Is Abra Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Route 203 catch that teleports away if you don't grab it fast. Abra itself does nothing in battle. Alakazam at trade evolution is the reason you persist through this, and the payoff is one of the best special attackers in Sinnoh.
Roark's team hits Abra's weaknesses hard.
Kadabra has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Alakazam resists most of Maylene's coverage and hits back hard.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Alakazam trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Alakazam trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Alakazam trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Abra on Route 203 (walking, Lv 4-5, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Fantina
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Iron Island
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Abra to Kadabra
Abra evolves into Kadabra at Level 16. Your Abra should hit Level 16 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- LV 24PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 34PsychicPsycho CutPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 40PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 42PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Kadabra to Alakazam
Kadabra evolves into Alakazam when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Maylene.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 24PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 34PsychicPsycho CutPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 40PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 42PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Abra in Diamond & Pearl
You can trade a Machop for an Abra in Oreburgh City, a one-time deal early on. It also turns up uncommon on a couple of routes, so the wild catch backs up the trade if you would rather keep your Machop.
Wild Abra may be holding when caught:
Twisted Spoon (5% chance) Held: Psychic-Type moves from holder do 20% more damage.3 locations to catch Abra
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2Where To Catch Abra in DP
Abra is where the line starts, caught through walking and trade encounters at Lv. 4-20. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Kadabraor evolve from Abra (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into AlakazamBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Abra egg.
To plan your throws, open the Diamond & Pearl catch rate calculator with Abra preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Abra in Diamond & Pearl
Abra teleports around Route 203 and Route 215, where a PokeRadar chain in the grass drops its shiny rate hard. Compare Shiny Abra odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Abra Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
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 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Abra already selected.
Abra Weakness
Abra's Psychic typing leaves it vulnerable to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Abra's special bulk (base 55 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Abra Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Abra
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Pineco Bug | C | |
Abra Evolutions
Abra is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Kadabra first, then eventually reaches Alakazam. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via one egg group. The evolved forms gain up to 190 total stats over Abra. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Abra easily with 39 breeding partners from the Human-Like egg group. Pass egg moves like Barrier, Encore, Fire Punch and 5 more to offspring.
DP Abra Best Moveset
105 Sp. Atk is massive for an unevolved Pokemon, but 15 Defense and 25 HP mean literally one physical hit ends it. The moveset is special Psychic attacks and nothing else. Evolve to Kadabra.
Best Build
Abra best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball
- Signal Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Barrier and Encore from the egg pool give Abra something extra. Pair those with Dream Eater and Psychic for STAB and coverage across 9 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
40 of 44 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It sleeps for 18 hours a day. Even when awake, it teleports itself while remaining seated.
Even while asleep, it maintains a telepathic radar. It teleports when it is threatened.
Abra Diamond & Pearl Guide
NPC trade in Oreburgh City. Trade a Machop to the boy in the house near the Pokemon Center. The Abra arrives at the same level as the Machop you trade away. This is an NPC trade, so the Abra you receive is yours immediately, no transfer cable needed.
Yes. Wild Abra in Diamond & Pearl can hold Twisted Spoon (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Twisted Spoon.
In Diamond & Pearl, Abra does the job early-game if you need a Psychic type on your team. Evolve it into Kadabra before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Abra has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 21 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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