Is Azumarill Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Bulky for a Water-type but hits weakly without the Fairy typing and Huge Power that make it dominant in later generations. In Gen 2, Azumarill is a tank that can't deal much damage. Functional but outclassed by Feraligatr, Gyarados, and Starmie.
Marill has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Marill trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Whitney's typing presses Marill's defenses.
Marill trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Marill's defenses.
Azumarill has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Azumarill's weaknesses hard.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Sabrina's typing presses Azumarill's defenses.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Misty's typing presses Azumarill's defenses.
Azumarill resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Azumarill has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Azumarill has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Azumarill has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Azumarill has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Marill
Catch Marill in Mt. Mortar (walking, Lv 15, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- LV 21WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 28NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
Evolve Marill to Azumarill
Marill evolves into Azumarill at Level 18. Your Marill should hit Level 18 before you reach Jasmine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- LV 25WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- LV 36NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
How to Get Azumarill in Gold & Silver
No wild Azumarill in either game. Marill evolves at level 18, so catching Marill is the hard part, and that usually means waiting on its phone-announced swarm before this evolution is even possible.
Catch Marill at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Azumarill.
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Marill
- 2Evolve Azumarillat Lv.18
Badge 4How to Obtain Azumarill in GS
Marill is your first catch on the way to Azumarill. You'll find walking and surfing encounters from Lv. 13-24 across 6 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Azumarill ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Marill egg.
How to Get Shiny Azumarill in Gold & Silver
Azumarill never appears in the wild, so hunt Marill at Mt. Mortar, reached by surfing or through the cave grass, then evolve your shiny catch at level 18. Compare Shiny Azumarill odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Azumarill Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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 Azumarill in the Gold & Silver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Azumarill Weakness
Azumarill is weak to Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. With 100 HP and balanced defenses, Azumarill can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Azumarill Weak Against
Good
Azumarill Evolutions
Evolved from Marill. Azumarill is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+30 over Marill), and Azumarill peaks at 410 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Azumarill to get Marill eggs easily using 16 partners from the Fairy and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Belly Drum, Foresight and 5 more.
GS Azumarill Best Moveset
Water-type with 100 HP for decent bulk but 50 Sp. Atk limiting MoveSurf to moderate damage. MoveReturn uses the 50 Attack for equal mediocrity. Held ItemLeftovers sustains the HP. Bulk without the offensive stats to capitalize on surviving.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Whirlpool
- Perish Song
- Belly Drum
- Return
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Azumarill. Amnesia and Belly Drum come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Surf and Waterfall and coverage across 7 types.
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.
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
25 of 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
By keeping still and listening intently, it can tell what is in even wild, fast-moving rivers.
When it plays in water, it rolls up its elongated ears to prevent their insides from getting wet.
Azumarill Gold & Silver Guide
Honestly, in Gold & Silver Azumarill is a tough sell. It rates just E-Tier, and stronger water options exist. Fun pick, not a practical one.
In Gold & Silver, Azumarill plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully. Whirlpool is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Azumarill spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters 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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