Is Grotle Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Grotle tanks hits through Gardenia's gym and beyond. AbilityOvergrow boosts Grass at low health. The Ground typing arrives at Torterra at 32, which changes the matchup chart completely.
Turtwig has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Gardenia's team hits Grotle's weaknesses hard.
Grotle trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Grotle has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Torterra trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Torterra trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Torterra trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Torterra resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Torterra trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Starter
Turtwig is available as a starter.
Recommended Moves
- LV 13GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- LV 37DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217
- LV 41GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 45GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Turtwig to Grotle
Turtwig evolves into Grotle at Level 18. Your Turtwig should hit Level 18 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 18)
- LV 18GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217
- LV 42DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 47GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 52GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Grotle to Torterra
Grotle evolves into Torterra at Level 32. Your Grotle should hit Level 32 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32GrassWood HammerPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 32GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 57GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Grotle in Diamond & Pearl
Raise a Turtwig to level 18 for Grotle, which has no wild encounter to catch. That Turtwig only comes from the starter choice Professor Rowan gives at the very start.
Catch Turtwig at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Grotle.
How to Obtain Grotle in DP
How to Get Shiny Grotle in Diamond & Pearl
Grotle grows from Turtwig, so breed that base form Masuda-style with a foreign parent and grow its shell. Compare Shiny Grotle odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Grotle 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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Grotle.
Grotle Weakness
Grotle is weak to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. That's a lot of weak spots to cover so team support is important.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Grotle Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Grotle
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grotle View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x109-128%KO U-turn 2x36-43% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grotle View Vespiquen builds →U-turn 2x54-64% Gust 2x40-48% Poison Sting 2x11-13% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grotle View Golbat builds →Fly 2x70-83% U-turn 2x36-43% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grotle View Aerodactyl builds →Fly 2x84-99% Ice Fang 2x41-49% Fire Fang 2x41-49% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grotle View Mothim builds →U-turn 2x62-73% Gust 2x43-51% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grotle View Gliscor builds →Poison Jab 2x47-55% U-turn 2x41-49% Ice Fang 2x37-45% Fire Fang 2x37-45% | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Seviper Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grotle View Seviper builds →Flamethrower 2x70-83% Poison Tail 2x46-54% | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Grotle Evolutions
Partway through Turtwig's chain. Grotle still has another evolution ahead before reaching Torterra. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. Attack has grown the most so far (+21), but there's still another 120 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Grotle to get Turtwig eggs easily using 45 partners from the Grass and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Body Slam, Double-Edge and 7 more.
DP Grotle Best Moveset
Better bulk with 85 Defense, but 36 Speed and modest offensive stats make the moveset too slow and weak. Evolve to Torterra for the full Grass/Ground typing.
Best Build
Grotle best EVs are Defense and HP
Wall Moveset
- Seed Bomb
- Synthesis
- Superpower
- Leech Seed
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Grotle gets Amnesia and Body Slam exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Normal and Dark coverage and more rounds out the picture alongside Leaf Storm and Solar Beam.
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
31 of 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It lives along water in forests. In the daytime, it leaves the forest to sunbathe its treed shell.
The shell is hardened soil. Some Pokémon come to peck the berries growing on the trees on its back.
Grotle Diamond & Pearl Guide
For Diamond & Pearl, you can run Grotle through the first few routes without issues. 405 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Torterra as fast as you can.
In Diamond & Pearl, Grotle plays as a trick room. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Impish is the go-to nature for Grotle. That's +Defense / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 220 HP / 252 Def / 36 Spe EVs. Fits the trick room role.
Game Availability
Available in 12 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Grotle spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in a solid number of games.
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
Winds & Waves
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