Is Porygon2 Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Trade evolution from Porygon holding Up-Grade. AbilityDownload adjusts offense based on the opponent's weaker defense. Porygon2 has solid bulk and can further evolve into Porygon-Z through trade with Dubious Disc. Two trade evolutions deep. 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-Z resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Porygon-Z trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Porygon-Z trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Porygon-Z has the type edge here and should clean up 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.
Catch Porygon
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 Crasher Wake.
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 Porygon2 in Diamond & Pearl
Porygon2 never appears in the wild. Trade a Porygon while it holds an Upgrade, starting from the rare Trophy Garden Porygon you can only catch after the National Dex opens.
Catch Porygon at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Porygon2.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3How to Obtain Porygon2 in DP
How to Get Shiny Porygon2 in Diamond & Pearl
Porygon2 takes an Up-Grade trade, so chain a shiny Porygon in the Trophy Garden at 1 in 200 and evolve it. Compare Shiny Porygon2 odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Porygon2 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Porygon2.
Porygon2 Weakness
Fighting moves hit Porygon2 for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. With 85 HP and balanced defenses, Porygon2 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 Porygon2 Weak Against
Good
Porygon2 Evolutions
Porygon2 connects Porygon to Porygon Z in this chain. At least one evolution here needs a trade. So far, HP got the biggest boost (+20 from Porygon). The final form adds another 20 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Porygon2 is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Porygon eggs. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyDP Porygon2 Best Moveset
Trace copies the opponent's ability, and AbilityDownload boosts whichever attacking stat targets the lower defensive stat. 105 Sp. Atk and 95 Sp. Def make the moveset a capable special attacker and tank. Without a defensive boosting item, the bulk tops out earlier than expected.
Best Build
Porygon2 best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Recover
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Porygon2's coverage across 9 types all comes from technical machines, built on top of Hyper Beam and Giga Impact for same-type damage. Zap Cannon and Hyper Beam 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
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
With planetary development software installed, it became capable of working in space.
Porygon2 Diamond & Pearl Guide
No. Porygon2 only evolves into Porygon-Z through a real trade. There is no in-game alternative in Diamond & Pearl. The Dubious Disc must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
In Diamond & Pearl, for a casual playthrough, Porygon2 works as a placeholder. Normal coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Porygon-Z. That's where the stats start mattering.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Porygon2 as an attacker. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Bold on Porygon2. +Defense is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the attacker role.
Game Availability
Since Gold & Silver, Porygon2 has been in 19 games. Requiring a trade evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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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