Is Lanturn Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Chinchou evolves at level 27. Water/Electric gives Lanturn coverage against Flint's all-Fire team in the Elite Four rematches. AbilityVolt Absorb turns Electric moves into healing. Solid utility pick from the Super Rod on Route 220 after the Hall of Fame.
Chinchou resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gardenia's Pokemon outpace and outclass Chinchou here.
Fantina's team hits Chinchou's weaknesses hard.
Chinchou trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Chinchou trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Chinchou trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Chinchou trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Volkner's typing presses Chinchou's defenses.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Lanturn resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Chinchou
Catch Chinchou on Route 220 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 20-50, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lake Valor
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- LV 34ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- LV 42WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TUTORFlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Chinchou to Lanturn
Chinchou evolves into Lanturn at Level 27. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lake Valor
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- LV 40ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 52WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORFlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Lanturn in Platinum
You make a Lanturn by leveling a Chinchou to 27, with no wild ones to catch. Chinchou only bites the Super Rod, so reeling that base form up is where your effort goes.
Wild Lanturn may be holding when caught:
Deep Sea Scale (5% chance) Doubles Clamperl’s Special Defense. Traded on a Clamperl: Holder evolves into Gorebyss.Catch Chinchou at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Lanturn.
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
- 1Catch Chinchou
- 2Evolve Lanturnat Lv.27
Badge 6How to Obtain Lanturn in Pt
- Step 1Catch Chinchou
- Step 2Lanturn ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Chinchou egg.
How to Get Shiny Lanturn in Platinum
Lanturn comes by leveling, so hatch a Chinchou line through a foreign Ditto, then evolve it. Compare Shiny Lanturn odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Lanturn Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
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 | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Platinum shiny odds for Lanturn.
Lanturn Weakness
Lanturn's Water/Electric typing leaves it vulnerable to Grass and Ground. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Volt Absorb grants an additional Electric immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. With 125 HP and balanced defenses, Lanturn can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Grass, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Flying |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Lanturn Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Lanturn
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Marowak Ground | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x91-108%KO Earthquake 2x58-69% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x113-133%KO Earthquake 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Shiftry builds →Leaf Storm 2x90-107%KO Dig 2x47-55% | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x98-115%KO Earthquake 2x54-64% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Lanturn Evolutions
Lanturn is the evolved form of Chinchou. Breeding produces Chinchou eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Chinchou gave Lanturn the biggest boost in HP (+50), bringing the total to 460 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Lanturn to get Chinchou eggs easily using 19 partners from the Water 2 egg group. Notable egg moves include Agility, Amnesia, Flail and 4 more.
Pt Lanturn Best Moveset
Water/Electric resists Steel, Fire, Water, Ice, and Flying while AbilityVolt Absorb turns Electric attacks into healing. The moveset uses those resistances alongside 125 HP for repeated switch-ins, and 76 Sp. Atk provides modest special pressure.
Best Build
Lanturn best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Surf
- Thunder Wave
- Confuse Ray
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Agility and Amnesia on Lanturn. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Hydro Pump and Thunder, they expand what Lanturn can actually threaten in practice.
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
30 of 32 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
LANTURN’s light can shine up from great depths. It is nicknamed “The Deep-Sea Star.”
Lanturn Platinum Guide
Yes. Lanturn is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Lanturn becomes available after the main story is complete in Platinum.
In Platinum, use Lanturn as a support. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest, Surf is the primary attack.
For Platinum, run Calm on Lanturn. +Sp. Def is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Lanturn first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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 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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