Is Happiny Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Gift baby from the hiker on Route 210. Chansey and Blissey are postgame investments. Happiny itself is useless in battle.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Happiny here.
Gardenia's typing presses Happiny's defenses.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's typing presses Blissey's defenses.
Fantina's typing presses Blissey's defenses.
Byron's Pokemon outpace and outclass Blissey here.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Volkner's typing presses Blissey's defenses.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Bertha's typing presses Blissey's defenses.
Flint's team hits Blissey's weaknesses hard.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Happiny is given to you as a gift on Hearthome City at Lv 1. Egg from the Hiking Man near the east gate of Hearthome City
Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Maylene.
How to Get Happiny in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
Grab Chansey from the locations below, it shows up in the wild. Drop it at the nursery to hatch Happiny. From there, level the baby through the remaining stages to Happiny.
How to Obtain Happiny in BDSP
Happiny is your first catch on the way to Happiny. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 16-20 across 4 total spots in the chain.
Happiny Weakness
Happiny is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Happiny's special bulk (base 65 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
What is Happiny Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Happiny
 Machop Fighting | C | |
Machop Fighting | C | |
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Machamp can KO Happiny with Close Combat (546-642%).
 Machamp Fighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityGuts ItemFlame Orb NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Happiny View Machamp builds →Bullet Punch61-72% Knock Off99-116%KO Close Combat 2x546-642%KO | ||
Happiny Evolutions
Happiny starts the chain as a baby form and evolves into Chansey while holding a Oval Stone. To get more eggs, breed the evolved versions. Evolving adds up to 320 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
BDSP Happiny Best Moveset
100 HP on a baby Pokemon with AbilityNatural Cure clearing status and hidden AbilityFriend Guard reducing ally damage. 5/5 in Attack and Defense make the moveset non-functional in every way. Two evolutions from Blissey's S-tier through Chansey's A-tier Held ItemEviolite bulk.
Best Build
Happiny best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Endeavor
- Counter
- Protect
- Rest
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Happiny. Aromatherapy and Counter come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Last Resort and Facade and coverage across 9 types.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It loves round, white things. It carries an egg-shaped rock in imitation of Chansey.
It carries a round, egg-shaped rock in its belly pouch and gives the rock to its friends.
Happiny Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, For a casual playthrough, Happiny works as a placeholder. Normal coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Chansey. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Since Diamond & Pearl, Happiny has been in 13 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
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 7LGPE
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