Is Hoppip Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Route 32 and 33 encounters from early Johto. Grass/Flying with AbilityChlorophyll. Jumpluff at level 27 is fast but can't hit anything hard enough to matter. The early availability is the only selling point.
Falkner's team hits Hoppip's weaknesses hard.
Bugsy's team hits Hoppip's weaknesses hard.
Hoppip trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Jumpluff's defenses.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Jumpluff resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Jumpluff resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Jumpluff resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Blaine's team hits Jumpluff's weaknesses hard.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Jumpluff resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Hoppip on Route 32 (walking, Lv 6, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- LV 31BugU-turnPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 37GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 40FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
Evolve Hoppip to Jumpluff
Skiploom evolves into Jumpluff at Level 27. Your Hoppip should hit Level 27 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- LV 27GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 36BugU-turnPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 44GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 48FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
How to Get Hoppip in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Hoppip drifts across a handful of routes in both regions plus the Safari Zone, mostly an uncommon daytime sight. It clusters more on the Kanto side, so look there if the Johto grass is not cooperating.
7 locations to catch Hoppip
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Hoppip in HGSS
The line opens with Hoppip at Lv. 6-24 via walking encounters. 3 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Skiploomor evolve from Hoppip (Step 1)
- Step 3Catch or Evolve into JumpluffSafari Zone - MarshlandLv.38FloorRequires 5 Plains objects placed in MarshlandSafari Zone - MarshlandLv.47Surfing on waterRequires 10 Water objects placed in Marshlandor evolve from Skiploom (Step 2)
To plan your throws, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver catch rate calculator with Hoppip preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Hoppip in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Hoppip drifts along Route 13, Route 14, and Route 15, though a shiny comes faster from Masuda breeding with a foreign parent. Compare Shiny Hoppip odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Hoppip 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds calculator with Hoppip already selected.
Hoppip Weakness
Hoppip's Grass/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Ice, Fire, Poison, Flying, and Rock. Ice hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Ground-type attacks completely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Poison, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Hoppip Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Hoppip
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Chatot Normal | C | |
 Numel FireGround | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hoppip View Numel builds →Fire Blast 2x138-163%KO Rock Tomb 2x46-54% | ||
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodViolet City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hoppip View Slugma builds →Fire Blast 2x142-169%KO Rock Tomb 2x38-46% Smog 2x21-25% | ||
 Pidgeotto Normal | D | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
 Oddish GrassPoison | C | |
 Spearow Normal | C | |
Skiploom Grass | C | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
 Ekans Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hoppip View Ekans builds →Rock Tomb 2x46-54% Poison Sting 2x25-31% | ||
 Natu Psychic | C | |
 Hoothoot Normal | D | |
Hoppip Evolutions
Three stages ahead. Hoppip grows into Skiploom, then pushes on to Jumpluff. Check the evolution methods below. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. The evolved forms gain up to 210 total stats over Hoppip. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Hoppip easily with 35 breeding partners from the Fairy and Grass egg groups. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Aromatherapy, Confusion and 6 more to offspring.
HGSS Hoppip Best Moveset
Grass/Flying at stats below 55 everywhere with AbilityChlorophyll for Speed in sun. The moveset has no competitive output at any level. 25% HP from MoveStealth Rock per switch compounds the problem. Two evolutions from Jumpluff.
Best Build
Hoppip best EVs are HP
Bulky Support Moveset
- Aromatherapy
- Giga Drain
- Bullet Seed
- Energy Ball
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Amnesia and Aromatherapy on Hoppip. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Solar Beam and Bounce, they expand what Hoppip can actually threaten in practice.
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
All 18 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
To keep from being blown away by the wind, they gather in clusters. But they do enjoy gentle breezes.
Its body is so light, it must grip the ground firmly with its feet to keep from being blown away.
Hoppip HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Hoppip?
See the Locations section above for where to find Hoppip in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Hoppip from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Hoppip easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, you can run Hoppip through the first few routes without issues. 250 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Skiploom as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 16 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Hoppip spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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 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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