Is Ambipom Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Aipom evolves when leveled knowing MoveDouble Hit. Normal-type with AbilityTechnician boosting low-power moves by 50%. Fast with decent Attack. Fun to use through mid-game but doesn't have the power for the E4.
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.
Catch Aipom
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 Ambipom in Platinum
Ambipom only comes from an Aipom that levels up while it knows the move Double Hit. Since the evolved form has no wild spot, you raise the pre-evolution and teach it that move first.
Catch Aipom at any of these 18 spots to eventually evolve into Ambipom.
- 1Catch Aipom
- 2Evolve AmbipomAfter Double Hit learned
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Badge 8How to Obtain Ambipom in Pt
To get Ambipom, start by catching Aipom through headbutt encounters at Lv. 5-15. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Catch AipomEterna 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 2Ambipom ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Aipom egg.
How to Get Shiny Ambipom in Platinum
Ambipom comes from an Aipom taught Double Hit, so slather a Honey Tree, catch one, and breed it with a foreign Ditto. Compare Shiny Ambipom odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Ambipom 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 Platinum shiny odds calculator with Ambipom already selected.
Ambipom Weakness
Ambipom is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Ambipom leans offensive (base 100 Atk) rather than trying to tank its weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
Ambipom Evolutions
Getting Ambipom requires knowing a specific move, not just grinding levels. The chain starts at Aipom. Breed this form to get Aipom eggs (average hatch time). Attack grew the most through evolution (+30 over Aipom), and Ambipom peaks at 482 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Ambipom to get Aipom eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Agility, Beat Up, Bounce and 8 more.
Pt Ambipom Best Moveset
100 Attack with AbilityTechnician turns MoveFake Out into guaranteed priority damage on the first turn. The moveset follows up at 115 Speed with boosted physical Normal hits. Fast, disruptive, and hard to pin down.
Best Build
Ambipom best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Fake Out
- U Turn
- Low Kick
- Return
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 14 types means almost nothing walls Ambipom cleanly, with Giga Impact and Hyper Beam anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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
42 of 44 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Split into two, the tails are so adept at handling and doing things, AMBIPOM rarely uses its hands.
Ambipom Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Ambipom plays as a sweeper. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move. Return is the primary attack.
In Platinum, Jolly is the go-to nature for Ambipom. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the sweeper role.
Game Availability
Available in 12 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Ambipom spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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