
Is Kyogre Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Water legendary with AbilityDrizzle summoning permanent rain. If imported, Kyogre trivializes everything in Sinnoh. Rain boosts Water moves and enables AbilitySwift Swim users. One of the most powerful Pokemon ever made.
Kyogre resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Kyogre resists most of Byron's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Kyogre resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre resists most of Flint's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Trade
Kyogre cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- LV 45WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- LV 65NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 75WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- LV 80WaterWater SpoutPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Kyogre in Diamond & Pearl
Kyogre has no place in Diamond or Pearl, kept off the roster like the other Hoenn titans. The sea legendary only joins your team if you carry one forward from a Gen 3 cartridge.
Kyogre cannot be caught in the wild in Diamond & Pearl, but you can still get it via these paths:
Obtain and trade from these games:
Then trade to Diamond & Pearl.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
How to Get Shiny Kyogre in Diamond & Pearl
Kyogre is unavailable in these games, so its shiny must be caught in HeartGold or SoulSilver and transferred across. See every game where Shiny Kyogre can be hunted
Shiny Kyogre Evolution
Does Not EvolveKyogre Weakness
Type-wise, Kyogre takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Kyogre's special bulk (base 140 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Kyogre Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Kyogre
Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Cherrim Grass | C | |
Carnivine Grass | C | |
Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
Kyogre Evolutions
No breeding, no evolution. Kyogre is a Water legendary with 670 base stat total that you obtain once and build around. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
DP Kyogre Best Moveset
150 Sp. Atk boosted by permanent rain from AbilityDrizzle makes Water attacks hit harder than almost anything else in the game. The moveset runs special Water attacks at absurd power, and rain weakens Fire moves aimed at it. Banned from standard play for overwhelming every team.
Best Build
Kyogre best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Thunder
- Surf
- Water Spout
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs carry this one. Kyogre learns Water Spout and Hydro Pump naturally for STAB, but the offensive range comes almost entirely from technical machines. Rock and Normal and beyond give it real matchup play.
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
36 of 39 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It is said to have widened the seas by causing downpours. It had been asleep in a marine trench.
Kyogre Diamond & Pearl Guide
No. Kyogre isn't catchable in Diamond & Pearl. Find it in HeartGold, then trade it over.
In Diamond & Pearl, Kyogre plays as a wallbreaker. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Kyogre pairs best with Dialga, Giratina Origin, and Darkrai. Dialga has Good synergy and covers what Kyogre can't handle on its own.
In Diamond & Pearl, Timid is the go-to nature for Kyogre. That's +Speed / -Attack. Pair it with 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
First obtainable in Ruby & Sapphire, Kyogre has been featured in 16 titles across 7 generations. Legendary status means a single encounter per playthrough in most games.
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 6ORASPrimal

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
Explore
Where to go next after Kyogre.
