Is Aipom Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Honey Tree encounter from level 5 across dozens of trees in Sinnoh. AbilityPickup finds items while walking. Normal-type that evolves into Ambipom when it learns MoveDouble Hit. Fun early, but lacks power to stay relevant past mid-game.
Aipom trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Ambipom has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Ambipom trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Ambipom has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Ambipom has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Ambipom trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Ambipom has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Ambipom has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Ambipom has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Ambipom has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Ambipom has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Ambipom has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Ambipom resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Ambipom has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Ambipom has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Ambipom trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Aipom on Floaroma Meadow (Honey Tree, Lv 5-15, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 43NormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
Evolve Aipom to Ambipom
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Gardenia, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 43NormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
How to Get Aipom in Platinum
Aipom lives in Honey trees, not in grass at all. Slather honey on a tree, wait a while, and it turns up uncommon at levels 5 to 15 across roughly eighteen trees scattered around Sinnoh.
18 locations to catch Aipom
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Aipom is where the line starts, caught through headbutt encounters at Lv. 5-15. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Aipom ✓Eterna ForestLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Floaroma MeadowLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Fuego IronworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 205 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 205 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 206Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 207Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 208Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 209Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 210 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 210 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 211 - EastLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 212 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 212 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 213Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 214Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 215Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 218Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 221Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Route 222Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%Valley WindworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 10%
- Step 2Evolve into AmbipomBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Aipom egg.
Bring the right balls: check Aipom catch odds in the Platinum Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Aipom in Platinum
Aipom only swings down to Honey Trees, so slather one and then breed your catch with a foreign Ditto for a shiny. Compare Shiny Aipom odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Aipom 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Aipom in the Platinum 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 |
Aipom Evolutions
Aipom doesn't evolve by leveling. You'll need knowing a specific move to push it forward to Ambipom. Evolving adds up to 122 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Aipom easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Agility, Beat Up, Bounce and 8 more to offspring.
Pt Aipom Best Moveset
Ambipom evolves from Aipom now, and the moveset here previews the speed-and-disruption profile with 85 Speed and AbilityPickup. 70 Attack can't threaten much at this stage. Ambipom brings the Speed and AbilityTechnician.
Best Build
Aipom best EVs are Speed and Attack
Utility Moveset
- Fake Out
- Return
- Brick Break
- Shadow Claw
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Stall teams hate this. Aipom can spread damage across 14 types, with Ghost and Dark punishing common defensive pivots. STAB from Last Resort and Uproar 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. 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 42 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It lives high among the treetops. It can use its tail as freely and cleverly as its hands.
Aipom Platinum Guide
For Platinum, you can run Aipom through the first few routes without issues. 360 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Ambipom as fast as you can.
In Platinum, Aipom plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Return is the primary attack.
In Platinum, Jolly is the go-to nature for Aipom. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 76 HP / 196 Atk / 236 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Aipom spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form 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
Winds & Waves
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