Is Huntail Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Deep Sea Tooth trade from Clamperl. Water with AbilitySwift Swim in rain. Decent Attack but nothing exceptional. The trade chain is too much work for what Huntail offers.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Clamperl's defenses.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Clamperl's defenses.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Misty's typing presses Clamperl's defenses.
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's team hits Clamperl's weaknesses hard.
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Sabrina's team hits Clamperl's weaknesses hard.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Huntail has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Blue:
Will's typing presses Clamperl's defenses.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Will:
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Koga:
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bruno:
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Karen:
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lance:
Catch Clamperl
Catch Clamperl on Route 19 (Surf, Lv 35, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 35)
- LV 35WaterWater GunPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 35WaterClampPower 53Accuracy 75%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
Evolve Clamperl to Huntail
Clamperl evolves into Huntail when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Blue.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 59)
- LV 59WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 59WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 59WaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 59WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
Evolve Clamperl to Gorebyss
Clamperl evolves into Gorebyss when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Blue.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 59)
- LV 59WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 59WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 59WaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 59PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
How to Get Huntail in HeartGold & SoulSilver
A trade step sits in Huntail's 2-stage line from Clamperl. The step cards below map each stage with catch locations and evolution methods. Clamperl shows up at solid rates, so the starting catch is the easy part.
Wild Huntail may be holding when caught:
Deep Sea Tooth (5% chance) An item to be held by CLAMPERL. A fang that gleams a sharp silver, it raises the Sp. Atk stat.Catch Clamperl at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Huntail.
Encountered via Surfing
- 1Catch Clamperl
- 2Evolve Huntailby trading
Badge 8How to Obtain Huntail in HGSS
- Step 2Huntail ✓
How to Get Shiny Huntail in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Huntail comes from a traded Clamperl, so breed that base form Masuda-style and evolve it with a Deep Sea Tooth. Compare Shiny Huntail odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Huntail 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Huntail.
Huntail Weakness
Huntail's Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Huntail's physical bulk (base 105 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Huntail Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Huntail
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Silph Co Gift) | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Huntail View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x143-169%KO Shock Wave 2x48-57% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Raikou Electric | B | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
Huntail Evolutions
Out of 2 evolutions from Clamperl, Huntail comes from the trade route. The method you use determines which form you end up with. Breed through Clamperl to get eggs. Both Huntail and Gorebyss hit 485 total stats from Clamperl. The difference is how those stats are split. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Huntail to get Clamperl eggs easily using 69 partners from the Water 1 egg group. Notable egg moves include Aqua Ring, Barrier, Body Slam and 5 more.
HGSS Huntail Best Moveset
Physical Water attacker at 104 Attack and 105 Defense with AbilitySwift Swim doubling 52 Speed in rain. The moveset fires physical Water and coverage hits from behind physical bulk. Without rain, 52 Speed is too slow for offensive play.
Best Build
Huntail best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Waterfall
- Ice Fang
- Crunch
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Aqua Ring and Barrier from the egg pool give Huntail something extra.
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 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It lives deep in the pitch-dark sea. It attracts prey by moving its tail in mimicry of a small animal.
Huntail HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
No. Huntail is not catchable in the wild. It only comes from trade-evolving Clamperl. The Deep Sea Tooth must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
Yes. Huntail is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Huntail becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Huntail as an attacker. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Waterfall is the primary attack.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Adamant on Huntail. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the attacker role.
Game Availability
Obtainable through a trade evolution, Huntail appears in 13 titles across 7 generations since Ruby & Sapphire. The evolution method adds a barrier that wild-catchable Pokemon don't have.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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