The BEST Venusaur Team! | Non-Legendary | Pokemon Fire Red & Leaf Green

Hey everyone! Here are my thoughts on what the Best Venusaur Team to use in Kanto! Please keep in mind that this video is entirely opinion based. If you want to make changes to this team please do! At the end of the day it is your team to playthrough with and enjoy as you wish! Let me know if you like this team or have suggestions for a better team to use in Fire Red or Leaf Green version. Thank you!

[@wololo10]

The team I used in my Leaf Green playthrough: - Lv60 Raichu (Thunderbolt, Quick Attack, Thunder, Rain Dance) - Lv58 Dragonite (Dragon claw, Ice Beam, Fire Blast, Safeguard) - Lv59 Nidoking (Rock Slide, Earthquake, Blizzard, Megahorn) - Lv58 Venasaur (Razor Leaf, Giga Drain, Frenzy Plant, Sleep Powder) - Lv58 Gyarados (Dragon Dance, Double Edge, Hydro Pump, Hyper Beam) - Lv58 Alakazam (Psychic, Shock Wave, Future Sight, Calm Mind)

[@mazh2704]

mr mime is underrated af coverage is insane with magical leaf and thunderbolt while setting up calm mind and learning psychic leveling up so you use the TM on other pokemon, plus as a traded pokemon it levels up faster than normal

[@Christianthekidd]

Mimien the OG always a beast

[@marcellogarcia5205]

This is exactly the video I was looking for! Thank you!

[@MrFlaym95]

My FireRed team was actually pretty similar, or at least half similar. I had Nidoking, Snorlax and Lapras, but my other three Pokemon were Charizard, Hitmonchan and Aerodactyl. In LeafGreen I had a more carefree team, with Venusaur, Raticate, Beedrill, Gyarados, Flareon and Hypno.

[@SouthernDrinkSlinger]

My take on your suggestions: Start with Venusuar but turn it into an HM slave after mid-game. (Strength, Cut, Rock Smash, & Flash.) However if you do keep it as a fighter, you def dont teach it all grass moves. You need coverage. Sleep Powder, Giga Drain, Return, & Earthquake. Nidoking is a strong choice, and your moveset would line up well with an Adament nature. Can't go wrong if you go this route, however I do think he is overrated end game. Dont bother with Alakazam. Go with Starmie instead. Moveset of Psychic, HM Surf, Ice Beam, & Thunderbolt. This is your special sweeper, and you can practically solo the game with just Starmie. If you dont have access to Starmie in Fire Red, go with Lapras. I see you already touched on Lapras later, but Starmie is the better option. Dodrio is the best non-legendary flyer in the game. If you chose to play without legendaries, you nailed this one! However, if legendaries are an option. Pick up Zapdos! You also nailed the Snorlax. A good choice to any team with STAB Body Slam and Ghost coverage while being immune with Shadowball. Rest is a must. I personally like to run either Yawn or Sleep Talk, just so your rest isn't totally one-sided. If you didnt want to run Rest at all, Earthquake & Brick Break works well on Snorlax. Let's go back over the four we are taking: Venusaur - HM Strength, HM Cut, Sleep Powder, Giga Drain (I opted to use other hm slaves for temporary flash & rock smash) Starmie - HM Surf, Ice Beam, Psychic, Thunderbolt Snorlax - Yawn, Rest, Body Slam, Shadowball Zapdos - HM Fly, Thunderbolt, Drill Peck, Steel Wing My Next two picks are very popular but often misused. Both have a very high physical attack but not-so-stellar sp attack, so we'll focus on the strengths. Here are their movesets Gyarados - Dragon Dance, Return, Earthquake, Hydro Pump Dragonite - Dragon Claw, Aerial Ace, Brick Break, Hyper Beam Starmie, Zapdos, & Snorlax can take on almost everything in game. Venusuar helps you early mainly, but Sleep Powder will always be strong. If you can use sleep powder or Snorlax's yawn then switch Gyarados in to set up a double Dragon Dance risk-free, Return & Earthquake 1shot most pokemon of similar level. Dragonite is bulky with good sp attack but fantastic physical attack. Even a base 60 STAB Aerial Ace with that high attack wrecks! Plus you can't miss with it. Brick Break covers your Ice Type Weakness, and Hyper Beam is a nuke when in a bind.

[@MAL-km1nj]

What level did you evolve your staryu ?

[@CureKenz]

love the content. trying this team out rn , i couldn’t get nidoran so i got nidoqueen instead. only got the first 4 pokémon’s rn and it’s goin great so far!!

[@OaksLab848]

That’s awesome to hear! Nidoqueen is still an excellent choice. It isn’t as offensive as Nidoking but is much more defensive. Good luck!

