Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#045 Vileplume

GrassPoison

SpeciesFlower Pokémon
Japanese nameRuffresia
PronunciationVILE-PLOOM
Height3′ 11″ 1.19 m
Weight41.0 lb 18.45 kg
Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%

Pokédex Where to find Type matchups Moves Breeding Stats

Name meaning

Combination of VILE and PLUME (cloud). “creature that emits a vile cloud”

Evolution

OddishLevel 21GloomLeaf StoneVileplume

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

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	The larger its petals, the more toxic pollen it contains. Its big head is heavy and hard to hold up.
Yellow	Flaps its broad flower petals to scatter its poisonous pollen. The flapping sound is very loud.
Stadium	Scatters allergy-causing pollen from its broad petals. The larger the petals, the more pollen is scattered.
GoldStadium 2	It has the world’s largest petals. With every step, the petals shake out heavy clouds of toxic pollen.
Silver	The bud bursts into bloom with a bang. It then starts scattering allergenic, poisonous pollen.
Crystal	By shaking its big petals, it scatters toxic pollen into the air, turning the air yellow.

Where to find Vileplume

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Must Evolve from Gloom with a Leaf Stone	NA	Evolve
Red		NA	Evolve
Yellow		NA	Evolve
Gold		Any	Evolve
Silver		Any	Evolve
Crystal		Any	Evolve

How to catch

	Ground	Surf	Fishing	Forest Tree	Mountain Tree	Rock Smash	Breed	Evolve	Event	BugCatch	Game Corner
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×2
Water×0.5
Electric×0.5
Grass×0.25
Ice×2
Fighting×0.5
Poison×1
Ground×1
Flying×2
Psychic×2
BugG/S/C ×1R/B/Y × 4
Rock×1
Ghost×1
Dragon×1
Dark×1
Steel×1

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 4 weaknesses and 4 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 5 weaknesses and 4 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 5 : 4 (125%).
This Pokémon has less weaknesses in GSC than RBY, and in RBY it has a 4x weakness to BUG. Better defense ratio in GSC.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Fire1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Water1st: Good 2nd: Normal
Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Grass1st: Bad 2nd: Good
Ice1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Fighting1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Poison1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
Ground1st: Good 2nd: Bad
Flying1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Psychic1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Bug1st (GSC): Bad 2nd (GSC): Normal 1st (RBY): Bad 2nd (RBY): Good
Rock1st: Good 2nd: Bad
Ghost1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Dragon1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Dark1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Steel1st: Bad 2nd: No Effect

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 4 advantages and 12 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 1:3 (~33.33%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 5 advantages and 10 disadvantages out of 30 types. Offensive ratio 1:2 (50%).

Moves learned by levelling up

R/B/Y	G/S/C	Move	Type	Kind
Start	Start	Absorb	Grass	Special
—	Start	Sweet Scent	Normal	Status
Start	Start	Poison Powder	Poison	Status
Start	Start	Stun Spore	Grass	Status
Start	Start	Sleep Powder	Grass	Status
—	—	Acid	Poison	Physical
—	—	Moonlight	Normal	Status
—	—	Petal Dance	Grass	Special
—	—	Solar Beam	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
TM10Hidden Power
TM11Sunny Day
TM12Sweet Scent
TM13Snore
TM15Hyper Beam
TM17Protect
TM19Giga Drain
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM22Solarbeam
TM27Return
TM32Double Team
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM36Sludge Bomb
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
HM01Cut
HM05Flash

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

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

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	Plant Pokémon group 1

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move	How to pass it down
Flail	Mate with male Magikarp with a female from Horsea Family. Then, mate male offspring with the move to a female Squirtle. Next, mate their male offspring (Squirtle) to a female from Chikorita Family. Finally mate the male offspring to a female from Oddish Family.
Razor Leaf	Mate with a male from Bellsprout, Bulbasaur, or Chikorita Family; or Sunflora.
Swords Dance	Teach RBY TM03 (Swords Dance) to a Pokémon from Bellsprout, Bulbasaur, Oddish, Paras, or Tangela Family. Then trade to GSC and, if male, mate with female from Oddish Family.
Synthesis	Mate with a male from Bulbasaur, Chikorita, Hoppip, or Sunkern Family.

Stats

Stat	Base	Range at Lv. 100	G/S/C rank	R/B/Y rank
HP	75	323-353	21/4559.86%	18/4263.67%
Attack	80	228-258	17/4961.79%	17/4559.86%
Defense	85	238-268	16/5569.15%	13/4472.57%
Speed	50	168-198	34/4727.43%	31/4222.70%
Special Attack G/S/C	100	268-298	10/4689.41%	—
Special Defense G/S/C	90	248-278	14/4177.31%	—
Special R/B/Y	100	268-298	—	9/2985.28%
Total	480 G/S/C 390 R/B/Y	1473-1653 1225-1375	19/8775.80%	21/6570.86%

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