Is Mantine Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Gen 4 adds the baby form Mantyke, which evolves into Mantine with a Remoraid in the party. Water/Flying with AbilityWater Absorb. If accessed, Mantine tanks special hits well. Competes with Gyarados for the Water/Flying slot and loses.
Mantyke resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Mantyke has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Mantyke has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's typing presses Mantyke's defenses.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Mantyke has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Mantine resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Mantyke
Catch Mantyke in Sunyshore City (Surf, Lv 30-45, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 40FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- LV 49WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Mantyke to Mantine
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Volkner, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 42)
- LV 42FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 49WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Mantine in Diamond & Pearl
Mantine cannot be caught wild in Diamond or Pearl. It comes from a Mantyke that levels up while a Remoraid sits in your party, an unusual evolution that needs the jet fish riding along.
Catch Mantyke at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Mantine.
Encountered via Surfing
- 1Catch Mantyke
- 2Evolve MantineWith Remoraid in party
Badge 7How to Obtain Mantine in DP
To get Mantine, start by catching Mantyke through surfing encounters at Lv. 30-45. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Mantine ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Mantine egg.
How to Get Shiny Mantine in Diamond & Pearl
Mantine evolves from Mantyke, so breed that pre-evo Masuda-style and raise it into the glider. Compare Shiny Mantine odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Mantine 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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Mantine already selected.
Mantine Weakness
Type-wise, Mantine takes extra damage from Electric and Rock. Watch out for Electric attacks, those deal 4x damage. Ground moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Water Absorb grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Mantine's special bulk (base 140 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Electric |
| 2x (Weak) | Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Fighting, Bug, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Mantine Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Mantine
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mantine View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 4x98-116%KO Rollout 2x13-16% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Pachirisu Electric | C | |
Mantine Evolutions
Evolved from Mantyke. Mantine is the final form in this two-stage line. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+20 over Mantyke), and Mantine peaks at 465 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Mantine to get Mantyke eggs easily using 69 partners from the Water 1 egg group. Notable egg moves include Haze, Hydro Pump, Mirror Coat and 7 more.
DP Mantine Best Moveset
140 Sp. Def is the highest among Water types, making Mantine a dedicated special tank. AbilityWater Absorb heals on incoming Water moves, and the moveset soaks special attacks while firing back with 80 Sp. Atk. 25% from MoveStealth Rock per switch and low physical defense are the costs.
Best Build
Mantine best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Surf
- Rest
- Icy Wind
- Sleep Talk
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Haze and Hydro Pump aren't available any other way for Mantine, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Hydro Pump and Surf 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
31 of 32 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
When the waves are calm, one may encounter a swarm of MANTINE swimming as if they are in flight.
It swims elegantly, mindless of REMORAID hitching on to its broad fins. It has a docile nature.
Mantine Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Mantine plays as a support. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Mantine pairs best with Mightyena, Kangaskhan, and Camerupt. Mightyena has Good synergy and covers what Mantine can't handle on its own.
In Diamond & Pearl, Bold is the go-to nature for Mantine. That's +Defense / -Attack. Pair it with 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD EVs. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Mantine spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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
Winds & Waves
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