Is Porygon Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Trophy Garden encounter. Gen 4 adds a second evolution: Porygon-Z through trade with Dubious Disc. AbilityDownload boosts Attack or Sp. Atk based on the opponent's weaker defense. Two trade evolutions between Porygon and Porygon-Z. Demanding investment for a postgame Pokemon.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Porygon has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Porygon has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's typing presses Porygon's defenses.
Byron's typing presses Porygon's defenses.
Porygon has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Porygon-Z trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Porygon-Z trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Porygon-Z resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Porygon in Trophy Garden (walking, Lv 16-18, rare). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 51NormalTri AttackPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Porygon to Porygon-Z
Porygon2 evolves into Porygon-Z when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Aaron.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 51NormalTri AttackPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 67NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Porygon in Diamond & Pearl
Porygon is a rare Trophy Garden catch at level 16, unlocked once the National Dex is active. Unlike its Game Corner past, here the virtual Pokemon simply walks the garden grass alongside the other rares.
1 location to catch Porygon
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Porygon in DP
- Step 1Porygon ✓
- Step 3Evolve into Porygon-Z
Not landing the catch? Calculate Porygon catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Porygon in Diamond & Pearl
Porygon appears in the Trophy Garden rotation, so a PokeRadar chain in that grass delivers its shiny. Compare Shiny Porygon odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Porygon 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 Porygon preloaded.
Porygon Weakness
Fighting moves hit Porygon for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Porygon's Normal typing only leaves 1 gap to cover.
| 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 Weak Against
Good
Porygon Evolutions
To get Porygon2 from Porygon, you need a trade. The evolution method matters here. The evolved forms gain up to 140 total stats over Porygon. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Porygon is genderless and can only breed with Ditto. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyDP Porygon Best Moveset
Trace or Download provide unique utility, but stats in the 40-85 range fall short. AbilityDownload boosts whichever attacking stat targets the opponent's lower defense, which matters more after evolving. The moveset is outclassed at this stage. Evolve to Porygon2 or Porygon-Z.
Best Build
Porygon best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Tri Attack
- Thunderbolt
- Trick Room
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Porygon's coverage across 9 types all comes from technical machines, built on top of Giga Impact and Hyper Beam for same-type damage. Zap Cannon and Blizzard are the payoff moves.
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
34 of 36 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
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Porygon Diamond & Pearl Guide
No. Porygon only evolves into Porygon2 through a real trade. There is no in-game alternative in Diamond & Pearl. The Up-Grade must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
Yes. Porygon is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Porygon becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
In Diamond & Pearl, Porygon has 395 BST and evolves into Porygon2. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Porygon as a trick room. Special attacks are the main output. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Quiet on Porygon. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Speed cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the trick room role.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Porygon appears in 22 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Porygon 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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