Floragato

It looks like a cat covered in leaves, but its main weapon doesn’t grow from its paws: it hides it beneath the fur around its neck. From there, it pulls out a vine tipped with a hard flower bud, which it handles like a whip or a yo-yo and slams into its opponents. Its fur also responds to its mood; when it’s ready to fight, it hardens until it’s as sharp as needles.

Its appearance combines feline features with the silhouette of an Iberian lynx, dark markings reminiscent of a mask, and patterns on its legs that look like boots. That staging fits its character: it’s intelligent, skilful and quite mischievous. It seeks attention and companionship, and if it doesn’t get them, it may play nasty pranks, such as tying up its Trainer while they sleep.

Floragato is the middle stage of a three-species evolutionary line. It evolves from Sprigatito upon reaching level 16 and remains a Grass type until it reaches its final stage, Meowscarada, at level 36.

It isn’t a common competitive choice. Its stats make it a fast physical attacker, but none of its defensive figures let it switch in safely many times: it has 61 HP, 63 Defense and 63 Special Defense. Its strengths are its 80 Attack and, above all, its 83 Speed. Its Special Attack sits at 60, so special moves such as Energy Ball or Leaf Storm perform worse than its physical options.

Overgrow defines its simplest use: it boosts Grass-type attacks when it’s in a pinch. With it, Seed Bomb provides a reliable physical hit and Magical Leaf is useful while the match develops. U-turn lets it attack and retreat to keep the initiative, while Bite provides Dark-type coverage. Protean changes its type to match the move it has just used, a useful tool for strengthening an attack or changing its resistances, although it requires good anticipation of the opponent’s response.

The Grass type gives it resistances to Water, Electric, Grass and Ground, but leaves it exposed to Fire, Ice, Bug, Poison and Flying. That list of weaknesses, combined with modest defenses, limits its opportunities to switch in. In a regular playthrough, it works best during the middle stretch, when its Speed lets it finish off weakened opponents and get out with U-turn before facing its final evolution.

Floragato belongs to the Field and Grass Egg Groups. Its gender ratio is highly uneven: the female percentage is 12.5%. Its Eggs need 20 cycles to hatch, equivalent to approximately 5355 steps using the usual cycle formula. Its experience growth rate is Medium Slow.

Its evolution requires a specific condition: Sprigatito evolves into Floragato upon reaching level 16. Afterwards, Floragato evolves into Meowscarada upon reaching level 36. No item, stone or specific location is needed.

Its catch rate is 45, so catching it takes more work than catching a common species with a high rate. In Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, it is obtained by evolving Sprigatito, so keeping it at this stage depends on not reaching the next evolution level yet. It is 0.9 m tall and weighs 12.2 kg, compact proportions for a bipedal creature that fights with a hidden vine.