Is Floatzel Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilitySwift Swim doubles Speed in rain. Floatzel is the fastest native Water option in Sinnoh. Physical MoveWaterfall matches its Attack. Handles Flint, Bertha, and Volkner. Speed is the edge over Gyarados and Empoleon. Fragile though.
Buizel resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gardenia's team hits Buizel's weaknesses hard.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Floatzel trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Floatzel resists most of Byron's coverage and hits back hard.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Floatzel resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Floatzel trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Buizel
Catch Buizel on Route 205 (walking, Lv 8-10, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Fantina
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Buizel to Floatzel
Buizel evolves into Floatzel at Level 26. Your Buizel should hit Level 26 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Fantina
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Floatzel in Diamond & Pearl
Floatzel spreads across eight spots, common to uncommon, with levels climbing from the low 20s past 50. The evolved weasel is a dependable late-game swimmer you can catch without raising a Buizel.
Wild Floatzel may be holding when caught:
Wacan Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Electric-type attack to halve the damage.8 locations to catch Floatzel4 locations to catch Buizel
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Buizel at any of the 4 locations below, then level it up to 26 — it evolves into Floatzel.
Badge 1
Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Floatzel in DP
Available earlier: catch Buizel (before Badge 2) and evolve it at Lv 26. Wild Floatzel first appears at Route 213 (after Badge 3).
- Step 2Floatzel ✓Route 218Lv.28-30GrassRate 35%Route 221Lv.28-30GrassRate 25%Fuego IronworksLv.29-30FloorRate 25%Route 213Lv.22GrassRate 10%or evolve from Buizel (Step 1)
To plan your throws, open the Diamond & Pearl catch rate calculator with Floatzel preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Floatzel in Diamond & Pearl
Floatzel patrols Route 213, Route 218, and Route 221, where a maintained PokeRadar chain lands its shiny at 1 in 200. Compare Shiny Floatzel odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Floatzel Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Floatzel already selected.
Floatzel Weakness
Floatzel's Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. At base 115 Speed, Floatzel outspeeds most threats and doesn't need to tank what it can outrun.
| 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 Floatzel Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Floatzel
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Floatzel View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x123-145%KO | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Floatzel Evolutions
Floatzel is what Buizel becomes. Breed it for Buizel eggs (average hatch time). A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Buizel pushed Floatzel to 495 total stats. Attack saw the largest single gain at +40. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Floatzel to get Buizel eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Baton Pass, Double Slap, Fury Cutter and 5 more.
DP Floatzel Best Moveset
115 Speed and 105 Attack make Floatzel one of the fastest physical Water attackers. AbilitySwift Swim in rain pushes that already-extreme Speed even further. The moveset runs physical MoveWaterfall and coverage at high speed, but 50-55 in the defensive stats means one hit back usually ends it.
Best Build
Floatzel best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
- Ice Punch
- Crunch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Baton Pass and Double Slap on Floatzel. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Surf and Waterfall, they expand what Floatzel can actually threaten in practice.
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
37 of 39 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It floats using its well-developed flotation sac. It assists in the rescues of drowning people.
Its flotation sac developed as a result of pursuing aquatic prey. It can double as a rubber raft.
Floatzel Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Floatzel in Diamond & Pearl can hold Wacan Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Wacan Berry.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Floatzel as a sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats, Waterfall is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Jolly on Floatzel. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the sweeper role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Floatzel 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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