Is Glameow Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Pearl-exclusive Normal on Route 218. Purugly at 38 is fast. AbilityOwn Tempo prevents confusion. Neither form competes with Staraptor or Lopunny for the Normal slot. Late evolution for modest results.
Roark's typing presses Glameow's defenses.
Glameow trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Glameow trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Glameow has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's typing presses Glameow's defenses.
Glameow trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Purugly trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Purugly trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Purugly trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Purugly resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Purugly trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Glameow on Route 218 (walking, Lv 29-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lake Valor
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 37NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 41DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Glameow to Purugly
Glameow evolves into Purugly at Level 38. Your Glameow should hit Level 38 before you reach Candice, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 38)
- LV 38NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 45NormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Glameow in Diamond & Pearl
Glameow is a Pearl-side catch, walking a couple of routes common to uncommon from level 29 up. Diamond players find none of the cat and have to trade, since it sticks to the Pearl version.
Wild Glameow may be holding when caught:
Cheri Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when paralyzed to cure paralysis.2 locations to catch Glameow
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 7Where To Catch Glameow in DP
Glameow is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 29-50 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Puruglyor evolve from Glameow (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Glameow.
How to Get Shiny Glameow in Diamond & Pearl
Glameow slinks along Route 218 and Route 222 in Pearl, where a PokeRadar chain lands its shiny at the 1 in 200 rate. Compare Shiny Glameow odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Glameow 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Glameow.
Glameow Weakness
Glameow's Normal typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. Glameow's Normal typing only leaves 1 gap to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Glameow Weak Against
Good
Glameow Evolutions
Glameow is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Purugly. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 142 total stats over Glameow. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Glameow easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Assurance, Bite, Fake Tears and 3 more to offspring.
DP Glameow Best Moveset
Normal typing at stats in the 37-85 range. The moveset has nothing worth building around. Evolve to Purugly.
Best Build
Glameow best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Fake Out
- Sucker Punch
- U Turn
- Return
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Assurance and Bite from the egg pool give Glameow something extra. Pair those with Slash and Facade for STAB and coverage across 9 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
36 of 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It claws if displeased and purrs when affectionate. Its fickleness is very popular among some.
With its sharp glare, it puts foes in a mild hypnotic state. It is a very fickle Pokémon.
Glameow Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Glameow in Diamond & Pearl can hold Cheri Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Cheri Berry.
In Diamond & Pearl, for a casual playthrough, Glameow works as a placeholder. Normal coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Purugly. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Glameow appears in 11 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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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