Is Lotad Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Water/Grass from Hoenn. Ludicolo at Water Stone adds a unique typing. AbilitySwift Swim for rain Speed. The Water/Grass combination doesn't exist natively in Sinnoh.
Lotad has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Gardenia's team hits Lombre's weaknesses hard.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Ludicolo trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Ludicolo trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Ludicolo resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Ludicolo trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Lotad on Route 203 (walking, Lv 5, rare). Pokémon Sapphire in GBA slot.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- LV 27PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 80Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Fantina
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- LV 43GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Lotad to Lombre
Lotad evolves into Lombre at Level 14. Your Lotad should hit Level 14 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Fantina
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- LV 43WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Lombre to Ludicolo
Lombre evolves into Ludicolo with a Water Stone. You can pick up the Water Stone in Route 213.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Lotad in Diamond & Pearl
Lotad only appears with a Sapphire cart in the GBA port, a rare catch across several early routes from level 5 up. That dual-slot link is what brings the lily pad Pokemon to Sinnoh.
4 locations to catch Lotad
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3Where To Catch Lotad in DP
The line opens with Lotad at Lv. 5-18 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Lombreor evolve from Lotad (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into LudicoloBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Lotad egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Lotad.
How to Get Shiny Lotad in Diamond & Pearl
Lotad drifts across Route 203, Route 204, Route 205, and Route 212, where a PokeRadar chain brings its shiny in sight. Compare Shiny Lotad odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Lotad 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 Lotad.
Lotad Weakness
Type-wise, Lotad takes extra damage from Poison, Flying, and Bug. 3 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ground, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Water |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Lotad Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Lotad
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Zubat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
Lotad Evolutions
Lotad is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Lombre first, then eventually reaches Ludicolo. For breeding, quick to hatch with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. Evolving adds up to 260 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Lotad easily with 45 breeding partners from the Grass and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Flail, Leech Seed, Razor Leaf and 4 more to offspring.
DP Lotad Best Moveset
Water/Grass with AbilitySwift Swim for rain, but stats in the 30-50 range are too low for the moveset to use it. Lombre, then Ludicolo.
Best Build
Lotad best EVs are Sp. Atk and Sp. Def
Utility Moveset
- Surf
- Giga Drain
- Ice Beam
- Rain Dance
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Flail and Leech Seed give Lotad options it can't learn any other way, and Ghost and Normal coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Solar Beam and Energy Ball. The egg moves push it further.
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
29 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It looks like an aquatic plant and serves as a ferry to Pokémon that can’t swim.
Lotad Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Lotad does the job early-game if you need a Water/Grass type on your team. Evolve it into Lombre before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Lotad first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 15 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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