Is Jynx Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Ice/Psychic from Kanto. AbilityForewarn reveals the opponent's strongest move on switch-in, new in Gen 4. Jynx handles Bertha and Cynthia's Garchomp through Ice. Fast enough to go first in most fights. The Ice typing is valuable but Jynx is fragile.
Smoochum trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Smoochum has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Smoochum has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Smoochum trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Smoochum trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Smoochum trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Candice's team hits Smoochum's weaknesses hard.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Smoochum
Catch Smoochum on Lake Acuity (walking, Lv 35, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 35)
- LV 35PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 35IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 35PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 45IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Smoochum to Jynx
Smoochum evolves into Jynx at Level 30. You get it at Level 35, past Level 30, so it evolves into Jynx the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30IceIce PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 55IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Jynx in Diamond & Pearl
Raise a Smoochum to level 30 and it becomes Jynx, the only way in since the ice Pokemon has no wild spot of its own. That Smoochum comes from a Jynx egg or the baby catch.
Wild Jynx may be holding when caught:
Aspear Berry (always) Held: Consumed when frozen to cure frozen.Catch Smoochum at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Jynx.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Smoochum
- 2Evolve Jynxat Lv.30
Badge 7How to Obtain Jynx in DP
- Step 2Jynx ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Smoochum egg.
How to Get Shiny Jynx in Diamond & Pearl
Jynx evolves from Smoochum, so chain that shiny at Lake Acuity and raise it into its evolved form. Compare Shiny Jynx odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Jynx 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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Jynx.
Jynx Weakness
Jynx is weak to Fire, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dark, and Steel. Jynx's special bulk (base 95 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Jynx Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Jynx
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Empoleon builds →Flash Cannon 2x74-88% Shadow Claw 2x72-85% Rock Slide 2x77-91% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Weavile builds →Night Slash 2x141-166%KO X-Scissor 2x107-127%KO Iron Tail 2x134-158%KO Shadow Claw 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x173-204%KO X-Scissor 2x115-136%KO Iron Tail 2x144-169%KO Shadow Claw 2x101-120%KO | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Infernape builds →Fire Blast 2x104-123%KO Iron Tail 2x119-140%KO U-turn 2x84-99% Shadow Claw 2x84-99% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Armaldo builds →X-Scissor 2x167-197%KO Rock Slide 2x156-184%KO Iron Tail 2x139-164%KO | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Ninetales builds →Fire Blast 2x85-101%KO Iron Tail 2x93-109%KO Payback 2x47-55% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x100-118%KO Iron Tail 2x124-146%KO Bite 2x75-89% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Probopass builds →Flash Cannon 2x53-64% Rock Slide 2x83-99% | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Kabutops builds →Rock Slide 2x147-173%KO X-Scissor 2x104-123%KO Thief 2x53-63% | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Spiritomb builds →Sucker Punch 2x130-153%KO Shadow Ball 2x63-74% Silver Wind 2x32-38% Rock Tomb 2x54-64% | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Drapion builds →Crunch 2x128-151%KO X-Scissor 2x85-101%KO Iron Tail 2x107-126%KO Rock Slide 2x80-95% | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Flareon builds →Fire Blast 2x96-114%KO Iron Tail 2x144-169%KO Bite 2x87-102%KO Shadow Ball 2x43-51% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jynx View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x83-99% Dark Pulse 2x55-66% | ||
Jynx Evolutions
Evolved from Smoochum. Jynx is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Sp.Atk grew the most through evolution (+30 over Smoochum), and Jynx peaks at 455 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Jynx to get Smoochum eggs (with patience) using 39 partners from the Human-Like egg group. Notable egg moves include Fake Out, Ice Punch, Meditate and 3 more.
DP Jynx Best Moveset
115 Sp. Atk and 95 Speed deliver fast special Ice and Psychic damage, and MoveLovely Kiss puts targets to sleep at 75% accuracy. The moveset hits hard on the special side, but 35 Defense means any physical contact is lethal. Held ItemFocus Sash guarantees at least one attack.
Best Build
Jynx best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Revenge Killer Moveset
- Psychic
- Lovely Kiss
- Blizzard
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Jynx gets Fake Out and Ice Punch exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Ghost and Normal coverage and more rounds out the picture alongside Blizzard and Dream Eater.
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
43 of 46 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Its cries sound like human speech. However, it is impossible to tell what it is trying to say.
Jynx Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Jynx plays as a wallbreaker. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Psychic is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Modest is the go-to nature for Jynx. That's +Sp. Atk / -Attack. Pair it with 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Jynx has appeared in 19 games: most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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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