Is Azelf Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Lake Valor legendary. Psychic with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. Azelf has the highest offensive stats of the lake trio. Fast and powerful. Available near the endgame. If caught before the E4, Azelf handles Maylene and contributes against Bertha and Cynthia.
Azelf has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Azelf resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Azelf resists most of Maylene's coverage and hits back hard.
Azelf resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Azelf resists most of Fantina's coverage and hits back hard.
Azelf has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Azelf resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Azelf has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Azelf has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Azelf has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Azelf has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Azelf trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Azelf has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Azelf has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Azelf has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Azelf has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Azelf on Lake Valor (interact, Lv 50, limited). Encounter at Lake Valor after the Team Galactic storyline. Returns to the cavern after being saved.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 51PsychicExtrasensoryPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 30
- LV 61NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 76NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Azelf in Diamond & Pearl
Azelf sits at the heart of Lake Valor, a static level 50 encounter with the legendary catch rate of 3. Like its siblings it appears once, so a wrong move means reloading an old save.
1 location to catch Azelf
Badge 6How to Get Azelf in Diamond & Pearl
How to Get Shiny Azelf in Diamond & Pearl
Azelf rests in the cavern under Lake Valor, so save before it and soft-reset the battle until it turns up shiny. Compare Shiny Azelf odds across every game
Shiny Azelf Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Azelf Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Soft Reset, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Diamond & Pearl with Azelf preloaded.
Azelf Weakness
Type-wise, Azelf takes extra damage from Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Azelf leans offensive (base 125 Atk) rather than trying to tank its weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Azelf Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Azelf
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azelf View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x100-118%KO X-Scissor 2x67-79% Shadow Claw 2x59-69% | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azelf View Drapion builds →Crunch 2x74-88% X-Scissor 2x50-59% Shadow Ball 2x35-42% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azelf View Weavile builds →Night Slash 2x81-96% X-Scissor 2x62-73% Shadow Claw 2x54-64% | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azelf View Spiritomb builds →Sucker Punch 2x76-90% Shadow Ball 2x76-90% Silver Wind 2x38-45% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azelf View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x61-71% X-Scissor 2x54-64% Shadow Ball 2x50-59% | ||
 Skuntank PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azelf View Skuntank builds →Night Slash 2x67-80% Shadow Claw 2x45-53% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azelf View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x100-118%KO Dark Pulse 2x67-79% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azelf View Parasect builds →X-Scissor 2x78-92% Thief 2x27-31% | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azelf View Murkrow builds →Sucker Punch 2x71-84% Shadow Ball 2x47-56% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azelf View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x57-67% Feint Attack 2x48-57% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azelf View Beedrill builds →X-Scissor 2x74-88% Assurance 2x31-37% | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Azelf View Mothim builds →Bug Buzz 2x86-102%KO Shadow Ball 2x50-60% Thief 2x27-31% | ||
Azelf Evolutions
No breeding, no evolution. Azelf is a Psychic legendary with 580 base stat total that you obtain once and build around. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
DP Azelf Best Moveset
125 in both Attack and Sp. Atk at 115 Speed behind AbilityLevitate make Azelf one of the most dangerous offensive Psychic types. The moveset leads with MoveStealth Rock, fires off special Psychic attacks at devastating power, or uses MoveExplosion to exit. 70 in both defenses means it doesn't last long.
Best Build
Azelf best EVs are HP and Speed
Pivot Moveset
- Explosion
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- U Turn
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Most of Azelf's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Future Sight and Dream Eater, but Normal and Electric and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
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
45 of 49 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Known as “The Being of Willpower.” It sleeps at the bottom of a lake to keep the world in balance.
It is thought that UXIE, MESPRIT and AZELF all came from the same egg.
Azelf Diamond & Pearl Guide
Azelf is a static encounter at Lake Valor in Diamond & Pearl. Azelf appears at level 50. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
In Diamond & Pearl, Azelf plays as a sweeper. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move.
In Diamond & Pearl, Jolly is the go-to nature for Azelf. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the sweeper role.
Game Availability
Since Diamond & Pearl, Azelf has appeared in 13 games. Legendary Pokemon like Azelf are usually found through story events or special post-game areas rather than random encounters.
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
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