Is Garchomp Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Dragon/Ground at level 48 from Gabite. AbilitySand Veil in sandstorm, and Hippowdon generates sandstorm automatically. Garchomp handles Volkner, Flint's entire Fire team, Bertha, and threatens everything else. Cynthia's ace. If you started Gible at Wayward Cave, Garchomp carries the E4.
Gible has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Gardenia's typing presses Gible's defenses.
Fantina's typing presses Gabite's defenses.
Gabite has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Gabite trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Gabite has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Gabite trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Garchomp resists most of Volkner's coverage and hits back hard.
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 resists most of Flint's coverage and hits back hard.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Garchomp resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Gible
Catch Gible in Wayward Cave (walking, Lv 17-20, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 27DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 31GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 37DragonDragon RushPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TUTORDragonOutragePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORDragonTwisterPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- 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 Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 33DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- 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
- TUTORDragonOutragePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORDragonTwisterPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- 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 Volkner, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 48)
- LV 48DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TUTORDragonOutragePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORDragonTwisterPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 90Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Garchomp in Platinum
The road to Garchomp runs through a Wayward Cave Gible, up to Gabite at 24, then the final stage at 48. It never spawns wild, but that long grind pays off with one of the strongest dragons in the game.
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 or Gabite at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Garchomp.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Gible is your first catch on the way to Garchomp. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 17-50 across 7 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Catch Gible
- Step 3Garchomp ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Gible egg.
How to Get Shiny Garchomp in Platinum
Garchomp tops the Gible line, so breed a Gible through a foreign Ditto and grind the shiny all the way up. Compare Shiny Garchomp odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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
AvgBest Pokemon Against Garchomp
 Dialga SteelDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSpear Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garchomp View Dialga builds →Roar of Time 2x150-176%KO Ice Beam 4x127-149%KO | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Articuno Ice | C | |
 Palkia WaterDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSpear Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garchomp View Palkia builds →Ice Beam 4x127-149%KO Spacial Rend 2x100-118%KO | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Interact Encounter | ||
 Mamoswine IceGround | B | |
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
 Giratina GhostDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodDistortion World Interact Encounter | ||
 Dewgong WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodVictory Road Surfing | ||
 Glalie Ice | C | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garchomp View Altaria builds →Ice Beam 4x67-79% Dragon Pulse 2x48-57% | ||
 Delibird Ice | D | |
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.
Pt Garchomp Best Moveset
Banned from standard play for dominating with MoveSwords Dance and MoveEarthquake at 130 Attack and 102 Speed. The moveset sweeps through teams once boosted, and AbilitySand Veil in sandstorm adds evasion that Tyranitar and Hippowdon provide.
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 11 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
42 of 44 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is said that when one runs at high speed, its wings create blades of wind that can fell nearby trees.
Garchomp Platinum Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Platinum, but Garchomp does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Garchomp hits 700 BST.
In Platinum, use Garchomp as a sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Platinum, 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 Platinum, 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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