Is Ninjask Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilitySpeed Boost gains Speed every turn. Transfer-only. If imported, nothing in Sinnoh outspeeds Ninjask after two rounds. The Speed compounding creates situations no native Pokemon can replicate.
Nincada trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Ninjask has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Gardenia:
Ninjask has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
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Ninjask has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
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Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
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Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
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Ninjask has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
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Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
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Ninjask has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
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Ninjask has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
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Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
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Ninjask has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
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Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
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Ninjask has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
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Ninjask has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
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Ninjask has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
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Catch Nincada
Catch Nincada in Eterna Forest (Poké Radar, Lv 10-12, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 45GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Nincada to Ninjask
Nincada evolves into Ninjask at Level 20. Your Nincada should hit Level 20 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 25NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- LV 52BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Nincada to Shedinja
Nincada evolves into Shedinja at Level 20. Your Nincada should hit Level 20 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- After Fantina
- TM81BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 221
- TM65GhostShadow ClawPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Gym Leader Fantina at Hearthome City
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 59GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Ninjask in Diamond & Pearl
Ninjask has no wild encounter here. Level a Poke Radar Nincada to 20, the speed-demon half of an evolution that also drops a Shedinja into any open party slot you leave for it.
Catch Nincada at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Ninjask.
- 1Catch Nincada
- 2Evolve Ninjaskat Lv.20
Badge 1How to Obtain Ninjask in DP
- Step 2Ninjask ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Nincada egg.
How to Get Shiny Ninjask in Diamond & Pearl
Ninjask bursts from an evolving Nincada, so chain that shiny in Eterna Forest and evolve it up. Compare Shiny Ninjask odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Ninjask 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Ninjask preloaded.
Ninjask Weakness
Ninjask's Bug/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying. Rock hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Ground-type attacks completely. At base 160 Speed, Ninjask outspeeds most threats and doesn't need to tank what it can outrun.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Rock |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Electric, Ice, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Ninjask Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Ninjask
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 4x387-456%KO Avalanche 2x78-92% Fire Blast 2x61-73% Thunderbolt 2x49-58% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Armaldo builds →Stone Edge 4x373-440%KO Aerial Ace 2x75-89% | ||
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Heatran builds →Overheat 2x251-295%KO Ancient Power 4x145-171%KO | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Kabutops builds →Stone Edge 4x349-411%KO Aerial Ace 2x70-82% Ice Beam 2x64-76% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Aerodactyl builds →Stone Edge 4x321-379%KO Fly 2x144-170%KO Thunder Fang 2x70-82% Ice Fang 2x70-82% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Skarmory builds →Rock Slide 4x129-152%KO Fly 2x116-136%KO | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Solrock builds →Stone Edge 4x297-350%KO Overheat 2x83-98% Charge Beam 2x30-36% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Gliscor builds →Stone Edge 4x198-233%KO Aerial Ace 2x90-106%KO Thunder Fang 2x64-76% Ice Fang 2x64-76% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Probopass builds →Stone Edge 4x194-228%KO Thunderbolt 2x72-84% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x207-244%KO Stone Edge 4x212-250%KO Aerial Ace 2x64-76% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Mamoswine IceGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Mamoswine builds →Stone Edge 4x258-304%KO Ice Fang 2x127-149%KO Peck 2x46-55% | ||
Ninjask Evolutions
Out of 2 evolutions from Nincada, Ninjask comes from the level-up path. The method you use determines which form you end up with. Breed through Nincada to get eggs. Stat-wise, Ninjask comes out 220 points ahead of Shedinja, mostly thanks to a bigger Speed gain. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Ninjask to get Nincada eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug egg group. Notable egg moves include Bug Bite, Bug Buzz, Endure and 4 more.
DP Ninjask Best Moveset
160 Speed is the highest base Speed in the entire game, and AbilitySpeed Boost pushes it higher every turn. The moveset uses MoveBaton Pass to hand those Speed boosts to a slower, harder-hitting teammate, creating one of the most powerful support strategies available. 90 Attack can also sweep directly.
Best Build
Ninjask best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Attacker Moveset
- X Scissor
- Swords Dance
- Night Slash
- Aerial Ace
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Bug Bite and Bug Buzz on Ninjask. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Bug Buzz and Leech Life, they expand what Ninjask can actually threaten in practice.
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
34 of 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Because it moves so quickly, it sometimes becomes unseeable. It congregates around tree sap.
Ninjask Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Ninjask as a pivot. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Adamant on Ninjask. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Ninjask 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
Winds & Waves
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