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No. 947 · National Pokédex

Brambleghast

アノホラグサ · Anohoragusa · Virevorreur
🌿 Grass 👻 Ghost
Height
1.2 m
Weight
6.0 kg
Category
Tumbleweed Pokémon
Generation
Generation 9
Brambleghast
🔊 Cry

⚡The Essentials on Brambleghast

Types
Grass Ghost
Weaknesses
×2 Fire, Ice, Flying, Ghost, Dark Table
Resistances
×½ Water, Electric, Grass, Ground · immune: Normal, Fighting
Evolution
Bramblin → Brambleghast
Shiny
Shiny BrambleghastAlternate, rare colors: in the main games since X and Y, an encounter has a 1 in 4,096 chance of being Shiny, excluding hunting bonuses. View
Stats
Total 480 · top stat: Attack (115) Detail
In Current Games
Other Names
Virevorreur in French · アノホラグサ, Anohoragusa in Japanese · Horrerba in German All Languages

📋Overview

Brambleghast is a Grass and Ghost-type Pokémon, No. 947 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 9. Category: Tumbleweed Pokémon. Height: 1.2 m, weight: 6 kg.

Brambleghast evolves from Bramblin and does not evolve further.

Ability: Wind Rider. Hidden Ability: Infiltrator. Brambleghast is weak to Fire, Ice, Flying, Ghost and Dark-type moves (×2 damage). Brambleghast takes no damage from Normal and Fighting-type moves.

Generation
Generation 9
Scarlet / Violet
National No.
#947
National Pokédex
Category
Tumbleweed Pokémon
Status
Standard

📊Base Stats

The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.

HP
55
255
Attack
115
255
Defense
70
255
Special Attack
80
255
Special Defense
70
255
Speed
90
255
Total
480
Min HP (Lv. 100)
220
0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature
Max HP (Lv. 100)
314
31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature
Gen Changes
Stable
Unchanged recently

🛡️Type Effectiveness

Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Grass / Ghost). See the type chart

Weak (×2) — 5 types
Fire
×2
Ice
×2
Flying
×2
Ghost
×2
Dark
×2
Normal (×1) — 7 types
Poison
×1
Psychic
×1
Bug
×1
Rock
×1
Dragon
×1
Steel
×1
Fairy
×1
Resistant (×0.5) — 4 types
Water
×½
Electric
×½
Grass
×½
Ground
×½
Immune (×0) — 2 types
Normal
×0
Fighting
×0

✨Abilities

Wind Rider
Ability 1
Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat if Tailwind takes effect or if the Pokémon is hit by a wind move. The Pokémon also takes no damage from wind moves.
Infiltrator
The Pokémon's moves are unaffected by the target's barriers, substitutes, and the like.

🌱Brambleghast Evolution

Bramblin
#946
Bramblin
Grass Ghost
Evolution →
Brambleghast
#947
Brambleghast
Grass Ghost

🔮Brambleghast Forms and Shiny

Brambleghast
Standard Form
Grass · Ghost
Shiny Availability
Shiny Brambleghast
Shiny form available
Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096. With Shiny Charm: 1/1365. Masuda Method: 1/683.

⚔️Brambleghast Moves

Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.

Lv.
Move
Type · Cat.
Accuracy
Pow.
PP
1
Defense Curl
Normal Stat
—
—
40
1
Astonish
Ghost Phys.
100%
30
15
1
Rollout
Rock Phys.
90%
30
20
5
Absorb
Grass Spec.
100%
20
25
9
Rapid Spin
Normal Phys.
100%
50
40
13
Bullet Seed
Grass Phys.
100%
25
30
17
Infestation
Bug Spec.
100%
20
20
21
Hex
Ghost Spec.
100%
65
10
25
Mega Drain
Grass Spec.
100%
40
15
29
Disable
Normal Stat
100%
—
20
35
Phantom Force
Ghost Phys.
100%
90
10
40
Giga Drain
Grass Spec.
100%
75
10
45
Curse
Ghost Stat
—
—
10
50
Pain Split
Normal Stat
—
—
20
55
Power Whip
Grass Phys.
85%
120
10

🥚Advanced Breeding

Egg Groups
Grass
Egg Cycles
20 cycles
≈ 5,140 steps
Gender
♂ 50.0 / ♀ 50.0%
Ditto Compatibility
✓ Yes
Pokérus
Susceptible
EV ×2 if infected
Max Characteristic
Attack
Highest base stat
Hyper Training & Mints
Available from level 50. Cost: 1 Gold Bottle Cap per IV set to 31 or 3 Silver Bottle Caps per IV. Mints let you change the effect of a Nature without changing the base Nature.

🗺️Where to Find Brambleghast

Available in 2 games, 2 recorded encounters. Click a game to see the details.

Natively obtainable: Scarlet Violet

Generation IX

🔴
Scarlet 1 encounter
Available ▼
Picnic (1)
Paldea
🟣
Violet 1 encounter
Available ▼
Picnic (1)
Paldea

🔄Transfer to Pokémon HOME

How to bring this Pokémon to HOME depending on the game of origin.

Scarlet
→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)
Violet
→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)
Note: Some transfers are irreversible (Bank → HOME). Check the legality of moves in the target game — HOME may replace an illegal move with a basic move.

🏆Competitive & Meta

NU
Smogon · Gen IX · 2026-09
NeverUsed
Usage rate: 11.1% · Position #18

📱Brambleghast in Pokémon GO

Brambleghast in Pokémon GO Not yet released
  • 2,428Max CP (Lv. 40)
  • 1,387Perfect CP in Raids
  • 5 kmper Candy as Buddy
Pokémon GO entry: Brambleghast →

📖Pokédex Entries

Description by game, with language selection.

Scarlet
“It will open the branches of its head to envelop its prey. Once it absorbs all the life energy it needs, it expels the prey and discards it.”
Violet
“Brambleghast wanders around arid regions. On rare occasions, mass outbreaks of these Pokémon will bury an entire town.”

🌍Multilingual Names

🇫🇷 Français
Virevorreur
🇬🇧 English
Brambleghast
🇯🇵 漢字
アノホラグサ
🇯🇵 Kana
アノホラグサ
🇯🇵 Romaji
Anohoragusa
🇩🇪 Deutsch
Horrerba
🇪🇸 Español
Brambleghast
🇮🇹 Italiano
Brambleghast
🇰🇷 한국어
공푸리
🇨🇳 ZH-Hans
怖纳噬草
🇹🇼 ZH-Hant
怖納噬草
Category (Genus)
🇫🇷 FR
Virevoltant
🇬🇧 EN
Tumbleweed Pokémon
🇯🇵 JP
ころがりぐさポケモン
🇩🇪 DE
Rollgras

🎬Media & Gallery

Official artwork
Dream World
Pokémon HOME
Gen V (animated)
Back sprite
Shiny
Gen I
Gen II
Gen III
Gen IV
Audio Cries

❓Frequently asked questions about Brambleghast

What type is Brambleghast?

Brambleghast is a Grass and Ghost-type Pokémon.

Can Brambleghast still evolve?

Brambleghast is the final stage of its evolutionary line: coming from Bramblin, it does not evolve further.

What are Brambleghast's weaknesses?

Brambleghast is weak to Fire, Ice, Flying, Ghost and Dark-type moves (×2 damage). Brambleghast takes no damage from Normal and Fighting-type moves.

What is Brambleghast's Hidden Ability?

Brambleghast's Hidden Ability is Infiltrator. Its regular Ability is Wind Rider.