Is Heracross Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Honey Tree catch from level 5 across Sinnoh. Bug/Fighting with AbilityGuts boosting Attack when statused. Status moves actually make Heracross stronger. Handles Byron's Steel gym, Candice, and contributes against Bertha. One of the best Honey Tree finds.
Heracross has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Heracross has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Heracross trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Heracross has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Heracross trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Heracross has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Heracross has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Heracross has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Heracross has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Heracross trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Heracross trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Heracross has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Heracross has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Heracross has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Heracross has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Heracross trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Heracross on Floaroma Meadow (Honey Tree, Lv 5-15, rare).
Recommended Moves
- LV 19FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 37FightingClose CombatPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 55BugMegahornPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Platinum Heracross Locations
Heracross lives in Honey trees, not in grass. Slather honey on a tree, wait a while, and it appears rare at levels 5 to 15 across roughly eighteen trees scattered around Sinnoh.
18 locations to catch Heracross
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Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Heracross in Platinum
Heracross isn't a quick catch. 21 headbutt encounters from Lv. 5-15 with slim rates across the board. Commit to one spot instead of jumping between areas.
How to Get Shiny Heracross in Platinum
Heracross rarely turns up on Honey Trees, so slather one and breed your catch with a foreign Ditto for a shiny. Compare Shiny Heracross odds across every game
Shiny Heracross Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum Shiny Heracross 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.
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 | 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 Heracross in the Platinum Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Heracross Weakness
Type-wise, Heracross takes extra damage from Flying, Fire, and Psychic. Watch out for Flying attacks, those deal 4x damage. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. With 80 HP and balanced defenses, Heracross can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Flying |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Ground, Bug, Dark |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Heracross Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Heracross
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heracross View Aerodactyl builds →Wing Attack 4x126-150%KO Fire Fang 2x44-53% | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Staravia Normal | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Heracross View Staravia builds →Wing Attack 4x104-124%KO | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heracross View Butterfree builds →Gust 4x66-79% Confusion 2x26-32% | ||
 Drifloon Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodValley Windworks Interact Encounter | ||
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heracross View Solrock builds →Fire Blast 2x44-53% Confusion 2x29-35% | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Heracross Evolutions
What you see is what you get. Heracross sits outside any evolution chain, so focus on the egg moves and a decent partner pool from one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Heracross easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Bide, Double-Edge, False Swipe and 4 more to offspring.
Pt Heracross Best Moveset
Burn from Held ItemFlame Orb activates AbilityGuts for a 50% Attack boost on top of 125 base, while preventing other status from landing. The moveset hits physically with Bug and Fighting coverage that threatens anything without a Ghost immunity.
Best Build
Heracross best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Revenge Killer Moveset
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Stone Edge
- Sleep Talk
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Bide and Double-Edge give Heracross options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Dark coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Focus Punch and Close Combat. The egg moves push it further.
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
Base Stats
It loves sweet honey. To keep all the honey to itself, it hurls rivals away with its prized horn.
Heracross Platinum Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Platinum, but Heracross does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Heracross hits 600 BST.
In Platinum, Heracross plays as a wallbreaker. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Megahorn is the primary attack.
In Platinum, Jolly is the go-to nature for Heracross. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Gold & Silver, Heracross has appeared in 19 titles over 8 generations. Along the way, it received a Mega form in Generation 6, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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 6ORASMega
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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