Is Lumineon Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Finneon evolves at level 31. AbilitySwift Swim in rain gives decent speed. Lumineon has solid special stats but nothing that stands out. Gyarados, Empoleon, and Floatzel all outperform in the Water slot.
Finneon resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gardenia's team hits Finneon's weaknesses hard.
Fantina's team hits Finneon's weaknesses hard.
Finneon trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's typing presses Lumineon's defenses.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Lumineon trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Lumineon trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Lumineon has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Lumineon trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Finneon
Catch Finneon in Valley Windworks (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10-25, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 22WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Fantina
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Finneon to Lumineon
Finneon evolves into Lumineon at Level 31. Your Finneon should hit Level 31 before you reach Crasher Wake, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Lumineon in Platinum
Lumineon can be reeled from the same nine coastal spots as Finneon, common on the Super Rod in deeper water. Or just level a Finneon to 31, since the rod odds for the adult run thin.
Wild Lumineon may be holding when caught:
Rindo Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Grass-type attack to halve the damage.9 locations to catch Lumineon9 locations to catch Finneon
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6Catch Finneon at any of the 9 locations below, then level it up to 31 — it evolves into Lumineon.
Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6Where To Catch Lumineon in Pt
Finneon gets you Lumineon sooner: catch it (before Badge 3) and evolve it at Lv 31. Wild Lumineon first appears at Route 219 (after Badge 5).
- Step 2Lumineon ✓Canalave CityLv.30-55Super RodRate 45%Fuego IronworksLv.30-55Super RodRate 45%Iron Island - OutsideLv.30-55Super RodRate 45%Route 205 - SouthLv.30-55Super RodRate 45%or evolve from Finneon (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Lumineon catch rates for Platinum by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Lumineon in Platinum
Lumineon takes the Super Rod in those same waters, but breeding a Finneon line through a foreign Ditto lands a shiny. Compare Shiny Lumineon odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Lumineon 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Platinum with Lumineon preloaded.
Lumineon Weakness
Electric and Grass moves hit Lumineon for super-effective damage. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Storm Drain grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. With 69 HP and balanced defenses, Lumineon can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Lumineon Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Lumineon
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lumineon View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x117-138%KO Shock Wave 2x40-47% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Lumineon View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x111-131%KO | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
Lumineon Evolutions
Evolved from Finneon. Lumineon is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Sp.Def grew the most through evolution (+25 over Finneon), and Lumineon peaks at 460 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Lumineon to get Finneon eggs easily using 19 partners from the Water 2 egg group. Notable egg moves include Agility, Aqua Tail, Charm and 5 more.
Pt Lumineon Best Moveset
91 Speed and 86 Sp. Def are above average, but 69 everywhere else leaves the moveset without real damage output or defensive identity. AbilitySwift Swim in rain doubles that Speed, but there's nothing to do with it.
Best Build
Lumineon best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Rain Dance
- Hidden Power Grass
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Lumineon picks up Agility and Aqua Tail only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Surf and Aqua Tail while coverage across 8 types adds range.
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
32 of 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It crawls along the seafloor using its long front fins like legs. It competes for food with LANTURN.
Lumineon Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Lumineon in Platinum can hold Rindo Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Rindo Berry.
In Platinum, use Lumineon as a pivot. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Surf is the primary attack.
For Platinum, run Timid on Lumineon. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Available in 12 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Lumineon spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
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 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
Winds & Waves
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