Is Hippopotas Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Route 214 encounter. Hippowdon is a physical Ground-type with AbilitySand Stream. Worth grabbing for the E4 stretch.
Hippopotas resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Hippopotas trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Hippopotas has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's team hits Hippopotas's weaknesses hard.
Hippowdon trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Hippopotas on Ruin Maniac Tunnel (walking, Lv 22-23, uncommon).
Your Hippopotas should hit Level 34 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Hippopotas in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
A solid number of locations for Hippopotas with decent spawn rates across mid-game routes. The sort toggle below swaps between best odds and earliest access, so you can approach it based on where you are in the game.
Where To Catch Hippopotas in BDSP
To get Hippopotas, start by catching Hippopotas through walking encounters at Lv. 22-54. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
Step 1Hippopotas ✓Ruin Maniac Tunnel - 26 Unown caughtLv.22-25CaveRate 20%Ruin Maniac Tunnel - 10-25 Unown caughtLv.22-24CaveRate 10%Big Bluff CavernLv.25-29CaveRequires DefogRocky CaveLv.25-29CaveRequires DefogSandsear CaveLv.25-29GrassRequires DefogRuin Maniac Tunnel - 0-9 Unown caughtLv.22-23CaveRate 5%
Step 2Catch or Evolve into HippowdonRoute 228Lv.52-54GrassRate 20%Morning/dayRoute 228Lv.54GrassRate 10%Nightor evolve from Hippopotas (Step 1)
Hippopotas Weakness
Water, Grass, and Ice moves hit Hippopotas for super-effective damage. The upside? Electric-type moves can't touch it at all. Hippopotas's physical bulk (base 78 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
What is Hippopotas Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Hippopotas
 Psyduck Water | D | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing | ||
 Surskit BugWater | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Surskit builds →Scald 2x74-89% Giga Drain 2x47-55% | ||
 Budew GrassPoison | D | |
 Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 2x84-100%KO Ice Beam 2x82-98% | ||
 Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Bibarel builds →Waterfall 2x70-83% Ice Beam 2x60-71% | ||
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Gastrodon builds →Surf 2x130-153%KO Ice Beam 2x87-102%KO | ||
Psyduck Water | D | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Psyduck builds →Surf 2x101-120%KO Ice Beam 2x68-80% | ||
Budew GrassPoison | D | |
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Pelipper builds →Surf 2x132-157%KO Ice Beam 2x88-104%KO | ||
Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 2x84-100%KO Ice Beam 2x82-98% | ||
Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Bibarel builds →Waterfall 2x70-83% Ice Beam 2x60-71% | ||
Budew GrassPoison | D | |
Psyduck Water | D | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Psyduck builds →Surf 2x101-120%KO Ice Beam 2x68-80% | ||
Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Pelipper builds →Surf 2x129-153%KO Ice Beam 2x86-102%KO | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Golduck builds →Surf 2x129-153%KO Ice Beam 2x86-102%KO | ||
Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 2x81-96% Ice Beam 2x80-94% | ||
Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Bibarel builds →Waterfall 2x69-82% Ice Beam 2x58-68% | ||
Budew GrassPoison | D | |
Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Pelipper builds →Surf 2x129-153%KO Ice Beam 2x86-102%KO | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Golduck builds →Surf 2x129-153%KO Ice Beam 2x86-102%KO | ||
Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 2x80-95% Ice Beam 2x79-93% | ||
 Snover GrassIce | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Snover builds →Solar Beam 2x125-147%KO Ice Beam 2x94-111%KO Water Pulse 2x43-51% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Roserade builds →Petal Dance 2x213-251%KO | ||
Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Pelipper builds →Surf 2x127-150%KO Ice Beam 2x84-100%KO | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Abomasnow builds →Solar Beam 2x165-194%KO Ice Beam 2x125-148%KO Water Pulse 2x56-66% | ||
Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Golduck builds →Surf 2x127-150%KO Ice Beam 2x84-100%KO | ||
Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 2x79-93% Ice Beam 2x78-92% | ||
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Roserade builds →Petal Dance 2x213-251%KO | ||
Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Pelipper builds →Surf 2x127-150%KO Ice Beam 2x84-100%KO | ||
Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Abomasnow builds →Solar Beam 2x165-194%KO Ice Beam 2x125-148%KO Water Pulse 2x56-66% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Jynx builds →Ice Beam 2x148-175%KO Energy Ball 2x98-116%KO Water Pulse 2x66-79% | ||
Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Golduck builds →Surf 2x127-150%KO Ice Beam 2x84-100%KO | ||
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Roserade builds →Petal Dance 2x220-260%KO | ||
Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Pelipper builds →Surf 2x131-155%KO Ice Beam 2x88-103%KO | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Vileplume builds →Petal Dance 2x197-232%KO | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Weavile's Ice Shard hits Hippopotas for 56-66%. Breloom's Bullet Seed hits Hippopotas for 38-44%.
 Weavile DarkIce | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemHeavy-Duty Boots NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Weavile builds →Knock Off45-53% Ice Shard 2x56-66% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemFocus Sash NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Breloom builds →Bullet Seed 2x38-44% Mach Punch29-35% | ||
Hippopotas Evolutions
Hippopotas is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Hippowdon. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are slow to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 195 total stats over Hippopotas. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
BDSP Hippopotas Best Moveset
AbilitySand Stream sets sandstorm on entry, the same weather that boosts all Rock-type Sp. Def by 50%. 68/78/42 across HP, Defense, and Sp. Def on a Ground pre-evo. The moveset is sand support at pre-evo stats. Dropped from B-tier because the format's sand teams found better sand setters.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Yawn
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Hippopotas picks up Body Slam and Curse only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Earthquake and Dig while Normal and Dark coverage and more 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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It lives in arid places. Instead of perspiration, it expels grainy sand from its body.
It enshrouds itself with sand to protect itself from germs. It does not enjoy getting wet.
Hippopotas Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, For a casual playthrough, Hippopotas works as a placeholder. Ground coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Hippowdon. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Hippopotas appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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