
Is Mantyke Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Breed-only baby form of Mantine. Water/Flying with AbilitySwift Swim. Level up with Remoraid in the party to evolve. Mantine is available wild in HeartGold. Skip the baby step.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Mantyke has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Mantyke's defenses.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Mantyke's defenses.
Mantyke has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's team hits Mantyke's weaknesses hard.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Mantyke has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Mantyke trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Mantyke cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
- LV 10WaterBubble Beam98100%20
- After Morty
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Jasmine
- TM40FlyingAerial Ace90100%20
- LV 40FlyingBounce12885%5
- After Clair
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- LV 49WaterHydro Pump16580%5
- After Brock
- TM26GroundEarthquake100100%10
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
How to Get Mantyke in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Mantyke doesn't appear in the wild, so the 2-stage path to Mantyke starts at the nursery. Catch Mantine first, breed for Mantyke, then evolve through the chain.
How to Obtain Mantyke in HGSS
Step 1Mantyke ✓Breed from Mantine at the Day Care.
Step 2Catch or Evolve into MantineRoute 41Lv.15-25Surfing on waterHeartGoldRate 10%or evolve from Mantyke (Step 1)
Mantyke Weakness
Type-wise, Mantyke 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. The Water/Flying typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Water Absorb grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Mantyke's special bulk (base 120 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 Mantyke Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Mantyke
Raikou Electric | B | |
Zapdos Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodRoute 10 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mantyke View Zapdos builds →Thunderbolt 4x190-223%KO Ancient Power 2x40-48% | ||
Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
Ampharos Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mantyke View Ampharos builds →Thunderbolt 4x174-205%KO Power Gem 2x43-51% | ||
Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Rotom can KO Mantyke with Thunderbolt (165-194%).
Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemChoice Scarf NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Mantyke View Rotom builds →Thunderbolt 4x165-194%KO Shadow Ball36-43% | ||
Mantyke Evolutions
Mantyke starts the chain as a baby form and evolves into Mantine through a special condition. To get more eggs, breed the evolved versions. Evolving adds up to 140 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
HGSS Mantyke Best Moveset
Water/Flying baby at 120 Sp. Def absorbing special attacks far above its evolution stage. 20 Attack means no offensive capacity. Evolve to Mantine.
Best Build
Mantyke best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Attacker Moveset
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Rain Dance
- Hidden Power Electric
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Haze and Hydro Pump aren't available any other way for Mantyke, 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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When it swims close to the surface of the ocean, people aboard ships are able to observe the pattern on its back.
Mantyke HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, For a casual playthrough, Mantyke works as a placeholder. Water/Flying coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Mantine. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Mantyke appears in 12 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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 7LGPE

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