PokeBonkINDEPENDENT FAN SITEBulbasaur turns Grass hits into small heals through Synthesis, with regeneration and stronger healing behind it. Keep attacks connecting while you move around the edge of the crowd. Standing still to land another hit is a poor trade if it closes your exit.
The first attack starts equipped. Later kit levels unlock attack offers; they do not automatically equip or level the attack. Kit-offer levels and the level of an individual attack are separate.
+1.5 regen and +25% healing. Your Grass attacks heal you a little (0.4% of HP per hit, up to 5 times per second).
Vine WhipPhysical · Strike · Starts equipped↗Razor LeafPhysical · Burst · Kit offer from Lv. 2↗Sleep PowderSpecial · Cone · Kit offer from Lv. 4↗Solar BeamSpecial · Bolt · Kit offer from Lv. 7↗An arcing strike against the closest enemy. Can cause rooted.
Fires a rapid burst of projectiles. Can cause rooted. High crit.
Fires a cone-shaped torrent in front of you. Can cause asleep.
Fires a continuous beam that pierces everything. Can cause rooted.
Gathers sunlight and fires a solar beam from which sharp leaves sprout on both sides; where it ends, an explosion of petals blooms.
Both component attacks must reach attack level 8. The later kit offer still needs to appear and be upgraded; reaching a run level alone does not complete the fusion.
Inspect the recipe, upgrades and comparison values →These are PokeBonk run levels. They differ from evolution levels in the main Pokémon games. Evolved forms stay attached to the partner you started with.
Keep Vine Whip working while Razor Leaf levels up. Solar Beam is offered later, so Flower Beam is a direction for the build rather than damage you can count on in the opening.
The six bars describe Bulbasaur’s species stats. Your current in-run values also depend on your starting partner, passive, evolution bonuses, Lab purchases and collected upgrades.
Before the passive, Lab, vitamins, items or evolution bonuses. The League preview can show higher numbers after applying the passive.
Each stage has its own Ultimate in a run started with Bulbasaur. The highlighted card is Bulbasaur’s form. The listed time describes the ability’s duration, not its recharge time.
Bulbasaur · 1.6 s · THIS FORMSix thorny roots burst from the ground in a star shape and root everything they cross.
Ivysaur · 2 sEight roots and a ray of sunlight that heals you for 20% while the spores put nearby enemies to sleep.
Venusaur · 2.6 sTen roots, the sun and a giant flower that opens around you in three waves of petals.
These are starting points for a Bulbasaur family run, not a promise of one best loadout. Keep damage, survival and movement balanced around what is ending your attempts. The planner uses the three base vitamin slots and saves locally on this device.
Your saved selections are shared with the Vitamins page and every form in this family. This does not change your game account.
Calcium ↗Special damageSpecial damage for the family signature. Compare attack classes before favoring this over Protein.
Super Potion ↗HP regenRecovery while repositioning or waiting for your next useful attack window.
Iron ↗ArmorArmor when repeated contact hits are deciding the run.
Saved in this browser. Remove a vitamin to free a slot.
Compare all 26 vitamins and edit this plan →Follow the Bulbasaur build route, attack by attack →
Miracle Seed ↗+30% Grass-type move damage and +3% total damage.
Supports the Grass attacks that activate the family healing plan.
Starting item pool
Leftovers ↗+1.2 HP regen per second.
Recovery without waiting for an attack to connect.
Starting item pool
Shell Bell ↗You recover 0.8% of the damage you deal.
Compare damage-based healing once your attacks land consistently.
Starting item poolBuy for the problem you actually have. A fourth move slot gives a future attack room, while health, armor, recovery or movement can help you reach the later offers in the first place.
Leftovers ↗+0.2 regen per level.
5 levels · First purchase 100 StardustShell ↗+2 armor per level.
6 levels · First purchase 100 Stardust
4th move ↗Unlocks the fourth move slot.
1 level · First purchase 1275 StardustThere are two routes to Bulbasaur: choose it as your first partner on a fresh session, or complete its League challenge and capture its normal encounter later. The first route gives you the partner immediately; the second has an extra capture step.
On a fresh session, select Bulbasaur from the three first-partner choices. That choice makes Bulbasaur your first League member. If you already chose a different starter, continue with the partner you own; you do not need to erase your progress or start a new account.
Bulbasaur’s League challenge is to complete 2 runs, win or lose. A clear is not required. Check the challenge in the League after those attempts: completing it makes the partner available for the encounter-and-capture step, rather than immediately adding it to your selectable roster.
If Bulbasaur was not your initial partner, find its challenge encounter in the following run. Defeat or weaken it until the game marks it ready for capture, then move close and use the capture input shown on screen to throw your Poké Ball. Do not leave the encounter or take the exit while it is still waiting to be caught. Completing the challenge and defeating the encounter are separate from actually capturing it.
Check the League after the capture and select Bulbasaur when you start the run you want to play. A Pokédex sighting only records that you have seen a species. A shiny catch unlocks a look but does not substitute for the normal challenge-and-capture requirement; a captured Alpha fights beside you for that run and does not join your League.
Once Bulbasaur belongs to your League, you can choose it at the beginning of later runs. You do not have to repeat its unlock challenge for every attempt. Its later forms are reached by leveling during a run, so unlocking the family’s starting partner and evolving it are two different goals.
Grass hits can turn attack uptime into recovery, backed by regen and stronger healing. That earns A tier, but the hit requirement and shared trigger cap keep it below more automatic recovery kits.
Keep Grass attacks connecting; Razor Leaf and Solar Beam also give you a defined Flower Beam route.
65/100 is an editorial opening score, with comfort weighted at 50%, offensive potential at 30% and utility at 20%. It is not a measured win rate. Survival scaling and co-op team roles can change the choice.
Choose Bulbasaur from the first-partner screen on a fresh session. If you chose another starter, complete 2 runs, win or lose, then weaken and capture the normal Bulbasaur encounter after its League challenge is complete.
Bulbasaur evolves into Ivysaur at run level 24 in the reviewed v0.8.62 data. The same run later reaches Venusaur at level 41. Use the displayed run level, not an individual attack’s level or the evolution threshold from another Pokémon game.
It is a sensible learning pick if your Grass attacks keep landing. Synthesis provides regeneration, stronger healing and healing on Grass hits. It is less forgiving when you stop connecting attacks, and the Grass-hit healing is capped at five triggers per second.
Flower Beam combines Razor Leaf and Solar Beam. Both attacks must reach attack level 8 before using Bill’s Machine. The later ingredient still needs to appear as an offer and receive upgrades; reaching a run-level milestone does not finish it for you.
For a build centered on Flower Beam, Calcium supports its special damage. Super Potion helps with recovery between hits, while Iron is an alternative when contact damage is ending the run. These are build directions, not a requirement to fill all three base slots with one fixed combination.
A shiny catch unlocks the family’s shiny look but does not replace the normal League challenge and capture for Bulbasaur. If Bulbasaur is still locked, complete its League challenge and capture the normal partner. Seeing it in the Pokédex or recruiting an Alpha for one run is not the same unlock.
Choose a partner, keep the opening attack productive and spend upgrades where the run is struggling.
Read the starter guide →A safe opening is only the start. Plan how the attacks and defenses will hold up as pressure grows.
Plan a Survival run →Compare your role with the rest of the party rather than filling every slot as if you were alone.
Plan with your team →Game values: reviewed public v0.8.62 client, 2026-10-28. Recommendations describe build choices rather than measured results. Open the original game ↗ · About this fan guide
