Is Floatzel Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Buizel evolves at level 26. Water with AbilitySwift Swim. Fast and hits hard physically. Handles Blaine and contributes in Kanto. Competes with Gyarados for the physical Water slot.
Buizel has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Buizel has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Buizel trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Buizel trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Buizel's defenses.
Buizel has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Buizel trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Buizel's defenses.
Floatzel resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Floatzel trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Floatzel trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Floatzel resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Floatzel has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Will's typing presses Buizel's defenses.
Buizel trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Buizel trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Buizel trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Buizel trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Buizel
Catch Buizel on Route 30 (walking, Lv 2-3, uncommon). Sinnoh Sound.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 45NormalRazor WindPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Buizel to Floatzel
Buizel evolves into Floatzel at Level 26. Your Buizel should hit Level 26 before you reach Brock, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 26)
- LV 26DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
How to Get Floatzel in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Floatzel starts showing up in post-game Safari Zone areas across 1 encounter spot. The list below lets you pick what fits your current progress without scrolling through everything.
Wild Floatzel may be holding when caught:
Wacan Berry (5% chance) If held by a Pokemon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Electric-type attack.1 location to catch Floatzel24 locations to catch Buizel
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Buizel at any of the 24 locations below, then level it up to 26 — it evolves into Floatzel.
Badge 8Where To Catch Floatzel in HGSS
Buizel is your first catch on the way to Floatzel. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 2-44 across 50 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Catch BuizelRoute 30Lv.2-3GrassHeartGoldRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 30Lv.3GrassSoulSilverRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 31Lv.3-4GrassHeartGoldRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 22Lv.3GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 31Lv.4GrassSoulSilverRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 32Lv.4-6GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 4Lv.5GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 24Lv.8-10GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 25Lv.8-10GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 34Lv.10-11GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 35Lv.12GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 42Lv.13-15GrassHeartGoldRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 42Lv.13-14GrassSoulSilverRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 6Lv.13GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 9Lv.13-15GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 43Lv.15GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 10Lv.16-17GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRuins of Alph - OutsideLv.20-22FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 44Lv.22-23GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 45Lv.23GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 13Lv.23GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 21Lv.25-30GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 26Lv.28GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 27Lv.28GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 47Lv.33-34GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 28Lv.39-40GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundMt. Silver - BaseLv.41-42CaveRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh Sound
- Step 2Floatzel ✓or evolve from Buizel (Step 1)
To plan your throws, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver catch rate calculator with Floatzel preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Floatzel in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Floatzel evolves from Buizel, so breed that base form Masuda-style and raise it once the shiny shows. Compare Shiny Floatzel odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Floatzel 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Raikou Electric | B | |
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Ampharos 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.
HGSS Floatzel Best Moveset
Glass cannon Water type: 105 Attack at 115 Speed fires physical Water damage before almost anything responds. AbilitySwift Swim in rain pushes Speed to absurd levels. 50-55 defenses mean one hit back usually ends the moveset. All offense, zero survival.
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 Aqua Tail, 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
All 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
With its flotation sac inflated, it can carry people on its back. It deflates the sac before it dives.
Floatzel HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Floatzel?
See the Locations section above for where to find Floatzel in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Floatzel from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Floatzel easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Floatzel in HeartGold & SoulSilver 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.
Yes. Floatzel is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Floatzel becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Floatzel as a sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats, Waterfall is the primary attack.
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
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