Is Drowzee Good in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Playthrough?
Drowzee provides a Psychic-type option from Route 11, but it's a slow one with nothing exciting behind it. Hypno is better, but both live in Alakazam's shadow.
Drowzee trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Misty's typing presses Drowzee's defenses.
Lt. Surge's typing presses Drowzee's defenses.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Sabrina's typing presses Hypno's defenses.
Blaine's team hits Hypno's weaknesses hard.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Giovanni's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Agatha's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Trace's team.
This is the Let's Go Pikachu team. In Let's Go Eevee, Trace brings Raichu Lv 57 in place of Jolteon Lv 57.
Catchable
Catch Drowzee on Route 11 (walking, Lv 13-18).
Evolve Drowzee to Hypno
Drowzee evolves into Hypno at Level 26. Your Drowzee should hit Level 26 before you reach Erika, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Drowzee in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
Decent spawn rates in early-game routes across 1 location. Drowzee is one of the easier catches on the list. Knock it out fast and save your time for harder targets.
1 location to catch Drowzee
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Drowzee in Let's Go
- Step 1Drowzee ✓
- Step 2Evolve into Hypno
How to Get Shiny Drowzee in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
In Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee, the strongest route to a Shiny Drowzee is Catch Combo, which reaches about 1 in 274 at full boosts. Pick a method and tune your setup below to see live odds. Compare Shiny Drowzee odds across every game
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Drowzee Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Catch Combo at full boosts, about 1 in 274 on each try. Tune it below.
Catch Combo: Catch one species back-to-back. A Lure stacks on top of a 31-plus combo.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 29 |
| 25%one in four | 79 |
| 50%coin flip | 190 |
| 90%very likely | 630 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Drowzee in the Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Drowzee Weakness
Drowzee is weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Drowzee's special bulk (base 90 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
What is Drowzee Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Drowzee
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x83-98% Sucker Punch 2x42-51% | ||
 Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Drowzee Evolutions
Drowzee evolves into Hypno. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. Evolving adds up to 155 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Let's Go Drowzee Best Moveset
Psychic at 90 Sp. Def and 43 Sp. Atk. Absorbs special hits moderately but the moveset can't threaten anything back. Evolve to Hypno for 115 Sp. Def and enough Psychic TermStab power to at least pressure weaker targets.
Best Build
Drowzee Candy
Courage Candy+SPDSassy raises Sp. Def and lowers Speed. Madam Celadon sets this nature when you pick Green, then Pink. It costs 10,000 Pokedollars and lasts for the rest of the day.
Candy for Drowzee
- Drowzee Candy
- Courage Candy
Courage Candy L
Courage Candy XL
Drowzee Candy raises every stat, but only Drowzee and Hypno can eat it. The stat candy that goes with Drowzee is Courage Candy (Sp. Def), and any Pokemon can eat it; Courage Candy L needs level 30 and Courage Candy XL needs level 60 or higher.
Master Trainer
Anton battles with one level 70 Drowzee that knows Thunder Wave, Headbutt and Meditate. It takes extra damage from Bug, Ghost and Dark moves. Win to earn the Drowzee Master title. Find Anton in Viridian City.
Moves List
TMs define Drowzee's movepool. The natural moves cover basics with Dream Eater and Psychic, but the real versatility comes from technical machines giving it coverage across 8 types. That's where the options open up.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- 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.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM 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 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
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
If you sleep by it all the time, it will sometimes show you dreams it had eaten in the past.
Game Availability
Drowzee has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 19 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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 7Let's Go
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
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