Is Ampharos Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityStatic on a slow, powerful Electric. If imported, Ampharos handles Crasher Wake and contributes against Aaron. Luxray fills the exact same niche natively. Same speed tier, similar power. The import is a lateral move, not an upgrade.
Roark's typing presses Mareep's defenses.
Gardenia's typing presses Flaaffy's defenses.
Flaaffy trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Flaaffy has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Ampharos has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Ampharos has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Ampharos has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Ampharos trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Ampharos has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Ampharos trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Ampharos has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Ampharos has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Ampharos resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Ampharos resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Ampharos has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Ampharos trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Mareep
Catch Mareep in Valley Windworks (Poké Radar, Lv 7-9, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 215
- LV 28ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 32BugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Iron Island
- LV 41RockPower GemPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 46ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Mareep to Flaaffy
Mareep evolves into Flaaffy at Level 15. Your Mareep should hit Level 15 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 215
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- LV 31ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 36BugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 53ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Flaaffy to Ampharos
Flaaffy evolves into Ampharos at Level 30. Your Flaaffy should hit Level 30 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30ElectricThunder PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 30ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 34ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 68ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Ampharos in Diamond & Pearl
Level a Flaaffy to 30 to reach Ampharos, which never shows up wild. The line traces all the way back to a Poke Radar Mareep at the Valley Windworks.
Catch Mareep or Flaaffy at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Ampharos.
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To get Ampharos, start by catching Mareep through special encounters at Lv. 7-9. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 3Ampharos ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Mareep egg.
How to Get Shiny Ampharos in Diamond & Pearl
Ampharos finishes the Mareep line, so chain that shiny at the Valley Windworks at 1 in 200 and raise it up. Compare Shiny Ampharos odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Ampharos 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Ampharos already selected.
Ampharos Weakness
Ground moves hit Ampharos for super-effective damage. Few weaknesses and 3 resistances make the typing clean. With 90 HP and balanced defenses, Ampharos can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Flying, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Ampharos Weak Against
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Ampharos Evolutions
End of the line. Ampharos caps a three-stage chain that started at Mareep. Breeding produces the base form, and eggs take an average time to hatch. Sp.Atk grew the most through evolution (+50 over Mareep), and Ampharos peaks at 500 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Ampharos to get Mareep eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Body Slam, Charge, Flatter and 6 more.
DP Ampharos Best Moveset
115 Sp. Atk is one of the highest among Electric types, but 55 Speed means Ampharos never attacks first against anything relevant. The moveset hits incredibly hard when it gets a turn, but faster attackers and Held ItemChoice Scarf users shut it down before it acts.
Best Build
Ampharos best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Focus Blast
- Signal Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Ampharos misses out on Body Slam and Charge. That's 9 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Thunder and Thunderbolt, with coverage across 7 types rounding things out.
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
32 of 34 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
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Ampharos Diamond & Pearl Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Diamond & Pearl, but Ampharos does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Ampharos hits 600 BST.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Ampharos as a wallbreaker. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest, Thunderbolt is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, build your team around Heracross, Typhlosion, and Gyarados. These have the highest co-usage rates with Ampharos in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Modest on Ampharos. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Gold & Silver, Ampharos has appeared in 17 titles over 8 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 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 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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