Is Lapras Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Water/Ice from Kanto. AbilityWater Absorb heals from Water attacks. If imported, Lapras handles Bertha and Cynthia's Garchomp through Ice. Solid all-around bulk. Sinnoh has Empoleon for the Water side and Abomasnow for Ice, but neither matches Lapras's dual coverage.
Lapras resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Lapras trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Lapras trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Lapras trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Lapras resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Lapras trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Lapras in Victory Road (Surf, Lv 40-60, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- 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
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 49WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Diamond & Pearl Lapras Locations
Lapras surfs a single stretch of Victory Road, an uncommon catch ranging level 40 to 60. That lone interior spot is the only place the ferry Pokemon shows, so do not expect to find it on open seas.
1 location to catch Lapras
Encountered via Surfing
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Lapras in Diamond & Pearl
How to Get Shiny Lapras in Diamond & Pearl
Lapras leans on the Masuda Method, so pair it with a foreign-language parent for a 1 in 1,638 egg. Compare Shiny Lapras odds across every game
Shiny Lapras Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Lapras 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Lapras preloaded.
Lapras Weakness
Lapras's Water/Ice typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Rock. Water Absorb grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Lapras's overall bulk (130/80/95) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Fighting, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Ice |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Lapras Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Lapras
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x115-136%KO Stone Edge 2x52-61% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x120-141%KO Stone Edge 2x53-63% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x123-145%KO Seed Bomb 2x66-78% Stone Edge 2x55-65% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x104-123%KO Stone Edge 2x47-55% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x99-117%KO Rock Slide 2x34-40% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x102-121%KO Solar Beam 2x47-56% Stone Edge 2x46-54% | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x74-87% Focus Punch 2x62-73% Rock Slide 2x31-37% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x63-74% Focus Punch 2x49-58% | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Kabutops builds →Stone Edge 2x75-88% Brick Break 2x37-44% Giga Drain 2x17-20% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x77-91% Focus Punch 2x74-87% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Rhydon builds →Focus Punch 2x82-97% Stone Edge 2x83-98% Thunderbolt 2x20-23% | ||
Lapras Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Lapras is a standalone Pokemon with plenty of partners for breeding through two egg groups. Its eggs take forever to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Lapras easily with 63 breeding partners from the Monster and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Curse, Dragon Dance and 8 more to offspring.
DP Lapras Best Moveset
130 HP and 95 Sp. Def make Lapras a durable Water/Ice tank that absorbs special attacks. AbilityWater Absorb heals on incoming Water moves, and the moveset runs special Ice and Water attacks off 85 Sp. Atk. Not fast at 60 Speed, but tough enough to stick around.
Best Build
Lapras best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Ice Shard
- Hydro Pump
- Thunderbolt
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Ancient Power and Curse on Lapras. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Hydro Pump and Blizzard, they expand what Lapras 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
37 of 38 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It loves crossing the sea with people and Pokémon on its back. It understands human speech.
Lapras Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Lapras as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Not the fastest,
For Diamond & Pearl, build your team around Heatran. These have the highest co-usage rates with Lapras in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Quiet on Lapras. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Speed cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Gigantamax Lapras is exclusive to Sword & Shield, so it's not usable in Diamond & Pearl. The form has a unique appearance and a signature G-Max move.
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Lapras appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Gigantamax form in Generation 8.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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 8SwShGigantamax
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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