Is Absol Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Dark with AbilityPressure. Strong Attack and the physical/special split gives Absol proper physical Dark moves at last. No evolution in Gen 4, but the raw Attack carries.
Absol trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Absol resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Chuck's team hits Absol's weaknesses hard.
Absol trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Absol trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Absol trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Absol trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Absol in Union Cave (walking, Lv 6, uncommon). Hoenn Sound.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 25NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Clair
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sold by the TM clerk on 3F of the Celadon Department Store
- LV 44DarkSucker PunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 52DarkNight SlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
HeartGold & SoulSilver Absol Locations
Absol only walks the grass once you switch on the Hoenn Sound station, then shows up as an uncommon catch across fifteen areas in both games, with levels stretching from the low single digits into the fifties.
15 locations to catch Absol
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Absol in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Absol won't take long. 44 walking spots from Lv. 2-51 with solid rates across most of them. The top locations at each game stage are listed first.
How to Get Shiny Absol in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Absol prowls Mt. Moon and Rock Tunnel, though a shiny comes faster from Masuda breeding with a foreign parent. Compare Shiny Absol odds across every game
Shiny Absol Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Absol Calculator
2 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.
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 Absol already selected.
Absol Weakness
Absol's Dark typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting and Bug. It shrugs off Psychic-type attacks completely. Absol's Dark typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ghost, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Absol Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Absol
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Hitmonchan Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Absol View Pinsir builds →Focus Punch 2x145-171%KO X-Scissor 2x117-138%KO | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Absol View Primeape builds →Focus Punch 2x187-221%KO U-turn 2x59-70% | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Absol View Scyther builds →X-Scissor 2x104-123%KO Rock Smash 2x36-43% | ||
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Absol View Kricketune builds →X-Scissor 2x85-100%KO Rock Smash 2x29-34% | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Absol View Volbeat builds →Focus Punch 2x94-111%KO U-turn 2x68-79% | ||
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | C | |
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
 Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Absol Evolutions
What you see is what you get. Absol sits outside any evolution chain, so focus on the egg moves and a massive partner pool from one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Absol easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Assurance, Baton Pass, Curse and 10 more to offspring.
HGSS Absol Best Moveset
Dark type at 130 Attack with AbilitySuper Luck raising critical hit rates across all moves. The moveset fires physical Dark and coverage hits with elevated crit chance. 75 Speed is the barrier to sweeping, and 60 in both defenses mean trading hits is risky.
Best Build
Absol best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Night Slash
- Sucker Punch
- Superpower
- Swords Dance
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Absol won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 12 types means it always has an effective option. Dark Pulse and Sucker Punch anchor the STAB core.
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 39 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It has the ability to foretell natural disasters. Its life span is over a hundred years.
Absol HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in HeartGold & SoulSilver, but Absol does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Absol hits 565 BST.
Yes. Absol is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Absol becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Absol as a cannon. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling,
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Jolly on Absol. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the cannon role.
Game Availability
Available since Ruby & Sapphire, Absol appears in 15 games spanning 7 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Mega form in Generation 6.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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 6ORASMega
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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