Is Porygon Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Celadon Game Corner purchase in Kanto postgame. Normal-type with AbilityTrace or AbilityDownload. Porygon2 through Up-Grade trade, then Porygon-Z through Dubious Disc trade. Two trade evolutions from a postgame source. Heavy investment for a late reward.
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 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 in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Porygon is a pure Game Corner prize. Save up 9,999 Coins at the Celadon Game Corner and trade them in. There is no wild version and no shortcut, just a long stretch at the slot machines.
1 location to catch Porygon
Badge 8How to Obtain Porygon in HGSS
How to Get Shiny Porygon in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Porygon is a prize from the Celadon Game Corner, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign-language parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Porygon odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Porygon 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
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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 onlyHGSS Porygon Best Moveset
AbilityDownload checks the opponent's lower defensive stat and raises the matching Attack or Sp. Atk by one stage. The moveset adapts its offensive approach based on what it faces. 85 Sp. Atk and 40 Speed are modest. 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 tells the story here. Porygon learns Zap Cannon and Blizzard naturally, plus enough variety that TMs feel like bonuses. Coverage across 9 types extends the reach beyond that.
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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is a manmade Pokémon. Since it doesn’t breathe, people are eager to try it in any environment.
A manmade Pokémon that came about as a result of research. It is programmed with only basic motions.
Porygon HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
No. Porygon only evolves into Porygon2 through a real trade. There is no in-game alternative in HeartGold & SoulSilver. The Up-Grade must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
Porygon costs 9,999 Coins in HeartGold. Porygon costs 9,999 Coins in SoulSilver. Earn coins by playing the slot machines on the Game Corner floor or buying them at the counter (1,000 coins for ₽10,000).
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 HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Porygon has 395 BST and evolves into Porygon2. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Porygon as a trick room. Special attacks are the main output. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key.
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
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