Is Lileep Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Root Fossil revival from the Underground. Rock/Grass with AbilitySuction Cups preventing forced switches. Cradily at level 40 has unique defensive typing. Finding the fossil takes luck in the Underground.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Gardenia's typing presses Lileep's defenses.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Maylene's team hits Lileep's weaknesses hard.
Lileep has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's team hits Lileep's weaknesses hard.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Volkner's team hits Lileep's weaknesses hard.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Cradily resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Fossil
Lileep can be revived from a fossil obtained in Oreburgh City. Revive Root Fossil. Revive from Root Fossil at the Mining Museum. Found in The Underground after National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- LV 43RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Candice
- TM80RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Mt. Coronet
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- LV 50GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Lileep to Cradily
Lileep evolves into Cradily at Level 40. Your Lileep should hit Level 40 before you reach Aaron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TM80RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Mt. Coronet
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- LV 56GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Lileep in Platinum
Lileep is a revived fossil, not a wild catch. Hand the Root Fossil to the lab in Oreburgh City and it comes back at level 20, a one-time resurrection rather than something you hunt in the field.
Wild Lileep may be holding when caught:
Big Root (5% chance) A Pokemon hold item that boosts the power of HP-stealing moves to let the holder recover more HP.1 location to catch Lileep
Badge 1How to Obtain Lileep in Pt
- Step 2Evolve into CradilyBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Lileep egg.
How to Get Shiny Lileep in Platinum
Lileep hatches only from a fossil revived at Oreburgh City, so breed one with a foreign Ditto for a shiny. Compare Shiny Lileep odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lileep View Kricketune builds →Brick Break 2x48-57% Leech Life 2x26-33% | ||
 Pineco Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lileep View Pineco builds →Bug Bite 2x48-59% Rock Smash 2x24-30% | ||
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, Mirror Coat, Recover and 3 more to offspring.
Pt Lileep Best Moveset
Rock/Grass with 87 Sp. Def for special bulk. AbilitySuction Cups prevents forced switches from moves like MoveRoar and MoveWhirlwind. The moveset can't threaten at 41 Attack and 23 Speed. 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 Mirror Coat 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
27 of 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It lived on the seafloor 100 million years ago and was reanimated scientifically.
Lileep Platinum Guide
Revive from Root Fossil at the Mining Museum. Found in The Underground after National Dex.. Lileep is revived at level 5. Give it Rare Candies or experience-share if you want it ready for the late-game. Note: this fossil is only available in Platinum. The other version of Platinum has a different fossil.
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 Platinum.
In Platinum, Lileep has 355 BST and evolves into Cradily. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
In Platinum, use Lileep as a support. Splits damage between physical and special. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key.
For Platinum, 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.
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- 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
Winds & Waves
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