charge Headbutt Heal Bell Helping Hand Hidden Power Hold Back Hold Hands Horn Attack Horn Drill Howl Hyper Beam Hyper Drill Hyper Fang Hyper Voice

J	Judgment

K	Karate Chop

L	Laser Focus Last Resort Leer Lock-On Lovely Kiss Lucky Chant

M	Me First Mean Look Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Milk Drink Mimic Mind Reader Minimize Moonlight Morning Sun Multi-Attack

N	Natural Gift Nature Power Noble Roar

O	Odor Sleuth

P	Pain Split Pay Day Perish Song Play Nice Population Bomb Pound Power Shift Present Protect Psych Up

Q	Quick Attack

R	Rage Raging Bull Rapid Spin Razor Wind Recover Recycle Reflect Type Refresh Relic Song Retaliate Return Revelation Dance Revival Blessing Roar Rock Climb Round

S	Safeguard Sand Attack Scary Face Scratch Screech Secret Power Self-Destruct Sharpen Shed Tail Shell Smash Simple Beam Sing Sketch Skull Bash Slack Off Slam Slash Sleep Talk Smelling Salts Smokescreen Snore Soft-Boiled Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Spit Up Splash Spotlight Stockpile Stomp Strength Struggle Stuff Cheeks Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Swagger Swallow Sweet Kiss Sweet Scent Swift Swords Dance

T	Tackle Tail Slap Tail Whip Take Down Tearful Look Teatime Techno Blast Teeter Dance Tera Blast Tera Starstorm Terrain Pulse Thrash Tickle Tidy Up Transform Tri Attack Trump Card

U	Uproar

V	Vise Grip

W	Weather Ball Whirlwind Wish Work Up Wrap Wring Out

Y	Yawn

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

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A	Absorb Acid Acid Armor Agility Amnesia Aurora Beam

B	Barrage Barrier Bide Bind Bite Blizzard Body Slam Bone Club Bonemerang Bubble Bubble Beam

C	Clamp Comet Punch Confuse Ray Confusion Constrict Conversion Counter Crabhammer Cut

D	Defense Curl Dig Disable Dizzy Punch Double Kick Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge Dragon Rage Dream Eater Drill Peck

E	Earthquake Egg Bomb Ember Explosion

F	Fire Blast Fire Punch Fire Spin Fissure Flamethrower Flash Fly Focus Energy Fury Attack Fury Swipes

G	Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust

H	Harden Haze Headbutt High Jump Kick Horn Attack Horn Drill Hydro Pump Hyper Beam Hyper Fang Hypnosis

I	Ice Beam Ice Punch

J	Jump Kick

K	Karate Chop Kinesis

L	Leech Life Leech Seed Leer Lick Light Screen Lovely Kiss Low Kick

M	Meditate Mega Drain Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Minimize Mirror Move Mist

N	Night Shade

P	Pay Day Peck Petal Dance Pin Missile Poison Gas Poison Powder Poison Sting Pound Psybeam Psychic Psywave

Q	Quick Attack

R	Rage Razor Leaf Razor Wind Recover Reflect Rest Roar Rock Slide Rock Throw Rolling Kick

S	Sand Attack Scratch Screech Seismic Toss Self-Destruct Sharpen Sing Skull Bash Sky Attack Slam Slash Sleep Powder Sludge Smog Smokescreen Soft-Boiled Solar Beam Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Splash Spore Stomp Strength String Shot Struggle Stun Spore Submission Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Surf Swift Swords Dance

T	Tackle Tail Whip Take Down Teleport Thrash Thunder Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Toxic Transform Tri Attack Twineedle

V	Vine Whip ViceGrip

W	Water Gun Waterfall Whirlwind Wing Attack Withdraw Wrap

See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation I

Pokémon Wiki

Growth

Contents

Description[]

Effect[]

In Battle[]

Contests[]

Super Contests[]

Learnset[]

Generation I[]

By Leveling Up[]

Generation II[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Event[]

Generation III[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Generation IV[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Generation V[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Gallery[]

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