Is Empoleon Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Water/Steel at level 36. Resists 10 types including Psychic, Ghost, and Dragon. Handles Flint's all-Fire E4 without breaking a sweat. AbilityTorrent for late-game Water boost. Cynthia's Garchomp is the big test. One of the most defensively complete starters.
Piplup has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Gardenia's team hits Prinplup's weaknesses hard.
Prinplup trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Prinplup trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's typing presses Prinplup's defenses.
Empoleon has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Empoleon has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Empoleon trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Empoleon has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Empoleon has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Empoleon has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Empoleon trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Empoleon resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Empoleon has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Empoleon has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Empoleon trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Starter
Piplup is available as a starter.
Recommended Moves
- LV 18WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Fantina
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- LV 29WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- LV 43WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Piplup to Prinplup
Piplup evolves into Prinplup at Level 16. Your Piplup should hit Level 16 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- LV 19WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Fantina
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- LV 33WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- LV 51WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Prinplup to Empoleon
Prinplup evolves into Empoleon at Level 36. Your Prinplup should hit Level 36 before you reach Byron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- After Byron
- TM91SteelFlash CannonPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Byron
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- LV 59WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterHydro CannonPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 228
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Empoleon in Platinum
Empoleon finishes the Piplup line at level 36 from Prinplup. The starter gift is the one and only source, so the emperor penguin builds straight from that first Route 201 choice.
Catch Piplup at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Empoleon.
How to Obtain Empoleon in Pt
- Step 2Evolve into PrinplupBREEDINGAvailableLeave Empoleon with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Piplup egg.
- Step 3Empoleon ✓
How to Get Shiny Empoleon in Platinum
Empoleon tops the Piplup line, so hatch a shiny Piplup from a foreign Ditto, then raise it up. Compare Shiny Empoleon odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Empoleon 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Platinum with Empoleon preloaded.
Empoleon Weakness
Empoleon's Water/Steel typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Fighting, and Ground. It shrugs off Poison-type attacks completely. It resists 11 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. With 84 HP and balanced defenses, Empoleon can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Water, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Ice, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Empoleon Weak Against
FortressBest Pokemon Against Empoleon
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Empoleon View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x138-163%KO Earthquake 2x63-74% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Empoleon View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x138-163%KO Earthquake 2x63-74% Thunderbolt 2x32-38% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Empoleon View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x68-80% Focus Punch 2x66-78% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Empoleon View Torterra builds →Earthquake 2x85-100%KO Rock Smash 2x24-29% | ||
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Empoleon View Gastrodon builds →Earthquake 2x68-80% Rock Smash 2x19-23% | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Empoleon View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x116-137%KO Earthquake 2x51-61% | ||
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Empoleon View Jolteon builds →Thunderbolt 2x72-86% Rock Smash 2x16-19% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Empoleon View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x75-89% Brick Break 2x38-46% Thunder Fang 2x33-40% | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Empoleon View Sandslash builds →Focus Punch 2x77-91% Earthquake 2x77-91% | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Empoleon View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x90-106%KO Thunder Fang 2x40-48% Rock Smash 2x26-30% | ||
Empoleon Evolutions
The three-stage chain from Piplup through Prinplup ends here at Empoleon. Want more? Breed for Piplup eggs. A massive partner pool available via two egg groups. The evolution from Piplup pushed Empoleon to 530 total stats. Sp.Atk saw the largest single gain at +50. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Empoleon to get Piplup eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Agility, Aqua Ring, Double Hit and 7 more.
Pt Empoleon Best Moveset
Defensive switch-in that resists 10 of 17 types and sets MoveStealth Rock on the first turn. The moveset uses 111 Sp. Atk for special Water and Ice attacks between support turns, and 101 Sp. Def absorbs special hits. 60 Speed is the only real drawback.
Best Build
Empoleon best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Hydro Pump
- Grass Knot
- Aqua Jet
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
STAB runs through Hydro Cannon and Hydro Pump for the basics, but Empoleon's real strength is the 10-type coverage spread. Normal and Flying hit common defensive types, and the movepool keeps going.
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
46 of 47 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
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Empoleon Platinum Guide
In Platinum, use Empoleon as a setup sweeper. Splits damage between physical and special. Not the fastest,
For Platinum, run Modest on Empoleon. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the setup sweeper role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Empoleon appears in 12 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
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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