Is Drifblim Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Ghost/Flying with the highest HP of any Ghost-type. AbilityUnburden doubles Speed after using a held item. Handles Maylene through Ghost immunity to Fighting. Contributes against Fantina. The Friday-only Drifloon timing is the biggest barrier to using this line.
Roark's team hits Drifloon's weaknesses hard.
Drifloon has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Drifblim has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Drifblim has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Drifblim has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Byron's team hits Drifblim's weaknesses hard.
Drifblim has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Drifblim trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Drifblim has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Drifblim trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Drifblim trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Drifblim trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Drifblim trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Drifblim has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Drifblim has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Drifblim trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Drifloon
Catch Drifloon in Valley Windworks (interact, Lv 22, limited). Appears outside Valley Windworks every Friday. Speak to it to battle.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lake Valor
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 30GhostOminous WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 38GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 43NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Drifloon to Drifblim
Drifloon evolves into Drifblim at Level 28. Your Drifloon should hit Level 28 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 44GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 51NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
How to Get Drifblim in Diamond & Pearl
Drifblim never appears in the wild. Level a Drifloon to 28, remembering that Drifloon itself only shows at the Valley Windworks on Fridays, so the blimp hinges on catching that weekly window.
Catch Drifloon at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Drifblim.
- 1Catch Drifloon
- 2Evolve Drifblimat Lv.28
Badge 1How to Obtain Drifblim in DP
- Step 2Drifblim ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Drifloon egg.
How to Get Shiny Drifblim in Diamond & Pearl
Drifblim swells out of a bred Drifloon, hatched the Masuda way into the big balloon. Compare Shiny Drifblim odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Drifblim 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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Drifblim already selected.
Drifblim Weakness
Type-wise, Drifblim takes extra damage from Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost, and Dark. Normal, Fighting, and Ground moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Poison |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Normal, Fighting, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Drifblim Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Drifblim
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Glaceon builds →Ice Beam 2x101-119%KO Shadow Ball 2x56-66% Bite 2x28-33% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x84-99% Thunderbolt 2x67-79% Sucker Punch 2x37-45% | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Manectric builds →Thunderbolt 2x84-99% Bite 2x32-37% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x60-71% Shadow Ball 2x42-50% Rock Slide 2x49-58% | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Electabuzz builds →Thunderbolt 2x78-93% Thief 2x23-27% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Probopass builds →Thunderbolt 2x44-52% Rock Slide 2x47-56% | ||
 Luxray Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Luxray builds →Thunderbolt 2x78-93% Bite 2x46-55% | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Rotom builds →Thunderbolt 2x78-93% Shadow Ball 2x65-78% Thief 2x17-20% | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Spiritomb builds →Shadow Ball 2x64-76% Feint Attack 2x55-65% Shock Wave 2x32-39% Rock Tomb 2x32-37% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 2x77-91% Thunder Fang 2x45-53% Ice Fang 2x45-53% Bite 2x41-49% | ||
 Misdreavus Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Misdreavus builds →Shadow Ball 2x60-71% Thunderbolt 2x47-56% Payback 2x23-27% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Slide 2x73-86% Feint Attack 2x40-47% | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drifblim View Lunatone builds →Ice Beam 2x53-62% Shadow Ball 2x44-52% Rock Slide 2x47-56% | ||
Drifblim Evolutions
Drifblim is the evolved form of Drifloon. Breeding produces Drifloon eggs, and they are slow to hatch. Evolving from Drifloon gave Drifblim the biggest boost in HP (+60), bringing the total to 498 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Drifblim to get Drifloon eggs easily using 31 partners from the Amorphous egg group. Notable egg moves include Body Slam, Destiny Bond, Disable and 3 more.
DP Drifblim Best Moveset
150 HP is the fourth highest in the game, but 44 Defense means physical attacks tear through it anyway. AbilityUnburden doubles Speed after losing a held item, and the moveset sweeps with special Ghost and Flying attacks off 90 Sp. Atk. 25% from MoveStealth Rock is rough.
Best Build
Drifblim best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Shadow Ball
- Calm Mind
- Hidden Power Fighting
- Will O Wisp
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Body Slam and Destiny Bond aren't available any other way for Drifblim, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Fly and Shadow Ball for solid options.
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
39 of 43 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It’s drowzy in daytime, but flies off in the evening in big groups. No one knows where they go.
It carries people and Pokémon when it flies. But since it only drifts, it can end up anywhere.
Drifblim Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Drifblim plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Timid is the go-to nature for Drifblim. That's +Speed / -Attack. Pair it with 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Drifblim first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 13 games across 6 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters 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
Winds & Waves
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