Tangrowth

GrassSteelHeatproof, Natural Cure

Hidden House Sendoff Spring Open in the guide Compare

In Platinum Redux: First found in Hidden House (Palmer), and in 1 more area. It is Grass / Steel type here; the official games have it as Grass. Base stats total 520, down from 535; all six changed, most of all Defense (125 → 70). Abilities: it gains Heatproof and Natural Cure and loses Chlorophyll, Leaf Guard and Regenerator. 14 of its 19 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Platinum, including Venom Touch and String Shot.

Level-up moves 19

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Stun Spore Guaranteed Paralysis	Grass	Stat	0	85	30
2	Poison Powder Guaranteed Poison	Poison	Stat	0	90	35
3	Venom Touch High crit ratio and poison chance (20%) Makes contact.	Poison	Phys	55	100	20
4	String Shot Lowers Spe (100%)	Bug	Spec	70	100	20
5	Sleep Powder Causes Sleep	Grass	Stat	0	65	2
6	Sturdy Roots Recovers 6.25% each turn; Raises user's Def and SpDef	Grass	Stat	0	0	1
33	Scrap Steal Damages target; heals user up to 50% of damage dealt Makes contact.	Steel	Phys	60	100	15
36	Leech Seed Leech Seed effect	Grass	Stat	0	75	2
38	Magnitude Magnitude effect	Ground	Phys	0	90	30
40	Iron Tail Chance to increase Def (30%)	Steel	Phys	90	90	20
43	Growth Sharply raises SpAtk (Status)	Grass	Stat	0	0	1
44	Leaf Storm Lowers user's SpAtk harshly	Grass	Spec	130	100	5
46	Synthesis Synthesis effect	Grass	Stat	0	0	2
49	Poison Jab Chance to Poison (30%)	Poison	Phys	80	100	20
52	Iron Defense Sharply raises Def (Status)	Steel	Stat	0	0	1
54	Rusty Swipes Hits twice; chance to poison (20%) Makes contact.	Steel	Phys	40	100	20
58	Power Whip Chance to Paralyze (10%)	Grass	Phys	110	85	10
63	Leech Life Damages target; heals user up to 50% of damage dealt	Bug	Phys	70	90	15
70	Earthquake Lowers Spe (10%)	Ground	Phys	85	100	10

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game

TMs & HMs 24

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM01	Body Slam Veilstone City, and you need Rock Climb to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pokémon League	Normal	75
TM02	Giga Impact Galactic Veilstone. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Steel	95
TM14	Cross Poison Valor Lakefront. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Poison	70
TM25	Natural Gift Route 214. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Celestic Town	Grass	75
TM29	Barrier Route 209. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 213	Psychic	—
TM33	Magical Leaf Eterna Forest. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Jungle Path	Grass	75
TM35	Amnesia Route 209. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 213	Psychic	—
TM38	Signal Beam Galactic Eterna, once you have beaten Jupiter. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Jungle Path	Bug	65
TM39	Sludge Ravaged Path. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Eterna City	Poison	60
TM40	Bulk Up Route 215. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pastoria City	Fighting	—
TM42	Tectonic Shift Route 208, and you need Rock Climb to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pokémon League	Ground	80
TM46	Sandstorm Route 207. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Hearthome City	Rock	—
TM49	Power Whip Route 211. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 217	Grass	110
TM51	Knock Off Great Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Dark	70
TM59	Frenzy Plant Route 222. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pokémon League	Grass	105
TM61	Earthquake Valley Windworks, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Ground	85
TM70	Ancient Power Route 207. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Veilstone City	Rock	90
TM78	Magnet Bomb Route 210. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 217	Steel	85
TM81	Giga Drain Route 221. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Grass	65
TM83	Sludge Bomb Trophy Garden. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Poison	80
TM86	Grass Knot Eterna Gym, once you have beaten Gardenia. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 213	Grass	70
TM90	Rest Route 207. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Veilstone City	Psychic	—
TM91	Flash Cannon Canalave Gym, once you have beaten Byron. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Steel	70
HM01	Cut Eterna City	Grass	60

Where to find Tangrowth

Area	Method	Level
Hidden House	Palmer
Sendoff Spring	Grass

Other changes in this game

This game gives it a new look and a Pokédex entry of its own.