Is Entei Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Roaming Johto after the Burned Tower, same as Gold and Silver. Entei is a strong Fire-type in a game where Fire options are even scarcer than before. Crystal dropped Vulpix, so catching Entei is one of the few ways to get Fire coverage without choosing Cyndaquil. The roaming catch is the bottleneck.
Entei has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Entei resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Entei has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Entei resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Entei trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Entei resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Entei resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Entei trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Entei has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Entei trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Entei resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Entei has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Entei trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Entei has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Entei trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Entei trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Entei has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Entei resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Entei has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Entei has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Entei's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Entei on Roaming Johto (walking, Lv 40, limited). Released in Burned Tower B1F; starts on Route 37, then roams Routes 29 to 39 and 42 to 46.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- LV 41NormalStompPower 65Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- LV 51FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 71FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5
Crystal Entei Locations
Entei joins Raikou on the roaming list after the Burned Tower scene, drifting between routes at level 40. Its HP carries between battles, so chip it down across encounters rather than in one.
Best Locations to Catch Entei in Crystal
How to Get Shiny Entei in Crystal
Entei roams Johto as a level 40 beast, and its shininess is locked the moment it scatters from the Burned Tower; save before that story trigger and soft reset the release, since rebattling a roamer never rerolls it. Compare Shiny Entei odds across every game
Shiny Entei Evolution
Does Not EvolveCrystal Shiny Entei Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Full Odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
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 | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Crystal shiny odds calculator with Entei already selected.
Entei Weakness
Entei is weak to Water, Ground, and Rock. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. With 115 HP and balanced defenses, Entei can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Ground, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Entei Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Entei
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Entei View Vaporeon builds →Surf 2x79-94% Mud-Slap 2x7-9% | ||
 Suicune Water | B | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
 Poliwrath WaterFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Poliwag (Ecruteak City Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Entei View Poliwrath builds →Surf 2x56-66% Mud-Slap 2x10-12% | ||
 Marowak Ground | B | |
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Entei View Quagsire builds →Earthquake 2x62-74% Surf 2x53-62% Rollout 2x13-16% | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Azumarill Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Azurill (Mt Mortar Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Entei View Azumarill builds →Surf 2x49-58% Rollout 2x10-12% Mud-Slap 2x6-8% | ||
 Dewgong WaterIce | C | |
 Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodLake Of Rage Good Rod | ||
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Entei View Geodude builds →Earthquake 2x59-70% Rock Throw 2x31-37% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Entei View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Slide 2x53-62% Dig 2x29-34% | ||
Entei Evolutions
Entei is strong overall with 580 total stats as a Fire legendary. Can't breed it, so you're locked to whatever you catch or receive. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
C Entei Best Moveset
115 Attack trapped behind a Fire typing where every Fire move uses Sp. Atk (90) instead. MoveReturn channels the Attack honestly, and MoveFire Blast fires from the lower special side. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. The Attack stat deserves better type alignment than Fire provides.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Fire Blast
- Sunny Day
- Solar Beam
- Hidden Power Fighting
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs carry this one. Entei learns Fire Blast and Flamethrower naturally for STAB, but the offensive range comes almost entirely from technical machines. Dark and Normal and beyond give it real matchup play.
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.
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
24 of 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
This brawny POKéMON courses around the earth, spouting flames hotter than a volcano’s magma.
Entei Crystal Guide
In Crystal, Entei plays as a sweeper. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move.
Game Availability
First obtainable in Gold & Silver, Entei has been featured in 17 titles across 8 generations. Legendary status means a single encounter per playthrough in most games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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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