Is Porygon-Z Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Dubious Disc trade on Porygon2. Normal with AbilityAdaptability boosting same-type moves further. Two trade evolutions from a postgame Celadon source. Battle Frontier attacker with enormous special Attack.
Porygon has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's typing presses Porygon's defenses.
Porygon has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Porygon has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Porygon has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Porygon-Z trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Porygon-Z resists most of Will's coverage and hits back hard.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Porygon-Z resists most of Lance's coverage and hits back hard.
Gift Porygon
Porygon is given to you as a gift in Celadon City at Lv 15. Redeem at the Celadon Game Corner prize corner for 9,999 coins.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 51NormalTri AttackPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Porygon to Porygon-Z
Porygon2 evolves into Porygon-Z when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Erika.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 53)
- LV 53NormalTri AttackPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 67NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Porygon-Z in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Porygon-Z's 3-stage chain starts with Porygon, which appears as a gift in the locations below. Level through 3 stages while you find a trade partner. Everything except the trade steps is solo.
Catch Porygon at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Porygon-Z.
Badge 8How to Obtain Porygon-Z in HGSS
- Step 2Evolve into Porygon2
- Step 3Porygon-Z ✓
How to Get Shiny Porygon-Z in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Porygon-Z takes a Dubious Disc trade, so breed a Porygon Masuda-style and evolve the line up. Compare Shiny Porygon-Z odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Porygon-Z 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Porygon-Z in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Porygon-Z Weakness
Type-wise, Porygon Z takes extra damage from Fighting. Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. With 85 HP and balanced defenses, Porygon Z can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Porygon Z Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Porygon-Z
Porygon-Z Evolutions
Porygon Z doesn't evolve through normal leveling. You'll need a trade to get here from Porygon's line. Breed this form to get Porygon eggs (average hatch time). Evolving from Porygon gave Porygon Z the biggest boost in Sp.Atk (+50), bringing the total to 535 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Porygon-Z is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Porygon eggs. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyHGSS Porygon-Z Best Moveset
AbilityAdaptability doubles the Normal-type damage bonus to 100%, or AbilityDownload boosts whichever offensive stat the opponent is weaker against. 135 Sp. Atk behind either ability fires at devastating special power. 90 Speed is fast enough. The moveset offers two distinct builds.
Best Build
Porygon-Z best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Revenge Killer Moveset
- Tri Attack
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Dark Pulse
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Porygon Z develops a solid moveset just through leveling. Zap Cannon and Hyper Beam show up naturally, and the progression handles both STAB and utility without leaning on TMs for the core attacks.
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 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Its programming was modified to enable it to travel through alien dimensions. Seems there might have been an error...
Porygon-Z HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Porygon-Z is obtained by trade-evolving Porygon2. Catch or evolve a Porygon2 first, then trade. The Dubious Disc must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
Yes. Porygon-Z is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Porygon-Z becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Porygon-Z plays as a wallbreaker. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Timid is the go-to nature for Porygon-Z. That's +Speed / -Attack. Pair it with 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Porygon Z has been available in 14 games since Diamond & Pearl, though obtaining it requires a trade evolution. This extra step makes it less common than Pokemon found through standard wild encounters.
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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
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