Is Kricketot Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Route 201 from level 2. Bug-type with AbilityShed Skin. Kricketune at level 10 comes fast, but neither form has the stats to last past Roark. The first thing you catch, and the first thing you replace.
Kricketune trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Kricketune has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Fantina's typing presses Kricketune's defenses.
Kricketune trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Kricketune trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
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.
Aaron's team hits Kricketune's weaknesses hard.
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 Jupiter's team.
Kricketune has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Kricketune trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Cynthia's team hits Kricketune's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Kricketot on Route 201 (walking, Lv 3, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 16BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalUproarPower 50Accuracy 100%PP 10Snowpoint City
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Snowpoint City
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundMud-SlapPower 20Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
How to Get Kricketot in Platinum
Kricketot turns up in the grass on the early routes and in Eterna Forest, uncommon and only during the morning and night hours. It stays in the single-digit-to-low-teens range, so it is a first-act bug you can catch before the second gym.
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.7 locations to catch Kricketot
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 2Where To Catch Kricketot in Pt
Kricketot is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 3-27 across 21 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Kricketot ✓Route 201Lv.3GrassRate 10%Morning/nightRoute 202Lv.3GrassRate 10%MorningRoute 204 - SouthLv.3GrassRate 10%MorningRoute 202Lv.4GrassRate 10%NightRoute 203Lv.4GrassRate 10%MorningRoute 204 - SouthLv.4GrassRate 10%NightRoute 203Lv.5GrassRate 10%NightRoute 207Lv.5GrassRate 10%MorningRoute 207Lv.6GrassRate 10%NightRoute 204 - NorthLv.8GrassRate 10%MorningRoute 204 - NorthLv.9GrassRate 10%NightEterna ForestLv.10GrassRate 10%NightEterna ForestLv.12GrassRate 10%MorningRoute 205 - NorthLv.12GrassRate 10%MorningRoute 205 - NorthLv.13GrassRate 10%Night
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into KricketuneTrophy GardenLv.22-23GrassRate 20%NightRoute 206Lv.17GrassRate 10%MorningRoute 206Lv.18GrassRate 10%NightTrophy GardenLv.23GrassRate 10%Morningor evolve from Kricketot (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Kricketot catch odds in the Platinum Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Kricketot in Platinum
Kricketot chirps through the early morning grass of Route 202 and Route 203, so chain it to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Kricketot odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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 MethodRoute 201 Gift | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketot View Solrock builds →Rock Throw 2x92-111%KO Fire Blast 2x97-116%KO | ||
 Starly Normal | C | |
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketot View Geodude builds →Rock Throw 2x79-95% Fire Blast 2x71-84% | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Onix RockGround | 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.
Pt Kricketot Best Moveset
Bug at 25 in most stats with nothing the moveset can accomplish. 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 Bite for Kricketot, with Normal and Ground 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
Its legs are short. Whenever it stumbles, its stiff antennae clack with a xylophone-like sound.
Kricketot Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Kricketot in Platinum 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 Platinum, 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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