Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#047 Parasect

BugGrass

SpeciesMushroom Pokémon
Japanese nameParasect
PronunciationPAR-I-SECT
Height3′ 3″ 0.99 m
Weight65.0 lb 29.25 kg
Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%

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Name meaning

Combination of PARASITE and INSECT. (Many varieties of mushrooms are parasites, and this Pokémon has many legs like an insect.)

Evolution

ParasLevel 24Parasect

Parasect in the original Gengar’s Pokédex — Parasect as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	A host-parasite pair in which the parasite mushroom has taken over the host bug. Prefers damp places.
Yellow	The bug host is drained of energy by the mushrooms on its back. They appear to do all the thinking.
Stadium	The bug host is controlled by the mushrooms that scatter poisonous spores. The spores are sometimes used as medicine in China.
GoldStadium 2	It stays mostly in dark, damp places, the preference not of the bug, but of the big mushrooms on its back.
Silver	The larger the mushroom on its back grows, the stronger the mushroom spores it scatters.
Crystal	When nothing’s left to extract from the bug, the mushrooms on its back leave spores on the bug’s egg.

Where to find Parasect

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Safari Zone, Unknown Dungeon	NA	Few/Evolve
Red	Safari Zone, Unknown Dungeon	NA	Few/Evolve
Yellow	Safari Zone, Unknown Dungeon, Route 18 (Trade)	NA	Few/Evolve
Gold	Must Evolve from Paras	Any	Evolve
Silver	Must Evolve from Paras	Any	Evolve
Crystal	Silver Cave (2nd Floor)(Small Room)	Any	Many/Evolve

How to catch

	Ground	Evolve	Event
R/B	✓	✓
Yellow	✓	✓	✓
G/S		✓
Crystal	✓	✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

Normal×1
Fire×4
Water×0.5
Electric×0.5
Grass×0.25
Ice×2
Fighting×0.5
PoisonG/S/C ×2R/B/Y × 4
Ground×0.25
Flying×4
Psychic×1
Bug×2
Rock×2
Ghost×1
Dragon×1
Dark×1
Steel×1

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 6 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 6 : 5 (120%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 6 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 6 : 5 (120%).
This Pokémon has the same number of weaknesses in GSC as RBY, but in RBY it is 4x weakness to POISON.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Fire1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
Water1st: Normal 2nd: Good
Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Grass1st: Good 2nd: Bad
Ice1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Fighting1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Poison1st (GSC): Bad 2nd (GSC): Bad 1st (RBY): Good 2nd (RBY): Bad
Ground1st: Normal 2nd: Good
Flying1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
Psychic1st: Good 2nd: Normal
Bug1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Rock1st: Normal 2nd: Good
Ghost1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Dragon1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Dark1st: Good 2nd: Normal
Steel1st: Bad 2nd: Bad

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 6 advantages and 13 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 6:13 (~46.15%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 6 advantages and 11 disadvantages out of 30 types. Offensive ratio 6:11 (~54.55%).

Moves learned by levelling up

R/B/Y	G/S/C	Move	Type	Kind
Start	Start	Scratch	Normal	Physical
Start	Start	Stun Spore	Grass	Status
—	Start	Poison Powder	Poison	Status
Start	Start	Leech Life	Bug	Physical
30	28	Spore	Grass	Status
39	37	Slash	Normal	Physical
48	46	Growth	Normal	Status
—	55	Giga Drain	Grass	Special

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

None.

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

TM03Curse
TM06Toxic
TM08Rock Smash
TM10Hidden Power
TM11Sunny Day
TM12Sweet Scent
TM13Snore
TM15Hyper Beam
TM17Protect
TM19Giga Drain
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM22Solarbeam
TM27Return
TM28Dig
TM32Double Team
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM36Sludge Bomb
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
TM46Thief
TM49Fury Cutter
HM01Cut
HM05Flash

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

TM03Swords Dance
TM06Toxic
TM08Body Slam
TM09Take Down
TM10Double-Edge
TM15Hyper Beam
TM20Rage
TM21Mega Drain
TM22Solarbeam
TM28Dig
TM31Mimic
TM32Double Team
TM33Reflect
TM34Bide
TM40Skull Bash
TM44Rest
TM50Substitute
HM01Cut

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	Plant Pokémon group 1 Bug Pokémon group 2

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move	How to pass it down
Counter	Mate with a male Heracross.
False Swipe	Mate with a male Scyther/Scizor.
Flail	Breed a male Magikarp with a female from Horsea Family, then breed the male offspring (Horsea) with a female from Squirtle Family. Breed the male offspring of that union (Squirtle) with a female from Chikorita Family and breed the male offspring (Chikorita) to a female Paras/Parasect.
Light Screen	Mate with a male from Chikorita or Ledyba Family.
Psybeam	Mate with a male Butterfree or Venonat/Venomoth.
Pursuit	Mate with a male Beedrill or Scyther/Scizor.
Screech	Mate with a male Gligar, Spinarak/Ariados, or Yanma.

Stats

Stat	Base	Range at Lv. 100	G/S/C rank	R/B/Y rank
HP	60	293-323	27/4540.14%	24/4244.05%
Attack	95	258-288	9/4980.20%	9/4580.20%
Defense	80	228-258	18/5563.67%	15/4465.54%
Speed	30	128-158	43/478.88%	39/426.68%
Special Attack G/S/C	60	188-218	26/4640.14%	—
Special Defense G/S/C	80	228-258	17/4165.54%	—
Special R/B/Y	80	228-258	—	13/2963.67%
Total	405 G/S/C 345 R/B/Y	1323-1503 1135-1285	38/8748.01%	29/6550.00%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library