Is Jumpluff Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityChlorophyll makes Jumpluff one of the fastest Pokemon in sun. Without sun, it's one of the weakest Grass-types. Sinnoh doesn't provide sun during the story. If imported, Jumpluff contributes through support moves rather than damage.
Roark's team hits Skiploom's weaknesses hard.
Gardenia's team hits Skiploom's weaknesses hard.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Jumpluff resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Skiploom
Catch Skiploom on Route 205 (Poké Radar, Lv 12, rare).
Recommended Moves
- LV 16GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 44GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 48FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Skiploom to Jumpluff
Skiploom evolves into Jumpluff at Level 27. Your Skiploom should hit Level 27 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- LV 27GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 48FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Jumpluff in Diamond & Pearl
Level a Poke Radar Skiploom to 27 for Jumpluff, the top of a Hoppip line with no wild appearance. Every stage of that line depends on a Radar chain, so there is no shortcut around it.
Catch Hoppip or Skiploom at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Jumpluff.
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Badge 5How to Obtain Jumpluff in DP
Hoppip is your first catch on the way to Jumpluff. You'll find special encounters from Lv. 9-30 across 6 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Skiploomor evolve from Hoppip (Step 1)
- Step 3Jumpluff ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Hoppip egg.
How to Get Shiny Jumpluff in Diamond & Pearl
Jumpluff tops the Hoppip line, so chain that shiny on Route 205 at 1 in 200 and raise it up two stages. Compare Shiny Jumpluff odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Jumpluff 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Jumpluff preloaded.
Jumpluff Weakness
Ice, Fire, Poison, Flying, and Rock moves hit Jumpluff for super-effective damage. Ice hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The upside? Ground-type moves can't touch it at all.
| 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 Jumpluff Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Jumpluff
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Heatran builds →Overheat 2x151-178%KO Ancient Power 2x44-51% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Abomasnow builds →Ice Beam 4x153-181%KO Rock Slide 2x48-56% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Weavile builds →Avalanche 4x143-169%KO Poison Jab 2x63-75% Aerial Ace 2x48-56% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Skarmory builds →Fly 2x77-90% Rock Slide 2x43-50% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x125-147%KO Stone Edge 2x70-83% Poison Jab 2x56-66% Aerial Ace 2x42-50% | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
 Mamoswine IceGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Mamoswine builds →Ice Fang 4x166-195%KO Stone Edge 2x84-99% Peck 2x30-36% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Armaldo builds →Stone Edge 2x122-144%KO Aerial Ace 2x50-58% | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Gliscor builds →Ice Fang 4x85-101%KO Aerial Ace 2x59-70% Poison Jab 2x52-61% Stone Edge 2x64-76% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Arcanine builds →Overheat 2x121-143%KO Aerial Ace 2x44-52% | ||
Jumpluff Evolutions
Jumpluff is the final form in a three-stage chain from Hoppip through Skiploom. Breeding this form produces Hoppip eggs (average hatch time). Evolving from Hoppip gave Jumpluff the biggest boost in Speed (+60), bringing the total to 450 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Jumpluff to get Hoppip eggs easily using 35 partners from the Fairy and Grass egg groups. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Aromatherapy, Confusion and 6 more.
DP Jumpluff Best Moveset
110 Speed outruns nearly everything, and MoveSleep Powder combined with MoveLeech Seed makes Jumpluff a frustrating support Pokemon to deal with. The moveset is all disruption, though, because 55 in both Attack stats means zero direct damage. AbilityChlorophyll in sun pushes that already-fast Speed to absurd levels.
Best Build
Jumpluff best EVs are Speed
Support Moveset
- Sleep Powder
- Leech Seed
- Substitute
- Stun Spore
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Jumpluff misses out on Amnesia and Aromatherapy. That's 9 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Solar Beam and Energy Ball, with Normal and Bug coverage rounding things out.
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
27 of 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Blown by seasonal winds, it circles the globe, scattering cotton spores as it goes.
Jumpluff Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Jumpluff as a pivot. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats,
For Diamond & Pearl, build your team around Magcargo, Hitmonchan, and Misdreavus. These have the highest co-usage rates with Jumpluff in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Hardy on Jumpluff. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Jumpluff first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 16 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters 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
Winds & Waves
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