Is Granbull Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Snubbull evolves at level 23. Pure Normal in Gen 4 with AbilityIntimidate and strong physical Attack. Hard to source in Platinum and doesn't compete with the Normal-types Sinnoh already provides natively.
Snubbull has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Snubbull trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Granbull resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Snubbull
Catch Snubbull on Route 209 (walking, Lv 18-19, common). Swarm (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 37NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5Snowpoint City
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
Evolve Snubbull to Granbull
Snubbull evolves into Granbull at Level 23. Your Snubbull should hit Level 23 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5Snowpoint City
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner counter at the Battle Frontier, which you enter from the Fight Area
How to Get Granbull in Platinum
Snubbull evolves into Granbull at level 23, and wild ones never appear. So this one rests on grabbing Snubbull during its single Sandgem swarm day.
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 Pt
- Step 2Granbull ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Snubbull egg.
How to Get Shiny Granbull in Platinum
Granbull comes only by leveling, so chain a Snubbull on Route 209 to 40 for a shiny and raise it up. Compare Shiny Granbull odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Granbull 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Platinum 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Granbull Weak Against
Good
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 35 partners from the Fairy and Field egg groups. Notable egg moves include Close Combat, Crunch, Feint Attack and 9 more.
Pt Granbull Best Moveset
45 Speed guarantees going last, which limits what 120 Attack and AbilityIntimidate can accomplish. The moveset hits hard with physical Normal attacks and MoveClose Combat for coverage, but every opponent attacks first.
Best Build
Granbull best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Crunch
- Heal Bell
- Thunder Wave
- Return
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Hard to wall, honestly. Granbull threatens 12 types beyond its own STAB, with Fire and Ice standing out. Pair that with Giga Impact and Hyper Beam and switchins need to think twice.
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
46 of 50 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is timid in spite of its looks. If it becomes enraged, however, it will strike with its huge fangs.
Granbull Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Granbull plays as a wallbreaker. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In Platinum, Impish is the go-to nature for Granbull. That's +Defense / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 HP / 212 Def / 44 Spe EVs. Fits the wallbreaker role.
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
Winds & Waves
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