Is Meditite Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Fighting/Psychic with AbilityPure Power doubling Attack. Medicham at 37 turns modest base stats into real damage. If imported, handles Byron and Candice with Fighting that hits like a much stronger Pokemon.
Meditite has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Meditite has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Meditite 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 has the type edge here and should clean up 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 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
Evolve Meditite to Medicham
Meditite evolves into Medicham at Level 37. Your Meditite should hit Level 37 before you reach Byron, at typical leveling pace.
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
How to Get Meditite in Diamond & Pearl
Meditite is all over Mt. Coronet, common to uncommon across seven spots from level 12 up. The yoga Pokemon climbs alongside you as you scale the mountain, with rarity shifting by time of day.
7 locations to catch Meditite
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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The line opens with Meditite at Lv. 12-35 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Meditite ✓Route 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 2Catch or Evolve into MedichamAcuity 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)
Bring the right balls: check Meditite catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Meditite in Diamond & Pearl
Meditite meditates along Route 208 and Route 210 and the Acuity Lakefront, where a PokeRadar chain secures its shiny. Compare Shiny Meditite odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Meditite 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Meditite in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Meditite Weakness
Meditite's Fighting/Psychic typing leaves it vulnerable to Flying and Ghost. Few weaknesses and 2 resistances make the typing clean. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| 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 Meditite Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Meditite
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Murkrow builds →Fly 2x136-161%KO Shadow Ball 2x81-96% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Drifblim builds →Shadow Ball 2x128-152%KO Fly 2x133-157%KO | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Golbat builds →Fly 2x133-157%KO Shadow Ball 2x67-81% | ||
 Misdreavus Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Misdreavus builds →Shadow Ball 2x121-143%KO Aerial Ace 2x48-57% | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Yanmega builds →Shadow Ball 2x103-122%KO Aerial Ace 2x87-103%KO | ||
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Noctowl builds →Sky Attack 2x143-170%KO Shadow Ball 2x81-96% | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Mothim builds →Aerial Ace 2x101-121%KO Shadow Ball 2x88-104%KO | ||
Meditite Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Meditite grows into Medicham through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 130 total stats over Meditite. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Meditite easily with 39 breeding partners from the Human-Like egg group. Pass egg moves like Baton Pass, Bullet Punch, Dynamic Punch and 8 more to offspring.
DP Meditite Best Moveset
Attack doubles from 40 to an effective 80 through AbilityPure Power, decent for an unevolved Pokemon. The moveset previews Medicham's doubled-Attack style but needs the evolution's stats. Medicham is where Pure Power devastates.
Best Build
Meditite best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Bullet Punch
- Zen Headbutt
- High Jump Kick
- Fake Out
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
STAB runs through Focus Punch and High Jump Kick for the basics, but Meditite's real strength is the 10-type coverage spread. Normal and Dark hit common defensive types, and the movepool keeps going.
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
36 of 39 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It eats just one berry a day. By enduring hunger, its spirit is tempered and made sharper.
It never misses its daily yoga workouts, and it heightens its spiritual power through meditation.
Meditite Diamond & Pearl Guide
For Diamond & Pearl, you can run Meditite through the first few routes without issues. 280 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Medicham as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Meditite spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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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