Is Smoochum Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Ice/Psychic baby with AbilityOblivious. Breed from Jynx. The baby stage is a weaker version of Jynx in every way. Evolves at 30 into the Jynx available from the story.
Smoochum has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Misty's Pokemon outpace and outclass Smoochum here.
Smoochum trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Smoochum resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Smoochum has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Smoochum has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Smoochum trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Smoochum resists most of Giovanni's coverage and hits back hard.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Jynx resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Jynx resists most of Agatha's coverage and hits back hard.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Terry's team.
Catch Smoochum on Four Island (hatch from egg, Lv 5).
- After Brock
- TUTORNormalMega Kick12075%5
- After Erika
- TM13IceIce Beam135100%10
- TM30GhostShadow Ball80100%15
- After Sabrina
- TUTORPsychicDream Eater150100%15
- LV 45PsychicPsychic135100%10
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 57IceBlizzard16570%5
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody Slam85100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
Your Smoochum should hit Level 30 before you reach Lorelei, at typical leveling pace.
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30IceIce Punch113100%15
- After Erika
- TM13IceIce Beam135100%10
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- After Sabrina
- TUTORPsychicDream Eater150100%15
- TM29PsychicPsychic135100%10
- After Koga
- TM01FightingFocus Punch150100%20
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 67IceBlizzard16570%5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Smoochum in FireRed & LeafGreen
Smoochum hatches from a Jynx egg at the Four Island Day Care. Jynx is obtainable via the Four Island in-game trade (swap a Poliwhirl for one), so the baby form is reachable without outside imports.
Catch Jynx at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Smoochum.
- 1Catch Smoochum
- 2
Badge 2How to Obtain Smoochum in FRLG
Step 1Smoochum ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave Jynx with a compatible partner at the Four Island Pokemon Day Care to receive a Smoochum egg. Requires the Rainbow Pass to access Four Island.HOME TRANSFERNot TradeablePokemon HOME on Switch FireRed & LeafGreen is permanently deposit-only — once it launches, Smoochum can be sent from this game into HOME, but never transferred in.
Step 2Catch or Evolve into Jynxor evolve from Smoochum (Step 1)
Smoochum Weakness
Type-wise, Smoochum takes extra damage from Fire, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dark, and Steel. Smoochum's special bulk (base 65 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice, Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Smoochum Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Smoochum
 Charmander Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
 Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Charmeleon builds →Ember 2x49-60% Metal Claw 2x71-84% | ||
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
 Paras BugGrass | C | |
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Charmeleon builds →Ember 2x49-60% Metal Claw 2x71-84% | ||
Geodude RockGround | C | |
Butterfree Bug | C | |
Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Paras BugGrass | C | |
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Flareon builds →Flamethrower 2x120-142%KO Shadow Ball 2x197-232%KO Iron Tail 2x245-289%KO | ||
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Charmeleon builds →Flamethrower 2x107-126%KO Iron Tail 2x142-168%KO | ||
 Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x141-166%KO Thief 2x41-49% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Graveler builds →Rock Tomb 2x145-170%KO Flamethrower 2x47-57% | ||
Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Butterfree builds →Shadow Ball 2x89-105%KO Thief 2x34-41% | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Flareon builds →Flamethrower 2x121-143%KO Shadow Ball 2x202-239%KO Iron Tail 2x255-300%KO Bite 2x51-61% | ||
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Charmeleon builds →Flamethrower 2x109-128%KO Iron Tail 2x145-171%KO | ||
 Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Venomoth builds →Silver Wind 2x133-157%KO Thief 2x34-41% | ||
Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x149-176%KO Thief 2x41-49% | ||
Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Graveler builds →Rock Tomb 2x149-176%KO Flamethrower 2x48-56% | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Flareon builds →Flamethrower 2x121-143%KO Shadow Ball 2x202-239%KO Iron Tail 2x255-300%KO Bite 2x51-61% | ||
Charmeleon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Charmeleon builds →Flamethrower 2x109-128%KO Iron Tail 2x145-171%KO | ||
Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Venomoth builds →Silver Wind 2x133-157%KO Thief 2x34-41% | ||
Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x149-176%KO Thief 2x41-49% | ||
Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Graveler builds →Rock Tomb 2x149-176%KO Flamethrower 2x48-56% | ||
 Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x196-231%KO Iron Tail 2x181-212%KO | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Flareon builds →Overheat 2x173-204%KO Shadow Ball 2x207-244%KO Iron Tail 2x258-304%KO Bite 2x50-60% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | A | |
Obtain MethodCinnabar Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Aerodactyl builds →Ancient Power 2x196-231%KO Iron Tail 2x218-257%KO Fire Blast 2x70-83% Bite 2x35-42% | ||
Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Venomoth builds →Silver Wind 2x135-159%KO Thief 2x33-39% | ||
Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x149-175%KO Thief 2x40-48% | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Ember Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x227-268%KO Steel Wing 2x151-178%KO | ||
Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x202-238%KO Iron Tail 2x187-220%KO | ||
Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Flareon builds →Overheat 2x180-213%KO Shadow Ball 2x215-253%KO Iron Tail 2x269-317%KO Bite 2x52-62% | ||
 Rapidash Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Rapidash builds →Overheat 2x157-185%KO Iron Tail 2x215-253%KO | ||
 Magcargo FireRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Magcargo builds →Overheat 2x172-203%KO Rock Slide 2x144-170%KO | ||
 Ho-oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodNavel Rock Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Ho-oh builds →Overheat 2x204-240%KO Shadow Ball 2x221-261%KO Steel Wing 2x193-228%KO | ||
Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Ember Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x227-267%KO Steel Wing 2x155-183%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Heracross builds →Megahorn 2x480-565%KO Rock Tomb 2x135-159%KO Thief 2x18-22% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Entei builds →Fire Blast 2x148-174%KO Iron Tail 2x249-293%KO Bite 2x49-59% | ||
Charizard Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x202-238%KO Iron Tail 2x191-226%KO | ||
In FireRed & LeafGreen, Metagross can KO Smoochum with Explosion (474-558%).
 Metagross SteelPsychic | S | |
Recommended Build AbilityClearbody ItemLeftovers NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Metagross builds →Explosion474-558%KO Earthquake190-224%KO | ||
Smoochum Evolutions
This is the baby stage. Smoochum grows into Jynx at level 30. Want more? Breed the adults. Baby Pokemon sit in the Undiscovered egg group. Evolving adds up to 150 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
FRLG Smoochum Best Moveset
Ice/Psychic baby pre-evolution with AbilityOblivious blocking attraction. 85 Sp. Atk is high for the stage. One evolution from Jynx's special attacker moveset.
Best Build
Smoochum best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Shadow Ball
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Fake Out and Ice Punch give Smoochum options it can't learn any other way, and Ghost and Normal coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Blizzard and Dream Eater. The egg moves push it further.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It always rocks its head slowly backwards and forwards as if it is trying to kiss someone.
Its lips are the most sensitive parts on its body. It always uses its lips first to examine things.
Smoochum FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
Smoochum hatches from a Pokemon Egg in Pokemon FireRed & LeafGreen. Leave Jynx at the Day-Care Center on Route 5 with a compatible partner Pokemon to receive an Egg that hatches into Smoochum.
Game Availability
Available in 16 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Smoochum spans 9 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves