Is Marowak Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Thick Club doubles Marowak's Attack to ridiculous levels. If imported with the right item, Marowak hits as hard as anything in the game. Handles Volkner and Flint. But getting both Marowak and Thick Club into Sinnoh requires specific planning.
Cubone has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Gardenia's team hits Cubone's weaknesses hard.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Cubone
Catch Cubone on Route 203 (walking, Lv 4, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM75NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Veilstone Game Corner
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 43NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Cubone to Marowak
Cubone evolves into Marowak at Level 28. Your Cubone should hit Level 28 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 53NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Marowak in Diamond & Pearl
Catch a swarm Cubone and raise it to level 28, because Marowak has no wild spot in Diamond or Pearl. The whole line hinges on hitting that one Cubone swarm window.
Wild Marowak may be holding when caught:
Thick Club (5% chance) Doubles Cubone or Marowak’s Attack.Catch Cubone at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Marowak.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Cubone
- 2Evolve Marowakat Lv.28
How to Obtain Marowak in DP
- Step 1Catch Cubone
- Step 2Marowak ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Cubone egg.
How to Get Shiny Marowak in Diamond & Pearl
Marowak only comes by evolution, so chain a shiny Cubone on Route 203 and raise it into its bone-wielder. Compare Shiny Marowak odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Marowak 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Marowak preloaded.
Marowak Weakness
Water, Grass, and Ice moves hit Marowak for super-effective damage. The upside? Electric-type moves can't touch it at all. Lightning Rod grants an additional Electric immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Marowak's physical bulk (base 110 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Marowak Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Marowak
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Wormadam BugGrass | C | |
 Grotle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
 Lombre WaterGrass | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Lombre builds →Solar Beam 2x86-102%KO Ice Beam 2x46-54% Water Pulse 2x45-53% | ||
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Budew GrassPoison | C | |
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Gastrodon builds →Ice Beam 2x61-73% Water Pulse 2x60-71% | ||
 Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Floatzel builds →Ice Beam 2x58-68% Water Pulse 2x56-67% | ||
 Prinplup Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Prinplup builds →Bubble Beam 2x60-71% Ice Beam 2x55-66% | ||
 Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Bibarel builds →Ice Beam 2x44-52% Water Pulse 2x41-49% | ||
 Omanyte RockWater | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Omanyte builds →Brine 2x62-74% Ice Beam 2x61-73% | ||
 Surskit BugWater | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Surskit builds →Solar Beam 2x49-59% Bubble Beam 2x41-49% Ice Beam 2x40-47% | ||
Marowak Evolutions
Marowak is the evolved form of Cubone. Breeding produces Cubone eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Cubone gave Marowak the biggest boost in Attack (+30), bringing the total to 425 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Marowak to get Cubone eggs easily using 63 partners from the Monster egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Belly Drum, Double Kick and 6 more.
DP Marowak Best Moveset
Doubling Attack from 80 to an effective 160 through Held ItemThick Club gives Marowak one of the highest physical damage outputs available from a single item. The moveset builds around MoveEarthquake and physical coverage at that boosted power. 45 Speed means always going second, but very few targets survive the hit.
Best Build
Marowak best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Fire Punch
- Earthquake
- Bonemerang
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Marowak picks up Ancient Power and Belly Drum only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Earthquake and Dig while coverage across 8 types adds range.
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
41 of 42 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
From its birth, this savage Pokémon constantly holds bones. It is skilled in using them as weapons.
Marowak Diamond & Pearl Guide
For Diamond & Pearl, it depends on your team. Marowak rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Ground coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
Marowak has an Alolan form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 7. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Marowak as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Adamant on Marowak. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
For Diamond & Pearl, build your team around Misdreavus, Bastiodon, and Chimecho. These have the highest co-usage rates with Marowak in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
Game Availability
Marowak first appeared in Red & Blue and spans 20 games across 9 generations. It later gained an Alolan form in Generation 7, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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 7SMAlolan
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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