Is Plusle Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Electric from Hoenn. AbilityPlus boosts Special Attack in double battles alongside a Minus partner. Sinnoh's story is mostly singles. The doubles gimmick rarely activates.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Plusle has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Plusle has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Plusle has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Plusle has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Bertha's team hits Plusle's weaknesses hard.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Plusle has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Plusle resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Plusle has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Plusle in Trophy Garden (walking, Lv 16-18, rare). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 16)
- LV 16ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 215
- After Fantina
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Iron Island
- LV 38ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- LV 48NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 51DarkNasty PlotPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Diamond & Pearl Plusle Locations
Plusle is a rare Trophy Garden catch around level 16, unlocked only after the National Dex opens. That garden is its whole home, where it shares the grass with its partner Minun.
1 location to catch Plusle
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Best Locations to Catch Plusle in Diamond & Pearl
How to Get Shiny Plusle in Diamond & Pearl
Plusle cheers around the Trophy Garden, where a PokeRadar chain is what brings its shiny in range. Compare Shiny Plusle odds across every game
Shiny Plusle Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Plusle 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 Diamond & Pearl with Plusle preloaded.
Plusle Weakness
Plusle's Electric typing leaves it vulnerable to Ground. Not many exploitable gaps in the Electric typing defensive chart. Plusle's special bulk (base 75 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Flying, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Plusle Weak Against
Good
Plusle Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Plusle is a standalone Pokemon with a decent partner pool for breeding through one egg group. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Plusle easily with 35 breeding partners from the Fairy egg group. Pass egg moves like Sing, Substitute, Sweet Kiss and 1 more to offspring.
DP Plusle Best Moveset
85 Sp. Atk and 95 Speed for a fast but weak special Electric attacker. AbilityPlus boosts Sp. Atk in doubles when paired with Minun, but in singles the moveset lacks the power to compete with stronger Electric types.
Best Build
Plusle best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Thunderbolt
- Grass Knot
- Hidden Power Ice
- Nasty Plot
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Sing and Substitute from the egg pool give Plusle something extra. Pair those with Thunder and Thunderbolt for STAB and Normal and Dark coverage and more 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
25 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It cheers on friends with pom-poms made of sparks. It drains power from telephone poles.
Plusle Diamond & Pearl Guide
For Diamond & Pearl, it depends on your team. Plusle rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Electric coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
Yes. Plusle is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Plusle becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Plusle as a pivot. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Thunderbolt is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Timid on Plusle. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Plusle appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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