Grassy Terrain

Type

Grass

Category

status

Power

—

Accuracy

—

PP

10

Priority

0

Target

field

Contact

No

Spread

No

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

No

A utility move whose value depends on the team's gameplan and the tempo it creates.

• Floette Mega
• Chesnaught Mega
• Sceptile Mega
• Scovillain Mega
• Florges
• Hydrapple
• Venusaur Mega
• Whimsicott
• Meganium Mega
• Torterra
• Decidueye Hisui
• Venusaur Gmax
• Floette Eternal
• Meowscarada
• Tsareena
• Victreebel Mega
• Sinistcha
• Sceptile
• Meganium
• Roserade
• Venusaur
• Appletun
• Flapple
• Chesnaught
• Appletun Gmax
• Decidueye
• Flapple Gmax
• Serperior
• Trevenant
• Scovillain
• Victreebel
• Vileplume
• Floette

Grassy Terrain is a Grass-type status move. It targets field and has 10 PP. Grassy Terrain is a Grass-type status move. It targets the entire field and has 10 PP.

A utility move whose value depends on the team's gameplan and the tempo it creates.

Consider Grassy Terrain when your team needs the utility it provides rather than direct damage. Status moves define speed control, redirection, protection and disruption in VGC. Its value depends on whether your team can exploit the turns it creates. Check your team composition for Pokémon that benefit from the positioning or tempo it generates.

In team building, Grassy Terrain competes with other support and disruption options for a limited number of moveslots. Ask whether your team has enough offense to justify a utility move, and whether you have the speed or bulk to use it safely. Many successful teams run one or two status moves that enable the rest of the roster, so treat it as part of your overall gameplan rather than an afterthought.

Common mistakes with Grassy Terrain include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Not considering how redirectors like Follow Me and Rage Powder change targeting.

Protect and Detect block this move. These interactions are situational, so test them in the team builder and matchup analyzer before committing to the moveslot.

Use the tools below to test Grassy Terrain in a full team context and compare it with alternative options.

• Protect / Detect: blocks this move.
• Wide Guard: does not block this move.
• Follow Me / Rage Powder: spread moves are not redirected.
• Quick Guard: no effect (non-priority).