Is Cherubi Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Honey Tree Grass-type. Cherrim at 25 has AbilityFlower Gift boosting Attack and Sp.Def for allies in sun. Without sun, Flower Gift never activates. Roserade exists. Cherubi is outclassed before it evolves.
Roark's typing presses Cherubi's defenses.
Gardenia's team hits Cherubi's weaknesses hard.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Cherrim has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Cherrim's weaknesses hard.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Cherrim has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Cherrim's weaknesses hard.
Cherrim resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Flint's team hits Cherrim's weaknesses hard.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Jupiter's team.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Cherubi on Route 205 (Honey Tree, Lv 5-15, rare).
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 19GrassMagical LeafPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 31NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Fantina
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- LV 37GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Cherubi to Cherrim
Cherubi evolves into Cherrim at Level 25. Your Cherubi should hit Level 25 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25GrassPetal DancePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 25GrassMagical LeafPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 35NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Fantina
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- LV 43GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Cherubi in Diamond & Pearl
Cherubi hangs in the Honey Trees, rare across 18 of them at level 5 to 15. The cherry is one of the scarcer tree dwellers, so expect several slathers before one turns up.
Wild Cherubi may be holding when caught:
Miracle Seed (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a seed imbued with life that ups the power of Grass-type moves.18 locations to catch Cherubi
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Badge 7Where To Catch Cherubi in DP
Cherubi is where the line starts, caught through headbutt encounters at Lv. 5-15. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Cherubi ✓Eterna ForestLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Floaroma MeadowLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Fuego IronworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 205 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 205 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 206Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 207Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 208Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 209Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 210 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 210 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 211 - EastLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 212 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 212 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 213Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 214Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 215Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 218Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 221Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Route 222Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%Valley WindworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 8%
- Step 2Evolve into CherrimBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Cherubi egg.
Not landing the catch? Calculate Cherubi catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Cherubi in Diamond & Pearl
Cherubi wants a foreign-language parent at the Day Care, so its Masuda eggs shine. Compare Shiny Cherubi odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Cherubi 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 Diamond & Pearl with Cherubi preloaded.
Cherubi Weakness
Cherubi is weak to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. That's a lot of weak spots to cover so team support is important.
| 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 Cherubi Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Cherubi
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cherubi View Golbat builds →Wing Attack 2x88-103%KO Leech Life 2x22-28% | ||
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cherubi View Aerodactyl builds →Wing Attack 2x105-124%KO Ice Fang 2x76-90% Fire Fang 2x76-90% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cherubi View Vespiquen builds →Gust 2x52-62% Poison Sting 2x17-21% Fury Cutter 2x21-26% | ||
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Cherubi Evolutions
Cherubi evolves into Cherrim. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 175 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Cherubi easily with 35 breeding partners from the Fairy and Grass egg groups. Pass egg moves like Aromatherapy, Grass Whistle, Nature Power and 3 more to offspring.
DP Cherubi Best Moveset
Grass typing at baby-level stats. AbilityChlorophyll doubles Speed in sun, but there's nothing here to use it with. The moveset is noncompetitive. Evolve to Cherrim.
Best Build
Cherubi best EVs are Speed and Sp. Atk
Utility Moveset
- Sunny Day
- Solar Beam
- Hidden Power Ice
- Weather Ball
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Cherubi gets Aromatherapy and Grass Whistle exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Normal coverage rounds out the picture alongside Solar Beam and Energy Ball.
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
23 of 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The small ball holds the nutrients needed for evolution. Apparently, it is very sweet and tasty.
Sunlight colors it red. When the small ball is drained of nutrients, it shrivels to herald evolution.
Cherubi Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Cherubi in Diamond & Pearl can hold Miracle Seed (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Miracle Seed.
In Diamond & Pearl, Cherubi does the job early-game if you need a Grass type on your team. Evolve it into Cherrim before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Cherubi first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 12 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
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