Petilil
Bulb Pokémon
The leaves on its head are highly valued for medicinal purposes. Dry the leaves in the sun, boil them, and then drink the bitter decoction for remarkably effective relief from fatigue.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Petilil
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Petilil can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absorb Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Growth Raises the user’s Attack and Special Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 3 | Helping Hand Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 5 | Leafage Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Grass | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 |
| 6 | Stun Spore Paralyzes the target. | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 9 | Mega Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 12 | Aromatherapy Cures the entire party of major status effects. | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 12 | Charm Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages. | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 15 | Magical Leaf Never misses. | Grass | Special | 60 | — | 20 |
| 15 | Poison Powder Poisons the target. | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 |
| 18 | Sleep Powder Puts the target to sleep. | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 |
| 21 | Giga Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 24 | Leech Seed Seeds the target, stealing HP from it every turn. | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 27 | After You Makes the target act next this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 30 | Energy Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Grass | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 33 | Synthesis Heals the user by half its max HP. Affected by weather. | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 36 | Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for five turns. | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 37 | Recover Heals the user by half its max HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 39 | Entrainment Copies the user’s ability onto the target. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 42 | Leaf Storm Lowers the user’s Special Attack by two stages after inflicting damage. | Grass | Special | 130 | 90 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Petilil can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
13 sprites & renders for Petilil.






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Cite this page
“Petilil”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/petilil.
Species data from PokéAPI.