Tangela
Vine Pokémon
It is cloaked entirely in blue vines, preventing any glimpse of its true identity. The vines impart a refreshing sensation when chewed—they're useful as a spice.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Tangela
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 Tangela can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bind Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 1 | Constrict Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Normal | Physical | 10 | 100 | 35 |
| 10 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 12 | Mega Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 15 | Acid Spray Lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages. | Poison | Special | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Vine Whip Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Grass | Physical | 45 | 100 | 25 |
| 18 | Double Hit Hits twice in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 35 | 90 | 10 |
| 25 | Energy Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Grass | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 28 | Knock Off Target drops its held item. | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 29 | Absorb Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| 32 | Giga Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 32 | Poison Powder Poisons the target. | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 |
| 33 | Natural Gift Power and type depend on the held berry. | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 |
| 34 | Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Rock | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 36 | Stun Spore Paralyzes the target. | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 39 | Leech Seed Seeds the target, stealing HP from it every turn. | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 39 | Sleep Powder Puts the target to sleep. | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 |
| 44 | Tickle Lowers the target’s Attack and Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 45 | Slam Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 80 | 75 | 20 |
| 46 | Wring Out Power increases against targets with more HP remaining, up to a maximum of 121 power. | Normal | Special | — | 100 | 5 |
| 48 | Power Whip Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Grass | Physical | 120 | 85 | 10 |
| 49 | Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 49 | Growth Raises the user’s Attack and Special Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 52 | Ingrain Prevents the user from leaving battle. User regains 1/16 of its max HP every turn. | Grass | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 56 | Grassy Terrain For five turns, heals all Pokémon on the ground for 1/16 max HP each turn and strengthens their Grass moves to 1.5× their power. | Grass | Status | — | — | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Tangela can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
24 sprites & renders for Tangela.






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More Grass-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Tangela”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/tangela.
Species data from PokéAPI.