[@gkaskavelis]

The sleep powder-solarbeam combo is one I'm doing with Butterfree. But I would change them in Venusaur's moveset for something less grass type and more diverse

[@OaksLab848]

That’s smart. I wish I could of included sludge bomb but sadly that is a post game tm. Venusaur doesn’t have many options in Gen 3 for level up moves

[@gkaskavelis]

​@@OaksLab848so true

[@trevormccaughey9780]

No thrash on Nidoking seems like a crime. Thats his signature move

[@nerdtom4513]

Thrash is useful but somewhat useless at the same time. I'd rather go with Thunderbolt, Surf, Megahorn and Earthquake as Nidoking's moveset.

[@anthonyt425]

@@nerdtom4513this. He’s too versatile to keep thrash around.

[@12Minecrafter34]

my team was venasaur nidqueen geodude machomp buterfree alakhzam

[@joshuastorms1499]

I am actually using this for my playthrough right now and using sleep powder with leech seed not only can heal him but whoever on the team that needs healing

[@numbernumber25]

Yeah, sounds like a well built team. The only thing I would say is that I do not think Megahorn is necessarily my first choice for a move to keep for Nidoking, This is mostly because Nidoking has a wide selection of TMs. The other reason is just after Sabrina you kind of do not face any other psychic pokemon aside from Lorei's two pokemon, so you could give Nidoking after that point a move to hit a different type. I originally was going to suggest an electric move, since there are a lot of flying types, but actually already had two to cover on electric moves. So instead you could probably go for either Surf or Ice Beam, the main reasoning being that the Lance fight will be rough so an extra pokemon using ice beam would be nice. Also depending on what pokemon you encounter and what level your Lapras is, there is a slight risk of a speed disadvantage so Lapras may take a few extra hits. Similar thing with Surf where Nidoking can assist if Lapras somehow goes down when fighting agaisnt Blaine and Giovanni. Everything else looks good though.

[@OaksLab848]

Thanks for checking out the team! I like your reasoning here for subbing another move for megahorn. This was definitely here mostly for psychic types and opponents such as Exeggutor in the champion fight if needed. Between surf/ ice beam I’d probably opt to teach IB. Surf is a nice option however most of Giovanni’s Pokémon have a ground weakness which would be stronger on Nidoking as a physical stab move. IB could definitely be useful against Lance although I’m not sure how much stronger this would be than rock slide

[@numbernumber25]

@@OaksLab848 I mean for damage calculation I usually just use Pokemon Showdown's Damage Calculator. They should have settings there to adjust for you playing a Pokemon Advanced game, as well as for the level of each pokemon involved. You could type in Nidoking for the pokemon on the left side, just make sure that you click on Blank Set. Same for Dragonite on the right side. Then below the stats should be pokemon moves, type in name of the moves. Then at the top of the page the moves you put in should show up and they will show percentages on how much of the opponet's health each move will deal.

[@alexvaughan1013]

I'm a dick so I like to use this moveset on Venusaur: Toxic Leech Seed Protect Any Grass-type attack move of your choice This is designed to be an annoying, passive damage tank. Similar to Toxapex in Gen 7.

[@KayaanJadhav03]

Bro I know that alakazam is very strong in Firered and Leafgreen but not choosing him is also a good choice because there is another broken Pokemon in these which you can use Jolteon⚡.There are some reasons in using jolteon its a very good electric type and its pretty early game you can get eevee in celadon city and evolve it by using thunderstone which you can buy in celadon department thats why Jolteon is pretty good btw good vid👍

[@OaksLab848]

Thanks for the comment! Jolteon is great but I picked Alakazam because we already have a strong grass type to defeat water pokemon. Jolteon is a fantastic alternative pick though if you don’t want to use Alakazam

[@KayaanJadhav03]

Ya man thanks for replying on this comment ❤

[@sockmonkeyjg]

Couple of notes here for you, its not bad team building but it could be better venusaur- id probably skip sleep powder and go sunny day because sunny day + solar beam is a strong set up BUT the other option is to lean into diversity, you can use him as a mixed sweeper Nidoking/Nidoqueen (you can catch one earlier before brocks gym) i think as well with this you can switch up the moves they are both diverse pokemon so they dont need to lean into physical stats Alakazam - i mean i prefer to use him when the elemental punches are in play (emerald) kadabra still isnt a bad, also jynx is much better than mr mime but personally i would use gengar because of access to thunderbolt and psychic Dudrio - i mean its the best statistically at flying types but it appears later in the game where really its only use is bruno, consider aerodactyl if you are waiting or fearow if not Lapras - its hard to argue against lapras its a great mon personally never used one in game because i prefer other typing Snorlax - its another well its the best in the game but does the same deal as having legendary imo missing mons Fighting type!!! while they suck in this generation you really need one or a good fighting move magneton - i would redo the team to fit him on here they are deadly as the only steel type so far eeveelution - i dunno i feel the eeveelution fills a team consider listing alternatives - some people might prefer a bit variety to the basic team Thoughts for content, try unique teams, think that i mean with any calculation you could figure this team out people love these games and they have a lot of replayablity try a YOU NEVER TRIED THIS VENASAUR TEAM etc and build a challenging team, try pitching mons with good stats but troubling moves or vice versa hope all is well

[@_.NERD._.]

