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Grass Knot

Grass · Special · 16 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Grass
Grass Knot
TypeGrass
CategorySpecial
Base power—
Accuracy100%
PP20
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Whimsicott 22.5% 3.6% Mega Floette 15.0% 0.4% Mega Raichu Y 7.0% 7.1% Vileplume 1.4% 2.3% Mega Sceptile 0.85% 7.4% Mega Eelektross 0.78% 16.2% Mega Raichu X 0.78% 12.7% Mega Abomasnow 0.67% 5.9% Greninja 0.35% 18.9% Raichu 0.33% 16.6% Heliolisk 0.28% 36.5% Empoleon 0.18% 4.1% Espeon 0.10% 7.3% Watchog 0.04% 2% Pikachu 0.04% 11.4% Roserade 0.04% 9.8%

What it does

This move's power is 20 if the target weighs less than 10 kg, 40 if less than 25 kg, 60 if less than 50 kg, 80 if less than 100 kg, 100 if less than 200 kg, and 120 if greater than or equal to 200 kg.

Who carrys it

16 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Grass Knot. The one that matters most is Whimsicott, which is on 22.5% of teams and carrys it on 3.6% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Grass move it is super effective against Ground, Rock and Water, resisted by Bug, Dragon, Fire, Flying, Grass, Poison and Steel. 7 other Grass moves appear in this format: Solar Beam, Sleep Powder, Giga Drain, Leaf Storm, Energy Ball, Leech Seed and others.

Who could and does not

85 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Grass Knot at all, against the 16 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Kingambit, Sneasler, Farigiraf, Venusaur, Maushold and Meowscarada — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Grass Knot accounts for an expected 0.02 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 111th most-brought of the 126 moves this format runs. 41% of that comes from Whimsicott alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Electric (6), Grass (5) and Fairy (2).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.