Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Starly

Starly

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FLYING

Starling Pokémon

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Starly is a Normal and Flying Type Starling Pokémon, with a 33.3% Chance To Catch with a regular Pokeball. Starly can be found with Keen Eye as an Ability and has a Medium Slow growth rate with a 1 Speed EV Yield. We recommend the Hasty Nature, based on 245 combined Base Stats.

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Starly Stats and Abilities

Based on Starly Base IVs we consider this pokemon F-Tier choice. Starly Highest IV Stat is Speed 60 and the Lowest being Defense 30.

Tier	Stat	Base	Min	Max
F	HP	40	190	284
E	Attack	55	103	229
F	Defense	30	58	174
F	Special Attack	30	58	174
F	Special Defense	30	58	174
E	Speed	60	112	240
F	Total	245

Best Held Items	Iron Ball Sharp Beak Silk Scarf Sky Plate
Best Nature	Hasty ↑ +10% Speed ↓ -10% Defense
Caught in the Wild Held Item Chance
Like/Dislikes	Likes: Sweet Dislikes: Sour
EV Yield	1 Speed
Growth Rate	Medium Slow
Catch Rate	255 (33.3% with PokéBall, full HP)
Egg Groups	Flying
Egg Cycles	15 (3,599–3,855 steps)

Keen Eye Ability 1	Keen Eye prevents the Pokémon from losing accuracy, for example from moves like Sand-Attack.
Reckless Hidden Ability	Reckless increases the power of recoil moves by 20%. By extension this means the amount of recoil damage taken will increase as more more damage is dealt (except for High Jump Kick and Jump Kick which have fixed recoil).

How To Evolve Starly in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Starly requires (Level 14) to evolve into Staravia and then (Level 34) to evolve into Staraptor.

Base	→	First Evo	→	Final Evo
Starly	Level 14 →	Staravia	Level 34 →	Staraptor

Where To Find Starly in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Starly has 12 spawn locations in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. You can find the Unevolved form Lv. 26 Starly, within the Great Marsh location using the Walking method.

Walking through Grass.
Using an Old Rod.
Using an Good Rod.
Using an Super Rod.
Surfing the Water.
Using the Poke Radar.
Within Honey Trees.
Obtained as a Gift.
Revive from a Fossil.
Obtained through Trade.
Obtained through an Interaction in game. (Legendary Pokemon)

Interact = Limited to one

Common = 20% ~ 100%

Uncommon = 5% ~ 20%

Rare = 1% ~ 5%

= Morning Time

= Day Time

= Night Time

Location	How To Catch	Pokemon Spawns
Route 204
Route 204	5 - 1%	Starly Lv. 6-8
Route 203
Route 203	5 - 1%	Starly Lv. 4-6
Route 202
Route 202	5 - 1%	Starly Lv. 2-4
Route 201
Route 201	5 - 1%	Starly Lv. 2-3
Lake Verity
Lake Verity	5 - 1%	Starly Lv. 2-4
Trophy Garden
Trophy Garden	5 - 1%	Staravia Lv. 16-17
Sendoff Spring
Sendoff Spring	5 - 1%	Staravia Lv. 52-54
Lake Valor
Lake Valor	5 - 1%	Staravia Lv. 34-36
Route 212
	20 - 5%	Starly Lv. 16
	5 - 1%	Staravia Lv. 17-18
Route 209
	20 - 5%	Starly Lv. 16
	5 - 1%	Staravia Lv. 16-18
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Valor Lakefront
Valor Lakefront	100 - 20%	Staravia Lv. 21-22
Great Marsh
	20 - 5%	Staravia Lv. 20-26
	20 - 5%	Starly Lv. 26

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Starly Weakness

Starly is a Normal and Flying Type pokemon. This will cause Starly to take More Damage from Rock, Electric, Ice Type Moves, and Less Damage from Bug, Grass, Ghost, Ground Type moves.

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Damage	Types
4.0x More Damage
2.0x More Damage	Rock Electric Ice
0.5x Less Damage	Bug Grass
0.25x Less Damage
Immune to Damage	Ghost Ground

What pokemon is Starly Weak Against?

Tier	Pokemon
S	Tyranitar ROCK DARK
S	Articuno ICE FLYING
S	Zapdos ELECTRIC FLYING
S	Raikou ELECTRIC
S	Regirock ROCK

What pokemon is Starly Strong Against?

Tier	Pokemon
S	Groudon GROUND
S	Celebi PSYCHIC GRASS
S	Garchomp DRAGON GROUND
A	Swampert WATER GROUND
A	Tangrowth GRASS

Best Starly Moves in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Best Moveset for Starly Lv Up Moves based on Power.

Lvl	Best Moves	Class	Power	Acc	PP	Effect
37	Brave Bird	Physical	180	100	15	User receives recoil damage.
29	Take Down	Physical	135	85	20	User receives recoil damage.
25	Aerial Ace	Physical	90	—	20	Ignores Accuracy and Evasiveness.
9	Wing Attack	Physical	90	100	35

Best Moveset for Starly TM Moves based on Power.

