Is Abra Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Goldenrod Game Corner and Route 34 encounters. Psychic-type with AbilitySynchronize. Teleports immediately, making it hard to catch. Alakazam through trade evolution is the prize, but Kadabra at level 16 already handles Morty and Chuck on its own.
Falkner's Pokemon outpace and outclass Abra here.
Bugsy's Pokemon outpace and outclass Abra here.
Kadabra trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Alakazam resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Alakazam resists most of Chuck's coverage and hits back hard.
Alakazam trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Alakazam trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Alakazam resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Alakazam trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Alakazam trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Alakazam resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Alakazam resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Abra on Route 34 (walking, Lv 10, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- TM60FightingDrain PunchPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 39
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- TM57ElectricCharge BeamPower 50Accuracy 90%PP 10Olivine City
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
Evolve Abra to Kadabra
Abra evolves into Kadabra at Level 16. Your Abra should hit Level 16 before you reach Whitney, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 16)
- LV 16PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 24PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 34PsychicPsycho CutPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 40PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 42PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
Evolve Kadabra to Alakazam
Kadabra evolves into Alakazam when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Morty.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 24PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 34PsychicPsycho CutPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 40PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 42PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
How to Get Abra in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Abra walks several routes wild but teleports away constantly, so the surer route is the Goldenrod Game Corner, where it is a cheap 200-coin prize. That counter hands one over without the frustration of chasing the wild teleporter.
Wild Abra may be holding when caught:
Twisted Spoon (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a spoon imbued with telekinetic power that boosts Psychic-type moves.9 locations to catch Abra
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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The line opens with Abra at Lv. 9-17 via walking and gift encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Abra ✓
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Kadabraor evolve from Abra (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into Alakazam
To plan your throws, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver catch rate calculator with Abra preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Abra in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Abra teleports around Route 5 and Route 6, though a shiny comes fastest from Masuda breeding with a foreign parent. Compare Shiny Abra odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Abra Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
Vulnerable
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.
HGSS Abra Best Moveset
Enormous 105 Sp. Atk for a first-stage Pokemon, firing special Psychic damage that hits harder than many fully evolved attackers. 15 Defense and 25 HP mean literally any physical contact ends the moveset. AbilitySynchronize passes status back. Evolve immediately.
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 Zen Headbutt 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
All 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It senses impending attacks and teleports away to safety before the actual attacks can strike.
If it decides to teleport randomly, it evokes the illusion that it has created copies of itself.
Abra HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Abra?
See the Locations section above for where to find Abra in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Abra from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Abra easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Abra costs 200 Coins in HeartGold. Abra costs 200 Coins in SoulSilver. Earn coins by playing the slot machines on the Game Corner floor or buying them at the counter (1,000 coins for ₽10,000).
Yes. Wild Abra in HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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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