Is Grumpig Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Spoink evolves at level 32. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage, useful against Candice and Flint. Psychic-type with decent bulk. Outclassed by Gardevoir and Alakazam in speed and power though.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Lucian's team hits Grumpig's weaknesses hard.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Spoink
Catch Spoink on Route 214 (walking, Lv 21-23, common). Swarm (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 21)
- LV 21PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 26PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Crasher Wake
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Iron Island
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 41PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner counter at the Battle Frontier, which you enter from the Fight Area
Evolve Spoink to Grumpig
Spoink evolves into Grumpig at Level 32. Your Spoink should hit Level 32 before you reach Crasher Wake, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 32PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 47PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Grumpig in Platinum
No wild Grumpig lives in Platinum. Grab a Spoink from its Route 214 swarm and level it to 32, because the evolved pig has no spawns of its own to fall back on.
Wild Grumpig may be holding when caught:
Tanga Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Bug-type attack to halve the damage.Catch Spoink at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Grumpig.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Spoink
- 2Evolve Grumpigat Lv.32
Badge 5How to Obtain Grumpig in Pt
- Step 2Grumpig ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Spoink egg.
How to Get Shiny Grumpig in Platinum
Grumpig comes by leveling, so chain a Spoink on Route 214 to 40 for a 1 in 200 shiny and raise it up. Compare Shiny Grumpig odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Grumpig 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 Platinum shiny odds for Grumpig.
Grumpig Weakness
Type-wise, Grumpig takes extra damage from Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. Grumpig's special bulk (base 110 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Grumpig Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Grumpig
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grumpig View Spiritomb builds →Sucker Punch 2x77-91% Shadow Ball 2x53-63% Silver Wind 2x26-31% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grumpig View Absol builds →Bite 2x77-91% X-Scissor 2x68-81% Shadow Claw 2x60-71% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grumpig View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x63-74% X-Scissor 2x55-65% Shadow Ball 2x34-40% | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grumpig View Drapion builds →Bite 2x57-67% X-Scissor 2x50-59% Shadow Ball 2x25-29% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grumpig View Houndoom builds →Shadow Ball 2x40-47% Bite 2x57-67% | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grumpig View Scyther builds →X-Scissor 2x88-105%KO Pursuit 2x30-36% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grumpig View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x69-81% Sucker Punch 2x40-47% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grumpig View Parasect builds →X-Scissor 2x79-93% Thief 2x27-33% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grumpig View Beedrill builds →X-Scissor 2x74-88% Assurance 2x33-39% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grumpig View Heracross builds →Night Slash 2x57-68% Shadow Claw 2x57-68% | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grumpig View Beautifly builds →Bug Buzz 2x61-72% Shadow Ball 2x36-43% Thief 2x22-26% | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grumpig View Rotom builds →Shadow Ball 2x53-63% Thief 2x17-20% | ||
Grumpig Evolutions
Grumpig is what Spoink becomes. Breed it for Spoink eggs (average hatch time). A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Spoink pushed Grumpig to 470 total stats. Defense saw the largest single gain at +30. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Grumpig to get Spoink eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Extrasensory, Future Sight and 4 more.
Pt Grumpig Best Moveset
110 Sp. Def and AbilityThick Fat halving Ice and Fire damage make the moveset a respectable special tank. 90 Sp. Atk fires back Psychic attacks, and 80 Speed isn't bad. The physical side at 65 Defense is the vulnerability.
Best Build
Grumpig best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Signal Beam
- Focus Blast
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Stall teams hate this. Grumpig can spread damage across 13 types, with Normal and Dark punishing common defensive pivots. STAB from Future Sight and Dream Eater keeps the pressure honest on everything else.
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
43 of 47 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It uses black pearls to amplify its psycho-power. It does an odd dance to gain control over foes.
Grumpig Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Grumpig plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Psychic is the primary attack.
In Platinum, Modest is the go-to nature for Grumpig. That's +Sp. Atk / -Attack. Pair it with 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Grumpig appears in 15 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
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
Winds & Waves
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