Is Delcatty Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityNormalize converting every move to Normal type is a downgrade disguised as a gimmick. Transfer-only. Delcatty with Normalize can't hit Ghost-types at all. The weakest Normal option you could possibly import.
Skitty trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Skitty has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Skitty trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Skitty has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's typing presses Skitty's defenses.
Skitty trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Skitty trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Delcatty resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Skitty
Catch Skitty on Route 222 (walking, Lv 40, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- 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
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Skitty to Delcatty
Skitty evolves into Delcatty with a Moon Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Volkner.
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
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Delcatty in Diamond & Pearl
Delcatty has no wild spot in Diamond or Pearl. Use a Moon Stone on a swarm Skitty, the one path to it since the cat only enters Sinnoh through that daily swarm on its route.
Wild Delcatty may be holding when caught:
Leppa Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when a move runs out of PP to restore its PP by 10.Catch Skitty at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Delcatty.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Skitty
- 2Evolve DelcattyUse Moon Stone
Badge 7How to Obtain Delcatty in DP
- Step 1Catch Skitty
- Step 2Delcatty ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Skitty egg.
How to Get Shiny Delcatty in Diamond & Pearl
Delcatty needs a Moon Stone, so chain a shiny Skitty on Route 222 first, then evolve it. Compare Shiny Delcatty odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Delcatty 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 Delcatty already selected.
Delcatty Weakness
Fighting moves hit Delcatty for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. 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 Delcatty Weak Against
Good
Delcatty Evolutions
Getting Delcatty requires an evolution item, not just grinding levels. The chain starts at Skitty. Breed this form to get Skitty eggs (quick to hatch). HP grew the most through evolution (+20 over Skitty), and Delcatty peaks at 380 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Delcatty to get Skitty eggs easily using 35 partners from the Fairy and Field egg groups. Notable egg moves include Baton Pass, Fake Out, Fake Tears and 9 more.
DP Delcatty Best Moveset
90 Speed is decent and AbilityNormalize has a unique gimmick of turning every move into Normal type, but that removes all type coverage from the moveset entirely. 65 in both Attack stats can't threaten much even with Normal moves. Largely outclassed.
Best Build
Delcatty best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Fake Out
- Sucker Punch
- Double Edge
- Zen Headbutt
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Delcatty's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Giga Impact and Hyper Beam gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
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
38 of 41 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It is highly popular among female Trainers for its sublime fur. It does not keep a nest.
Delcatty Diamond & Pearl Guide
For Diamond & Pearl, it depends on your team. Delcatty rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Normal coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Delcatty as a support. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Jolly on Delcatty. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Obtainable through an item-based evolution, Delcatty appears in 13 titles across 7 generations since Ruby & Sapphire. The evolution method adds a barrier that wild-catchable Pokemon don't have.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
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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