Is Granbull Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Granbull's Attack is high for a Normal-type and it takes physical hits decently. The problem is competition: Tauros is faster and Ursaring hits harder. Granbull fills the slot without standing out.
Snubbull has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Snubbull trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Snubbull trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catch Snubbull
Catch Snubbull on Route 38 (walking, Lv 13, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM48FireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- LV 43NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
Evolve Snubbull to Granbull
Snubbull evolves into Granbull at Level 23. Your Snubbull should hit Level 23 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- TM03GhostCursePower —Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift in the Celadon Mansion roof house, at night only
- LV 51NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
How to Get Granbull in Gold & Silver
You evolve into Granbull, you do not catch it; Snubbull gets there at level 23. The catch is that Snubbull itself is easiest to find on its swarm day, so this whole line really hinges on that one-day window.
Catch Snubbull at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Granbull.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Snubbull
- 2Evolve Granbullat Lv.23
Badge 3How to Obtain Granbull in GS
The path to Granbull starts with Snubbull at Lv. 13-16 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Granbull ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Snubbull egg.
How to Get Shiny Granbull in Gold & Silver
Granbull has no reliable wild patch to camp, so the surest color comes from breeding the line and evolving a shiny Snubbull at level 23. Compare Shiny Granbull odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Granbull Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Gold & Silver with Granbull preloaded.
Granbull Weakness
Type-wise, Granbull takes extra damage from Fighting. Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. With 90 HP and balanced defenses, Granbull can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Granbull Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Granbull
Granbull Evolutions
Granbull is the evolved form of Snubbull. Breeding produces Snubbull eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Snubbull gave Granbull the biggest boost in Attack (+40), bringing the total to 450 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Granbull to get Snubbull eggs easily using 16 partners from the Fairy and Field egg groups. Notable egg moves include Crunch, Feint Attack, Heal Bell and 5 more.
GS Granbull Best Moveset
120 Attack powers MoveReturn for strong Normal TermStab and MoveEarthquake for coverage. MoveHeal Bell clears the entire team's status conditions, a rare and valuable support move. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Physical attacker with team healing utility that few Pokemon can match.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Curse
- Return
- Rest
- Charm
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Crunch and Feint Attack aren't available any other way for Granbull, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Hyper Beam and Take Down for solid options.
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.
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
26 of 32 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is actually timid and easily spooked. If attacked, it flails about to fend off its attacker.
Because its fangs are too heavy, it always keeps its head tilted down. However, its BITE is powerful.
Granbull Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Granbull plays as a support. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully. Set up with Curse when you get a free turn.
Game Availability
Granbull first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 16 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
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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