Parasect (Pokémon)

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Parasect パラセクト Parasect #047
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Bug Grass Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Mushroom Pokémon
Ability Effect Spore Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #047 Johto #071 Hoenn #236 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 3'3" Imperial 1 m Metric 3'3"/1 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 65 lbs. Imperial 29.5 kg Metric 65 lbs./29.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color [[List of Pokémon by color#Red catchrate=75|Red catchrate=75]]	Catch rate Unknown
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Bug and Plant groups 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 128 Battle Exp.: 1281*
External links {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=parasect|ndex=047|name=Parasect }}

[[Category:Red catchrate=75-colored Pokémon]] Parasect (Japanese: パラセクト Parasect) is a Bug/Grass-type Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Gold

It stays mostly in dark, damp places, the preference not of the bug, but of the big mushrooms on its back.

Pokémon Emerald

Parasect are known to infest the roots of large trees en masse and drain nutrients. When an infested tree dies, they move onto another tree all at once.

Pokémon LeafGreen

A host-parasite pair in which the parasite mushroom has taken over the host bug. Prefers damp places.

Name origin

Parasect's name is a combination of parasite and insect, referring to the parasitic mushroom on this insect's back.

There are many forms of fungus that grow on insects, any one of which could have inspired Parasect's design, like the entomophthora muscae, which grows on the back of the common housefly.

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 60		120 - 167	230 - 324
Attack: 95		90 - 161	175 - 317
Defense: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Sp. Atk: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Sp. Def: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Speed: 30		31 - 90	58 - 174
Total: 405	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature. This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 80.

Learnset

By leveling up

Game	Generation I	Generation II	Generation III
27			Spore
28		Spore
30	Spore
35			Slash
37		Slash
39	Slash
43			Growth
46		Growth
48	Growth
51			Giga Drain
53		Giga Drain
59			Aromatherapy

By TM/HM

Number	Generation I	Generation II	Generation III
TM03	Swords Dance	Curse
TM06	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic
TM08	Body Slam	Rock Smash
TM09	Take Down		Bullet Seed
TM10	Double-Edge	Hidden Power	Hidden Power
TM11		Sunny Day	Sunny Day
TM12		Sweet Scent
TM13		Snore
TM15	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam
TM17		Protect	Protect
TM19		Giga Drain	Giga Drain
TM20	Rage	Endure
TM21	Mega Drain	Frustration	Frustration
TM22	Solarbeam	Solarbeam	Solarbeam
TM27		Return	Return
TM28	Dig	Dig	Dig
TM31	Mimic
TM32	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team
TM33	Reflect
TM34	Bide	Swagger
TM35		Sleep Talk
TM36		Sludge Bomb	Sludge Bomb
TM40	Skull Bash		Aerial Ace
TM42			Facade
TM43			Secret Power
TM44	Rest	Rest	Rest
TM45		Attract	Attract
TM46		Thief	Thief
TM49		Fury Cutter
TM50	Substitute
HM01	Cut	Cut	Cut
HM05		Flash	Flash
HM06			Rock Smash

In other languages

• German: Parasek
• French: Parasect
• Korean: 파라섹트 Parasekteu

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