Is Hippopotas Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Route 214 Ground-type. AbilitySand Stream generates permanent sandstorm on switch-in, the first non-legendary to do so. Hippowdon at 34 is the target. The sandstorm supports AbilitySand Veil users like Garchomp and Sandslash.
Hippopotas has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Hippopotas trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Hippopotas trades roughly evenly with 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 Mars's team.
Hippowdon resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Hippopotas in Ruin Maniac Tunnel (walking, Lv 22-23, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 22NormalYawnPower —Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Route 212
- LV 31DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Iron Island
- LV 37GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 44NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Hippopotas to Hippowdon
Hippopotas evolves into Hippowdon at Level 34. Your Hippopotas should hit Level 34 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 34)
- LV 34NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 34DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- LV 40GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 100Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- LV 50NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Hippopotas in Diamond & Pearl
Hippopotas digs into one desert route, common to rare from level 22 up. The hippo kicks up sand on that single stretch, so the route it calls home is the only place to find one.
1 location to catch Hippopotas
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Hippopotas in DP
Hippopotas is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 22-54 across 10 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Hippowdonor evolve from Hippopotas (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Hippopotas.
How to Get Shiny Hippopotas in Diamond & Pearl
Hippopotas kicks up sand in the Maniac Tunnel, where a PokeRadar chain brings its shiny into view. Compare Shiny Hippopotas odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Hippopotas 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Hippopotas.
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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Hippopotas Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Hippopotas
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Pelipper builds →Surf 2x141-167%KO Ice Beam 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | B | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x170-200%KO Surf 2x136-160%KO Ice Beam 2x90-107%KO | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Glaceon builds →Ice Beam 2x181-213%KO Water Pulse 2x77-91% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Golduck builds →Surf 2x141-167%KO Ice Beam 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Wormadam BugGrass | C | |
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Grotle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
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
Breeding
Breed Hippopotas easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Body Slam, Curse, Sand Tomb and 4 more to offspring.
DP Hippopotas Best Moveset
Permanent sandstorm through AbilitySand Stream boosts Rock-type Sp. Def and chips non-immune Pokemon each turn. The moveset sets MoveStealth Rock and tanks physical hits with 78 Defense. A smaller version of what Hippowdon does at full power.
Best Build
Hippopotas best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Sand Attack
- Yawn
- Mud Slap
- Toxic
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 Sand Tomb 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
26 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
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 Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & 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 6 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 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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