Is Dodrio Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Doduo evolves at level 31. AbilityEarly Bird wakes from sleep faster. Dodrio's Attack is respectable, but Staraptor does everything better and was available from Route 201.
Roark's team hits Doduo's weaknesses hard.
Doduo has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Doduo trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Doduo has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's team hits Dodrio's weaknesses hard.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Doduo
Catch Doduo on Route 201 (walking, Lv 2, common). Swarm (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- After Roark
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Floaroma Town
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- LV 41FlyingDrill PeckPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Snowpoint City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Doduo to Dodrio
Doduo evolves into Dodrio at Level 31. Your Doduo should hit Level 31 before you reach Crasher Wake, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- LV 34NormalTri AttackPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 47FlyingDrill PeckPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Dodrio in Platinum
Dodrio is evolution-only at level 31 from Doduo, with nothing wild on the map. Doduo shows up just on its Sandgem swarm day, so that window is the gate on the pair.
Wild Dodrio may be holding when caught:
Sharp Beak (5% chance) Held: Flying-Type moves from holder do 20% more damage.Catch Doduo at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Dodrio.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Doduo
- 2Evolve Dodrioat Lv.31
How to Obtain Dodrio in Pt
- Step 2Dodrio ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Doduo egg.
How to Get Shiny Dodrio in Platinum
Dodrio only comes by evolution, so chain a Doduo on Route 201 to 40 for a shiny and level it up. Compare Shiny Dodrio odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Dodrio 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 Platinum shiny odds calculator with Dodrio already selected.
Dodrio Weakness
Electric, Ice, and Rock moves hit Dodrio for super-effective damage. The upside? Ground and Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. At base 100 Speed, Dodrio outspeeds most threats and doesn't need to tank what it can outrun.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Dodrio Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Dodrio
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dodrio View Probopass builds →Thunderbolt 2x63-75% Rock Slide 2x57-68% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dodrio View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 2x88-104%KO Thunder Fang 2x52-61% Ice Fang 2x52-61% | ||
 Cranidos Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dodrio View Cranidos builds →Rock Slide 2x101-120%KO Thunderbolt 2x36-43% | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Electrike Electric | C | |
 Luxio Electric | C | |
 Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
 Pachirisu Electric | C | |
 Larvitar RockGround | C | |
Dodrio Evolutions
Evolved from Doduo. Dodrio is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+25 over Doduo), and Dodrio peaks at 460 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Dodrio to get Doduo eggs easily using 31 partners from the Flying egg group. Notable egg moves include Brave Bird, Endeavor, Feint Attack and 5 more.
Pt Dodrio Best Moveset
Tied at 110 in both Attack and Speed with nothing else above 70. The moveset runs Normal and Flying physical hits at high speed, but the coverage ends there. No Fighting, no Rock, just raw Normal/Flying power and the hope that it's enough.
Best Build
Dodrio best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Brave Bird
- Drill Peck
- Steel Wing
- Facade
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Dodrio misses out on Brave Bird and Endeavor. That's 8 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Giga Impact and Hyper Beam, with Dark and Steel coverage 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
27 of 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
When DODUO evolves into this odd breed, one of its heads splits into two. It runs at nearly 40 mph.
Dodrio Platinum Guide
In Platinum, use Dodrio as a sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats, Facade is the primary attack.
For Platinum, run Jolly on Dodrio. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the sweeper role.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Dodrio has appeared in 19 games: most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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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