Is Lopunny Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Friendship evolution from Buneary. Pure Normal with AbilityCute Charm or AbilityKlutz. Lopunny handles neutral matchups through Speed but doesn't threaten any Gym Leader or E4 member super-effectively. Flint uses one on his E4 team for some reason.
Roark's typing presses Buneary's defenses.
Lopunny trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Lopunny trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Lopunny resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Lopunny trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Lopunny trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Lopunny resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Lopunny trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Lopunny resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Buneary
Catch Buneary in Eterna Forest (walking, Lv 10-12, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 36NormalDizzy PunchPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Buneary to Lopunny
Buneary evolves into Lopunny with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Gardenia.
Recommended Moves
- 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
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 36NormalDizzy PunchPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Lopunny in Diamond & Pearl
Raise a Buneary to high friendship for Lopunny, which never appears wild. You catch that rabbit uncommon on a couple of mid-game routes, and the bond evolution does the rest.
Wild Lopunny may be holding when caught:
Chople Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Fighting-type attack to halve the damage.Catch Buneary at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Lopunny.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Buneary
- 2Evolve Lopunnywith high Friendship
Badge 1How to Obtain Lopunny in DP
- Step 1Catch Buneary
- Step 2Lopunny ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Buneary egg.
How to Get Shiny Lopunny in Diamond & Pearl
Lopunny evolves by friendship, so chain a shiny Buneary in Eterna Forest and raise its bond to evolve it. Compare Shiny Lopunny odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Lopunny 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Lopunny already selected.
Lopunny Weakness
Lopunny is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. With 65 HP and balanced defenses, Lopunny can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| 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 Lopunny Weak Against
Good
Lopunny Evolutions
Lopunny is what Buneary becomes. Breed it for Buneary eggs (average hatch time). A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Buneary pushed Lopunny to 480 total stats. Defense saw the largest single gain at +40. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Lopunny to get Buneary eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field and Human-Like egg groups. Notable egg moves include Attract, Double Hit, Encore and 9 more.
DP Lopunny Best Moveset
105 Speed is fast, but 76 Attack and 54 Sp. Atk give the moveset no real damage output. AbilityKlutz prevents item use as a drawback, and AbilityCute Charm is situational. Normal typing without power behind it.
Best Build
Lopunny best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Switcheroo
- Dizzy Punch
- Bounce
- Drain Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Jump Kick and Blizzard bring the raw damage. But Lopunny also picks up coverage across 12 types from TMs, making it tough to find a safe switch. You're not locked into one angle here.
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
Base Stats
An extremely cautious Pokémon. It cloaks its body with its fluffy ear fur when it senses danger.
It is very conscious of its looks and never fails to groom its ears. It runs with sprightly jumps.
Lopunny Diamond & Pearl Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Diamond & Pearl, but Lopunny does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Lopunny hits 580 BST.
In Diamond & Pearl, Lopunny plays as a pivot. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move.
In Diamond & Pearl, Jolly is the go-to nature for Lopunny. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Available since Diamond & Pearl, Lopunny appears in 13 games spanning 6 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Mega form in Generation 6.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
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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