Is Masquerain Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Surskit evolves at level 22. Bug/Flying with AbilityIntimidate for Attack reduction. Decent special Attack but frail. The typing has too many weaknesses. Outclassed by other Bug and Flying options.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Masquerain resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Masquerain's weaknesses hard.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's team hits Masquerain's weaknesses hard.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Blaine's team hits Masquerain's weaknesses hard.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Masquerain in the Safari Zone (Surf, Lv 42). Requires 10 Water objects placed in Meadow.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 42)
- LV 42BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 47FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- LV 61BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Masquerain in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Raise a bred Surskit to level 22 and Masquerain appears. The whole line leans on the Day-Care, because neither stage turns up in the grass on its own.
Wild Masquerain may be holding when caught:
Silver Powder (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a shiny, silver powder that ups the power of Bug-type moves.1 location to catch Masquerain1 location to catch Surskit
Encountered via Surfing
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Surskit at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 22 — it evolves into Masquerain.
Badge 8Where To Catch Masquerain in HGSS
The path to Masquerain starts with Surskit at Lv. 40-46 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Masquerain ✓or evolve from Surskit (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Masquerain.
How to Get Shiny Masquerain in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Masquerain evolves from Surskit, so breed that base form Masuda-style and raise it once the shiny shows. Compare Shiny Masquerain odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Masquerain 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Masquerain.
Masquerain Weakness
Masquerain is weak to Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying. Watch out for Rock attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Ground-type moves entirely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Rock |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Electric, Ice, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Masquerain Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Masquerain
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Raikou Electric | B | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x78-92% Thunderbolt 2x51-61% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Ampharos builds →Thunderbolt 2x98-117%KO Fire Punch 2x46-55% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Move Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Slide 4x173-203%KO | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Typhlosion builds →Fire Blast 2x120-141%KO Rock Tomb 4x67-79% Aerial Ace 2x40-48% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x109-129%KO Thunder Fang 2x53-63% Aerial Ace 2x49-58% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Skarmory builds →Fly 2x86-102%KO Rock Tomb 4x64-76% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
 Magcargo FireRock | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Slugma (Violet City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Magcargo builds →Ancient Power 4x105-124%KO Fire Blast 2x101-119%KO | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Pupitar RockGround | C | |
Masquerain Evolutions
Masquerain is what Surskit becomes. Breed it for Surskit eggs (quick to hatch). A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolution from Surskit pushed Masquerain to 414 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +30. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Masquerain to get Surskit eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Bug Bite, Foresight, Hydro Pump and 4 more.
HGSS Masquerain Best Moveset
Bug/Flying with AbilityIntimidate cutting opposing Attack on every switch, unusual for a special attacker. 100 Sp. Atk fires special Bug attacks from behind the Intimidate switch-in. 25% HP from MoveStealth Rock per switch and 80 Speed are the limitations.
Best Build
Masquerain best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Air Slash
- Agility
- Baton Pass
- Hydro Pump
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Masquerain gets Bug Bite and Foresight exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Coverage across 9 types rounds out the picture alongside Bug Buzz and Air Slash.
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 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It flaps its four wings to hover and fly freely in any direction--to and fro and sideways.
Masquerain HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- How do I catch Masquerain in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Masquerain in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Masquerain from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Masquerain easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Masquerain in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Silver Powder (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Silver Powder.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, it depends on your team. Masquerain rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Bug/Flying coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Masquerain plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully. Set up with Agility when you get a free turn.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Modest is the go-to nature for Masquerain. That's +Sp. Atk / -Attack. Pair it with 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Masquerain appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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
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