Is Finneon Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Good Rod across western Sinnoh routes from level 10. Water-type with AbilitySwift Swim in rain. Lumineon at level 31 is unremarkable. The Water roster is too deep for Finneon to compete. Outclassed at every turn.
Finneon resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gardenia's team hits Finneon's weaknesses hard.
Fantina's team hits Finneon's weaknesses hard.
Finneon trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's typing presses Lumineon's defenses.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Lumineon trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Lumineon trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Lumineon trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Finneon in Valley Windworks (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10-25, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 22WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Fantina
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Finneon to Lumineon
Finneon evolves into Lumineon at Level 31. Your Finneon should hit Level 31 before you reach Crasher Wake, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Finneon in Platinum
Finneon bites readily on the Good Rod across the southern sea and the western water routes, common at nine different spots. Any rod trip along the coast pulls one up, making the wing fish an easy catch.
Wild Finneon may be holding when caught:
Rindo Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Grass-type attack to halve the damage.9 locations to catch Finneon
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
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Badge 6Where To Catch Finneon in Pt
The line opens with Finneon at Lv. 10-25 via fishing encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into LumineonCanalave CityLv.30-55Super RodRate 45%Fuego IronworksLv.30-55Super RodRate 45%Iron Island - OutsideLv.30-55Super RodRate 45%Route 205 - SouthLv.30-55Super RodRate 45%or evolve from Finneon (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Platinum for Finneon.
How to Get Shiny Finneon in Platinum
Finneon bites the Good Rod across the western seas, so pair one with a foreign Ditto and hatch eggs. Compare Shiny Finneon odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Finneon 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 Platinum shiny odds for Finneon.
Finneon Weakness
Finneon is weak to Electric and Grass. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Storm Drain grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Finneon Weak Against
Good
Finneon Evolutions
Finneon evolves into Lumineon. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 130 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Finneon easily with 19 breeding partners from the Water 2 egg group. Pass egg moves like Agility, Aqua Tail, Charm and 5 more to offspring.
Pt Finneon Best Moveset
Water at 49 across most stats with AbilitySwift Swim for rain speed. The moveset has nothing competitive to build around. Evolve to Lumineon.
Best Build
Finneon best EVs are Speed and Sp. Atk
Special Sweeper Moveset
- U Turn
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Return
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Finneon. Agility and Aqua Tail come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Surf and Aqua Tail and coverage across 8 types.
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
30 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The line running down its side can store sunlight. It shines vividly at night.
Finneon Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Finneon in Platinum can hold Rindo Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Rindo Berry.
In Platinum, Finneon does the job early-game if you need a Water type on your team. Evolve it into Lumineon before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Finneon first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 12 games across 6 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form 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
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