Is Ludicolo Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Water/Grass with AbilitySwift Swim in rain or AbilityRain Dish for rain healing. If imported, Ludicolo handles Crasher Wake, Bertha, and Flint. The Water/Grass typing is exclusive to this line and 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.
Catch Lotad
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 Ludicolo in Diamond & Pearl
Ludicolo has no wild encounter here. Use a Water Stone on a Lombre, though that Lombre only spawns with a Sapphire cart enabling dual-slot mode in the first place.
Catch Lotad or Lombre at any of these 5 spots to eventually evolve into Ludicolo.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8How to Obtain Ludicolo in DP
The path to Ludicolo starts with Lotad at Lv. 5-18 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Lombreor evolve from Lotad (Step 1)
- Step 3Ludicolo ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Lotad egg.
How to Get Shiny Ludicolo in Diamond & Pearl
Ludicolo needs a Water Stone, so chain a shiny Lotad on Route 203 or Route 204 at 1 in 200 first, then evolve it up. Compare Shiny Ludicolo odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Ludicolo 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 Ludicolo.
Ludicolo Weakness
Ludicolo is weak to Poison, Flying, and Bug. Ludicolo's special bulk (base 100 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| 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 Ludicolo Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Ludicolo
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ludicolo View Heracross builds →Megahorn 2x141-166%KO Aerial Ace 2x48-56% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ludicolo View Parasect builds →X-Scissor 2x75-89% Cross Poison 2x44-52% Aerial Ace 2x38-45% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ludicolo View Toxicroak builds →Poison Jab 2x82-97% X-Scissor 2x55-65% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ludicolo View Staraptor builds →Brave Bird 2x136-161%KO U-turn 2x53-63% | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ludicolo View Scyther builds →X-Scissor 2x85-100%KO Wing Attack 2x64-76% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ludicolo View Armaldo builds →X-Scissor 2x94-111%KO Aerial Ace 2x48-56% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ludicolo View Drifblim builds →Fly 2x74-87% Silver Wind 2x27-32% | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ludicolo View Yanmega builds →Bug Buzz 2x75-89% Air Slash 2x63-75% | ||
Ludicolo Evolutions
Ludicolo evolved from Lotad's chain using an evolution item. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Lotad eggs (quick to hatch). The evolution from Lotad pushed Ludicolo to 480 total stats. Sp.Atk saw the largest single gain at +50. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Ludicolo to get Lotad eggs easily using 45 partners from the Grass and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Flail, Leech Seed, Razor Leaf and 4 more.
DP Ludicolo Best Moveset
Rain doubles Speed through AbilitySwift Swim, and Water/Grass typing gives unique resistances including Water, Ground, and Electric. 90 Sp. Atk powers the moveset's special Water and Grass attacks. Outside rain 70 Speed is too slow, but inside rain Ludicolo becomes a genuine sweeping threat.
Best Build
Ludicolo best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Attacker Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Rain Dance
- Surf
- Grass Knot
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Ludicolo. Flail and Leech Seed come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Solar Beam and Hydro Pump and Ghost and Ice coverage and more.
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
40 of 42 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
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Ludicolo Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Ludicolo plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Modest is the go-to nature for Ludicolo. That's +Sp. Atk / -Attack. Pair it with 60 HP / 252 SpA / 196 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Since Ruby & Sapphire, Ludicolo has been in 15 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
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- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
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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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