Is Paras Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Not in the Sinnoh regional dex. Paras requires a Pal Park transfer. AbilityDry Skin heals in rain and takes extra Fire damage. Sinnoh doesn't need a Bug/Grass import when Roserade and Kricketune exist.
Paras has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Paras has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Paras trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Paras has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Paras's weaknesses hard.
Paras trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Paras trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Paras has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Parasect's weaknesses hard.
Parasect resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Parasect trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Parasect has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Parasect trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Parasect has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Parasect has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Parasect trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Paras in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 22-26, uncommon). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Route 212
- LV 33GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 43BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Paras to Parasect
Paras evolves into Parasect at Level 24. Your Paras should hit Level 24 before you reach Aaron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 24)
- LV 24GrassSporePower —Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 24GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 39GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 55BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Paras in Diamond & Pearl
Paras lives in the Great Marsh as an uncommon walking catch, level 22 to 26, but only after you unlock the National Dex. That rotation gate keeps it out of the Marsh until the postgame.
Wild Paras may be holding when caught:
Tiny Mushroom (50% chance) A small and rare mushroom. It is quite popular among certain maniacal fan segments.
Big Mushroom (5% chance) A large and rare mushroom. It is very popular among certain maniacal fan segments.1 location to catch Paras
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Paras in DP
- Step 2Evolve into ParasectBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Paras egg.
To plan your throws, open the Diamond & Pearl catch rate calculator with Paras preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Paras in Diamond & Pearl
Paras asks for a foreign parent, so breed it Masuda-style for the 1 in 1,638 shiny rate. Compare Shiny Paras odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Paras 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Paras already selected.
Paras Weakness
Type-wise, Paras takes extra damage from Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, Bug, and Rock. Watch out for Fire and Flying attacks, those deal 4x damage. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Dry Skin grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Fire, Flying |
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Poison, Bug, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Paras Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Paras
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Paras View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 4x327-386%KO Aerial Ace 4x111-131%KO U-turn 2x64-77% Rock Slide 2x70-83% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Paras View Golbat builds →Fly 4x254-300%KO U-turn 2x64-77% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Paras View Gliscor builds →Aerial Ace 4x196-231%KO Fire Fang 4x140-166%KO Poison Jab 2x84-100%KO U-turn 2x74-89% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Paras View Aerodactyl builds →Fly 4x313-369%KO Fire Fang 4x150-177%KO Rock Slide 2x130-154%KO Ice Fang 2x74-89% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Paras View Drifblim builds →Fly 4x254-300%KO Silver Wind 2x63-74% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Paras View Heracross builds →Aerial Ace 4x160-189%KO Rock Slide 2x99-117%KO | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Paras View Noctowl builds →Sky Attack 4x276-326%KO Silver Wind 2x60-71% | ||
 Seviper Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Paras View Seviper builds →Flamethrower 4x209-246%KO Poison Tail 2x87-103%KO | ||
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Paras View Vespiquen builds →Aerial Ace 4x174-206%KO U-turn 2x97-116%KO Power Gem 2x64-77% Poison Sting 2x16-20% | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Paras View Yanmega builds →Aerial Ace 4x167-197%KO Silver Wind 2x113-133%KO | ||
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Paras View Growlithe builds →Fire Blast 4x306-360%KO Aerial Ace 4x106-126%KO | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Ponyta Fire | C | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
Paras Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Paras grows into Parasect through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 120 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Paras easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug and Grass egg groups. Pass egg moves like Bug Bite, Counter, Cross Poison and 8 more to offspring.
DP Paras Best Moveset
Bug/Grass is one of the worst type combinations available, weak to Fire (4x), Flying, Ice, Rock, and Poison. MoveStealth Rock takes 25% per switch. The moveset's only future is MoveSpore after evolving into Parasect.
Best Build
Paras best EVs are Sp. Def and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Aromatherapy
- Knock Off
- Counter
- X Scissor
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Bug Bite and Counter give Paras options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 8 types already covers a decent range on top of Solar Beam and Energy Ball. The egg moves push it further.
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
31 of 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Mushrooms named tochukaso grow on its back. They grow along with the host PARAS.
Paras Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Paras in Diamond & Pearl can hold Tiny Mushroom (50%) or Big Mushroom (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Tiny Mushroom.
In Diamond & Pearl, Paras has 285 BST and evolves into Parasect. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Paras is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Paras becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Paras 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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