Tropius

The leaves growing on its back function as wings, while a bunch of ripe fruit grows around its neck. Tropius combines the body of a sauropod dinosaur with features of a banana plant: a long neck, sturdy legs, broad leaves and hanging fruit. Its diet revolves around fruit, and Pokédex entries say that this preference is related to its ability to produce its own bunches.

It lives in forests and warm regions. There, it shares fruit with children, who consider it especially sweet; in Alola, the fruit is even tastier. It is also known for its generous behaviour and its close connection with tropical areas, where there are farms dedicated to raising it.

Its category is the Fruit Pokémon, and it belongs to the third generation. It is not part of an evolutionary line: it appears as an independent species, with neither a previous nor a subsequent evolution. It is 2 m tall, weighs 100 kg and is green. The Grass and Flying combination lets it move through the air with the leaves on its back while retaining a clearly plant-like appearance.

Tropius is not a common competitive choice. Its HP reaches 99, and its best defensive values are Special Defense 87, Defense 83 and Special Defense 87; the correct spread is HP 99, Attack 68, Defense 83, Special Attack 72, Special Defense 87 and Speed 51. It can take a few hits, but its Speed is low and its offensive capabilities are not enough to make up for it.

Chlorophyll is the ability that makes the most sense for it. With sun active, it doubles its Speed, allowing it to run Solar Beam without a charging turn. It also has access to Leaf Storm, Air Slash, Giga Drain, Swords Dance and Dragon Dance, although it has to choose whether to make better use of its Attack or Special Attack. Solar Power boosts Special Attack in the sun but lowers its HP; Harvest lets it reuse the same Berry several times and fits longer strategies better.

Grass and Flying give it useful STAB against Water, Ground, Fighting, Grass and Bug. Defensively, its immunity to Ground and resistances to Water, Fighting and Grass are valuable, but it piles up weaknesses to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying and Rock. Its weakness to Ice is especially dangerous. In a normal playthrough, it works best as a Sunny Day user, Tailwind support or a surprise attacker after activating the weather, rather than as the centrepiece of a team.

Tropius belongs to the Monster and Grass Egg Groups, so it can breed with compatible species from either group. The gender split is 50% for each sex. Its Eggs take 25 cycles to hatch, equivalent to approximately 6630 steps using the usual formula.

Its notable Egg Moves include Leech Seed, Razor Leaf, Dragon Dance and Headbutt. Leech Seed provides chip damage and recovery, while Dragon Dance allows it to prepare a physical approach with Attack and Speed. It can also receive Curse, although this lowers its ability to move before the opponent even further.

It does not evolve and does not come from another species, so there is no evolution condition to fulfil. It can be found in Forest habitats, and its catch rate is 200, a figure that makes it relatively easy to catch when it appears. Its growth rate is Slow, and it yields 2 HP when defeated.