Is Linoone Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Zigzagoon evolves at level 20. Normal-type with AbilityPickup. Fast but weak offensively. The real contribution is free items through Pickup. Don't expect battle results.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Linoone on Route 30 (walking, Lv 4, uncommon). Hoenn Sound.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 4)
- LV 4NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 41NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
How to Get Linoone in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Linoone rides the same Hoenn Sound radio channel as its pre-evolution, spreading uncommon across roughly two dozen routes in both regions. Flip the Pokegear to that station and it turns up almost anywhere you walk.
Wild Linoone may be holding when caught:
Oran Berry (50% chance) It may be used or held by a Pokemon to heal the user by just 10 HP.
Sitrus Berry (5% chance) It may be used or held by a Pokemon to heal the user's HP a little.24 locations to catch Linoone4 locations to catch Zigzagoon
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Zigzagoon at any of the 4 locations below, then level it up to 20 — it evolves into Linoone.
Badge 8Where To Catch Linoone in HGSS
To get Linoone, start by catching Zigzagoon through walking encounters at Lv. 3-21. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Catch ZigzagoonSprout TowerLv.3-4FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundBurned Tower - 1FLv.13-14FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundBurned Tower - B1FLv.14FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundSafari Zone - EntranceLv.20FloorRate 40%Radio: Hoenn SoundBell Tower - 2FLv.20-21FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundBell Tower - 3FLv.20-21FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundBell Tower - 4FLv.20-21FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundBell Tower - 5FLv.20-21FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundBell Tower - 6FLv.20-21FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundBell Tower - 7FLv.20-21FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundBell Tower - 8FLv.20-21FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundBell Tower - 9FLv.20-21FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundBell Tower - 10FLv.20-21FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn Sound
- Step 2Linoone ✓Route 31Lv.3GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 30Lv.4GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 22Lv.5GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 32Lv.6GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 25Lv.8GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 4Lv.8GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 24Lv.9GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 34Lv.12GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 9Lv.13GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 35Lv.14GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 42Lv.14GrassHeartGoldRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 6Lv.14GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 42Lv.15GrassSoulSilverRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 10Lv.16GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 43Lv.17GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRuins of Alph - OutsideLv.18FloorRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 44Lv.22GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 45Lv.24GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 13Lv.25GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 27Lv.30GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 47Lv.31-32GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 26Lv.32GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 21Lv.35GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRoute 28Lv.40GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Silver - BaseLv.42CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn Soundor evolve from Zigzagoon (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Linoone.
How to Get Shiny Linoone in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Linoone dashes along Route 21 and Route 22, but breeding it Masuda-style is the quicker route to a shiny. Compare Shiny Linoone odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Linoone 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
GoodBest Pokemon Against Linoone
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Hitmonchan Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
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.
HGSS Linoone Best Moveset
100 Speed with MoveBelly Drum maximizing Attack in one turn and MoveExtreme Speed providing priority damage. The moveset sets up once and sweeps with priority. 78 HP gives just enough survival to execute. AbilityGluttony activates berries early.
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 12 types means almost nothing walls Linoone cleanly, with Hyper Beam and Last Resort 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
All 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
When running in a straight line, it can easily top 60 miles an hour. It has a tough time with curved roads.
Linoone HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Linoone in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Oran Berry (50%) or Sitrus Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Oran Berry.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, it depends on your team. Linoone rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Normal coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
Yes. Linoone is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Linoone becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
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 HeartGold & SoulSilver, Linoone plays as a pivot. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move.
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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