Is Altaria Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Swablu evolves at level 35. Dragon/Flying with AbilityNatural Cure clearing status on switch. Handles the late gym circuit and contributes against the E4. Garchomp outclasses it, but Altaria is available earlier.
Roark's team hits Swablu's weaknesses hard.
Swablu resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Swablu trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Swablu has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Altaria trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Altaria trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Altaria resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Altaria resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Swablu
Catch Swablu on Route 210 (walking, Lv 27, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- LV 28NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORFireHeat WavePower 100Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
Evolve Swablu to Altaria
Swablu evolves into Altaria at Level 35. Your Swablu should hit Level 35 before you reach Crasher Wake, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- LV 54DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 70FlyingSky AttackPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORDragonOutragePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORDragonTwisterPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORFireHeat WavePower 100Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Altaria in Platinum
Altaria does not roam the wild here. Catch a Swablu on Route 210 and raise it to 35, where the little cloud bird grows into a full Dragon and Flying type.
Catch Swablu at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Altaria.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Swablu
- 2Evolve Altariaat Lv.35
Badge 3How to Obtain Altaria in Pt
- Step 2Altaria ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Swablu egg.
How to Get Shiny Altaria in Platinum
Altaria comes by leveling, so chain a Swablu on Route 210 to 40 for a 1 in 200 shiny and raise it up. Compare Shiny Altaria odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Altaria 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Platinum with Altaria preloaded.
Altaria Weakness
Type-wise, Altaria takes extra damage from Ice, Rock, and Dragon. Watch out for Ice attacks, those deal 4x damage. Ground moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. With 75 HP and balanced defenses, Altaria can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Rock, Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Fighting, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Altaria Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Altaria
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Regice builds →Ice Beam 4x138-164%KO Rock Slide 2x25-30% | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Rampardos builds →Rock Slide 2x95-112%KO Ice Beam 4x69-81% | ||
 Bastiodon RockSteel | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Shieldon (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Bastiodon builds →Ice Beam 4x55-65% Rock Slide 2x40-48% | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Lunatone builds →Ice Beam 4x89-105%KO Rock Slide 2x40-48% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Aerodactyl builds →Ice Fang 4x75-89% Rock Slide 2x64-76% Dragon Claw 2x45-55% | ||
 Omanyte RockWater | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Omanyte builds →Ice Beam 4x86-101%KO Rock Slide 2x33-39% | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Gabite DragonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Gabite builds →Dragon Claw 2x62-73% Rock Slide 2x39-46% | ||
 Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Kabuto builds →Ice Beam 4x62-73% Rock Slide 2x54-64% | ||
 Pupitar RockGround | C | |
Altaria Evolutions
Evolved from Swablu. Altaria is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+30 over Swablu), and Altaria peaks at 490 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Altaria to get Swablu eggs easily using 30 partners from the Dragon and Flying egg groups. Notable egg moves include Agility, Dragon Rush, Feather Dance and 3 more.
Pt Altaria Best Moveset
105 Sp. Def gives the moveset surprising special bulk on a Dragon/Flying type, and AbilityNatural Cure clears status on every switch. 70 in both offenses limits the damage output, and MoveDragon Dance exists but 80 Speed needs multiple boosts.
Best Build
Altaria best EVs are Attack and Sp. Def
Physical Tank Moveset
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw
- Roost
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Stall teams hate this. Altaria can spread damage across 10 types, with Ghost and Normal punishing common defensive pivots. STAB from Sky Attack and Draco Meteor 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
37 of 38 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
If it bonds with a person, it will gently envelop the friend with its soft wings, then hum.
Altaria Platinum Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Platinum, but Altaria does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Altaria hits 590 BST.
In Platinum, Altaria plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Platinum, Altaria pairs best with Forretress, Donphan, and Breloom. Forretress has Good synergy and covers what Altaria can't handle on its own.
In Platinum, Adamant is the go-to nature for Altaria. That's +Attack / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpD EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Altaria has appeared in 16 titles over 7 generations. Along the way, it received a Mega form in Generation 6, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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
Winds & Waves
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