#0947

Brambleghast

Tumbleweed Pokémon

Grass Ghost

Brambleghast wanders around arid regions. On rare occasions, mass outbreaks of these Pokémon will bury an entire town.

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Details

Height1.2 m

Weight6.0 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship50Low

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP168

Abilities

Wind Rider

Gives immunity to wind moves, and causes the Pokémon's Attack to increase by one stage when hit by one.

InfiltratorHidden

Bypasses Light Screen, Reflect, and Safeguard.

Egg groups: Grass

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

115

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

480

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Offensive Utility

Moves

Item

Heavy-Duty Boots / Colbur Berry

NatureJolly+Spe/−SpA

TeraFairyGhost

EV spread

Atk252

SpD4

Spe▲252

Choice Band

Moves

Item

Choice Band

NatureJolly+Spe/−SpA

TeraGhost

EV spread

Atk252

SpD4

Spe▲252

Defensive Spinner

Moves

Item

Heavy-Duty Boots

Nature{"Bold","Impish"}

TeraDark

EV spread

HP252

Def240

Spe16

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Evolution

#0946Bramblin

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#0947Brambleghast

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Brambleghast can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Ghost	Physical	30	100	15
1	Defense Curl Raises user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	40
1	Rollout Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, resetting after five turns.	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
5	Absorb Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	20	100	25
9	Rapid Spin Frees the user from binding moves, removes Leech Seed, and blows away Spikes.	Normal	Physical	50	100	40
13	Bullet Seed Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Grass	Physical	25	100	30
17	Infestation Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.	Bug	Special	20	100	20
21	Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment.	Ghost	Special	65	100	10
25	Mega Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	40	100	15
29	Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns.	Normal	Status	—	100	20
35	Phantom Force User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect.	Ghost	Physical	90	100	10
40	Giga Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	75	100	10
45	Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense.	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
50	Pain Split Sets the user’s and targets’s HP to the average of their current HP.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
55	Power Whip Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Grass	Physical	120	85	10