Is Oddish Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Grand Underground Grass/Poison. Vileplume is fine but competes with Roserade, which is native to Sinnoh and generally stronger. Pick Oddish if you specifically want a bulkier Grass-type.
Oddish resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Oddish has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Oddish trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Oddish has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Oddish's weaknesses hard.
Oddish trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Oddish trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Oddish trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Aaron's team hits Bellossom's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Aaron:
Vileplume resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Bellossom resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bertha:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Bellossom trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Flint:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Bellossom trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lucian:
Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Bellossom trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Cynthia:
Catch Oddish on Route 229 (walking, Lv 20-22, uncommon).
You can pick up the Leaf Stone in Floaroma Meadow.
You can usually obtain this item before you reach Aaron.
How to Get Oddish in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
moderate rates for Oddish across 18 locations in mid-game routes. Nothing complicated. Check the sorted list below, compare the top few options, and head to whichever is closest.
Where To Catch Gloom in BDSP
The path to Gloom starts with Oddish at Lv. 18-63 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Catch Oddish
Step 2Gloom ✓Route 230Lv.18-23GrassRate 11%Route 229Lv.20-22GrassRate 5%Bogsunk CavernLv.58-63GrassPost-gameGrassland CaveLv.58-63CavePost-gameRiverbank CaveLv.58-63CavePost-gameSpacious CaveLv.58-63CavePost-gameStill-Water CavernLv.58-63CavePost-gameSunlit CavernLv.58-63CavePost-gameSwampy CaveLv.58-63GrassPost-gameor evolve from Oddish (Step 1)Available in-game· 2 pathsPick one
Oddish Weakness
Oddish's Grass/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Standard number of weaknesses for the Grass/Poison typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Fighting, Fairy |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
What is Oddish Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Oddish
 Kadabra Psychic | B | |
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Mr. Mime PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Mr. Mime builds →Dream Eater 2x137-162%KO Aerial Ace 2x36-42% | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Noctowl builds →Sky Attack 2x126-150%KO Dream Eater 2x80-95% | ||
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Staraptor can KO Oddish with Double-Edge (194-229%). Gardevoir threatens a KO with Psychic (175-206%).
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityReckless ItemChoice Band NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Staraptor builds →Close Combat65-76% Double Edge194-229%KO U Turn76-89% | ||
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityTrace ItemChoice Scarf NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Gardevoir builds →Moonblast46-55% Psychic 2x175-206%KO Shadow Ball52-61% | ||
Oddish Evolutions
From here, Oddish's line branches into Vileplume and Bellossom. That's 2 possible evolutions, each with its own method. The evolved forms gain up to 170 total stats over Oddish. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
BDSP Oddish Best Moveset
AbilityChlorophyll doubles Speed in sun, but 75 Sp. Atk at 30 base Speed on a Grass/Poison pre-evo can't capitalize. The moveset is non-functional. Two evolutions from Vileplume where 110 Sp. Atk behind the same sun synergy reaches C-tier.
Best Build
Oddish best EVs are Attack and Speed
Support Moveset
- Leech Seed
- Sleep Powder
- Giga Drain
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for After You and Charm on Oddish. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Petal Dance and Solar Beam, they expand what Oddish 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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It often plants its root feet in the ground during the day and sows seeds as it walks about at night.
Oddish Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
For Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, you can run Oddish through the first few routes without issues. 320 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Gloom as fast as you can.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Oddish has appeared in 21 games — nearly every mainline game. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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 7LGPE
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