Roserade Report

Roserade (the Bouquet Pokémon) is a relatively rare Grass/Poison-type Pokémon among grassy plains and forests within the Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Galar and Hisui regions as well as the Kanto, Johto and Alola regions on rare occasions. Possessing dazzling power and extremely lethal toxins, Roserade are formidable creatures that love to use deception to lure in opponents for a deadly assault of venom and painful thorns. They might smell incredibly wonderful, but you would be wise to keep away from them; the closer you are to a Roserade, the more likely you'll find yourself wearing a choker of toxic thorns!

Roselia are normally unable to evolve at all because they are already present in their adult form; when exposed to the radiant energy of a Shiny Stone, however, a radical mutation occurs within their cellular structure. Their cells begin to replicate themselves at an extremely rapid rate, essentially causing Roselia to produce duplicates of their original form while still living in one body; the fusion of these 'copies' produces an organism with a radically different anatomy, known as Roserade. This radical mutation causes a significant increase in power and overall combat potential, in turn making Roserade far deadlier than Roselia ever could be. In addition, Roserade are able to utilize attacks that Roselia normally could not, such as the rare Grassy Terrain and Venom Drench techniques and the Hyper Beam and Giga Impact attacks through artificial means; the reasoning behind why Roserade are able to utilize these latter two moves and Roselia are not, however, is still a bit of a mystery. It is possible, however, that Roserade are in fact the genuine adult form of their family and that Roselia, by some genetic quirk or some other cause, have become unable to naturally evolve into their true adult state in modern times.

Roserade are recognized as graceful but deadly fighters that specialize in using their deadly toxins and their method of deliverance as their primary weapon. Hidden within the mutant congregation of flowers on each of their arms are numerous whip-like tentacles, each covered in a thick layer of venomous thorns. By using the sweet aroma given off by their flowers as bait, Roserade can easily lure prey in close enough to either whip them viciously or otherwise entangle them in a make-shift choker of toxic thorns with the graceful movements of a dancer, before tightening their grip and releasing their venom deep into their target's bloodstream. The venom within Roserade is even stronger than that of Roselia, making them a far more lethal threat to both humans and Pokémon alike. Worse yet, Roserade still contain differing primary toxins in their arms, their blue flowers primarily being filled with slow-acting, paralyzing toxins and their red flowers with fast-acting neurotoxins. The reason for this differentiation is not known, but it is possible that Roserade purposefully possess two separate types of primary toxins as a way of minimizing the number of life forms they accidentally kill with their venom (as their paralyzing toxins can be much easier to cure before becoming lethal compared to their neurotoxins). Regardless of this fact, the toxins in both arms are concentrated enough to be near-fatal from a single strong jab unless an opponent possess thick armor, and even then opponents are not guaranteed to be safe from their deadly Toxic technique. The only sure-fire way to know how dangerous a Roserade really is the aroma given off by its flowers, as the smell given off is actually vaporized venom; the sweeter the aroma, the more concentrated its toxins will be.

Although they may be limited in terms of the variety of attacks that they can learn, Roserade are nonetheless deadly fighters that can easily destroy unarmored opponents with their potent toxins and surprisingly powerful special attacks. With the addition of the Weather Ball attack and the highest base Special Attack stat out of all Grass-type Pokémon (tied with Exeggutor and Arboliva), even Grass, Fire and Ice-type Pokémon need to be careful around these thorny nightmares when the weather changes to something abnormal in battle. If you have to fight one, try to stick with Steel-type Pokémon; they might still be vulnerable to a flaming Weather Ball, but you'll be much better off if you don't have to worry about getting Poisoned from even slight contact!

Professor Wormwood