Is Aipom Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Headbutt trees in Johto. Aipom is a Normal-type with middling stats and no evolution in Gen 2. Nothing about it stands out, and the team slot is better used elsewhere.
Aipom has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Aipom has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Aipom has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Aipom has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Aipom has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Aipom has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Aipom has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Aipom has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Aipom on Route 29 (Headbutt, Lv 10, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 27NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 46PsychicAgilityPower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
Gold & Silver Aipom Locations
Pure tree work. All 40 Aipom encounters come from headbutting the right trunks across ten spots, common at each, every one at level 10. No grass, no water, just a good whack and a wait.
8 locations to catch Aipom
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Aipom shows up in 16 headbutt spots from Lv. 10. Plenty of options, and the list is sorted so the highest-rate locations at each progression stage come first.
How to Get Shiny Aipom in Gold & Silver
Aipom only tumbles out of shaken Headbutt trees, so carry a Pokemon that knows the move to Route 29, Route 30, and Route 31 and keep cracking trunks until one drops in shiny colors. Compare Shiny Aipom odds across every game
Shiny Aipom Evolution
Does Not EvolveGold & Silver Shiny Aipom Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Aipom in the Gold & Silver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Aipom Weakness
Type-wise, Aipom takes extra damage from Fighting. Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Just 1 weak spot to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Aipom Weak Against
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Aipom Evolutions
Aipom doesn't evolve, so breeding's where the action is. You'll find plenty of partners across one egg group, and eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 8 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Aipom easily with 66 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Agility, Beat Up, Counter and 5 more to offspring.
GS Aipom Best Moveset
Normal-type with 85 Speed and 70 Attack, not terrible but outclassed by every serious physical attacker. MoveReturn provides modest Normal damage. No competitive niche worth choosing.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Return
- Agility
- Baton Pass
- Shadow Ball
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Stall teams hate this. Aipom can spread damage across 10 types, with Psychic and Fighting punishing common defensive pivots. STAB from Strength and Slam keeps the pressure honest on everything else.
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.
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
28 of 34 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its tail is so powerful that it can use it to grab a tree branch and hold itself up in the air.
It lives atop tall trees. When leaping from branch to branch, it deftly uses its tail for balance.
Aipom Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Aipom has 360 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Gold & Silver, Aipom plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Return is the primary attack. Set up with Agility when you get a free turn.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Aipom spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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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