Bug Grass

Paras is a Bug and Grass-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 1150 in Pokémon GO. Paras's best moveset is Bug Bite and X-Scissor. It is weather boosted by Rain and Sunny weather, and it was originally found in the Kanto region. Shiny Paras is available in Pokémon GO.

Paras is weak to Fire, Flying, Bug, Ice, Poison, and Rock-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Electric, Fighting, Water, Grass, and Ground-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	1150 CP
Attack	121 ATK
Defense	99 DEF
Stamina	111 STA
Weather Boost	Rain Sunny
Released	Yes
Shiny released	Yes
Buddy distance	3 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#46
Height	0.3 m
Weight	5.4 kg
Region	Kanto Generation 1
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	20%
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	3 500
Additional Move Cost	50 50000

Paras type chart

Takes increased damage

Fire	256.0%
Flying	256.0%
Bug	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Poison	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Grass	39.1%
Ground	39.1%
Electric	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Water	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Paras's best moves and movesets

Paras's best moveset is Bug Bite and X-Scissor, with 8.62 DPS (damage per second) and 86.0 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Rain weather.

Best Paras moves

Bug Bite

X-Scissor

DPS8.62

TDO85.96

Score9.6

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Paras with its best moveset, we recommend to use Bug Bite/Seed Bomb. You will lose around 0.2% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Paras's strongest moveset (Bug Bite/X-Scissor).

Paras moves comparison

The following chart shows Paras's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Paras's movesets. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon to see how it affects the rankings.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Bug Bite	X-Scissor	8.62	86.0	9.6
2.	Bug Bite	Seed Bomb	8.60	85.7	9.6
3.	Scratch	Seed Bomb	8.23	82.1	9.2
4.	Scratch	X-Scissor	8.20	81.7	9.1
5.	Bug Bite	Cross Poison	7.51	74.9	8.4
6.	Scratch	Cross Poison	7.26	72.4	8.1

Fast Attacks

• Bug Bite560.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Grass
    • Psychic
    • Dark

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Flying
    • Poison
    • Ghost
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	6
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	0.5s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	3
  Energy	3

  
  

  Effects

  Bug Bite has no special effects.

  See Bug Bite details page ↗
• Scratch640.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel

  • 39.1%
  • • Ghost

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	6
  Energy	4
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	0.5s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	4
  Energy	2

  
  

  Effects

  Scratch has no special effects.

  See Scratch details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Seed Bomb55332.1s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ground
    • Rock
    • Water

  • 62.5%
  • • Flying
    • Poison
    • Bug
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Grass
    • Dragon

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	55
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	2.1s
  Damage window	1.2s - 1.9s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	60
  Energy	45

  
  

  Effects

  Seed Bomb has no special effects.

  See Seed Bomb details page ↗
• Cross Poison40331.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Grass
    • Fairy

  • 62.5%
  • • Poison
    • Ground
    • Rock
    • Ghost

  • 39.1%
  • • Steel

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	40
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Cloudy
  Duration	1.5s
  Damage window	0.9s - 1.3s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	50
  Energy	35

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Cross Poison has a 12.5% chance to:

  • Increase User's Attack by 50.0%

  See Cross Poison details page ↗
• X-Scissor45331.6s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Grass
    • Psychic
    • Dark

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Flying
    • Poison
    • Ghost
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	45
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	1.6s
  Damage window	1.2s - 1.4s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	65
  Energy	40

  
  

  Effects

  X-Scissor has no special effects.

  See X-Scissor details page ↗

Paras Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Paras's Max CP is at Level 50. Paras Combat Power values in Pokémon GO Raids, Eggs, and Field Research encounter can be found below.

Max CP	1150 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	402 CP - 436 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	536 CP - 581 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	536 CP - 581 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Rain Sunny	671 CP - 727 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Paras Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Paras Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Paras evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Paras	50 Candy	Parasect

• Paras evolves into Parasect which costs 50 Candy.

Regular and Shiny Paras

• #46Paras
• #46Shiny Paras

Mega Pokémon that boost Paras

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Paras's Bug and Grass-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Paras.

Mega Venusaur

Mega Beedrill

Mega Pinsir

Mega Scizor

Mega Heracross

Mega Sceptile

Mega Abomasnow

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus –Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus –While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Paras Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Paras in Pokémon GO is 24.03%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 50.38% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 65.04%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Bug medal

None↓

Grass medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	24.03%	27.09%	33.78%	39.85%
	Curve	37.32%	41.56%	50.38%	57.86%
Razz Berry	-	33.78%	37.75%	46.11%	53.35%
	Curve	50.38%	55.33%	65.04%	72.65%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	39.02%	43.38%	52.38%	59.95%
	Curve	56.87%	61.98%	71.67%	78.89%
Golden Razz Berry	-	49.69%	54.62%	64.32%	71.94%
	Curve	68.90%	73.89%	82.65%	88.47%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Paras, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3

Paras family

A list of Pokémon that are somehow related to Paras in Pokémon GO. Includes evolutions, regional, and form variations.

Paras

Parasect

List of Paras costumes

A list of Paras costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Paras high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Paras. Sprite description is a best guess on what the sprite is related to, use your own judgment. Click to download full 512x512 resolution.

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