Is Medicham Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityPure Power doubles Attack. The physical/special split means Medicham can use physical Fighting and psychic special attacks on their proper stats. If imported, handles Byron, Candice, and Bertha. Lucario competes for the slot natively.
Medicham resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Medicham resists most of Maylene's coverage and hits back hard.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Medicham trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Medicham trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Medicham trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Medicham trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Medicham in Mt. Coronet (walking, Lv 37, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 37)
- LV 37FightingHigh Jump KickPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Catch Meditite
Catch Meditite in Mt. Coronet (walking, Lv 13-14, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- LV 29FightingForce PalmPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Maylene
- TM60FightingDrain PunchPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Maylene
- LV 32FightingHigh Jump KickPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Medicham in Diamond & Pearl
Medicham takes over the higher reaches of Mt. Coronet, common to uncommon across four spots in the 30s and 40s. You can catch the evolved form deeper in rather than raising a Meditite up.
4 locations to catch Medicham7 locations to catch Meditite
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Catch Meditite at any of the 7 locations below, then level it up to 37 — it evolves into Medicham.
Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6Where To Catch Medicham in DP
Meditite is your first catch on the way to Medicham. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 12-52 across 64 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Catch MedititeRoute 211 - WestLv.12-14GrassRate 35%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - Route 211 EntranceLv.13-14CaveRate 25%Route 211 - WestLv.13-14GrassRate 25%NightMt. Coronet - Route 207 EntranceLv.15CaveRate 10%Route 211 - EastLv.27-28GrassRate 35%Route 210 - NorthLv.24-26GrassRate 30%Morning/dayRoute 208Lv.16-17GrassRate 20%Morning/dayRoute 210 - NorthLv.25-26GrassRate 20%NightRoute 208Lv.17GrassRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - B1FLv.31-32CaveRate 25%Mt. Coronet - Route 216 EntranceLv.31-32CaveRate 25%Route 216Lv.33-34GrassRate 20%Morning/dayRoute 216Lv.34GrassRate 10%NightAcuity LakefrontLv.35GrassRate 10%Morning/dayRoute 217Lv.35GrassRate 10%Morning/day
- Step 2Medicham ✓Acuity LakefrontLv.35-36GrassRate 20%Route 217Lv.35-36GrassRate 20%Mt. Coronet - SummitLv.39-40CaveRate 20%Morning/dayVictory Road - 1FLv.44-46CaveRate 15%Victory Road - B1FLv.44-46CaveRate 15%Victory Road - 2FLv.45-47CaveRate 15%Mt. Coronet - 2FLv.37CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 3FLv.37CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 4F Room 1Lv.39CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 4F Room 3Lv.39CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - SummitLv.40CaveRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - Top CaveLv.40CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 5FLv.41CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 6FLv.41CaveRate 10%Victory Road - Nat Dex AreaLv.50-52CaveRate 15%Victory Road - Nat Dex Area B1FLv.50-52CaveRate 15%Victory Road - Nat Dex Exit AreaLv.50-52CaveRate 15%or evolve from Meditite (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Medicham.
How to Get Shiny Medicham in Diamond & Pearl
Medicham roams Route 217 and Victory Road, so a PokeRadar chain in that grass reaches its 1 in 200 shiny. Compare Shiny Medicham odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Medicham 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Medicham.
Medicham Weakness
Medicham is weak to Flying and Ghost. Not many exploitable gaps in the Fighting/Psychic typing defensive chart. Medicham's Fighting/Psychic typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Ghost |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Rock |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Medicham Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Medicham
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x60-70% Aerial Ace 2x34-41% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Farfetch'd Normal | C | |
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Yanmega builds →Air Slash 2x90-107%KO Shadow Ball 2x64-76% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Murkrow builds →Fly 2x83-98% Shadow Ball 2x50-59% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Drifblim builds →Shadow Ball 2x79-93% Fly 2x79-93% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Golbat builds →Fly 2x79-93% Shadow Ball 2x39-47% | ||
 Misdreavus Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Misdreavus builds →Shadow Ball 2x75-89% Aerial Ace 2x30-35% | ||
Medicham Evolutions
Medicham is what Meditite becomes. Breed it for Meditite eggs (average hatch time). A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Meditite pushed Medicham to 410 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +30. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Medicham to get Meditite eggs easily using 39 partners from the Human-Like egg group. Notable egg moves include Baton Pass, Bullet Punch, Dynamic Punch and 8 more.
DP Medicham Best Moveset
60 Attack doubled to 120 through AbilityPure Power makes Medicham hit like a Pokemon with much higher base stats. Fighting/Psychic coverage on the physical side is strong, and 80 Speed is decent. The moveset's main limitation is 60 HP and 75 defenses, leaving it fragile despite the offensive power.
Best Build
Medicham best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Punch
- High Jump Kick
- Zen Headbutt
- Fake Out
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
High Jump Kick and Dream Eater bring the raw damage. But Medicham also picks up coverage across 10 types from TMs, making it tough to find a safe switch. You're not locked into one angle here.
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
38 of 42 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Through yoga training, it has honed its sixth sense. Its movements are elegant.
Through daily meditation, it hones its spiritual power. It can sense what others are thinking.
Medicham Diamond & Pearl Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Diamond & Pearl, but Medicham does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Medicham hits 510 BST.
In Diamond & Pearl, Medicham plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Jolly is the go-to nature for Medicham. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Available since Ruby & Sapphire, Medicham appears in 15 games spanning 7 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Mega form in Generation 6.
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 6ORASMega
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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