Is Hariyama Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityGuts turns burns and poison into Attack boosts. Hariyama's bulk lets it absorb hits that would KO other Fighting-types. Transfer-only. Handles Byron and Candice if imported. Lucario does it faster natively.
Makuhita resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Makuhita trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Makuhita trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Makuhita trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Makuhita's weaknesses hard.
Makuhita has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Makuhita has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Makuhita trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Makuhita
Catch Makuhita on Route 225 (walking, Lv 50-51, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50FightingClose CombatPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 50FightingVital ThrowPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 50FightingForce PalmPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Makuhita to Hariyama
Makuhita evolves into Hariyama at Level 24. You get it at Level 50 or higher, past Level 24, so it evolves into Hariyama the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 24)
- LV 24FightingVital ThrowPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 52FightingClose CombatPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Hariyama in Diamond & Pearl
Raise a swarm Makuhita to level 24 to get Hariyama, which never spawns wild. It hinges on grabbing the guts Pokemon during its one daily swarm window first.
Wild Hariyama may be holding when caught:
Kings Rock (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It may cause the foe to flinch when the holder inflicts damage.Catch Makuhita at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Hariyama.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Makuhita
- 2Evolve Hariyamaat Lv.24
Badge 8How to Obtain Hariyama in DP
- Step 2Hariyama ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Makuhita egg.
How to Get Shiny Hariyama in Diamond & Pearl
Hariyama evolves from Makuhita, so chain that shiny on Route 225 and let it bulk into the sumo form. Compare Shiny Hariyama odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Hariyama 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 Diamond & Pearl with Hariyama preloaded.
Hariyama Weakness
Flying and Psychic moves hit Hariyama for super-effective damage. Its Fighting typing keeps the defensive matchups simple. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. With 144 HP and balanced defenses, Hariyama can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Hariyama Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Hariyama
 Azelf Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodLake Valor Interact Encounter | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Drifblim builds →Fly 2x58-68% Dream Eater 2x47-55% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x108-127%KO | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Mesprit Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Mesprit builds →Future Sight 2x97-114%KO | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Xatu builds →Future Sight 2x89-105%KO Fly 2x55-65% | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Honchkrow builds →Fly 2x84-99% Dream Eater 2x54-63% | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Mr. Mime builds →Dream Eater 2x77-91% Aerial Ace 2x17-20% | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Lunatone builds →Future Sight 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Chimecho Psychic | C | |
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
 Grumpig Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Grumpig builds →Dream Eater 2x71-83% Bounce 2x24-28% | ||
Hariyama Evolutions
Hariyama is the evolved form of Makuhita. Breeding produces Makuhita eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Makuhita gave Hariyama the biggest boost in HP (+72), bringing the total to 474 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Hariyama to get Makuhita eggs easily using 39 partners from the Human-Like egg group. Notable egg moves include Bullet Punch, Counter, Cross Chop and 7 more.
DP Hariyama Best Moveset
144 HP is one of the highest in the game, and 120 Attack delivers physical Fighting hits that hurt. AbilityGuts with Held ItemFlame Orb boosts that Attack further while blocking other status. The moveset tanks hits through raw HP and punches back hard. 50 Speed is the price.
Best Build
Hariyama best EVs are Attack and Sp. Def
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Close Combat
- Payback
- Ice Punch
- Fake Out
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Hariyama picks up Bullet Punch and Counter only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Focus Punch and Close Combat while coverage across 7 types adds range.
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
35 of 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It loves to match power with big-bodied Pokémon. It can knock a truck flying with its arm thrusts.
Hariyama Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Hariyama is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Hariyama becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Hariyama as a wallbreaker. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Adamant on Hariyama. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Hariyama first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 7 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 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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