Is Grovyle Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Treecko evolves at level 16. AbilityOvergrow boosts Grass at low HP. Brief postgame stage before Sceptile at 36.
Falkner's team hits Treecko's weaknesses hard.
Treecko trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Treecko trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Treecko's defenses.
Treecko trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Treecko has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Treecko has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Treecko's weaknesses hard.
Treecko resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Treecko has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Treecko trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's team hits Treecko's weaknesses hard.
Janine's team hits Treecko's weaknesses hard.
Treecko trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Treecko trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Treecko trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Sceptile trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Koga's team hits Sceptile's weaknesses hard.
Sceptile has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Sceptile trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Sceptile trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Gift Treecko
Treecko is given to you as a gift in Silph Co. at Lv 5. From Steven Stone after defeating Red. Receive from Steven Stone at Silph Co. in Saffron City after obtaining the National Pokedex.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 46GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 51GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Treecko to Sceptile
Grovyle evolves into Sceptile at Level 36. Your Treecko should hit Level 36 before you reach Will, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 36)
- LV 36GrassLeaf BladePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Pryce
- TUTORGrassFrenzy PlantPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Blackthorn City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Clair in the Dragon's Den after the Dragon Shrine test
- LV 67GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Grovyle in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Grovyle arrives once you level the Treecko gift to 16, and that gift only opens up after Red goes down. So the whole line is a post-game affair with nothing to catch in the grass.
Catch Treecko at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Grovyle.
Badge 8How to Obtain Grovyle in HGSS
- Step 2Grovyle ✓
- Step 3Evolve into Sceptile
How to Get Shiny Grovyle in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Grovyle evolves from Treecko, so breed that Hoenn starter Masuda-style at 1 in 1,638 before it evolves. Compare Shiny Grovyle odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Grovyle 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Grovyle in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Grovyle Weakness
Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug moves hit Grovyle for super-effective damage. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. 5 weaknesses means you'll want teammates that can handle the coverage gaps.
| 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 Grovyle Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Grovyle
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodBell Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Ho-Oh builds →Brave Bird 2x253-298%KO Overheat 2x195-230%KO | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodEmbedded Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Rayquaza builds →Fly 2x216-254%KO Overheat 2x170-200%KO Ice Beam 2x115-136%KO | ||
 Charizard Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x194-228%KO Air Slash 2x104-123%KO | ||
 Dragonite Dragon | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dragonair (Dragons Den Super Rod) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Dragonite builds →Fly 2x195-230%KO Fire Blast 2x103-122%KO Ice Beam 2x81-96% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Blaziken builds →Flare Blitz 2x235-277%KO Brave Bird 2x157-185%KO Poison Jab 2x105-124%KO | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x195-230%KO Sludge Bomb 2x84-99% | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Silver Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x218-256%KO Air Slash 2x118-139%KO U-turn 2x80-94% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Entei Fire | B | |
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Typhlosion builds →Eruption 2x207-244%KO Aerial Ace 2x60-70% | ||
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Lugia builds →Aeroblast 2x118-139%KO Ice Beam 2x75-89% | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Altaria builds →Sky Attack 2x177-209%KO Fire Blast 2x77-91% Ice Beam 2x61-73% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Grovyle Evolutions
Partway through Treecko's chain. Grovyle still has another evolution ahead before reaching Sceptile. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. So far, Speed got the biggest boost (+25 from Treecko). The final form adds another 125 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Grovyle to get Treecko eggs easily using 30 partners from the Dragon and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Crunch, Crush Claw, Double Kick and 10 more.
HGSS Grovyle Best Moveset
Fast special Grass attacker at 85 Sp. Atk and 95 Speed, outrunning most mid-stage Pokemon comfortably. AbilityOvergrow fires boosted Grass attacks in emergencies. The moveset has real speed and special power. Evolve to Sceptile.
Best Build
Grovyle best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Attacker Moveset
- Substitute
- Leech Seed
- Hidden Power Ice
- Energy Ball
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Grovyle's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Leaf Storm and Solar Beam 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
All 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It leaps from tree branch to tree branch quite swiftly. It shows astounding agility.
Grovyle HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Grovyle is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Grovyle becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Grovyle has 405 BST and evolves into Sceptile. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Grovyle as a pivot. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling,
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Timid on Grovyle. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Available in 16 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Grovyle spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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