#0946 · Paldea · Generation 9

Bramblin

Tumbleweed Pokémon · Grass/Ghost-type

Bramblin is a Grass/Ghost-type Pokémon, the Tumbleweed Pokémon, number 946 (#0946) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 0.6 kg.

Bramblin is the Tumbleweed Pokémon, a lost soul tangled in dried grass that rolls wherever the wind blows it. The Pokédex says even Bramblin has no idea where it is going, and that it loathes getting wet.

How to pronounce Bramblin

Bramblin is pronounced BRAM-blin. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Bramblin said out loud:

In Japanese it is アノクサ (Anokusa).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Bramblin is 0.6 m tall and 0.6 kg: a ball of brownish-yellow, thorny stalks with small, leaf-like black eyes floating inside. The Pokédex says it began as a spirit that never reached the afterlife, drifted on the wind and got caught up in dried grass. Bulbapedia notes that its eyes do not blink; they turn and flip to show how it feels.

Behaviour

Bramblin cannot steer. It tumbles across the wilderness wherever the wind takes it, and the Pokédex says it does not know the destination any better than we do.

Habitat

Bulbapedia says it favours dry, stony country, deserts included. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in Asado Desert and Paldea's East Province.

Powers

Its Ability Wind Rider makes it immune to wind moves and raises its Attack when one hits it; the hidden Infiltrator bypasses screens such as Reflect. It learns Rollout, Hex, Phantom Force, Giga Drain, Curse and Pain Split. With 65 base Attack and 30 Defense it is frail, a Pokémon to evolve rather than rely on.

Name origin

Bramblin may blend 'bramble' with 'rambling', 'goblin' or 'gremlin'. The Japanese name is Anokusa (アノクサ), which may come from ano kusa ('that grass') and nogusa ('field grass').

Design inspiration

Bramblin appears to be a tumbleweed, a plant that dries out so the wind can scatter its seeds, which fits its Ghost type and Wind Rider. Bulbapedia also links it to the Alicornio, a demon from Murcian folklore that lurks inside a tumbleweed and shows up when the wind blows. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Bramblin evolves into Brambleghast when it levels up outside its Poké Ball after the player has walked 1,000 steps using Let's Go! in Scarlet and Violet. Bulbapedia notes that a bug can affect how those steps are counted.

In the games

Bramblin is a wild Pokémon and a 2-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 Bramblin debuted in Pokémon Horizons in 'The Wild Pair, Friede and Cap!', where Pokémon hunters caught it and it later evolved into Brambleghast. A wild one also appears in Pokémon: Paldean Winds ('Breathe Together').

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says its cry recalls the whistling at the start of the theme from the 1966 western film 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'.
• It ties with Sunkern and Lotad for the lowest base Defense of any Grass Pokémon.
• Its base stat total is the lowest of any Ghost type in Generation IX.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Bramblin (Pokémon) · Serebii: Bramblin (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 40
• Attack: 65
• Defense: 30
• Sp. Atk: 45
• Sp. Def: 35
• Speed: 60

Bramblin’s base stat total is 275. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Bramblin weak to?

Bramblin 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

How does Bramblin evolve?

Bramblin evolves into Brambleghast (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.

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 Bramblin learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (30)

Bramblin can learn 30 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, Leaf Storm, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Spite, Grassy Glide, Poltergeist, Pain Split, 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: 190 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Attack effort value.
• Base experience yield: 55.

Pokédex entries

Not even Bramblin knows where it is headed as it tumbles across the wilderness, blown by the wind. It loathes getting wet. (Violet)

A soul unable to move on to the afterlife was blown around by the wind until it got tangled up with dried grass and became a Pokémon. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lightest Grass type in Gen 9: 0.6 kg.
• Lowest base stat total among Ghost types in Gen 9: 275.
• Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
• Heavier than 2% of all Pokémon (0.6 kg).
• Base stat total 275, ranked #926 of 1,025.
• One of 10 Pokémon that are both Grass and Ghost.
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 41 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 44 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 190: about 24.8% 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: Bramblin (Pokémon), Serebii: Bramblin (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (BRAM-blin): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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