Brambleghast
Brambleghast is a Grass/Ghost-type Pokémon, the Tumbleweed Pokémon, number 947 (#0947) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 1.2 m tall and weighs 6 kg.
Brambleghast is the Tumbleweed Pokémon at its most dangerous: a larger, thornier mass of branches that wraps around prey and holds on until it has taken all the life energy it needs. The Pokédex warns that on rare occasions a mass outbreak of them can bury an entire town.
How to pronounce Brambleghast
Brambleghast is pronounced BRAM-bul-gast. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Brambleghast said out loud:
In Japanese it is アノホラグサ (Anohoragusa).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Brambleghast is 1.2 m tall and 6 kg, a loose sphere of brownish-yellow branches with light purple tips and a dark brown base. A central front branch and two smaller branches beside it form a face, and the smaller ones act as lips that can grin or frown. Its diamond-shaped, leaf-like eyes flip and rotate to show its feelings.
Behaviour
The Pokédex says it folds the branches of its head around prey and holds on until it has taken all the life energy it wants, then spits the prey out. Away from hunting it wanders arid regions, rolled along by the wind.
Habitat
Arid regions, according to the Pokédex, and Bulbapedia mentions deserts. In Scarlet and Violet it is found on Paldea's North Province Area One and Socarrat Trail, and Serebii lists forest and mountain biomes.
Powers
Its Abilities match Bramblin's: Wind Rider, with Infiltrator hidden. It hits harder, with 115 base Attack, using Power Whip, Phantom Force, Hex, Giga Drain and Pain Split. With 90 base Speed it is a quick physical attacker.
Name origin
Brambleghast may blend 'bramble' with 'ghastly', 'ghast' (an undead creature in fantasy fiction) or 'aghast'. The Japanese name is Anohoragusa (アノホラグサ), which may come from ano hora kusa ('Um... look! Grass') and 'horror'.
Design inspiration
Like Bramblin, it appears to be a tumbleweed, and Bulbapedia notes that some tumbleweed species cause real outbreaks, which fits the Pokédex warning. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Brambleghast comes from Bramblin through the walking-steps method and does not evolve further.
In the games
Brambleghast is a wild Pokémon and a 5-star Tera Raid Pokémon in Scarlet and Violet, where it debuted. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.
In the anime
Shine's Brambleghast debuted in Pokémon Horizons in 'The Wild Pair, Friede and Cap!', where it evolved from Bramblin to break free from imprisonment by Pokémon hunters.
Fun facts
- Its two eyes mirror each other: Bulbapedia says the right one has a thin red pupil on black, while the left reverses the colours.
- Bulbapedia says each eye is circled by a tiny tumbleweed of its own, made of three stalks.
- Bulbapedia says the way it envelops and then releases prey may be inspired by jellyfish and other cnidarians.
Base stats
- HP: 55
- Attack: 115
- Defense: 70
- Sp. Atk: 80
- Sp. Def: 70
- Speed: 90
Brambleghast’s base stat total is 480. Its highest stat is Attack.
Type matchups
What is Brambleghast weak to?
Brambleghast takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Ice (2×), Flying (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.
It resists Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Ground (½×).
It is immune to Normal, Fighting moves.
Evolution
What does Brambleghast evolve from?
Brambleghast evolves from Bramblin (Level up after walking 1,000 steps). Walk the 1,000 steps in Let's Go mode (Scarlet and Violet), without going back in the Poké Ball.
Brambleghast is the final stage of its evolution family.
The whole family: Bramblin, Brambleghast.
Abilities
- Wind Rider: Gives immunity to wind moves, and causes the Pokémon's Attack to increase by one stage when hit by one.
- Infiltrator (hidden ability): Bypasses Light Screen, Reflect, and Safeguard.
Moves
Moves Brambleghast learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defense Curl | Normal | Status | — |
| 1 | Rollout | Rock | Physical | 30 |
| 1 | Astonish | Ghost | Physical | 30 |
| 5 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 |
| 9 | Rapid Spin | Normal | Physical | 50 |
| 13 | Bullet Seed | Grass | Physical | 25 |
| 17 | Infestation | Bug | Special | 20 |
| 21 | Hex | Ghost | Special | 65 |
| 25 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 |
| 29 | Disable | Normal | Status | — |
| 35 | Phantom Force | Ghost | Physical | 90 |
| 40 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 |
| 45 | Curse | Ghost | Status | — |
| 50 | Pain Split | Normal | Status | — |
| 55 | Power Whip | Grass | Physical | 120 |
TM moves (33)
Brambleghast can learn 33 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Scary Face, Protect, Confuse Ray, Thief, Trailblaze, Pounce, Facade, Hex, Night Shade, Endure, Bullet Seed, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Grass Knot, Rest, Spikes, Substitute, Giga Drain, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Grassy Terrain, Phantom Force, Giga Impact, Leaf Storm, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Spite, Grassy Glide, Poltergeist, Pain Split, Skitter Smack, Curse.
Egg moves (5):Beat Up, Block, Leech Seed, Shadow Sneak, Strength Sap.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Grass.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
- Base experience yield: 168.
Pokédex entries
Brambleghast wanders around arid regions. On rare occasions, mass outbreaks of these Pokémon will bury an entire town. (Violet)
It will open the branches of its head to envelop its prey. Once it absorbs all the life energy it needs, it expels the prey and discards it. (Scarlet)
Names around the world
| Japanese | アノホラグサ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Anohoragusa |
| French | Virevorreur |
| German | Horrerba |
| Spanish | Brambleghast |
| Italian | Brambleghast |
| Korean | 공푸리 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 怖纳噬草 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 怖納噬草 |
Trivia
- Taller than 58% of all Pokémon (1.2 m).
- Heavier than 18% of all Pokémon (6 kg).
- Base stat total 480, ranked #405 of 1,025.
- One of 10 Pokémon that are both Grass and Ghost.
- One of 147 brown Pokémon.
- Number 42 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 47 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.
Sources and fact-checking
- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Brambleghast (Pokémon), Serebii: Brambleghast (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (BRAM-bul-gast): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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