Is Kricketot Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Early Bug on Route 202. Kricketune at 10 comes fast. AbilityShed Skin clears status randomly. The entire line is disposable. Use it for the first gym if you need something on the team, then replace it.
Kricketune trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Kricketune resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Kricketune trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Kricketune trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Kricketune's weaknesses hard.
Kricketune trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Kricketune has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Kricketune trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Kricketune trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Kricketune trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Flint's team hits Kricketune's weaknesses hard.
Kricketune has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Kricketune has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Kricketune has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Kricketune has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Kricketune trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Kricketot on Route 202 (walking, Lv 3, uncommon).
How to Get Kricketot in Diamond & Pearl
Kricketot scratches around five early routes, common to uncommon from level 3 up. The cricket is one of the first bugs you meet, easy to find in the morning grass near your hometown.
Wild Kricketot may be holding when caught:
Metronome (5% chance) Held: Consectutive uses of the same attack have a cumulative damage boost of 10%. Maximum 100% boost.5 locations to catch Kricketot
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2Where To Catch Kricketot in DP
Kricketot is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 3-24 across 48 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into KricketuneRoute 206Lv.14-15GrassRate 20%NightRoute 206Lv.15GrassRate 10%Morning/dayTrophy GardenLv.16-17GrassRate 30%NightRoute 212 - NorthLv.17-18GrassRate 30%NightRoute 210 - SouthLv.18-19GrassRate 30%NightRoute 212 - SouthLv.18-19GrassRate 30%NightRoute 215Lv.20-22GrassRate 30%NightValor LakefrontLv.21-22GrassRate 25%NightRoute 214Lv.23-24GrassRate 25%NightRoute 212 - NorthLv.17-18GrassRate 20%MorningRoute 212 - NorthLv.17-18GrassRate 10%DayTrophy GardenLv.17GrassRate 10%Morning/dayRoute 212 - SouthLv.18GrassRate 10%Morning/dayRoute 210 - SouthLv.19GrassRate 10%Morning/dayRoute 215Lv.20GrassRate 10%Morning/dayValor LakefrontLv.22GrassRate 5%Morning/dayRoute 214Lv.24GrassRate 5%Morning/dayor evolve from Kricketot (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Kricketot catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Kricketot in Diamond & Pearl
Kricketot chirps along Route 202, Route 203, and Route 204, where a PokeRadar chain is what drops its shiny odds in a hurry. Compare Shiny Kricketot odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Kricketot 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 Kricketot in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Kricketot Weakness
Fire, Flying, and Rock moves hit Kricketot for super-effective damage. Not too many gaps in the chart, 3 weaknesses to account for.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Kricketot Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Kricketot
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Chimchar Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodLake Verity Gift | ||
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketot View Solrock builds →Rock Throw 2x92-111%KO Fire Blast 2x97-116%KO | ||
 Onix RockGround | C | |
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketot View Geodude builds →Rock Throw 2x79-95% Fire Blast 2x71-84% | ||
 Zubat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Kricketot Evolutions
Kricketot is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Kricketune. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 190 total stats over Kricketot. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Kricketot easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group.
DP Kricketot Best Moveset
Bug typing with stats in the 25-41 range. The moveset has Bug Bite and nothing else worth mentioning. Evolve to Kricketune.
Best Build
Kricketot best EVs are Attack and Sp. Atk
Utility Moveset
- String Shot
- Growl
- Snore
- Mud Slap
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
A compact toolkit overall. The offense runs through Bug STAB for Kricketot, with Normal coverage doing what it can. Don't expect versatility from this one.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It shakes its head back to front, causing its antennae to hit each other and sound like a xylophone.
It chats with others using the sounds of its colliding antennae. These sounds are fall hallmarks.
Kricketot Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Kricketot in Diamond & Pearl can hold Metronome (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Metronome.
In Diamond & Pearl, for a casual playthrough, Kricketot works as a placeholder. Bug coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Kricketune. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Kricketot appears in 12 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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