Is Parasect Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Evolves from Paras at level 24. Bug/Grass carries a 4x Fire weakness that Flint's full-Fire E4 punishes hard. AbilityEffect Spore occasionally inflicts status on contact, but Parasect takes hits before it can act.
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 Fantina's team.
Paras trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Parasect has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Parasect trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Parasect has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Parasect has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Parasect's weaknesses hard.
Parasect has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Flint's team hits Parasect's weaknesses hard.
Parasect has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Parasect trades roughly evenly with Jupiter's team.
Parasect trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Parasect trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Parasect trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Paras
Catch Paras in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 27-30, uncommon). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- After Maylene
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Route 212
- LV 33GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 43BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 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 Paras to Parasect
Paras evolves into Parasect at Level 24. You get it at Level 27 or higher, past Level 24, so it evolves into Parasect the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 24)
- LV 24GrassSporePower —Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 24GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- 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
- LV 55BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- 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 Parasect in Platinum
Leveling a Paras to 24 produces Parasect, the single route to one in Platinum. The catch is that Paras only shows in the Great Marsh, and only after the National Dex.
Wild Parasect 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.Catch Paras at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Parasect.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Paras
- 2Evolve Parasectat Lv.24
Badge 5How to Obtain Parasect in Pt
- Step 2Parasect ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Paras egg.
How to Get Shiny Parasect in Platinum
Parasect never appears wild, so breed a Paras with a foreign Ditto and hatch eggs, then evolve it. Compare Shiny Parasect odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Parasect 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Platinum shiny odds for Parasect.
Parasect Weakness
Parasect's Bug/Grass typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, Bug, and Rock. Fire and Flying hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The Bug/Grass typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. 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 Parasect Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Parasect
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Parasect View Infernape builds →Fire Blast 4x244-288%KO Aerial Ace 4x83-98% U-turn 2x48-57% Rock Slide 2x51-61% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Parasect View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 4x239-282%KO Aerial Ace 4x86-102%KO | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Parasect View Staraptor builds →Fly 4x210-247%KO U-turn 2x55-65% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Parasect View Golbat builds →Fly 4x150-176%KO U-turn 2x39-47% | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Parasect View Scyther builds →Wing Attack 4x129-153%KO U-turn 2x75-88% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Parasect View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 4x255-300%KO Smog 2x17-20% | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Parasect View Altaria builds →Fly 4x139-165%KO Fire Blast 4x120-141%KO Ice Beam 2x48-57% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Parasect View Gliscor builds →Aerial Ace 4x120-141%KO Fire Fang 4x83-98% Poison Jab 2x51-61% U-turn 2x44-53% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Parasect View Heracross builds →Aerial Ace 4x96-114%KO Rock Slide 2x60-71% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Parasect View Aerodactyl builds →Fly 4x189-224%KO Fire Fang 4x93-110%KO Rock Slide 2x79-94% Ice Fang 2x46-55% | ||
Parasect Evolutions
Parasect is what Paras becomes. Breed it for Paras eggs (average hatch time). A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Paras pushed Parasect to 405 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +25. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Parasect to get Paras eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug and Grass egg groups. Notable egg moves include Bug Bite, Counter, Cross Poison and 8 more.
Pt Parasect Best Moveset
After the 100% accurate MoveSpore puts the target to sleep, Parasect needs to capitalize fast because 30 Speed and a 4x Fire weakness limit how many turns the moveset gets. 95 Attack powers Grass and Bug physical hits, but one Fire move ends everything.
Best Build
Parasect best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Spore
- Seed Bomb
- Stun Spore
- Aromatherapy
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Bug Bite and Counter from the egg pool give Parasect something extra. Pair those with Solar Beam and Energy Ball for STAB and coverage across 8 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
33 of 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A mushroom grown larger than the host’s body controls PARASECT. It scatters poisonous spores.
Parasect Platinum Guide
For Platinum, it depends on your team. Parasect rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Bug/Grass coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In Platinum, use Parasect as a trick room. Physical side carries the damage. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key.
For Platinum, run Careful on Parasect. +Sp. Def is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the trick room role.
For Platinum, build your team around Forretress, Yanmega, and Heracross. These have the highest co-usage rates with Parasect in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Parasect appears in 19 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Parasect have the longest track record of availability in the series.
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
Winds & Waves
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