Is Ledian Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Special Defense is decent but the rest of Ledian's stats can't support a team role in Crystal. Bug/Flying creates too many common weaknesses and the offense is nonexistent. Crystal's expanded roster has even more things that outclass it.
Falkner's team hits Ledyba's weaknesses hard.
Bugsy's typing presses Ledyba's defenses.
Whitney's team hits Ledian's weaknesses hard.
Ledian has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Ledian trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Ledian has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Ledian has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Ledian trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Ledian trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Ledian trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Ledian has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Ledian trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Ledian has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Ledian resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Ledian trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Ledian trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Ledian has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Ledian trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Ledian trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Ledian has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Ledian has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catch Ledyba
Catch Ledyba on Route 29 (Headbutt, Lv 10, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM41ElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM28GroundDigPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
- LV 50NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Ledyba to Ledian
Ledyba evolves into Ledian at Level 18. Your Ledyba should hit Level 18 before you reach Whitney, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM41ElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM28GroundDigPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- LV 51PsychicAgilityPower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- LV 60NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Ledian in Crystal
Wild Ledian is rare and morning-only, just two thin spawns on Route 37 and Route 2. Most players evolve a Ledyba at level 18 instead of chasing those odds.
2 locations to catch Ledian11 locations to catch Ledyba
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Ledyba at any of the 11 locations below, then level it up to 18 — it evolves into Ledian.
Badge 1
Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Ledian in C
Ledyba gets you Ledian sooner: catch it at the very start and evolve it at Lv 18. Wild Ledian first appears at Route 37 (after Badge 3).
- Step 1Catch LedybaRoute 30Lv.3GrassRate 30%MorningRoute 2Lv.3GrassRate 30%MorningRoute 31Lv.4GrassRate 30%MorningRoute 36Lv.4GrassRate 30%MorningRoute 37Lv.13GrassRate 30%MorningNational ParkLv.14FloorRate 20%MorningRoute 29Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 30Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 31Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 34Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 35Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 36Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 37Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 38Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 39Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%
- Step 2Ledian ✓or evolve from Ledyba (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Ledian catch rates for Crystal by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Ledian in Crystal
Ledian appears rarely on Route 37 and Kanto's Route 2 during morning hours only; it is a thin spawn table, so brace for slow encounter counts. Compare Shiny Ledian odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Ledian Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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 Crystal with Ledian preloaded.
Ledian Weakness
Type-wise, Ledian takes extra damage from Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying. Watch out for Rock attacks, those deal 4x damage. Ground moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Ledian's special bulk (base 110 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Rock |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Electric, Ice, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Ledian Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Ledian
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledian View Lapras builds →Blizzard 2x90-107%KO Thunder 2x60-71% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledian View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Throw 4x160-189%KO Fire Punch 2x21-26% Ice Punch 2x21-26% Thunder Punch 2x21-26% | ||
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Magnemite ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledian View Magnemite builds →Thunder 2x97-116%KO Rollout 4x33-40% | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledian View Quilava builds →Fire Blast 2x87-103%KO Rollout 4x49-57% | ||
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledian View Geodude builds →Rock Throw 4x130-154%KO Fire Blast 2x31-37% | ||
 Magby Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledian View Magby builds →Fire Blast 2x80-94% Thunder Punch 2x33-40% | ||
 Smoochum IcePsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift | ||
 Elekid Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledian View Elekid builds →Thunder 2x76-90% Fire Punch 2x33-40% Ice Punch 2x33-40% | ||
 Onix RockGround | C | |
 Fearow Normal | C | |
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Golbat Poison | B | |
Ledian Evolutions
Evolved from Ledyba. Ledian is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. Sp.Def grew the most through evolution (+30 over Ledyba), and Ledian peaks at 390 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Ledian to get Ledyba eggs easily using 23 partners from the Bug egg group. Notable egg moves include Bide, Light Screen, Psybeam.
C Ledian Best Moveset
Sp. Def from the stat split is high, but Attack and Sp. Atk are too low for any offensive output. Neither side of the stat sheet produces damage. Held ItemLeftovers sustains a Pokemon that can't capitalize on surviving.
Best Build
Screens Setter Moveset
- Light Screen
- Baton Pass
- Agility
- Reflect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Bide and Light Screen give Ledian options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 9 types already covers a decent range on top of Bug and Flying STAB. The egg moves push it further.
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.
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
21 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
In the daytime when it gets warm, it curls up inside a big leaf and drifts off into a deep slumber.
Ledian Crystal Guide
In Crystal, Ledian can work for a story run. It rates C-Tier, a middle-of-the-pack pick, so the Bug/Flying typing decides whether it earns a team slot.
In Crystal, Ledian plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Set up with Agility when you get a free turn.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Ledian spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in most mainline games.
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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