Is Luxray Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityIntimidate on Sinnoh's primary Electric-type. Luxray handles Crasher Wake, Aaron's Vespiquen, and contributes against Cynthia's Milotic. Strong Attack but slow for an Electric-type. The Intimidate support adds value beyond just Electric coverage.
Roark's typing presses Shinx's defenses.
Luxio trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Luxio trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Luxio trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Luxray has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Luxray trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Luxray has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Luxray trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Luxray has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Luxray trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Luxray trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Luxray has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Luxray has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Luxray resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Luxray has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Luxray trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Shinx
Catch Shinx on Route 202 (walking, Lv 3-4, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 17ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lake Valor
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 215
- LV 29DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 33ElectricThunder FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 41ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Shinx to Luxio
Shinx evolves into Luxio at Level 15. Your Shinx should hit Level 15 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- LV 18ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lake Valor
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 215
- LV 33DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 38ElectricThunder FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 48ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Luxio to Luxray
Luxio evolves into Luxray at Level 30. Your Luxio should hit Level 30 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lake Valor
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 215
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 42ElectricThunder FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 56ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Luxray in Diamond & Pearl
Level a Luxio to 30 for Luxray, the top of a Shinx line with no wild form of its own. You build it up from the common cub you catch on the very early routes.
Catch Shinx or Luxio at any of these 4 spots to eventually evolve into Luxray.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 5How to Obtain Luxray in DP
To get Luxray, start by catching Shinx through walking encounters at Lv. 3-28. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 3Luxray ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Shinx egg.
How to Get Shiny Luxray in Diamond & Pearl
Luxray finishes the Shinx line, so chain that shiny on Route 202 or the Fuego Ironworks and raise it up. Compare Shiny Luxray odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Luxray 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 Luxray already selected.
Luxray Weakness
Ground moves hit Luxray for super-effective damage. Its Electric typing keeps the defensive matchups simple. With 80 HP and balanced defenses, Luxray can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Flying, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Luxray Weak Against
Good
Luxray Evolutions
Luxray is the final form in a three-stage chain from Shinx through Luxio. Breeding this form produces Shinx eggs (average hatch time). Evolving from Shinx gave Luxray the biggest boost in Attack (+55), bringing the total to 523 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Luxray to get Shinx eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Fire Fang, Howl, Ice Fang and 3 more.
DP Luxray Best Moveset
120 Attack is massive for an Electric type, but the best physical Electric move available is MoveThunder Fang at just 65 base power. The physical/special split technically helps, but the moveset doesn't have the physical Electric moves to match that huge Attack stat. 70 Speed adds to the frustration.
Best Build
Luxray best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Revenge Killer Moveset
- Crunch
- Ice Fang
- Thunder Fang
- Fire Fang
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Luxray misses out on Fire Fang and Howl. That's 6 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Thunder and Thunderbolt, with Normal and Dark coverage and more rounding things out.
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
28 of 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It has eyes that can see through anything. It spots and captures prey hiding behind objects.
When its eyes gleam gold, it can spot hiding prey--even those taking shelter behind a wall.
Luxray Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Luxray as a wallbreaker. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Adamant on Luxray. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Luxray first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 13 games across 6 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters 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 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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