Is Croagunk Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Underground Poison/Fighting. Toxicroak has AbilityDry Skin healing from Water but taking extra Fire damage. Handles Byron and Candice with Fighting coverage.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Fantina's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Lucian's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Cynthia's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Croagunk cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
How to Get Croagunk in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
Croagunk starts showing up in mid-game routes at moderate rates across 8 encounter spots. The list below is sorted so you can pick what fits your current progress without scrolling through everything.
Where To Catch Croagunk in BDSP
Croagunk is your first catch on the way to Croagunk. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 16-20 across 8 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Croagunk ✓Bogsunk CavernLv.16-20GrassRiverbank CaveLv.16-20CaveStill-Water CavernLv.16-20CaveSwampy CaveLv.16-20Grass
Step 2Evolve into Toxicroak
Croagunk Weakness
Psychic, Ground, and Flying moves hit Croagunk for super-effective damage. Psychic hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. 6 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that. Dry Skin grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Psychic |
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Rock, Dark |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Bug |
What is Croagunk Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Croagunk
 Kadabra Psychic | B | |
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x153-181%KO Aerial Ace 2x63-74% | ||
 Mr. Mime PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Mr. Mime builds →Dream Eater 4x365-431%KO Aerial Ace 2x44-51% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Kadabra Psychic | B | |
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Girafarig builds →Dream Eater 4x340-400%KO Earthquake 2x101-121%KO | ||
Hypno Psychic | C | |
Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x153-181%KO Aerial Ace 2x63-74% | ||
Mr. Mime PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Mr. Mime builds →Dream Eater 4x365-431%KO Aerial Ace 2x44-51% | ||
Kadabra Psychic | B | |
 Grumpig Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Grumpig builds →Dream Eater 4x336-396%KO Bulldoze 2x41-48% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Bronzong builds →Dream Eater 4x308-363%KO Earthquake 2x112-132%KO | ||
Girafarig NormalPsychic | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Girafarig builds →Dream Eater 4x336-396%KO Earthquake 2x102-121%KO | ||
Mr. Mime PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Mr. Mime builds →Dream Eater 4x369-435%KO Aerial Ace 2x41-48% | ||
Kadabra Psychic | B | |
Grumpig Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Grumpig builds →Dream Eater 4x328-386%KO Bulldoze 2x41-49% | ||
Bronzong SteelPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Bronzong builds →Dream Eater 4x296-349%KO Earthquake 2x107-127%KO | ||
Girafarig NormalPsychic | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Girafarig builds →Dream Eater 4x328-386%KO Earthquake 2x98-116%KO | ||
Mr. Mime PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Mr. Mime builds →Dream Eater 4x358-422%KO Aerial Ace 2x41-49% | ||
Kadabra Psychic | B | |
 Chimecho Psychic | C | |
Grumpig Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Grumpig builds →Dream Eater 4x325-383%KO Bulldoze 2x40-48% | ||
Bronzong SteelPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Bronzong builds →Dream Eater 4x296-349%KO Earthquake 2x107-126%KO | ||
Girafarig NormalPsychic | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Girafarig builds →Dream Eater 4x325-383%KO Earthquake 2x100-118%KO | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Kadabra Psychic | B | |
Chimecho Psychic | C | |
Grumpig Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Grumpig builds →Dream Eater 4x325-383%KO Bulldoze 2x40-48% | ||
Bronzong SteelPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Bronzong builds →Dream Eater 4x296-349%KO Earthquake 2x107-126%KO | ||
Kadabra Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 4x509-600%KO | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Xatu builds →Future Sight 4x420-494%KO Air Slash 2x131-155%KO | ||
Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Bronzong SteelPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Bronzong builds →Future Sight 4x362-426%KO Earthquake 2x110-130%KO | ||
Chimecho Psychic | C | |
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Garchomp can KO Croagunk with Earthquake (149-175%). Alakazam threatens a KO with Psychic (356-418%). Salamence's Earthquake also KOs at 145-171%.
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Recommended Build AbilityRough Skin ItemLeftovers NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x149-175%KO | ||
 Alakazam Psychic | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityMagic Guard ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Alakazam builds →Shadow Ball53-62% Psychic 4x356-418%KO Focus Blast39-46% Energy Ball29-35% | ||
 Salamence Dragon | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityIntimidate ItemLife Orb NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Salamence builds →Earthquake 2x145-171%KO | ||
Croagunk Evolutions
Croagunk evolves into Toxicroak. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 190 total stats over Croagunk. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Croagunk easily with 39 breeding partners from the Humanshape egg group. Pass egg moves like Acupressure, Bullet Punch, Counter and 7 more to offspring.
BDSP Croagunk Best Moveset
Poison/Fighting pre-evo with AbilityDry Skin healing in rain but adding Fire weakness, and hidden AbilityPoison Touch adding poison on contact. 61/61 mixed offenses at 50 Speed. The moveset waits for Toxicroak where the same tools scale to C-tier.
Best Build
Croagunk best EVs are HP and Speed
Bulky Support Moveset
- Knock Off
- Drain Punch
- Encore
- Poison Jab
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Croagunk misses out on Acupressure and Bullet Punch. That's 10 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Focus Punch and Belch, with coverage across 7 types rounding things out.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its cheeks hold poison sacs. It tries to catch foes off guard to jab them with toxic fingers.
It inflates its poison sacs and makes a blubbering sound to intimidate foes.
Croagunk Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Croagunk does the job early-game if you need a Poison/Fighting type on your team. Evolve it into Toxicroak before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Croagunk first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 13 games across 7 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 7LGPE
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