Hey just wanted to know what skill set should i put in mr.mime (i have a girl type) and should the other pokemon be female of male?

[@OaksLab848]

Hello. The gender of your Pokémon will not affect the stat distribution so no need to worry about that. I’d recommend Psychic, Magical Leaf, Encore, Calm Mind TM

[@_.NERD._.]

@@OaksLab848 what about cut whom to teach it ?

[@OaksLab848]

@@_.NERD._. I usually just teach it to some low level Pokémon and switch it in and out of the PC as needed. Cut isn’t too important and is a very low power move

[@amandeora7044]

I have same team as your except snorlax. I use hitmonlee to counter tyranitar.

[@anaknangfilipina5846]

If I want Mr Mime instead, what could its moves be? Also what’s the best personality to max out Venasaur?

[@OaksLab848]

Mr Mime I’d run Psychic, Magical Leaf, Calm Mind, Encore/ Baton Pass Venusaur I’d use a Bold or Modest Nature

[@SilverPhoenix57]

So I see a lot of videos for best teams saying to evolve Nidorino into Nidoking as soon as you get the Moon Stone in Mt. Moon but the problem with that is it makes him vulnerable to Misty's Water-types. Yes I know it's a fully evolved pokemon with greats stats but I always evolve my Nidorino AFTER Misty that way I don't have that water weakness while fighting her.

[@OaksLab848]

This is actually really interesting to me. While I agree that the type disadvantage is massive, the stat increase might make up for this. Although more vulnerable, Nidoking has much higher attack and speed than Nidorino which may allow it to outspeed and KO some of Misty’s Pokémon before taking super effective damage. The pros vs cons of this are potentially complex enough for their own video one day 😅

[@SilverPhoenix57]

@@OaksLab848 that would be really interesting to watch. One point as well is that if you didn't pick Charmander or you picked up a Pikachu in Viridian Forest to use against Misty then my earlier point becomes mute. However, I tend to go with Charmander most times while also catching a Pikachu & not evolving my Nidorino until after Misty regardless.

[@johnnyboy7172]

In my opinion a arcinine work fine with a flamethrower, bite ans any two moves

[@BuriedAlien-TRN242]

Nidoking 🙏 Megahorn, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Blizzard, Icebeam, Hyperbeam, Sludge Bomb, Earthquake, Iron Tail, Dig, Flamethrower, Surf ....

[@OaksLab848]

The Swiss Army knife of Kanto

[@maxdubs2241]

I have a current team of venusaur, arcanine, vaporeon, dugtrio, nidoking and kadabra since I don’t have any way to get Alakazam via trade. I have an answer for almost everything. Arcanine is better than people think and vaporeon is low key a tank

[@Majin_210]

Almost the same team Venusaur,golem,alakazam,dodtrio,jolteon,lapras

[@mrstevecuber13]

what pokemon can i replice alakazam edit pls im asking this bc itsanoying to levelup abra

[@OaksLab848]

Any psychic type should do fine. Gengar is a good alternative too but is also a trade evo

[@Axel1051]

One of these days I'll make my own Best Team WITH HM'S. Unless you want to constantly withdraw various Pokemon from the PC for various locations.

[@OaksLab848]

Most HMs are terrible battle moves (exceptions are fly and surf). I’d much rather use a dedicated HM Pokémon for certain areas.

[@joshuastorms1499]

What move set for Mr. mime

[@OaksLab848]

Psychic Calm Mind Encore Filler move (probably magical leaf)

[@gabrielvelazquez1286]

Instead of Dodrio, I would’ve chose Arcanine

[@gamerfreak121]

How to get mega horn

[@OaksLab848]

Level 43

[@mrstevecuber13]

What pokemon can i teach cut pls

[@OaksLab848]

I’d teach it to something in your box and only take it out when you need it. Cut is a super low power move

[@mrstevecuber13]

Thank you

[@mrstevecuber13]

Wait what Pokemon I can use

[@OaksLab848]

@@mrstevecuber13 most Pokémon can learn it. Maybe oddish, meowth, paras, nidoran to name a few

[@mrstevecuber13]

ty

[@CodModderWaitThere]

Who uses HM's?

[@OaksLab848]

I usually will take something out of my box to use more uncommon Hm’s that don’t have much use in battle such as cut and rock smash

[@UnNiKrIsHnAN.K.S]

I do not agree

[@OaksLab848]

How so?

[@trash44gzgigasmashkaza50]

I do not agree

[@OaksLab848]

What changes does the team need?