Is Lileep Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Fossil revival. Rock/Grass with AbilitySuction Cups preventing forced switches. Cradily at level 40 has unique typing. Fossil timing in HGSS limits story contribution.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Lileep has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Lileep's weaknesses hard.
Jasmine's team hits Lileep's weaknesses hard.
Lileep has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Lileep has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Lileep has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Fossil
Lileep can be revived from a fossil obtained in Pewter City. Revive Root Fossil. Revive a Root Fossil at the Pewter Museum of Science.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20PoisonAcidPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Falkner
- TM39RockRock TombPower 75Accuracy 80%PP 10Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 43RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 50GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Lileep to Cradily
Lileep evolves into Cradily at Level 40. Your Lileep should hit Level 40 before you reach Sabrina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 56GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Lileep in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Take the Root Fossil to the scientist in Pewter City and he revives it into a level 20 Lileep. It is a one-time fossil gift, so choosing the Root Fossil locks out the Claw Fossil route.
Wild Lileep may be holding when caught:
Big Root (5% chance) A Pokemon held item that boosts the power of HP-stealing moves to let the holder recover more HP.1 location to catch Lileep
Badge 8How to Obtain Lileep in HGSS
- Step 2Evolve into Cradily
How to Get Shiny Lileep in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Lileep revives from the Root Fossil in Pewter City, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Lileep odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Lileep 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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Lileep in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Lileep Weakness
Ice, Fighting, Bug, and Steel moves hit Lileep for super-effective damage. 4 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Fighting, Bug, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Lileep Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Lileep
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lileep View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x185-218%KO Iron Tail 2x83-98% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lileep View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x180-212%KO X-Scissor 2x64-76% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lileep View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x156-184%KO X-Scissor 2x56-66% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Silph Co Gift) | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) | ||
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lileep View Primeape builds →Focus Punch 2x155-182%KO Iron Tail 2x69-81% U-turn 2x49-58% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Metagross SteelPsychic | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lileep View Metagross builds →Meteor Mash 2x115-136%KO Hammer Arm 2x86-101%KO | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lileep View Bronzong builds →Flash Cannon 2x60-71% Rock Smash 2x25-30% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lileep View Pinsir builds →Focus Punch 2x120-141%KO X-Scissor 2x97-114%KO | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lileep View Weavile builds →Focus Punch 2x115-136%KO Avalanche 2x71-84% X-Scissor 2x62-73% Iron Tail 2x77-91% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lileep View Jynx builds →Ice Beam 2x97-114%KO Focus Blast 2x80-95% | ||
Lileep Evolutions
Lileep evolves into Cradily. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are slow to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 140 total stats over Lileep. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Lileep with 21 breeding partners from the Water 3 egg group. Pass egg moves like Barrier, Curse, Mirror Coat and 4 more to offspring.
HGSS Lileep Best Moveset
Rock/Grass fossil at 87 Sp. Def absorbing special attacks for a first-stage. AbilitySuction Cups prevents forced switches. The moveset absorbs special damage. 23 Speed and 41 Attack provide no offensive threat. Evolve to Cradily.
Best Build
Lileep best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Recover
- Seed Bomb
- Rock Slide
- Giga Drain
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Lileep picks up Barrier and Curse only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Solar Beam and Energy Ball while Ghost and Normal coverage and more adds range.
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
All 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It disguises its tentacles as flowers to attract and catch prey. It became extinct in ancient times.
Lileep HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Revive a Root Fossil at the Pewter Museum of Science. Lileep is revived at level 5. Give it Rare Candies or experience-share if you want it ready for the late-game.
Yes. Lileep is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Lileep becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Lileep has 355 BST and evolves into Cradily. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Lileep as a support. Splits damage between physical and special. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Adamant on Lileep. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Lileep first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 7 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 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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