Is Mismagius Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Pearl-exclusive. Dusk Stone evolution from Eterna Forest's Misdreavus. Pure Ghost with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. Mismagius handles Maylene and Fantina. Fast special attacker. One of the best Pearl-exclusive Pokemon available.
Misdreavus trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Mismagius trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Mismagius has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Mismagius has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Mismagius has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Mismagius trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Mismagius has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Mismagius trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Mismagius has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Mismagius has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Mismagius trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Mismagius has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Mismagius has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Mismagius has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Mismagius resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Mismagius trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Misdreavus
Catch Misdreavus in Eterna Forest (walking, Lv 10-11, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lake Valor
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 37GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
Evolve Misdreavus to Mismagius
Misdreavus evolves into Mismagius with a Dusk Stone. Post-Game: You can pick up the Dusk Stone in Victory Road. Available after obtaining the National Pokédex.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lake Valor
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Mismagius in Diamond & Pearl
Mismagius cannot be caught wild here. Use a Dusk Stone on a Misdreavus, the Pearl-side ghost from Eterna Forest, so Diamond players trade for the line before evolving it.
Catch Misdreavus at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Mismagius.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Misdreavus
- 2Evolve MismagiusUse Dusk Stone
Badge 1
Badge 2How to Obtain Mismagius in DP
To get Mismagius, start by catching Misdreavus through walking encounters at Lv. 10-21. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Mismagius ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Misdreavus egg.
How to Get Shiny Mismagius in Diamond & Pearl
Mismagius needs a Dusk Stone, so chain a shiny Misdreavus in Eterna Forest at night first, then evolve it. Compare Shiny Mismagius odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Mismagius 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Mismagius already selected.
Mismagius Weakness
Ghost and Dark moves hit Mismagius for super-effective damage. The upside? Normal and Fighting-type moves can't touch it at all. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Mismagius's special bulk (base 105 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Normal, Fighting |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Mismagius Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Mismagius
 Giratina GhostDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodTurnback Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Giratina builds →Shadow Force 2x151-178%KO Dark Pulse 2x44-52% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x126-149%KO Shadow Claw 2x74-88% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Weavile builds →Night Slash 2x104-123%KO Shadow Claw 2x70-82% | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Honchkrow builds →Night Slash 2x107-126%KO Shadow Ball 2x46-54% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Cacturne builds →Sucker Punch 2x114-135%KO | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Drapion builds →Crunch 2x94-110%KO Shadow Ball 2x29-35% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Shiftry builds →Dark Pulse 2x61-71% Shadow Ball 2x40-48% | ||
 Skuntank PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Skuntank builds →Night Slash 2x84-99% Shadow Claw 2x56-66% | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Spiritomb builds →Sucker Punch 2x95-112%KO Shadow Ball 2x62-73% | ||
 Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Banette builds →Shadow Claw 2x101-118%KO Sucker Punch 2x76-90% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x81-96% Dark Pulse 2x54-64% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Drifblim builds →Shadow Ball 2x61-71% Payback 2x36-42% | ||
Misdreavus Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Misdreavus builds →Shadow Ball 2x58-68% Dark Pulse 2x38-45% | ||
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mismagius View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x71-84% Dark Pulse 2x46-55% | ||
Mismagius Evolutions
Mismagius doesn't evolve through normal leveling. You'll need an evolution item to get here from Misdreavus's line. Breed this form to get Misdreavus eggs (average hatch time). Evolving from Misdreavus gave Mismagius the biggest boost in Sp.Atk (+20), bringing the total to 495 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Mismagius to get Misdreavus eggs easily using 31 partners from the Amorphous egg group. Notable egg moves include Curse, Destiny Bond, Imprison and 7 more.
DP Mismagius Best Moveset
105 in Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed all at once makes Mismagius a clean special attacker with respectable bulk and speed. AbilityLevitate blocks Ground, and the moveset runs special Ghost attacks and coverage. Balanced enough to fit multiple team roles.
Best Build
Mismagius best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power Fighting
- Nasty Plot
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Mismagius misses out on Curse and Destiny Bond. That's 10 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Shadow Ball and Ominous Wind, with Grass and Psychic coverage and more rounding things out.
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
38 of 43 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Its cries sound like incantations. Those hearing it are tormented by headaches and hallucinations.
It chants incantations. While they usually torment targets, some chants bring happiness.
Mismagius Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Mismagius as a sweeper. Special attacks are the main output. It outspeeds most threats,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Timid on Mismagius. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the sweeper role.
Game Availability
Mismagius has been available in 12 games since Diamond & Pearl, though obtaining it requires an item-based evolution. This extra step makes it less common than Pokemon found through standard wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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