Is Omastar Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Omanyte evolves at level 40. Rock/Water with AbilityShell Armor. Good special Attack and Defense. Handles Blaine in Kanto. The fossil timing means Omastar is a Battle Frontier option rather than a story team member.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's Pokemon outpace and outclass Omanyte here.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Misty's team hits Omanyte's weaknesses hard.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Omastar trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Omastar resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Omastar has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Omastar has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Omastar resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Omastar trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Omastar has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Omastar has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Fossil Omanyte
Omanyte can be revived from a fossil obtained in Pewter City. Revive Helix Fossil. Revive a Helix Fossil at the Pewter Museum of Science.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- LV 28WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 37RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 52WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Omanyte to Omastar
Omanyte evolves into Omastar at Level 40. Your Omanyte should hit Level 40 before you reach Sabrina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 40RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 67WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Omastar in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Omastar comes from reviving the Helix Fossil into Omanyte at Pewter City, then leveling that to 40. There is no wild route at all.
Catch Omanyte at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Omastar.
- 1Catch Omanyte
- 2Evolve Omastarat Lv.40
Badge 8How to Obtain Omastar in HGSS
- Step 2Omastar ✓
How to Get Shiny Omastar in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Omastar rises from a bred Omanyte, so hatch that fossil baby Masuda-style and evolve the spiral shell once it shines. Compare Shiny Omastar odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Omastar 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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Omastar.
Omastar Weakness
Omastar's Rock/Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Grass, Electric, Fighting, and Ground. Grass hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Omastar's physical bulk (base 125 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Ice, Poison, Flying |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fire |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Omastar Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Omastar
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omastar View Sceptile builds →Leaf Storm 4x305-359%KO Focus Punch 2x56-66% Earthquake 2x38-45% | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omastar View Venusaur builds →Solar Beam 4x251-295%KO Earthquake 2x37-44% Rock Smash 2x15-18% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omastar View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x282-332%KO Focus Punch 2x72-85% | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omastar View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 4x271-320%KO Earthquake 2x43-51% Focus Blast 2x90-107%KO Shock Wave 2x46-54% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omastar View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 4x231-271%KO Focus Punch 2x48-57% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omastar View Vileplume builds →Solar Beam 4x271-320%KO Drain Punch 2x22-26% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omastar View Breloom builds →Seed Bomb 4x131-154%KO Focus Punch 2x122-143%KO | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omastar View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 4x215-253%KO Earthquake 2x37-44% Rock Smash 2x15-18% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omastar View Shiftry builds →Leaf Storm 4x266-314%KO Dig 2x35-41% Focus Blast 2x77-90% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omastar View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x103-121%KO Earthquake 2x46-54% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omastar View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 4x213-250%KO Earthquake 2x37-43% Rock Smash 2x15-18% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omastar View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x118-139%KO Leaf Blade 4x95-113%KO Earthquake 2x53-62% Thunderbolt 2x47-55% | ||
Omastar Evolutions
Evolved from Omanyte. Omastar is the final form in this two-stage line. Plenty of partners for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are slow to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+35 over Omanyte), and Omastar peaks at 495 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Omastar to get Omanyte eggs using 69 partners from the Water 1 and Water 3 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aurora Beam, Bubble Beam, Haze and 8 more.
HGSS Omastar Best Moveset
Special Water attacker at 115 Sp. Atk behind 125 Defense that blocks physical hits. AbilitySwift Swim in rain doubles 55 Speed for a fast special attacker that also tanks physical damage. The moveset combines offense and defense on different sides. 4x Grass weakness is devastating.
Best Build
Omastar best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Rain Dance
- Hidden Power Grass
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Aurora Beam and Bubble Beam on Omastar. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Hydro Pump and Surf, they expand what Omastar 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
All 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Apparently, it cracked SHELLDER’s shell with its sharp fangs and sucked out the insides.
Once wrapped around its prey, it never lets go. It eats the prey by tearing at it with sharp fangs.
Omastar HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Omastar is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Omastar becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Omastar as a wallbreaker. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest, Surf is the primary attack.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Modest on Omastar. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Omastar has appeared in 19 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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