Is Luvdisc Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Post-game swarm encounter on Route 27. Water with AbilitySwift Swim. The lowest stats of any fully evolved Water-type. Only useful for farming Heart Scales. Not viable in combat.
Luvdisc has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Luvdisc has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Luvdisc's defenses.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Luvdisc's defenses.
Luvdisc has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Misty's typing presses Luvdisc's defenses.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's team hits Luvdisc's weaknesses hard.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Sabrina's team hits Luvdisc's weaknesses hard.
Luvdisc has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Luvdisc on Route 27 (Surf, Lv 20, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- LV 31WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
HeartGold & SoulSilver Luvdisc Locations
Luvdisc is scattered across 1 spot in post-game water routes with high spawn rates. Check the list below for the closest location to wherever you are in the game. This one's quick.
Wild Luvdisc may be holding when caught:
Heart Scale (50% chance) A pretty, heart-shaped scale that is extremely rare. It glows faintly in the colors of the rainbow.1 location to catch Luvdisc
Encountered via Surfing
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Luvdisc in HeartGold & SoulSilver
How to Get Shiny Luvdisc in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Luvdisc glides through the water off Route 27, though a shiny hatches faster from Masuda breeding. Compare Shiny Luvdisc odds across every game
Shiny Luvdisc Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Luvdisc 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds calculator with Luvdisc already selected.
Luvdisc Weakness
Type-wise, Luvdisc takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| 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 Luvdisc Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Luvdisc
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Silph Co Gift) | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Luvdisc View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x177-209%KO Shock Wave 2x60-71% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Raikou Electric | B | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
Luvdisc Evolutions
Luvdisc doesn't evolve, so breeding's where the action is. You'll find a decent partner pool across one egg group, and eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 7 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Luvdisc easily with 19 breeding partners from the Water 2 egg group. Pass egg moves like Aqua Jet, Aqua Ring, Captivate and 4 more to offspring.
HGSS Luvdisc Best Moveset
97 Speed with nowhere to go. 30 Attack and 40 Sp. Atk mean the moveset outruns targets it can't damage. AbilitySwift Swim doubles already-fast Speed to absurd levels in rain. One of the weakest fully evolved Pokemon.
Best Build
Luvdisc best EVs are HP and Speed
Bulky Support Moveset
- Protect
- Aqua Jet
- Toxic
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Aqua Jet and Aqua Ring aren't available any other way for Luvdisc, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Surf and Waterfall for solid options.
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 18 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its heart-shaped body makes it popular. In some places, you would give a LUVDISC to someone you love.
Luvdisc HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Luvdisc in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Heart Scale (50%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Heart Scale.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, it depends on your team. Luvdisc rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Water coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
Yes. Luvdisc is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Luvdisc becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Luvdisc plays as a pivot. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Jolly is the go-to nature for Luvdisc. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Luvdisc spans 7 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 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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