Is Oddish Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Route 230 after the National Dex, so Oddish arrives postgame in Platinum. Vileplume at Leaf Stone is an option but Roserade, Torterra, and Tangrowth already own the Grass slot. Battle Frontier only.
Oddish resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gardenia's typing presses Oddish's defenses.
Oddish trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Oddish trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Oddish has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Oddish trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Oddish trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Oddish trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Aaron:
Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bertha:
Flint's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Flint:
Lucian's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lucian:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Jupiter's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Jupiter:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Mars:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Saturn:
Cynthia's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Cynthia:
Catchable
Catch Oddish on Route 224 (walking, Lv 49, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 49)
- LV 49GrassPetal DancePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 49GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Oddish to Vileplume
Gloom evolves into Vileplume with a Leaf Stone. You can pick up the Leaf Stone in Floaroma Meadow. 2 other locations are also available. Use the Leaf Stone in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- LV 53GrassPetal DancePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 65GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Oddish to Bellossom
Gloom evolves into Bellossom with a Sun Stone. You can find the Sun Stone hidden in Mt. Coronet. 1 other location is also available. Use the Sun Stone in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50GrassLeaf BladePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- LV 53GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Oddish in Platinum
Oddish only emerges at night, common on two late-game routes around levels 47 to 49. Walk those same routes by day and it stays hidden, so the clock decides whether you find one.
2 locations to catch Oddish
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Gloom in Pt
- Step 2Gloom ✓or evolve from Oddish (Step 1)
Available in-game· 2 pathsPick one
- BellossomUse Sun StoneGetHidden at Mt. Coronet: On a boulder in the northwest corner of room, behind a breakable rock (requires Rock Smash) (hidden)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Gloom catch rates for Platinum by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Oddish in Platinum
Oddish only sprouts after dark on Route 224 and Route 230, so work the night grass and chain to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Oddish odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Oddish 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 Platinum with Oddish preloaded.
Oddish Weakness
Oddish's Grass/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. 4 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 |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Oddish Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Oddish
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x204-240%KO Dream Eater 2x97-115%KO | ||
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x194-229%KO | ||
 Azelf Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodLake Valor Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Azelf builds →Future Sight 2x194-229%KO Fire Blast 2x129-152%KO | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x194-229%KO Aerial Ace 2x64-76% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Mesprit Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Mesprit builds →Future Sight 2x168-198%KO Ice Beam 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Moltres builds →Overheat 2x227-267%KO Air Slash 2x123-145%KO | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Jynx builds →Dream Eater 2x151-177%KO Ice Beam 2x145-170%KO | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x159-187%KO Dream Eater 2x76-89% | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Oddish View Xatu builds →Future Sight 2x154-181%KO Fly 2x109-128%KO | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
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
Breeding
Breed Oddish easily with 45 breeding partners from the Grass egg group. Pass egg moves like Charm, Flail, Ingrain and 4 more to offspring.
Pt Oddish Best Moveset
30 Speed at base stats in the 45-75 range. MoveSleep Powder is the one useful move, and the moveset can't do much beyond it. Vileplume or Bellossom are the destinations.
Best Build
Oddish best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Energy Ball
- Solar Beam
- Leech Seed
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Charm and Flail 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
24 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
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 Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Oddish has 320 BST and evolves into Gloom. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Oddish is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Oddish becomes available after the main story is complete in Platinum.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Oddish has appeared in 20 games: most mainline games. 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 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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