Paras (Pokémon)

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000 #{{{prevnum}}}: Vileplume
Pokémon
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Paras
パラス Paras
#046
046Paras.png
Artwork from FR/LG
Type
Bug Grass
Category
Mushroom Pokémon
Ability
Effect Spore
Exp. at Lv. 100
1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers
Kanto
#046
Johto
#070
Hoenn
#235
Regional Browser numbers
Height
0'0"
Imperial
0.0 m
Metric
Weight
0.0 lbs.
Imperial
0.0 kg
Metric
Dex color
Unknown
Catch rate
190 (24.8%)
Body style
BodyUnknown.png BodyUnknown.png
Blue-Striped
Footprint
 F046.png   F487O.png
Blue-Striped
Gender ratio
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.: 70 Battle Exp.: 701*
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Paras (Japanese: パラス Paras, German: Paras, French: Paras) is a Bug/Grass-type Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Emerald
A Paras has parasitic tochukaso mushrooms growing on its back. They grow by drawing nutrients from the host. They are valued as a medicine for long life.
Pokémon FireRed
Growing out of the bug's back are mushrooms called tochukaso. The mushrooms grow with the bug host.

Name origin

Paras's name is a shortening of the word parasite, referring to the parasitic mushrooms growing on its back.

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

Paras's name was originally "Parasyte".

Base stats

Stat Range
At Lv. 50 At Lv. 100
35
95 - 142 180 - 274
70
67 - 134 130 - 262
55
54 - 117 103 - 229
45
45 - 106 85 - 207
55
54 - 117 103 - 229
25
27 - 84 49 - 163
Total:
285
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.
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