Is Cherubi Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Wild encounter in various locations. Grass with AbilityChlorophyll for sun Speed. Cherrim at level 25 gains AbilityFlower Gift. A sun gimmick that requires setup for modest returns.
Cherubi trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Bugsy's team hits Cherubi's weaknesses hard.
Cherubi trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Cherubi's defenses.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Cherrim resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Cherrim resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Cherrim resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Janine's team hits Cherrim's weaknesses hard.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blaine's team hits Cherrim's weaknesses hard.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Koga's team hits Cherrim's weaknesses hard.
Cherrim has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Cherrim trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Cherrim's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Cherubi in the National Park (Headbutt (rare), Lv 18-25, limited). Requires Rock Climb (HM08 from Prof. Oak after 16 badges); secret tree on a cliff, north-east of the park.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 18)
- LV 18NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- After Falkner
- TM09GrassBullet SeedPower 15Accuracy 100%PP 30Route 32
- LV 19GrassMagical LeafPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 31NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 37GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Cherubi to Cherrim
Cherubi evolves into Cherrim at Level 25. Your Cherubi should hit Level 25 before you reach Chuck, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25GrassPetal DancePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 25GrassMagical LeafPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 25NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 35NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 43GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Cherubi in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Easy grab on Cherubi with high spawn rates across 1 location in mid-game areas. The sorted list below shows the full spread so you can pick the most convenient spot.
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.1 location to catch Cherubi
Badge 3Where To Catch Cherubi in HGSS
- Step 2Evolve into Cherrim
Not landing the catch? Calculate Cherubi catch rates for HeartGold & SoulSilver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Cherubi in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Cherubi hangs from a special headbutt tree in the National Park, but breeding it Masuda-style is the quicker route to a shiny. Compare Shiny Cherubi odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cherubi View Scyther builds →U-turn 2x132-157%KO Wing Attack 2x112-134%KO | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cherubi View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x183-217%KO Smog 2x23-28% | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cherubi View Noctowl builds →Sky Attack 2x145-171%KO Silver Wind 2x57-68% | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cherubi View Parasect builds →Cross Poison 2x78-92% Leech Life 2x38-46% | ||
 Ledian Bug | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cherubi View Butterfree builds →Silver Wind 2x89-106%KO Gust 2x62-74% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cherubi View Golbat builds →Wing Attack 2x89-106%KO U-turn 2x68-80% | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
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 4 more to offspring.
HGSS Cherubi Best Moveset
Baby Grass stats with AbilityChlorophyll for doubled Speed in sun. Nothing competitive at 35-62 across the board. 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 and Rock coverage rounds out the picture alongside Solar Beam and Seed Bomb.
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 16 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It evolves by sucking the energy out of the small ball where it had been storing nutrients.
Cherubi HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Cherubi in HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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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