Is Bidoof Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Route 201 encounter from level 2. AbilitySimple doubles stat changes, both positive and negative. Bibarel at level 15 is the real draw for HM duties. Bidoof itself contributes nothing in battle.
Roark's typing presses Bidoof's defenses.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Bibarel resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Bidoof on Route 201 (walking, Lv 2-3, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 17NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 21NormalHyper FangPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- LV 33NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 41FightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5Snowpoint City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 90Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
Evolve Bidoof to Bibarel
Bidoof evolves into Bibarel at Level 15. Your Bidoof should hit Level 15 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5Snowpoint City
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Bidoof in Platinum
Bidoof is the other early-route staple, common in the grass alongside Starly from the first routes onward. It spreads across nine spots at low levels, so the plump beaver is an unavoidable early catch.
9 locations to catch Bidoof
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Bidoof is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 2-41 across 31 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Bidoof ✓Lake VerityLv.2-4GrassRate 50%Route 201Lv.2-3GrassRate 50%Route 202Lv.2-4GrassRate 50%Route 201Lv.2-3GrassRate 40%MorningRoute 202Lv.2-4GrassRate 40%MorningRoute 205 - NorthLv.12-14GrassRate 30%Route 203Lv.4-7GrassRate 25%DayRoute 204 - SouthLv.4-6GrassRate 25%Route 204 - NorthLv.9-11GrassRate 25%Route 211 - WestLv.14GrassRate 20%Route 203Lv.5-7GrassRate 15%Morning/nightRoute 205 - SouthLv.10GrassRate 10%Eterna ForestLv.12GrassRate 10%Route 208Lv.18GrassRate 20%
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into BibarelRoute 209Lv.18-19GrassRate 30%Valor LakefrontLv.25-27GrassRate 30%Great Marsh - Area 5Lv.26-27FloorRate 30%Morning/dayGreat Marsh - Area 6Lv.26-27FloorRate 30%Morning/dayGreat Marsh - Area 3Lv.27-28FloorRate 30%Morning/dayGreat Marsh - Area 4Lv.27-28FloorRate 30%Morning/dayRoute 208Lv.18-20GrassRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 5Lv.26FloorRate 20%NightGreat Marsh - Area 6Lv.26FloorRate 20%NightGreat Marsh - Area 3Lv.27FloorRate 20%NightGreat Marsh - Area 4Lv.27FloorRate 20%NightGreat Marsh - Area 1Lv.28FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.28FloorRate 20%Route 210 - NorthLv.28GrassRate 20%Lake ValorLv.39-41GrassRate 35%Sendoff SpringLv.37-38GrassRate 30%Lake AcuityLv.39-40GrassRate 25%or evolve from Bidoof (Step 1)
To plan your throws, open the Platinum catch rate calculator with Bidoof preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Bidoof in Platinum
Bidoof turns up all over the early grass of Route 201 and Route 202, common enough to chain to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Bidoof odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Bidoof 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Platinum shiny odds calculator with Bidoof already selected.
Bidoof Weakness
Bidoof's Normal typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. Only 1 weakness makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| 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 Bidoof Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Bidoof
Bidoof Evolutions
Bidoof evolves into Bibarel. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 160 total stats over Bidoof. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Bidoof easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Aqua Tail, Defense Curl, Double-Edge and 5 more to offspring.
Pt Bidoof Best Moveset
Two opposite strategies: AbilitySimple doubling stat changes or AbilityUnaware ignoring the opponent's boosts. The moveset can boost twice as fast or ignore setup entirely, but stats in the 31-59 range can't use either. Bibarel's Water/Normal combination works better.
Best Build
Bidoof best EVs are HP
Bulky Support Moveset
- Facade
- Protect
- Frustration
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Bidoof won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 12 types means it always has an effective option. Last Resort and Double-Edge anchor the STAB core.
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
33 of 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A comparison revealed that BIDOOF’s front teeth grow at the same rate as RATTATA’s.
Bidoof Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Bidoof does the job early-game if you need a Normal type on your team. Evolve it into Bibarel before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Bidoof first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 11 games across 6 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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
Winds & Waves
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