Is Ledyba Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Silver version only, morning encounters on Route 2. Bug/Flying with poor stats across the board. Ledian is slightly better but neither one holds up past the second gym. One of the weakest catches in the game.
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.
Catchable
Catch Ledyba on Route 30 (walking, Lv 3, common).
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
- LV 51PsychicAgilityPower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- LV 60NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Ledyba in Gold & Silver
Silver keeps Ledyba to the morning, four early spots where it is common while the sun stays low. Gold has none in the wild, so a save on that version has to trade to start this bug line.
4 locations to catch Ledyba
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Where To Catch Ledyba in GS
Ledyba is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 3-15 across 5 total spots in the chain.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Gold & Silver for Ledyba.
How to Get Shiny Ledyba in Gold & Silver
Ledyba flutters through the grass on Route 30, Route 31, and Route 37, so sweep those routes and battle each one that appears. Compare Shiny Ledyba odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Ledyba 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Gold & Silver shiny odds for Ledyba.
Ledyba Weakness
Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying moves hit Ledyba for super-effective damage. Rock hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The upside? Ground-type moves can't touch it at all. Ledyba's special bulk (base 80 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 Ledyba Weak Against
Vulnerable
Ledyba Evolutions
Ledyba evolves into Ledian. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 125 total stats over Ledyba. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Ledyba easily with 23 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Bide, Light Screen, Psybeam to offspring.
GS Ledyba Best Moveset
Bug/Flying pre-evolution with stats too low for any format. No competitive moves or niche. Ledian barely improves after evolving.
Best Build
Screens Setter Moveset
- Light Screen
- Baton Pass
- Agility
- Reflect
Moves List
Without breeding, Ledyba misses out on Bide and Light Screen. That's 3 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Bug and Flying STAB, with coverage across 9 types rounding things out.
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 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is very timid. It will be afraid to move if it is alone. But it will be active if it is in a group.
When the weather turns cold, lots of LEDYBA gather from everywhere to cluster and keep each other warm.
Ledyba Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Ledyba does the job early-game if you need a Bug/Flying type on your team. Evolve it into Ledian before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Ledyba first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 15 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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- 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
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