TM	Best Moves	Class	Power	Acc	PP	Effect
TM94	Fly	Physical	135	95	15	Flies up on first turn, attacks on second turn.
TM42	Facade	Physical	105	100	20	Power doubles if user is burned, poisoned, or paralyzed.
TM47	Steel Wing	Physical	70	90	25	May raise user's Defense.
TM89	U-turn	Physical	70	100	20	User switches out immediately after attacking.

STAB: (Same Type Attack Bonus) When a Pokemon uses a Move Type that is the Same as the Pokemon's Type, it will receive a 50% Bonus to Power. Moves Affected by this Highlighted in

Lvl	Move	Desc
1	Tackle NORMAL	Power: 60 Acc: 100 PP: 35 Physical
1	Growl NORMAL	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 40 Status Lowers opponent's Attack.
5	Quick Attack NORMAL	Power: 60 Acc: 100 PP: 30 Physical User attacks first.
9	Wing Attack FLYING	Power: 90 Acc: 100 PP: 35 Physical
13	Double Team NORMAL	Power: — Acc: — PP: 15 Status Raises user's Evasiveness.
17	Endeavor NORMAL	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 5 Physical Reduces opponent's HP to same as user's.
21	Whirlwind NORMAL	Power: — Acc: — PP: 20 Status In battles, the opponent switches. In the wild, the Pokémon runs.
25	Aerial Ace FLYING	Power: 90 Acc: — PP: 20 Physical Ignores Accuracy and Evasiveness.
29	Take Down NORMAL	Power: 135 Acc: 85 PP: 20 Physical User receives recoil damage.
33	Agility PSYCHIC	Power: — Acc: — PP: 30 Status Sharply raises user's Speed.
37	Brave Bird FLYING	Power: 180 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Physical User receives recoil damage.
41	Final Gambit FIGHTING	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 5 Special Inflicts damage equal to the user's remaining HP. User faints.

TM	Move	Desc
TM10	Work Up NORMAL	Power: — Acc: — PP: 30 Status Raises user's Attack and Special Attack.
TM11	Sunny Day FIRE	Power: — Acc: — PP: 5 Status Makes it sunny for 5 turns.
TM17	Protect NORMAL	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status Protects the user, but may fail if used consecutively.
TM18	Rain Dance WATER	Power: — Acc: — PP: 5 Status Makes it rain for 5 turns.
TM32	Double Team NORMAL	Power: — Acc: — PP: 15 Status Raises user's Evasiveness.
TM40	Aerial Ace FLYING	Power: 90 Acc: — PP: 20 Physical Ignores Accuracy and Evasiveness.
TM42	Facade NORMAL	Power: 105 Acc: 100 PP: 20 Physical Power doubles if user is burned, poisoned, or paralyzed.
TM44	Rest PSYCHIC	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status User sleeps for 2 turns, but user is fully healed.
TM45	Attract NORMAL	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 15 Status If opponent is the opposite gender, it's less likely to attack.
TM46	Thief DARK	Power: 60 Acc: 100 PP: 25 Physical Also steals opponent's held item.
TM47	Steel Wing STEEL	Power: 70 Acc: 90 PP: 25 Physical May raise user's Defense.
TM51	Roost FLYING	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status User recovers half of its max HP and loses the Flying type temporarily.
TM58	Endure NORMAL	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status Always left with at least 1 HP, but may fail if used consecutively.
TM82	Sleep Talk NORMAL	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status User performs one of its own moves while sleeping.
TM87	Swagger NORMAL	Power: — Acc: 85 PP: 15 Status Opponent becomes confused, but its Attack is sharply raised.
TM88	Pluck FLYING	Power: 90 Acc: 100 PP: 20 Physical If the opponent is holding a berry, its effect is stolen by user.
TM89	U-turn BUG	Power: 70 Acc: 100 PP: 20 Physical User switches out immediately after attacking.
TM90	Substitute NORMAL	Power: — Acc: — PP: 10 Status Uses HP to creates a decoy that takes hits.
TM94	Fly FLYING	Power: 135 Acc: 95 PP: 15 Physical Flies up on first turn, attacks on second turn.
TM97	Defog FLYING	Power: — Acc: — PP: 15 Status Lowers opponent's Evasiveness and clears fog.

Egg Move	Desc
Feather Dance FLYING	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 15 Status Sharply lowers opponent's Attack.
Fury Attack NORMAL	Power: 22.5 Acc: 85 PP: 20 Physical Hits 2-5 times in one turn.
Astonish GHOST	Power: 30 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Physical May cause flinching.
Sand Attack GROUND	Power: — Acc: 100 PP: 15 Status Lowers opponent's Accuracy.
Double-Edge NORMAL	Power: 180 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Physical User receives recoil damage.
Uproar NORMAL	Power: 135 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Special User attacks for 3 turns and prevents sleep.
Detect FIGHTING	Power: — Acc: — PP: 5 Status Protects the user, but may fail if used consecutively.
Revenge FIGHTING	Power: 60 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Physical Power increases if user was hit first.

Starly Stats and Abilities

How To Evolve Starly in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Where To Find Starly in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Starly Weakness

Best Starly Moves in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Starly Level Up Moves

Starly TM Moves

Starly Egg Moves