Is Bellossom Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Sun Stone on Gloom. Grass-type with AbilityChlorophyll in sun. The Vileplume alternative trades Poison typing for higher special Defense. Handles Chuck and Misty. Whether you pick Bellossom or Vileplume comes down to offense versus resilience.
Oddish trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Oddish trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Oddish has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Morty's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
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Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
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Vileplume resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
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Vileplume resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
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Vileplume resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
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Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
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Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
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Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
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Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
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Catch Oddish
Catch Oddish in Ilex Forest (walking, Lv 5-6, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 9PoisonAcidPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 21GrassMega DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 37GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 41GrassPetal DancePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
Evolve Oddish to Bellossom
Gloom evolves into Bellossom with a Sun Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Morty.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 19)
- LV 19GrassLeaf BladePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- TM60FightingDrain PunchPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 39
- LV 23GrassMagical LeafPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 53GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
Evolve Oddish to Vileplume
Gloom evolves into Vileplume with a Leaf Stone. You can receive the Leaf Stone from an NPC in Route 34. 2 other locations are also available.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 19)
- LV 19GrassMega DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- TM60FightingDrain PunchPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 39
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 53GrassPetal DancePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 65GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Bellossom in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Use a Sun Stone on a Gloom and it branches into Bellossom rather than the Leaf Stone path to Vileplume. Sun Stones are scarce, and no wild Bellossom exists to spare you the choice, so pick your target.
Catch Oddish or Gloom at any of these 8 spots to eventually evolve into Bellossom.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8How to Obtain Bellossom in HGSS
Oddish is your first catch on the way to Bellossom. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 5-32 across 20 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve GloomRoute 5Lv.15GrassRate 10%NightSafari Zone - MarshlandLv.16-17FloorRate 20%NightRoute 48Lv.22-24GrassRate 20%Route 47Lv.32GrassRate 5%or evolve from Oddish (Step 1)
- Step 3Bellossom ✓
How to Get Shiny Bellossom in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Bellossom needs a Sun Stone, so breed an Oddish Masuda-style and evolve it once the shiny shows. Compare Shiny Bellossom odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Bellossom 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver with Bellossom preloaded.
Bellossom Weakness
Type-wise, Bellossom takes extra damage from Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. The Grass typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Bellossom Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Bellossom
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodBell Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Ho-Oh builds →Brave Bird 2x130-153%KO Overheat 2x115-135%KO | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodEmbedded Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Rayquaza builds →Fly 2x110-130%KO Overheat 2x100-117%KO Ice Beam 2x68-81% | ||
 Charizard Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x114-134%KO Air Slash 2x62-73% | ||
 Dragonite Dragon | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dragonair (Dragons Den Super Rod) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Dragonite builds →Fly 2x100-118%KO Fire Blast 2x61-72% Ice Beam 2x49-57% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Blaziken builds →Flare Blitz 2x121-143%KO Brave Bird 2x81-95% Poison Jab 2x54-64% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x115-135%KO Sludge Bomb 2x50-58% | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Silver Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x127-150%KO Air Slash 2x69-82% U-turn 2x41-49% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Entei Fire | B | |
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Typhlosion builds →Eruption 2x122-144%KO Aerial Ace 2x30-36% | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Altaria builds →Sky Attack 2x90-106%KO Fire Blast 2x45-53% Ice Beam 2x36-43% | ||
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Lugia builds →Aeroblast 2x69-82% Ice Beam 2x44-52% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Bellossom Evolutions
Bellossom is one of 2 ways Gloom's chain can end. This one takes the Sun Stone path, while the siblings go different directions. Breed through Oddish to get eggs. Vileplume has 10 more total stats, but Bellossom makes up for it with a stronger Sp.Def gain (+35 from Oddish). View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Bellossom to get Oddish eggs easily using 45 partners from the Grass egg group. Notable egg moves include Charm, Flail, Ingrain and 5 more.
HGSS Bellossom Best Moveset
Pure Grass type (loses Poison from Vileplume) with 90 Sp. Atk and 100 Sp. Def. AbilityChlorophyll doubles 50 Speed in sun. The moveset absorbs special attacks and fires Grass damage. Without sun, 50 Speed limits the offensive role.
Best Build
Bellossom best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Attacker Moveset
- Sleep Powder
- Solar Beam
- Sunny Day
- Hidden Power Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Charm and Flail give Bellossom options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Fighting coverage already covers a decent range on top of Leaf Storm and Solar Beam. The egg moves push it further.
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 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
BELLOSSOM gather at times and seem to dance. They say that the dance is a ritual to summon the sun.
Plentiful in the tropics. When it dances, its petals rub together and make a pleasant ringing sound.
Bellossom HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Bellossom plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Bellossom pairs best with Typhlosion, Espeon, and Skarmory. Typhlosion has Good synergy and covers what Bellossom can't handle on its own.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Modest is the go-to nature for Bellossom. That's +Sp. Atk / -Attack. Pair it with 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Since Gold & Silver, Bellossom has been in 17 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
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- 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
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