Is Hippopotas Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Ruin Maniac Tunnel at level 22. Ground-type with AbilitySand Stream setting permanent sandstorm on entry. Hippowdon at level 34 has enormous HP and Defense. Handles Volkner and Flint. Synergizes with Garchomp's Sand Veil. A mid-game catch that carries.
Hippopotas has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Gardenia's team hits Hippopotas's weaknesses hard.
Fantina's team hits Hippopotas's weaknesses hard.
Hippopotas has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Hippowdon trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Hippowdon resists most of Byron's coverage and hits back hard.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Hippowdon resists most of Volkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Hippowdon trades roughly evenly with 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 resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Hippowdon has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Hippowdon trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Hippopotas in Ruin Maniac Tunnel (walking, Lv 22-24, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22NormalYawnPower —Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 31DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Maylene
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Route 212
- LV 37GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- LV 44NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- 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 Crasher Wake, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 34)
- LV 34DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 40GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 50NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Hippopotas in Platinum
Hippopotas only digs in at the Maniac Tunnel, the underground passage that opens once enough Underground players have been met. That single tunnel is its whole range, so the hippo is gated behind some Underground legwork.
1 location to catch Hippopotas
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 5Where To Catch Hippopotas in Pt
The line opens with Hippopotas at Lv. 22-26 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Hippowdonor evolve from Hippopotas (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Platinum for Hippopotas.
How to Get Shiny Hippopotas in Platinum
Hippopotas only kicks through the Ruin Maniac Tunnel, out of the Radar's reach, so breed one with a foreign Ditto for a shiny. Compare Shiny Hippopotas odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x122-144%KO | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x162-192%KO Ice Beam 2x86-102%KO Water Pulse 2x82-97% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodIron Island Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Pelipper builds →Brine 2x94-111%KO Ice Beam 2x89-106%KO | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Glaceon builds →Ice Beam 2x174-206%KO Water Pulse 2x73-87% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Empoleon builds →Bubble Beam 2x106-125%KO Ice Beam 2x102-120%KO | ||
 Snover GrassIce | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hippopotas View Snover builds →Wood Hammer 2x80-94% Ice Beam 2x99-117%KO Water Pulse 2x42-50% | ||
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.
Pt Hippopotas Best Moveset
Permanent sandstorm through AbilitySand Stream and MoveStealth Rock on one Pokemon gives the moveset hazard support and weather control from the same team slot. 78 Defense absorbs physical hits between setup turns.
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 Earth Power 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
25 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It shuts its nostrils tight then travels through sand as if walking. They form colonies of around ten.
Hippopotas Platinum Guide
In Platinum, 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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