Is Bellossom Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Sun Stone on Gloom. Grass with AbilityChlorophyll doubling Speed in sun. Alternative to Vileplume from the same chain. Both arrive postgame in Platinum, and Roserade handles Grass during the story.
Gloom resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gloom trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Gloom trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Gloom trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Gloom has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Gloom has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Gloom has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Gloom trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Aaron:
Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bertha:
Flint's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Flint:
Lucian's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lucian:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Jupiter's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Jupiter:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Mars:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Saturn:
Cynthia's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Cynthia:
Catch Gloom
Catch Gloom on Route 224 (walking, Lv 51, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 51)
- LV 51GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 51GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- LV 53GrassPetal DancePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Gloom to Bellossom
Gloom evolves into Bellossom with a Sun Stone. You can find the Sun Stone hidden in Mt. Coronet. 1 other location is also available. Use the Sun Stone in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50GrassLeaf BladePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- LV 53GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Gloom to Vileplume
Gloom evolves into Vileplume with a Leaf Stone. You can pick up the Leaf Stone in Floaroma Meadow. 2 other locations are also available. Use the Leaf Stone in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- LV 53GrassPetal DancePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 65GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Bellossom in Platinum
A Sun Stone evolves Gloom into Bellossom, never a wild catch. You actually need an Oddish or Gloom first, and the stone then picks between this and Vileplume.
Catch Oddish or Gloom at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Bellossom.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8How to Obtain Bellossom in Pt
Oddish is your first catch on the way to Bellossom. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 47-51 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Gloomor evolve from Oddish (Step 1)
- Step 3Bellossom ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Oddish egg.
How to Get Shiny Bellossom in Platinum
Bellossom takes a Sun Stone, so chain an Oddish on Route 224 or Route 230 after dark to 40 for a shiny, then evolve it through Gloom. Compare Shiny Bellossom odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Bellossom 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Platinum 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
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x127-150%KO Air Slash 2x69-82% U-turn 2x41-49% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x115-135%KO Sludge Bomb 2x50-58% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Heracross builds →Megahorn 2x125-147%KO Aerial Ace 2x42-50% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x110-130%KO Poison Jab 2x48-56% U-turn 2x42-50% Aerial Ace 2x36-43% | ||
 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% | ||
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Scyther builds →X-Scissor 2x75-89% Wing Attack 2x57-67% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Staraptor builds →Brave Bird 2x121-143%KO U-turn 2x48-56% | ||
 Pinsir Bug | 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 4 more.
Pt Bellossom Best Moveset
100 Sp. Def and 95 Defense without sun create a respectable defensive Grass type. The moveset blocks some special attackers and fires back at 90 Sp. Atk. AbilityChlorophyll doubles 50 Speed in sun, but the base form survives without it.
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 and more 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
29 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
When the heavy rainfall season ends, it is drawn out by warm sunlight to dance in the open.
Bellossom Platinum Guide
Yes. Bellossom is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Bellossom becomes available after the main story is complete in Platinum.
In Platinum, Bellossom plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In Platinum, Bellossom pairs best with Typhlosion, Espeon, and Skarmory. Typhlosion has Good synergy and covers what Bellossom can't handle on its own.
In Platinum, 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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