"And we can help you out as well," added Shiranui, "Regarding status conditions, certain moves can inflict them and your Bulbasaur can learn two different powder moves that can paralyse and poison the target.  Certain types are immune to certain status conditions and it's easy to tell which ones are immune to what.  Take your Bulbasaur—being a Grass/Poison type, it cannot be poisoned under normal means and it is also immune to powder moves as well as the move Leech Seed."