VaporeonWater StoneJolteonThunder StoneFlareonFire StoneEspeonHigh Friendship (Day)UmbreonHigh Friendship (Night)
Is Espeon Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Friendship evolution from Eevee during the day. Crystal gives you Bill's Eevee in Goldenrod, and Espeon can be ready before Whitney if you prioritize friendship. Fast, strong special attacker that dominates Chuck, Koga, and most of Kanto. One of the best uses of the Eevee gift.
Eevee has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Eevee has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Whitney:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Morty:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Chuck:
Vaporeon resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
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Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
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Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Clair:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lt. Surge:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Sabrina:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
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Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
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Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Misty:
Vaporeon resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Brock:
Vaporeon resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Blaine:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
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Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Will:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Koga:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bruno:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Karen:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lance:
Gift Eevee
Eevee is given to you as a gift in Goldenrod City at Lv 20. From Bill. Given by Bill in his house in Goldenrod City after meeting him in the Ecruteak Pokemon Center.
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- LV 23NormalQuick AttackPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 30DarkBitePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 42NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
Evolve Eevee to Espeon
Eevee evolves into Espeon with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Morty.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 36PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- LV 47PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Eevee to Vaporeon
Eevee evolves into Vaporeon with a Water Stone. You can receive the Water Stone from an NPC in Route 42.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- LV 52WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Eevee to Jolteon
Eevee evolves into Jolteon with a Thunder Stone. You can receive the Thunder Stone from an NPC in Route 38.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 42ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM07ElectricZap CannonPower 150Accuracy 50%PP 5Gift from the Power Plant manager after returning the Machine Part
- TUTORElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- LV 52ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
Evolve Eevee to Flareon
Eevee evolves into Flareon with a Fire Stone. You can receive the Fire Stone from an NPC in Route 36.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20FireEmberPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 30DarkBitePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- LV 52FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Eevee to Umbreon
Eevee evolves into Umbreon with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Morty.
Recommended Moves
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 30GhostConfuse RayPower —Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 36DarkFeint AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
How to Get Espeon in Crystal
To get Espeon you raise Bill's gift Eevee to high friendship and level it up during the day. It's the daytime half of the Eevee friendship split, with no wild shortcut.
Catch Eevee at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Espeon.
- 1Catch Eevee
- 2Evolve Espeonwith high Friendship
Badge 2How to Obtain Espeon in C
- Step 2Espeon ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Eevee egg.
How to Get Shiny Espeon in Crystal
Espeon turns the Eevee project psychic: after securing the shiny Eevee, raise its friendship and level it during the day to evolve. Compare Shiny Espeon odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Espeon Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
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 | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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 Crystal with Espeon preloaded.
Espeon Weakness
Espeon is weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Espeon's special bulk (base 95 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- 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 Espeon Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Espeon
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Espeon View Tyranitar builds →Crunch 2x66-78% Fury Cutter 2x12-14% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Espeon View Houndoom builds →Crunch 2x75-89% Shadow Ball 2x60-71% | ||
 Sneasel DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Espeon View Sneasel builds →Shadow Ball 2x62-73% Feint Attack 2x24-29% Fury Cutter 2x9-11% | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Espeon View Murkrow builds →Feint Attack 2x46-54% Shadow Ball 2x57-67% | ||
 Misdreavus Ghost | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Espeon View Misdreavus builds →Shadow Ball 2x66-78% Thief 2x20-24% | ||
 Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Espeon View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x58-69% Thief 2x27-31% | ||
 Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Espeon View Venomoth builds →Thief 2x21-25% Leech Life 2x20-23% | ||
 Scyther Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Espeon View Scyther builds →Pursuit 2x15-18% Fury Cutter 2x15-18% | ||
 Yanma Bug | C | |
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Espeon View Pinsir builds →Thief 2x15-18% Fury Cutter 2x17-20% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Espeon View Beedrill builds →Twineedle 2x29-34% Pursuit 2x13-16% | ||
 Ledian Bug | C | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Espeon View Parasect builds →Leech Life 2x24-29% Thief 2x16-19% | ||
 Ariados BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Espeon View Ariados builds →Leech Life 2x24-29% Thief 2x16-19% | ||
Espeon Evolutions
Eevee's line splits into 5 evolutions, and Espeon is the level-up path. Each sibling form needs a different method to obtain. Breed through Eevee to get eggs. Espeon and Vaporeon share the same 525 total stats, but they're distributed differently. Check the comparison below to see where each one specializes. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Espeon to get Eevee eggs (with patience) using 66 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Charm, Flail.
C Espeon Best Moveset
130 Sp. Atk and 110 Speed behind MovePsychic make Espeon one of the fastest and hardest-hitting special attackers. MoveBaton Pass transfers stat boosts to teammates for strategic support. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Dark types check the Psychic TermStab, but everything else takes serious damage.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Psychic
- Growth
- Morning Sun
- Baton Pass
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs carry this one. Espeon learns Dream Eater and Psychic naturally for STAB, but the offensive range comes almost entirely from technical machines. Normal and Steel 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
20 of 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
The tip of its forked tail quivers when it is predicting its opponent’s next move.
Espeon Crystal Guide
In Crystal, Espeon plays as a setup sweeper. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move. Psychic is the primary attack. Set up with Growth when you get a free turn.
Game Availability
Available in 19 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Espeon spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in most mainline 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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