Is Linoone Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityPickup for free item generation. MoveBelly Drum maxes Attack in one turn, then Linoone tries to clean up. Gimmicky but entertaining. Transfer-only and not a serious team option in Sinnoh.
Roark's typing presses Zigzagoon's defenses.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Zigzagoon
Catch Zigzagoon on Route 202 (walking, Lv 3, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 9NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- LV 41NormalBelly DrumPower —Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Zigzagoon to Linoone
Zigzagoon evolves into Linoone at Level 20. Your Zigzagoon should hit Level 20 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- LV 41NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Linoone in Diamond & Pearl
Level a swarm Zigzagoon to 20 for Linoone, which has no wild spot of its own. It all comes down to grabbing the raccoon on the one day its swarm rolls onto its route.
Wild Linoone may be holding when caught:
Oran Berry (50% chance) Held: Consumed at 1/2 max HP to recover 10 HP.
Sitrus Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed at 1/2 max HP to recover 1/4 max HP.Catch Zigzagoon at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Linoone.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Zigzagoon
- 2Evolve Linooneat Lv.20
How to Obtain Linoone in DP
- Step 1Catch Zigzagoon
- Step 2Linoone ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Zigzagoon egg.
How to Get Shiny Linoone in Diamond & Pearl
Linoone stretches out of Zigzagoon, so chain that shiny on Route 202 at 1 in 200 and evolve it up. Compare Shiny Linoone odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Linoone Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Linoone.
Linoone Weakness
Linoone is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Only 1 weakness makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Linoone Weak Against
Good
Linoone Evolutions
Linoone is the evolved form of Zigzagoon. Breeding produces Zigzagoon eggs, and they are quick to hatch. Evolving from Zigzagoon gave Linoone the biggest boost in HP (+40), bringing the total to 420 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Linoone to get Zigzagoon eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Charm, Helping Hand, Mud-Slap and 4 more.
DP Linoone Best Moveset
100 Speed and the MoveBelly Drum into MoveExtreme Speed combo makes Linoone a surprisingly dangerous attacker. Belly Drum maxes Attack at the cost of half HP, then ExtremeSpeed hits first regardless of the opponent's Speed. The moveset is all-in on that one sequence, but it works.
Best Build
Linoone best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Belly Drum
- Shadow Claw
- Extreme Speed
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 10 types means almost nothing walls Linoone cleanly, with Giga Impact and Hyper Beam anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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
38 of 40 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It charges prey at speeds over 60 mph. However, because it can only run straight, it often fails.
Linoone Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Linoone can work for a story run. It rates C-Tier, a middle-of-the-pack pick, so the Normal typing decides whether it earns a team slot.
Yes. Galarian Linoone is a regional variant with different typing and a reworked stat spread. Introduced in Gen 8. Plays completely differently from the original.
In Diamond & Pearl, Linoone plays as a pivot. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move.
In Diamond & Pearl, Naive is the go-to nature for Linoone. That's +Speed / -Sp. Def. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Linoone first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and spans 14 games across 7 generations. It later gained a Galarian form in Generation 8, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
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 8SwShGalarian
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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