Is Igglybuff Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Baby Normal from breeding or Trophy Garden. Igglybuff evolves into Jigglypuff through friendship. AbilityCute Charm sometimes infatuates on contact. Neither Jigglypuff nor Wigglytuff competes in Sinnoh. The whole line is outclassed.
Roark's typing presses Igglybuff's defenses.
Gardenia's typing presses Igglybuff's defenses.
Maylene's team hits Igglybuff's weaknesses hard.
Igglybuff trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's typing presses Igglybuff's defenses.
Byron's typing presses Igglybuff's defenses.
Igglybuff trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Igglybuff trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Wigglytuff resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Igglybuff in Trophy Garden (walking, Lv 16-18, rare). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Igglybuff to Wigglytuff
Jigglypuff evolves into Wigglytuff with a Moon Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Aaron.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
How to Get Igglybuff in Diamond & Pearl
Igglybuff is a rare Trophy Garden catch around level 16, unlocked only once the National Dex opens. That one garden is its entire range, so do not expect the balloon baby anywhere on the routes.
1 location to catch Igglybuff
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Igglybuff in DP
Igglybuff is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 16-18 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Igglybuff ✓
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Jigglypuffor evolve from Igglybuff (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into WigglytuffBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Igglybuff egg.
Bring the right balls: check Igglybuff catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Igglybuff in Diamond & Pearl
Igglybuff rolls into the Trophy Garden rotation, so a PokeRadar chain in that grass is what lands its shiny. Compare Shiny Igglybuff odds across every game
Shiny Igglybuff Evolution
3 Forms
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Igglybuff Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Igglybuff in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Igglybuff Weakness
Type-wise, Igglybuff takes extra damage from Fighting. Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Only 1 weakness makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Igglybuff Weak Against
Good
Igglybuff Evolutions
Igglybuff is the baby form here. It evolves into Jigglypuff by leveling up, but you can't breed it directly. Hatch one by breeding the evolved forms instead. Evolving adds up to 225 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
DP Igglybuff Best Moveset
90 HP is oddly high for a baby Pokemon, but 15 in both Defense and Speed means nothing survives or acts first. The moveset has Normal attacks at low power. Jigglypuff, then Wigglytuff.
Best Build
Igglybuff best EVs are Sp. Def and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Wish
- Protect
- Seismic Toss
- Heal Bell
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Covet and Fake Tears give Igglybuff options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 9 types already covers a decent range on top of Last Resort and Double-Edge. The egg moves push it further.
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
34 of 36 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It has a soft and bouncy body. Once it starts bouncing, it becomes impossible to stop.
Igglybuff Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Igglybuff is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Igglybuff becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
In Diamond & Pearl, Igglybuff has 210 BST and evolves into Jigglypuff. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Igglybuff first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 18 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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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