Is Kricketune Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilitySwarm boosts Bug at low health. Kricketune peaks against Gardenia and immediately declines. By Maylene's gym, Kricketune is dead weight. One of the weakest fully evolved Pokemon in Sinnoh. Replace early.
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.
Catch Kricketot
Catch Kricketot on Route 202 (walking, Lv 3, uncommon).
How to Get Kricketune in Diamond & Pearl
Kricketune spreads wider than its base, common to rare across seven mid-game spots climbing into the 20s. You can catch the evolved bug straight from the grass instead of raising a Kricketot.
Wild Kricketune 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 Kricketune5 locations to catch Kricketot
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2
Badge 3Catch Kricketot at any of the 5 locations below, then level it up to 10 — it evolves into Kricketune.
Badge 1 Badge 2Where To Catch Kricketune in DP
Available earlier: catch Kricketot at the very start and evolve it at Lv 10. Wild Kricketune first appears at Route 206 (after Badge 2).
- Step 2Kricketune ✓Route 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 Kricketune catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Kricketune in Diamond & Pearl
Kricketune saws through Route 206, Route 210, Route 212, and Route 214 at night, so a PokeRadar chain delivers its shiny. Compare Shiny Kricketune odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Kricketune 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 Kricketune in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Kricketune Weakness
Type-wise, Kricketune takes extra damage from Fire, Flying, and Rock. 3 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| 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 Kricketune Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Kricketune
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketune View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x128-152%KO Rock Slide 2x55-65% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketune View Aerodactyl builds →Fly 2x123-145%KO Rock Slide 2x101-120%KO Fire Fang 2x59-69% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketune View Gliscor builds →Rock Slide 2x62-74% Fire Fang 2x55-65% | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
 Ponyta Fire | C | |
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
 Staravia Normal | C | |
Kricketune Evolutions
Kricketune is the evolved form of Kricketot. Breeding produces Kricketot eggs, and they are quick to hatch. Evolving from Kricketot gave Kricketune the biggest boost in Attack (+60), bringing the total to 384 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Kricketune to get Kricketot eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug egg group.
DP Kricketune Best Moveset
85 Attack and 65 Speed for a Bug type give some physical presence, but the moveset lacks coverage options beyond Bug attacks. AbilitySwarm boosts Bug moves at low HP, and 77 HP gives some bulk. Not enough to compete with stronger Bug types.
Best Build
Kricketune best EVs are Sp. Def and Speed
Wall Moveset
- Perish Song
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Aerial Ace
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs define Kricketune's movepool. The natural moves cover basics with Bug Buzz and Leech Life, but the real versatility comes from technical machines giving it Normal and Flying coverage. That's where the options open up.
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
29 of 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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Kricketune Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Kricketune 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, Kricketune can work for a story run. It rates C-Tier, a middle-of-the-pack pick, so the Bug typing decides whether it earns a team slot.
In Diamond & Pearl, Kricketune plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Careful is the go-to nature for Kricketune. That's +Sp. Def / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 4 HP / 252 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Kricketune first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 12 games across 6 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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- 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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