Is Medicham Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Meditite evolves at level 37. AbilityPure Power doubles the Attack stat. One of the strongest Fighting options if sourced from the Safari Zone.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Meditite has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Meditite has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Meditite has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Medicham trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Medicham trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Sabrina's team hits Medicham's weaknesses hard.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Medicham trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Will's team hits Meditite's weaknesses hard.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Meditite has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Meditite's weaknesses hard.
Catch Meditite
Catch Meditite in Sprout Tower (walking, Lv 5, uncommon). Sinnoh Sound.
Recommended Moves
- LV 8PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- TM60FightingDrain PunchPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 39
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 29FightingForce PalmPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 32FightingHigh Jump KickPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 20
Evolve Meditite to Medicham
Meditite evolves into Medicham at Level 37. Your Meditite should hit Level 37 before you reach Brock, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 37)
- LV 37FightingHigh Jump KickPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 20
- LV 37FightingForce PalmPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- TM60FightingDrain PunchPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 39
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
How to Get Medicham in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Medicham arrives once a radio-caught Meditite reaches level 37, so that one Sinnoh Sound catch does the work up front.
1 location to catch Medicham3 locations to catch Meditite
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Meditite at any of the 3 locations below, then level it up to 37 — it evolves into Medicham.
Badge 8Where To Catch Medicham in HGSS
Meditite is your first catch on the way to Medicham. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 5-44 across 26 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Catch MedititeSprout TowerLv.5FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundBurned Tower - 1FLv.15FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundBurned Tower - B1FLv.16FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundBell Tower - 2FLv.22FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundBell Tower - 3FLv.22FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundBell Tower - 4FLv.22FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundBell Tower - 5FLv.22FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundBell Tower - 6FLv.22FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundBell Tower - 7FLv.22FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundBell Tower - 8FLv.22FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundBell Tower - 9FLv.22FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundBell Tower - 10FLv.22FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh Sound
- Step 2Medicham ✓or evolve from Meditite (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Medicham.
How to Get Shiny Medicham in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Medicham evolves from Meditite, so breed that base form Masuda-style and raise it once the shiny shows. Compare Shiny Medicham odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Medicham 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 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
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Altaria builds →Fly 2x72-86% Astonish 2x18-21% | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Xatu builds →Fly 2x77-91% Shadow Ball 2x54-64% | ||
 Farfetch'd Normal | C | |
 Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
 Pidgeot Normal | C | |
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Yanmega builds →Shadow Ball 2x63-75% Aerial Ace 2x52-62% | ||
 Fearow Normal | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Ninjask builds →Aerial Ace 2x59-70% Shadow Ball 2x35-41% | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Noctowl builds →Sky Attack 2x88-104%KO Shadow Ball 2x51-61% | ||
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
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.
HGSS Medicham Best Moveset
Fighting/Psychic with AbilityPure Power doubling 60 Attack to an effective 120, hitting harder than the base stats suggest. The moveset fires physical Fighting and Psychic coverage with real power. 80 Speed outruns most defensive targets. 60 HP is the main fragility.
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
Egg moves make a real difference. Medicham gets Baton Pass and Bullet Punch exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Coverage across 9 types rounds out the picture alongside Focus Punch and High Jump Kick.
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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Through yoga training, it gained the psychic power to predict its foe’s next move.
Medicham HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- How do I catch Medicham in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Medicham 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 Medicham from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Medicham easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Mega Evolution isn't available in HeartGold & SoulSilver, but Medicham does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Medicham hits 510 BST.
Yes. Medicham is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Medicham becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Medicham plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
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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