Is Ledyba Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Bug/Flying from Johto, only available through breeding. Ledian at level 18 has awful combat stats. Not worth the effort when Scyther and Heracross exist natively in Platinum.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Ledyba here.
Gardenia's typing presses Ledyba's defenses.
Ledyba trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Ledyba trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Ledyba trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's team hits Ledyba's weaknesses hard.
Ledyba trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Volkner's team hits Ledyba's weaknesses hard.
Ledyba trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Ledyba trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Flint's team hits Ledyba's weaknesses hard.
Ledyba trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Jupiter's team hits Ledyba's weaknesses hard.
Ledyba trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Ledyba trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Ledyba trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Trade
Ledyba 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
- LV 25BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Fantina
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- LV 38NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 41BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Ledyba in Platinum
Ledyba is breed-only in Platinum, hatched from an egg rather than caught. Its evolved form Ledian does appear wild, so breeding a caught Ledian is the way to fill the dex slot.
Catch Ledian at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Ledyba.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Ledyba
- 2
Badge 8How to Obtain Ledyba in Pt
- Step 1Ledyba ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave Ledian with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Ledyba egg.
How to Get Shiny Ledyba in Platinum
Ledyba never appears wild here, so breed a Ledian with a foreign Ditto and hatch eggs; Ledian flits through Route 229. Compare Shiny Ledyba odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Ledyba 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 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Ledyba Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Ledyba
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 4x1111-1307%KO Avalanche 2x149-176%KO Fire Blast 2x68-80% Thunderbolt 2x54-64% | ||
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Heatran builds →Overheat 2x208-245%KO Ancient Power 4x121-143%KO | ||
 Zapdos Electric | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Zapdos builds →Thunderbolt 2x138-162%KO Ancient Power 4x117-138%KO Fly 2x198-233%KO | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Aerodactyl builds →Stone Edge 4x500-589%KO Fly 2x225-266%KO Thunder Fang 2x109-129%KO Ice Fang 2x109-129%KO | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Armaldo builds →Stone Edge 4x581-684%KO Aerial Ace 2x117-138%KO | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Probopass builds →Power Gem 4x133-157%KO Thunderbolt 2x61-71% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 4x601-707%KO Avalanche 2x121-143%KO Fire Blast 2x52-61% Thunderbolt 2x41-48% | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Kabutops builds →Stone Edge 4x542-638%KO Aerial Ace 2x109-129%KO Ice Beam 2x54-64% | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Regice builds →Ice Beam 2x113-134%KO Ancient Power 4x97-115%KO Thunderbolt 2x76-89% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x180-212%KO Thunder Fang 2x96-113%KO | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Bastiodon RockSteel | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Shieldon (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Bastiodon builds →Stone Edge 4x289-340%KO Fire Blast 2x54-64% Ice Beam 2x43-51% Thunderbolt 2x43-51% | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x201-237%KO Ancient Power 4x117-138%KO Air Slash 2x108-128%KO | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ledyba View Tyranitar builds →Stone Edge 4x617-726%KO Fire Blast 2x90-107%KO Thunderbolt 2x72-85% Ice Beam 2x72-85% | ||
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 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Bide, Bug Bite, Bug Buzz and 5 more to offspring.
Pt Ledyba Best Moveset
80 Sp. Def on 20 Attack is useless in practice. The moveset can't deal damage, can't outspeed at 55 Speed, and Bug/Flying typing costs 25% from MoveStealth Rock. Ledian barely helps.
Best Build
Ledyba best EVs are Sp. Def and Speed
Screens Setter Moveset
- Bug Buzz
- Psybeam
- Hidden Power Psychic
- Light Screen
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Ledyba's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Bug Buzz and U-turn gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
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
33 of 34 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is so timid, it can’t move if it isn’t with a swarm of others. It conveys its feelings with scent.
Ledyba Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Ledyba has 265 BST and evolves into Ledian. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
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.
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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