Is Minun Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Electric with AbilityMinus pairing with Plus for doubles boosts. Same problem as Plusle. Sinnoh is a singles game. The gimmick has no stage.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Minun has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Minun has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Minun has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Minun has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Bertha's team hits Minun's weaknesses hard.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Minun has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Minun resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Minun has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Minun in Trophy Garden (walking, Lv 16-18, rare). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 16)
- LV 16ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 215
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Iron Island
- LV 38ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- After Volkner
- TM57ElectricCharge BeamPower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Prize for defeating Volkner
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Diamond & Pearl Minun Locations
Minun walks the same Trophy Garden as Plusle, a rare level 16 catch behind the National Dex gate. The cheer pair turns up together in that one postgame garden and nowhere else.
1 location to catch Minun
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Best Locations to Catch Minun in Diamond & Pearl
How to Get Shiny Minun in Diamond & Pearl
Minun scampers the same Trophy Garden grass, so a steady PokeRadar chain lands its shiny at the 1 in 200 rate. Compare Shiny Minun odds across every game
Shiny Minun Evolution
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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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Minun already selected.
Minun Weakness
Minun is weak to Ground. Its Electric typing keeps the defensive matchups simple. Minun's special bulk (base 85 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Flying, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Minun Weak Against
Good
Minun Evolutions
Minun is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through one egg group with a decent partner pool. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 4 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Minun easily with 35 breeding partners from the Fairy egg group. Pass egg moves like Sing, Substitute, Sweet Kiss and 1 more to offspring.
DP Minun Best Moveset
Same deal as Plusle but with 85 Sp. Def instead of 85 Sp. Atk. The moveset is slightly more defensive but even weaker offensively. AbilityMinus boosts Sp. Atk in doubles when paired with Plusle.
Best Build
Minun best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder
- Discharge
- Nasty Plot
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Minun. Sing and Substitute come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Thunder and Thunderbolt and Normal and Dark coverage and more.
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
25 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It cheers on friends. If its friends are losing, its body lets off more and more sparks.
Minun Diamond & Pearl Guide
For Diamond & Pearl, it depends on your team. Minun rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Electric coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
Yes. Minun is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Minun becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
Game Availability
Minun first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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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