Is Marowak Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Cubone evolves at level 28. Held ItemThick Club doubles Marowak's Attack to devastating levels. Ground-type handles Volkner and Flint's five Fire-types. The effort to source a Cubone pays off handsomely.
Cubone has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Gardenia's team hits Cubone's weaknesses hard.
Fantina'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 resists most of Byron's coverage and hits back hard.
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 has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with 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 resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Mars'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 (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM75NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Veilstone Game Corner
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 43NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- 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
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 53NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Marowak in Platinum
Cubone evolves into Marowak at level 28, and nothing wild substitutes. That ties Marowak to catching Cubone during its single Sandgem 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
Badge 1How to Obtain Marowak in Pt
- Step 2Marowak ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Cubone egg.
How to Get Shiny Marowak in Platinum
Marowak never appears wild, so chain a Cubone on Route 203 to 40 for a shiny and level it up. Compare Shiny Marowak odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Wormadam BugGrass | C | |
 Roselia GrassPoison | B | |
 Grotle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Prinplup Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Omanyte RockWater | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Lombre WaterGrass | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Lombre builds →Bubble Beam 2x47-56% Giga Drain 2x44-52% | ||
 Buizel Water | C | |
 Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
 Psyduck Water | D | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing | ||
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Shellos Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing | ||
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.
Pt Marowak Best Moveset
Effective 160 Attack through Held ItemThick Club is higher than almost any Pokemon in the game, and MoveEarthquake at that power tears through anything that doesn't resist Ground. The moveset is entirely dependent on that one item, and losing it ends the threat.
Best Build
Marowak best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Fire Punch
- Earthquake
- Bonemerang
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Marowak can hit 11 types beyond STAB, including Normal and Dark. The offense anchors on Earthquake and Earth Power while TMs handle everything else.
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
40 of 42 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
From its birth, this savage Pokémon constantly holds bones. It is skilled in using them as weapons.
Marowak Platinum Guide
For Platinum, 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 Platinum, use Marowak as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Platinum, run Adamant on Marowak. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
For Platinum, 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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