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.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Hatch
Hatch Mantyke from an Egg you breed on Route 34.
Recommended Moves
- LV 10WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 40FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 49WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Mantyke to Mantine
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Whitney, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 17)
- LV 17WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%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
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 40FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 49WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
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.
Catch Mantine at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Mantyke.
Encountered via Surfing
- 1Catch Mantyke
- 2
Badge 4How to Obtain Mantyke in HGSS
- Step 1Mantyke ✓
Breed from Mantine at the Day Care.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Mantineor evolve from Mantyke (Step 1)
How to Get Shiny Mantyke in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Mantyke hatches from Mantine, so run the Masuda Method with a foreign parent for a shiny of its own. Compare Shiny Mantyke odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Mantyke Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here 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.
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Mantyke.
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) | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mantyke View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x376-443%KO Thunderbolt 4x74-88% | ||
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mantyke View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 4x130-154%KO Rollout 2x21-24% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Pewter City Gift) | ||
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
All 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
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 6 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 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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