Is Palkia Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Spear Pillar at level 70 alongside Dialga in Platinum's postgame. Water/Dragon with AbilityPressure. In Pearl, Palkia was the version mascot. Platinum gives you both box legendaries. 680 BST for the Battle Frontier.
Palkia has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Palkia has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Palkia has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Palkia has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Palkia resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Palkia resists most of Byron's coverage and hits back hard.
Palkia resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Palkia resists most of Volkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Palkia resists most of Aaron's coverage and hits back hard.
Palkia resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Palkia resists most of Flint's coverage and hits back hard.
Palkia has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Palkia resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Palkia resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Palkia resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Palkia has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Palkia on Spear Pillar (interact, Lv 70, limited). Post-game: Interact with the pink portal atop Spear Pillar after obtaining the Lustrous Orb.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 70)
- LV 70DragonSpacial RendPower 150Accuracy 95%PP 5
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TUTORDragonOutragePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORDragonTwisterPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Palkia in Platinum
Palkia also appears at the Spear Pillar at level 70, the post-game counterpart to Dialga, drawn out with the Lustrous Orb. Both creation dragons are catchable here, each a single legendary encounter with a catch rate of 3.
1 location to catch Palkia
Badge 7How to Get Palkia in Platinum
How to Get Shiny Palkia in Platinum
Palkia rules the Spear Pillar alongside Dialga, so save before the battle and soft reset until the shiny shows. Compare Shiny Palkia odds across every game
Shiny Palkia Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum Shiny Palkia Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Soft Reset, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
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 | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Palkia preloaded.
Palkia Weakness
Palkia is weak to Dragon. Few weaknesses and 3 resistances make the typing clean. Palkia's overall bulk (90/100/120) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fire, Water |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Palkia Weak Against
Excellent
Palkia Evolutions
Palkia is a powerhouse with 680 total stats as a Water/Dragon legendary. Can't breed it, so you're locked to whatever you catch or receive. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Pt Palkia Best Moveset
Water and Dragon coverage from 150 Sp. Atk at 100 Speed hits nearly everything for at least unresisted damage. The moveset adds MoveFire Blast and MoveThunderbolt for the few things that resist, and Water/Dragon typing means only Dragon hits super-effectively. Banned from standard play.
Best Build
Palkia best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Revenge Killer Moveset
- Spacial Rend
- Thunder
- Surf
- Hydro Pump
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Spacial Rend and Earth Power bring the raw damage. But Palkia also picks up coverage across 11 types from TMs, making it tough to find a safe switch. You're not locked into one angle here.
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
47 of 51 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh. It is said that space becomes more stable with PALKIA’s every breath.
Palkia Platinum Guide
Palkia is a static encounter at Spear Pillar in Platinum. Palkia appears at level 70. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
In Platinum, Palkia plays as a sweeper. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move. Surf is the primary attack.
In Platinum, Palkia pairs best with Kyogre, Dialga, and Giratina Origin. Kyogre has Good synergy and covers what Palkia can't handle on its own.
In Platinum, Hasty is the go-to nature for Palkia. That's +Speed / -Defense. Pair it with 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the sweeper role.
Game Availability
First obtainable in Diamond & Pearl, Palkia has been featured in 13 titles across 6 generations. Legendary status means a single encounter per playthrough in most games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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