Is Azurill Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Wild encounter on various routes. Pure Normal in Gen 4 with AbilityThick Fat. Friendship evolves into Marill. Azurill contributes nothing in battle. Catch Marill directly instead and skip the baby stage.
Azurill trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Azurill trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Azurill trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Azurill's defenses.
Chuck's team hits Azurill's weaknesses hard.
Jasmine's typing presses Azurill's defenses.
Azurill trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Azurill's defenses.
Brock's typing presses Azurill's defenses.
Misty's typing presses Azurill's defenses.
Lt. Surge's typing presses Azurill's defenses.
Azurill trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Janine's typing presses Azurill's defenses.
Sabrina's typing presses Azurill's defenses.
Blaine's typing presses Azurill's defenses.
Blue's team hits Azurill's weaknesses hard.
Will's typing presses Azurill's defenses.
Koga's typing presses Azurill's defenses.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Azumarill trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Azurill in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 42). Requires 5 Water objects placed in Savannah.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 42)
- LV 42NormalSlamPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
Evolve Azurill to Azumarill
Marill evolves into Azumarill at Level 18. Your Azurill should hit Level 18 before you reach Bruno, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- LV 20WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 33NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 47WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 54WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Azurill in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Azurill hatches from a Marill or Azumarill egg left at the Day-Care, but only if the parent holds a Sea Incense. That item is the make-or-break step, since without it the egg comes out as Marill instead.
1 location to catch Azurill
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Azurill in HGSS
Azurill is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking and surfing encounters from Lv. 13-42 across 10 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into MarillMt. Mortar - 1F EntranceLv.13-15CaveRate 41%Swarm activeSafari Zone - MeadowLv.15-17FloorRate 30%NightMt. Mortar - 1F EntranceLv.15CaveRate 1%Safari Zone - MeadowLv.16-17Surfing on waterRate 20%or evolve from Azurill (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into Azumarill
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Azurill.
How to Get Shiny Azurill in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Azurill hatches from Marill holding a Sea Incense, so run the Masuda Method with a foreign parent for a shiny. Compare Shiny Azurill odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Azurill Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here 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.
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Azurill.
Azurill Weakness
Type-wise, Azurill takes extra damage from Fighting. Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Azurill Weak Against
Good
Azurill Evolutions
This is the baby stage. Azurill grows into Marill by leveling up. Want more? Breed the adults. Baby Pokemon sit in the Undiscovered egg group. Evolving adds up to 230 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
HGSS Azurill Best Moveset
Baby-stage stats around 20-50 where AbilityHuge Power doubles 20 Attack to 40, still too low for competitive use. The moveset has nothing to work with. Evolve to Marill through friendship.
Best Build
Azurill best EVs are Attack and HP
Utility Moveset
- Waterfall
- Return
- Iron Tail
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Body Slam and Encore aren't available any other way for Azurill, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Uproar and Body Slam for solid options.
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
All 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its tail is packed full of the nutrients it needs to grow.
Azurill HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- How do I catch Azurill in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Azurill in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Azurill from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Azurill easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Azurill is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Azurill becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Azurill has 190 BST and evolves into Marill. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Azurill spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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 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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