Is Garchomp Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
600 BST Ground/Dragon with AbilitySand Veil boosting evasion in Hippowdon's sandstorm. Garchomp handles Volkner, Flint, Byron, and most of Cynthia's team. Cynthia also uses Garchomp as her ace. The best non-legendary Pokemon in Diamond and Pearl. Nothing else comes close.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Gabite has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Gabite trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Gabite trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Gabite trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Gabite has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Gabite has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Garchomp resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Garchomp resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Gible
Catch Gible in Wayward Cave (walking, Lv 15-17, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 27DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 31GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 37DragonDragon RushPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Gible to Gabite
Gible evolves into Gabite at Level 24. Your Gible should hit Level 24 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 33DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 40GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- LV 49DragonDragon RushPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Gabite to Garchomp
Gabite evolves into Garchomp at Level 48. Your Gabite should hit Level 48 before you reach Aaron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 48)
- LV 48GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 48DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 55DragonDragon RushPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Garchomp in Diamond & Pearl
Garchomp never appears in the wild. Level a Gabite all the way to 48, a long grind that begins with the Gible hiding in Wayward Cave and pays off with one of Sinnoh's strongest dragons.
Wild Garchomp may be holding when caught:
Haban Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Dragon-type attack to halve the damage.Catch Gible at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Garchomp.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2How to Obtain Garchomp in DP
How to Get Shiny Garchomp in Diamond & Pearl
Garchomp tops the Gible line, so chain that shiny deep in Wayward Cave and raise it all the way up. Compare Shiny Garchomp odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Garchomp 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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Garchomp already selected.
Garchomp Weakness
Ice and Dragon moves hit Garchomp for super-effective damage. Ice hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The upside? Electric-type moves can't touch it at all. Garchomp's overall bulk (108/95/85) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Garchomp Weak Against
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Garchomp Evolutions
End of the line. Garchomp caps a three-stage chain that started at Gible. Breeding produces the base form, and eggs take forever to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+60 over Gible), and Garchomp peaks at 600 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Garchomp to get Gible eggs easily using 30 partners from the Dragon and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Body Slam, Double-Edge, Dragon Breath and 7 more.
DP Garchomp Best Moveset
130 Attack at 102 Speed on a Dragon/Ground type with MoveSwords Dance and MoveEarthquake creates the single most dominant offensive Pokemon introduced this generation. AbilitySand Veil adds evasion in the sandstorm teams that Tyranitar and Hippowdon set up. The moveset sweeps through everything that doesn't resist Dragon or Ground, and very few do.
Best Build
Garchomp best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Revenge Killer Moveset
- Earthquake
- Dragon Claw
- Outrage
- Stone Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Garchomp's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Draco Meteor and Outrage gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
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
43 of 44 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When it folds up its body and extends its wings, it looks like a jet plane. It flies at sonic speed.
It flies at speeds equal to a jet fighter plane. It never allows its prey to escape.
Garchomp Diamond & Pearl Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Diamond & Pearl, but Garchomp does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Garchomp hits 700 BST.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Garchomp as a sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, build your team around Dialga, Kyogre, and Giratina Origin. These have the highest co-usage rates with Garchomp in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Jolly on Garchomp. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the sweeper role.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Garchomp has appeared in 14 titles over 6 generations. Along the way, it received a Mega form in Generation 6, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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 6ORASMega
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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