Is Mightyena Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Poochyena evolves at level 18. Dark-type with AbilityIntimidate dropping Attack. Handles Fantina and Lucian through Dark type advantage. PokeRadar timing makes the whole chain postgame.
Poochyena has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Poochyena trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Poochyena has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Maylene's team hits Poochyena's weaknesses hard.
Mightyena trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Mightyena trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Mightyena has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Mightyena has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Mightyena's weaknesses hard.
Mightyena trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Mightyena trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Mightyena trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Mightyena has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Mightyena has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Mightyena trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Cynthia's team hits Mightyena's weaknesses hard.
Catch Poochyena
Catch Poochyena on Route 214 (Poké Radar, Lv 23-24, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 23)
- LV 23DarkBitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Fantina
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- LV 29DarkAssurancePower 75Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 45NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 49DarkSucker PunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- LV 53DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Poochyena to Mightyena
Poochyena evolves into Mightyena at Level 18. You get it at Level 23 or higher, past Level 18, so it evolves into Mightyena the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 18)
- LV 18DarkBitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- LV 62DarkSucker PunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Mightyena in Platinum
Mightyena has no encounters of its own, so the Poochyena radar chain on Route 214 is where the line starts. Catch one and evolve it at level 18.
Wild Mightyena may be holding when caught:
Pecha Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when poisoned to cure poison.Catch Poochyena at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Mightyena.
- 1Catch Poochyena
- 2Evolve Mightyenaat Lv.18
Badge 5How to Obtain Mightyena in Pt
- Step 2Mightyena ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Poochyena egg.
How to Get Shiny Mightyena in Platinum
Mightyena comes by leveling, so chain a Poochyena on Route 214 to 40 for a shiny and raise it up. Compare Shiny Mightyena odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Mightyena 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 Mightyena in the Platinum Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Mightyena Weakness
Type-wise, Mightyena takes extra damage from Fighting and Bug. Psychic moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ghost, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Mightyena Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Mightyena
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mightyena View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x188-222%KO Megahorn 2x151-178%KO | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mightyena View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x161-190%KO U-turn 2x51-60% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mightyena View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x165-194%KO X-Scissor 2x59-69% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mightyena View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x188-222%KO X-Scissor 2x67-79% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mightyena View Pinsir builds →Focus Punch 2x125-148%KO X-Scissor 2x101-119%KO | ||
 Forretress BugSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mightyena View Forretress builds →Bug Bite 2x59-69% Rock Smash 2x26-31% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mightyena View Armaldo builds →X-Scissor 2x101-119%KO Brick Break 2x63-74% | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mightyena View Scyther builds →X-Scissor 2x91-107%KO Brick Break 2x57-67% | ||
 Riolu Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodIron Island Gift | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
Mightyena Evolutions
Evolved from Poochyena. Mightyena is the final form in this two-stage line. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+35 over Poochyena), and Mightyena peaks at 420 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Mightyena to get Poochyena eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Astonish, Covet, Fire Fang and 7 more.
Pt Mightyena Best Moveset
70 Speed and 70 in both defenses mean the moveset takes hits but can't avoid them. 90 Attack fires physical Dark attacks at middling power, and AbilityIntimidate on the switch cuts opposing Attack. Fragile and outclassed.
Best Build
Mightyena best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Crunch
- Ice Fang
- Fire Fang
- Sucker Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Astonish and Covet give Mightyena options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 9 types already covers a decent range on top of Dark Pulse and Crunch. The egg moves push it further.
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
32 of 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It chases down prey in a pack. It will never disobey the commands of a skilled Trainer.
Mightyena Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Mightyena can work for a story run. It rates C-Tier, a middle-of-the-pack pick, so the Dark typing decides whether it earns a team slot.
In Platinum, Mightyena plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Crunch is the primary attack.
In Platinum, Adamant is the go-to nature for Mightyena. That's +Attack / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
In Platinum, Mightyena pairs best with Kangaskhan, Mantine, and Camerupt. Kangaskhan has Good synergy and covers what Mightyena can't handle on its own.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Mightyena spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of 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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