Is Buneary Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Eterna Forest encounter. Lopunny at high friendship. AbilityKlutz prevents the user's held item from activating, which is usually a downside. Pure Normal without much to threaten. Staraptor fills the early Normal role better.
Roark's typing presses Buneary's defenses.
Lopunny trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Lopunny trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Lopunny resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Lopunny trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Lopunny trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Lopunny resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Lopunny trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Lopunny resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Buneary in Eterna Forest (walking, Lv 10-12, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 36NormalDizzy PunchPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Buneary to Lopunny
Buneary evolves into Lopunny with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Gardenia.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 36NormalDizzy PunchPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Buneary in Diamond & Pearl
Buneary hops a couple of mid-game spots, uncommon at level 10 to 12. The rabbit keeps to those grassy routes, and raising it to high friendship is what later unlocks Lopunny.
Wild Buneary may be holding when caught:
Chople Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Fighting-type attack to halve the damage.1 location to catch Buneary
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1Where To Catch Buneary in DP
- Step 1Buneary ✓
- Step 2Evolve into LopunnyBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Buneary egg.
To plan your throws, open the Diamond & Pearl catch rate calculator with Buneary preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Buneary in Diamond & Pearl
Buneary bounds through the Eterna Forest grass, where a PokeRadar chain brings its shiny to 1 in 200. Compare Shiny Buneary odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Buneary 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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Buneary already selected.
Buneary Weakness
Buneary's Normal typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. Just 1 weak spot to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| 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 Buneary Weak Against
Good
Buneary Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Buneary grows into Lopunny through a straightforward two-stage chain. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 130 total stats over Buneary. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Buneary easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field and Human-Like egg groups. Pass egg moves like Attract, Double Hit, Encore and 9 more to offspring.
DP Buneary Best Moveset
Normal typing at stats in the 44-85 range with AbilityKlutz preventing held items from working. The moveset has nothing competitive. Evolve to Lopunny.
Best Build
Buneary best EVs are Speed and Attack
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Quick Attack
- Return
- Healing Wish
- Fire Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
STAB runs through Dizzy Punch and Facade for the basics, but Buneary's real strength is the 11-type coverage spread. Fighting and Flying hit common defensive types, and the movepool keeps going.
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
32 of 34 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It slams foes by sharply uncoiling its rolled ears. It stings enough to make a grown-up cry in pain.
When it senses danger, it perks up its ears. On cold nights, it sleeps with its head tucked into its fur.
Buneary Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Buneary in Diamond & Pearl can hold Chople Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Chople Berry.
For Diamond & Pearl, you can run Buneary through the first few routes without issues. 350 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Lopunny as fast as you can.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Buneary as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Return is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Jolly on Buneary. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
For Diamond & Pearl, build your team around Gligar, Magnemite, and Hippopotas. These have the highest co-usage rates with Buneary in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
Game Availability
Available in 13 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Buneary spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in a solid number of games.
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
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