Is Kirlia Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Pure Psychic mid-stage heading to Gardevoir at 30 or Gallade via Dawn Stone (male only). Kirlia from a Pal Park import gives access to two excellent Gen 4 evolutions.
Kirlia trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Kirlia trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Kirlia has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
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Kirlia has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
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Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
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Gardevoir resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
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Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
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Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
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Catchable
Catch Kirlia on Route 203 (Poké Radar, Lv 6, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 6)
- LV 6PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Gardenia
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 31PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 39PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 53PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
Catch Ralts
Catch Ralts on Route 203 (Poké Radar, Lv 4-6, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 6PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Gardenia
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 28PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 34PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 45PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Kirlia to Gardevoir
Kirlia evolves into Gardevoir at Level 30. Your Kirlia should hit Level 30 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 33PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 45PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 65PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Kirlia to Gallade
Kirlia evolves into Gallade with a Dawn Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Fantina.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 53FightingClose CombatPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Kirlia in Diamond & Pearl
Kirlia turns up rare at the end of a Poke Radar chain on two early routes, sitting at level 6. The middle stage is harder to pull than Ralts, so leveling the base form is the easier road.
2 locations to catch Kirlia2 locations to catch Ralts
Badge 1Catch Ralts at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 20 — it evolves into Kirlia.
Badge 1Where To Catch Kirlia in DP
To get Kirlia, start by catching Ralts through special encounters at Lv. 4-6. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Kirlia ✓or evolve from Ralts (Step 1)
Available in-game· 2 pathsPick one
- GardevoirLv 30
Not landing the catch? Calculate Kirlia catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Kirlia in Diamond & Pearl
Kirlia shares those same Route 203 and Route 204, so a steady PokeRadar chain produces its shiny in time. Compare Shiny Kirlia odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Kirlia 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 Kirlia preloaded.
Kirlia Weakness
Bug, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Kirlia for super-effective damage. Not too many gaps in the chart, 3 weaknesses to account for.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Kirlia Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Kirlia
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Pineco Bug | C | |
Kirlia Evolutions
Kirlia can evolve into Gardevoir and Gallade. Kirlia sits before the split, so check the evolution methods below to pick your path. So far, Sp.Atk got the biggest boost (+20 from Ralts). The final form adds another 240 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Kirlia to get Ralts eggs easily using 31 partners from the Amorphous and Human-Like egg groups. Notable egg moves include Confuse Ray, Destiny Bond, Disable and 5 more.
DP Kirlia Best Moveset
65 Sp. Atk and 55 Sp. Def hint at Gardevoir's special profile, but 50 Speed and low bulk make the moveset too fragile. Gardevoir or Gallade takes over.
Best Build
Kirlia best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Attacker Moveset
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Thunder Wave
- Destiny Bond
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Kirlia picks up Confuse Ray and Destiny Bond only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Future Sight and Dream Eater while Grass and Electric coverage and more adds range.
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
37 of 40 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It is highly perceptive of its Trainer’s feelings. It dances when it is feeling happy.
Kirlia Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, for a casual playthrough, Kirlia works as a placeholder. psychic coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Gardevoir. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Since Ruby & Sapphire, Kirlia has been in 17 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
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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