Is Meditite Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Route 211 at level 13, early-game access. Fighting/Psychic with AbilityPure Power doubling Attack. Medicham at level 37 makes that doubled Attack devastating. One of the best Fighting-types available during the story.
Meditite has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Fantina's team hits Meditite's weaknesses hard.
Meditite has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake'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 trades roughly evenly with 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 Jupiter'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 Saturn's team.
Medicham trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Meditite in Mt. Coronet (walking, Lv 14-16, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- After Fantina
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 32FightingHigh Jump KickPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 20
- After Maylene
- TUTORPsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15Route 212
- TM60FightingDrain PunchPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Maylene
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- 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
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- After Fantina
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- 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
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Meditite in Platinum
Meditite ranges widely through Mt Coronet and the nearby mountain routes, common in the grass with levels that climb the deeper you go. The night spawns thin out a little compared to the daytime ones.
4 locations to catch Meditite
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 6Where To Catch Meditite in Pt
Meditite is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 13-35. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Meditite ✓Route 211 - WestLv.13-15GrassRate 40%Morning/dayRoute 211 - WestLv.13GrassRate 20%NightMt. Coronet - Route 211 EntranceLv.14-16CaveRate 20%Morning/dayRoute 211 - EastLv.27-29GrassRate 40%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - Route 207 EntranceLv.18-20CaveRate 20%Morning/dayRoute 210 - NorthLv.27-29GrassRate 20%Morning/dayRoute 211 - EastLv.27GrassRate 20%NightMt. Coronet - Route 211 EntranceLv.16CaveRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - Route 207 EntranceLv.20CaveRate 10%NightRoute 210 - NorthLv.29GrassRate 10%NightRoute 216Lv.32-33GrassRate 20%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - B1FLv.33-35CaveRate 20%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - Route 216 EntranceLv.33-35CaveRate 20%Morning/dayRoute 216Lv.33GrassRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - B1FLv.35CaveRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - Route 216 EntranceLv.35CaveRate 10%Night
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into MedichamMt. Coronet - 3FLv.37-39CaveRate 21%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - 2FLv.37-39CaveRate 20%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - 4FLv.37-39CaveRate 20%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - 5FLv.37-39CaveRate 20%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - 6FLv.37-39CaveRate 20%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - 7FLv.37-39CaveRate 20%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - Top CaveLv.37-39CaveRate 20%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - SummitLv.38-40CaveRate 20%Morning/dayMt. Coronet - 3FLv.38-39CaveRate 11%NightMt. Coronet - 2FLv.39CaveRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - 4FLv.39CaveRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - 5FLv.39CaveRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - 6FLv.39CaveRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - 7FLv.39CaveRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - Top CaveLv.39CaveRate 10%NightMt. Coronet - SummitLv.40CaveRate 10%Nightor evolve from Meditite (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Meditite catch odds in the Platinum Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Meditite in Platinum
Meditite meditates in the morning grass of Route 210 and Route 211, so chain it to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Meditite odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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 | |
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Drifblim builds →Shadow Ball 2x121-144%KO Fly 2x125-148%KO | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Golbat builds →Fly 2x125-148%KO Shadow Ball 2x63-76% | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Noctowl builds →Sky Attack 2x135-161%KO Shadow Ball 2x76-90% | ||
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Beautifly builds →Shadow Ball 2x86-101%KO Gust 2x68-80% | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Mothim builds →Shadow Ball 2x83-99% Gust 2x63-76% | ||
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Butterfree builds →Shadow Ball 2x80-96% Gust 2x63-76% | ||
 Swablu Normal | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Swablu builds →Fly 2x79-93% Astonish 2x18-23% | ||
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.
Pt Meditite Best Moveset
Doubling 40 Attack to 80 through AbilityPure Power is the entire identity. The moveset has physical Fighting attacks but 30 HP can't take a hit. Evolve to Medicham.
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 12-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
Base Stats
It always trains deep in mountains. It levitates when it heightens its spiritual power through meditation.
Meditite Platinum Guide
For Platinum, 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
Winds & Waves
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