Is Doduo Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Routes 26 and 27 in the Kanto postgame. Normal/Flying with AbilityEarly Bird waking faster from sleep. Dodrio at level 31 is fast with strong Attack. Postgame timing means the Johto story never sees it.
Doduo has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Doduo has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Doduo trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Doduo trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Doduo has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Dodrio's weaknesses hard.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Brock's team hits Dodrio's weaknesses hard.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Dodrio resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Doduo in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 15-17, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 23NormalUproarPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Morty
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 40
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15From Chuck's wife outside Cianwood Gym
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 41FlyingDrill PeckPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- After Brock
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25From the celebrity in the Route 28 house
Evolve Doduo to Dodrio
Doduo evolves into Dodrio at Level 31. Your Doduo should hit Level 31 before you reach Jasmine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 31)
- LV 31FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15From Chuck's wife outside Cianwood Gym
- LV 34NormalTri AttackPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 47FlyingDrill PeckPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
How to Get Doduo in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Doduo runs across six routes wild, common to rare and spanning levels 4 to 41 between morning, day, and night. The twin bird shows up early and late both, so the route you walk decides how strong your catch is.
Wild Doduo may be holding when caught:
Sharp Beak (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a long, sharp beak that boosts the power of Flying-type moves.6 locations to catch Doduo
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Where To Catch Doduo in HGSS
Doduo is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking and trade encounters from Lv. 4-43 across 21 total spots in the chain.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Doduo.
How to Get Shiny Doduo in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Doduo sprints across Route 26 and Route 27, though a shiny comes fastest from Masuda breeding with a foreign parent. Compare Shiny Doduo odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Doduo 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Doduo.
Doduo Weakness
Doduo is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock. On the flip side, it's immune to Ground and Ghost-type moves entirely.
| 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 Doduo Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Doduo
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Raikou Electric | B | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Doduo View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x183-215%KO Thunderbolt 2x122-143%KO | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter | ||
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Mamoswine IceGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Doduo View Mamoswine builds →Ice Fang 2x152-179%KO Rock Tomb 2x79-93% | ||
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Doduo View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 2x174-205%KO Rollout 2x24-28% | ||
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Doduo View Rhyhorn builds →Rock Tomb 2x86-101%KO Ice Beam 2x61-72% Thunderbolt 2x61-72% | ||
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Magcargo FireRock | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Slugma (Violet City Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Doduo View Magcargo builds →Ancient Power 2x122-143%KO | ||
Doduo Evolutions
Doduo evolves into Dodrio. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 160 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Doduo easily with 31 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Brave Bird, Endeavor, Feint Attack and 5 more to offspring.
HGSS Doduo Best Moveset
Physical Normal/Flying with 85 Attack and 75 Speed for a first-stage, fast and hard-hitting relative to its evolution level. AbilityEarly Bird wakes from sleep in half the normal time. The moveset previews Dodrio. Dodrio turns this raw speed into a real physical threat.
Best Build
Doduo best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Drill Peck
- Agility
- Knock Off
- Flail
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Doduo gets Brave Bird and Endeavor exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Dark and Steel coverage rounds out the picture alongside Brave Bird and Uproar.
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
17 of 18 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
By alternately raising and lowering its two heads, it balances itself to be more stable while running.
It races through grassy plains with powerful strides, leaving footprints up to four inches deep.
Doduo HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- How do I catch Doduo in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Doduo in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Doduo from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Doduo easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Doduo in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Sharp Beak (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Sharp Beak.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Doduo does the job early-game if you need a Normal/Flying type on your team. Evolve it into Dodrio before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Doduo has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 19 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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
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