Is Octillery Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Water with AbilitySniper for boosted crits, new in Gen 4. The physical/special split helps Octillery's mixed stats. If imported, Octillery can run physical or special Water depending on the matchup. Doesn't justify the import over native options though.
Remoraid resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gardenia's team hits Remoraid's weaknesses hard.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Octillery resists most of Byron's coverage and hits back hard.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Octillery resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Octillery resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Octillery resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Remoraid
Catch Remoraid on Route 213 (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10-25, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 19WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- LV 40IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 45NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Remoraid to Octillery
Remoraid evolves into Octillery at Level 25. Your Remoraid should hit Level 25 before you reach Crasher Wake, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- LV 55NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Octillery in Diamond & Pearl
Octillery hooks onto the Super Rod at the same eight spots Remoraid swims, common from level 20 up. The bigger rod lands the evolved form directly, so you can skip raising a Remoraid.
8 locations to catch Octillery8 locations to catch Remoraid
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Remoraid at any of the 8 locations below, then level it up to 25 — it evolves into Octillery.
Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Octillery in DP
Remoraid gets you Octillery sooner: catch it (before Badge 4) and evolve it at Lv 25. Wild Octillery needs the Super Rod (after Badge 8).
- Step 2Octillery ✓Pastoria CityLv.20-50Super RodRate 45%Pokémon LeagueLv.20-50Super RodRate 45%Route 213Lv.20-50Super RodRate 45%Route 222Lv.20-50Super RodRate 45%or evolve from Remoraid (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Octillery catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Octillery in Diamond & Pearl
Octillery evolves from Remoraid, so breed that pre-evo Masuda-style and raise its cannons. Compare Shiny Octillery odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Octillery Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
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 | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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 Octillery preloaded.
Octillery Weakness
Octillery is weak to Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. With 75 HP and balanced defenses, Octillery can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Octillery Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Octillery
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Octillery View Exeggutor builds →Leaf Storm 2x158-186%KO | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Octillery View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x121-143%KO | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Octillery View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x105-124%KO | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Octillery Evolutions
Octillery is what Remoraid becomes. Breed it for Remoraid eggs (average hatch time). Plenty of partners for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Remoraid pushed Octillery to 480 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +40. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Octillery to get Remoraid eggs easily using 69 partners from the Water 1 and Water 2 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aurora Beam, Flail, Haze and 6 more.
DP Octillery Best Moveset
105 in both Attack and Sp. Atk means the moveset can go physical or special depending on the target, and AbilitySniper boosts critical hit damage by 50%. Wide coverage across move types, but 45 Speed ensures Octillery always takes a hit before firing.
Best Build
Octillery best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Wallbreaker Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Energy Ball
- Flamethrower
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 12 types means almost nothing walls Octillery cleanly, with Surf and Waterfall anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It lives in the gaps of boulders and in holes on the seafloor. Its suction cups grip prey tightly.
It obscures its foe’s vision by spitting a cloud of murky ink. It makes its nest among boulders.
Octillery Event Distributions
In Diamond & Pearl, Octillery is an occasional Mystery Gift target, offered in a small run of events.
This is a Dummy CardDiamondPearlNot shiny
Director Golgo's Octillery GiftDiamondPearlNot shiny
Octillery Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Octillery plays as a attacker. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Modest is the go-to nature for Octillery. That's +Sp. Atk / -Attack. Pair it with 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD EVs. Fits the attacker role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Octillery appears in 17 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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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