Is Exploud Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilitySoundproof blocking all sound moves is Exploud's niche. Transfer-only Normal from Hoenn. Doesn't threaten any Sinnoh boss. The import serves no purpose Sinnoh's roster can't already handle.
Loudred trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Loudred has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Loudred trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Loudred has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Loudred trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Loudred trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Exploud resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Exploud has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Exploud has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Exploud has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Exploud trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Exploud trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Exploud has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Exploud resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Exploud has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Exploud trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Loudred
Catch Loudred in Mt. Coronet (Poké Radar, Lv 39-40, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 57NormalHyper VoicePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
Evolve Loudred to Exploud
Loudred evolves into Exploud at Level 40. Your Loudred should hit Level 40 before you reach Candice, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217
- LV 63NormalHyper VoicePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 71NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
How to Get Exploud in Diamond & Pearl
Level a Poke Radar Loudred to 40 for Exploud, the top of a Whismur line with no wild form. The base only surfaces through a Radar chain deep in Mt. Coronet, so there is no shortcut.
Wild Exploud may be holding when caught:
Chesto Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when asleep to cure sleep.Catch Loudred at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Exploud.
Badge 2How to Obtain Exploud in DP
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Loudredor evolve from Whismur (Step 1)
- Step 3Exploud ✓
How to Get Shiny Exploud in Diamond & Pearl
Exploud evolves from Loudred, so chain that shiny in Mt. Coronet and raise it into its roaring form. Compare Shiny Exploud odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Exploud 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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Exploud.
Exploud Weakness
Exploud's Normal typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. With 104 HP and balanced defenses, Exploud can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Exploud Weak Against
Good
Exploud Evolutions
End of the line. Exploud caps a three-stage chain that started at Whismur. Breeding produces the base form, and eggs take an average time to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+40 over Whismur), and Exploud peaks at 480 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Exploud to get Whismur eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Endeavor, Extrasensory, Smelling Salts and 4 more.
DP Exploud Best Moveset
104 HP and 91 in both Attack stats make Exploud a bulky mixed attacker, and AbilitySoundproof blocks sound-based moves. The moveset can go physical or special with Normal attacks and coverage, but 68 Speed means going after most threats.
Best Build
Exploud best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Hyper Voice
- Extrasensory
- Flamethrower
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Exploud won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 11 types means it always has an effective option. Hyper Beam and Giga Impact anchor the STAB core.
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
41 of 43 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Its howls can be heard over six miles away. It emits all sorts of noises from the ports on its body.
Exploud Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Exploud as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Not the fastest,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Adamant on Exploud. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Exploud spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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