Is Kricketune Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Kricketot evolves at level 10. Bug-type with AbilitySwarm boosting Bug moves at low HP. Decent for Gardenia and the early routes. Falls off hard by Fantina's third gym. Replace before mid-game.
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.
Catch Kricketot
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 Kricketune in Platinum
Kricketune walks a few mid-game grass patches, common at night and rarer in the morning. You can also just evolve a Kricketot at level 10, which usually beats hunting the adult down.
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.3 locations to catch Kricketune7 locations to catch Kricketot
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5Catch Kricketot at any of the 7 locations below, then level it up to 10 — it evolves into Kricketune.
Badge 1 Badge 2Where To Catch Kricketune in Pt
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 1Catch KricketotRoute 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
Bring the right balls: check Kricketune catch odds in the Platinum Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Kricketune in Platinum
Kricketune saws through the Route 206 grass, so chain it to 40 for a shiny, or evolve a chained Kricketot. Compare Shiny Kricketune odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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 (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketune View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x124-146%KO Rock Slide 2x52-62% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketune View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 2x96-114%KO Wing Attack 2x79-93% Fire Fang 2x56-67% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Cranidos Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketune View Cranidos builds →Rock Slide 2x114-136%KO Fire Blast 2x44-52% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketune View Gliscor builds →Rock Slide 2x61-71% Fire Fang 2x52-62% | ||
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Ponyta Fire | C | |
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketune View Graveler builds →Rock Slide 2x90-107%KO Fire Blast 2x56-67% | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketune View Solrock builds →Rock Slide 2x90-107%KO Fire Blast 2x64-76% | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketune View Vespiquen builds →Power Gem 2x50-60% Gust 2x45-54% | ||
 Vulpix Fire | 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.
Pt Kricketune Best Moveset
85 Attack gives the moveset physical Bug damage, but 51 in both defenses and 65 Speed can't keep Kricketune alive long enough to use it. AbilitySwarm boosts Bug moves at low HP, which won't be for long.
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 Dark coverage and more. 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
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
There is a village that hosts a contest based on the amazingly variable cries of this Pokémon.
Kricketune Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Kricketune 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, 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 Platinum, Kricketune plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In Platinum, 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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