Is Pupitar Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Keep leveling. Tyranitar at 55 is the goal.
Larvitar trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Gardenia's team hits Larvitar's weaknesses hard.
Maylene's team hits Larvitar's weaknesses hard.
Crasher Wake's team hits Larvitar's weaknesses hard.
Pupitar trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Pupitar trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Pupitar trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Pupitar trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Tyranitar trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Tyranitar trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Tyranitar trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Larvitar on Route 207 (Poké Radar, Lv 6-7, common).
Your Larvitar should hit Level 30 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Your Pupitar should hit Level 55 before you reach Aaron, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Pupitar in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
Pupitar starts showing up in endgame routes at moderate rates across 2 encounter spots. The list below is sorted so you can pick what fits your current progress without scrolling through everything.
Where To Catch Pupitar in BDSP
Larvitar is your first catch on the way to Pupitar. You'll find walking and special encounters from Lv. 6-63 across 5 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Catch LarvitarRoute 207Lv.6-7Using PokeRadarBrilliant DiamondRate 22%Big Bluff CavernLv.58-63CaveBrilliant DiamondPost-gameRocky CaveLv.58-63CaveBrilliant DiamondPost-game
Step 2Pupitar ✓Big Bluff CavernLv.58-63CaveBrilliant DiamondPost-gameRocky CaveLv.58-63CaveBrilliant DiamondPost-gameor evolve from Larvitar (Step 1)
Step 3Evolve into Tyranitar
Pupitar Weakness
Pupitar's Rock/Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Ground, and Steel. Water and Grass hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Water, Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Flying, Rock |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
What is Pupitar Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Pupitar
 Machop Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Machop builds →Focus Punch 2x134-160%KO Earthquake 2x60-72% | ||
 Psyduck Water | D | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Psyduck builds →Surf 4x151-179%KO Focus Punch 2x68-81% Iron Tail 2x47-55% | ||
 Cubone Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Cubone builds →Earthquake 2x70-83% Focus Punch 2x68-81% Iron Tail 2x47-55% | ||
 Phanpy Ground | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Phanpy builds →Earthquake 2x81-96% Iron Tail 2x53-64% Rock Smash 2x23-30% | ||
 Budew GrassPoison | D | |
 Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Bibarel builds →Waterfall 4x162-192%KO Focus Punch 2x102-120%KO Iron Tail 2x68-80% | ||
Machop Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Machop builds →Focus Punch 2x142-168%KO Earthquake 2x64-76% | ||
Psyduck Water | D | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Psyduck builds →Surf 4x152-180%KO Focus Punch 2x74-88% Iron Tail 2x50-60% | ||
 Buizel Water | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Buizel builds →Surf 4x142-168%KO Focus Punch 2x84-100%KO Iron Tail 2x56-68% | ||
Cubone Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Cubone builds →Earthquake 2x70-84% Focus Punch 2x70-84% Iron Tail 2x46-56% | ||
 Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 4x179-211%KO Focus Punch 2x110-130%KO Iron Tail 2x75-88% Ice Beam 2x57-68% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x92-109%KO Focus Punch 2x89-105%KO Iron Tail 2x62-73% Ice Beam 2x38-46% | ||
Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Bibarel builds →Waterfall 4x156-185%KO Focus Punch 2x93-110%KO Iron Tail 2x63-75% Bulldoze 2x38-46% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x159-188%KO Earthquake 2x73-86% | ||
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Gastrodon builds →Surf 4x185-218%KO Earthquake 2x95-112%KO Ice Beam 2x62-73% Rock Smash 2x25-31% | ||
Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 4x179-211%KO Focus Punch 2x110-130%KO Dig 2x59-70% Iron Tail 2x75-88% | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x92-109%KO Focus Punch 2x89-105%KO Iron Tail 2x62-73% Ice Beam 2x38-46% | ||
Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Bibarel builds →Waterfall 4x156-185%KO Focus Punch 2x93-110%KO Dig 2x52-62% Iron Tail 2x63-75% | ||
Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x159-188%KO Earthquake 2x73-86% | ||
Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Gastrodon builds →Surf 4x185-218%KO Earthquake 2x95-112%KO Ice Beam 2x62-73% Rock Smash 2x25-31% | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Golduck builds →Surf 4x180-213%KO Focus Punch 2x89-105%KO Ice Beam 2x60-71% Dig 2x49-58% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Bronzong builds →Solar Beam 4x139-164%KO Flash Cannon 2x71-84% Earthquake 2x64-75% Rock Smash 2x26-32% | ||
Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 4x176-207%KO Focus Punch 2x107-127%KO Dig 2x58-69% Iron Tail 2x73-86% | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x88-104%KO Focus Punch 2x87-103%KO Iron Tail 2x58-69% Ice Beam 2x37-45% | ||
Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Bibarel builds →Waterfall 4x148-174%KO Focus Punch 2x92-108%KO Dig 2x49-58% Iron Tail 2x62-73% | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Bronzong SteelPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Bronzong builds →Solar Beam 4x136-160%KO Flash Cannon 2x69-81% Earthquake 2x63-75% Rock Smash 2x26-31% | ||
Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Golduck builds →Surf 4x182-214%KO Focus Punch 2x89-104%KO Ice Beam 2x60-71% Dig 2x49-57% | ||
Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 4x172-203%KO Focus Punch 2x106-125%KO Dig 2x57-68% Iron Tail 2x70-83% | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x86-102%KO Focus Punch 2x85-101%KO Iron Tail 2x57-68% Ice Beam 2x38-45% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Bronzong SteelPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Bronzong builds →Solar Beam 4x135-159%KO Flash Cannon 2x68-80% Earthquake 2x62-73% Rock Smash 2x26-31% | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Abomasnow builds →Solar Beam 4x232-273%KO Focus Punch 2x95-112%KO Ice Beam 2x87-102%KO Water Pulse 4x80-94% | ||
Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Golduck builds →Surf 4x178-210%KO Focus Punch 2x87-102%KO Ice Beam 2x59-70% Dig 2x46-55% | ||
Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 4x174-205%KO Focus Punch 2x106-125%KO Dig 2x58-68% Iron Tail 2x72-85% | ||
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Bronzong SteelPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Bronzong builds →Solar Beam 4x135-159%KO Flash Cannon 2x68-80% Earthquake 2x62-73% Rock Smash 2x26-31% | ||
Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Abomasnow builds →Solar Beam 4x232-273%KO Focus Punch 2x95-112%KO Ice Beam 2x87-102%KO Water Pulse 4x80-94% | ||
Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Golduck builds →Surf 4x178-210%KO Focus Punch 2x87-102%KO Ice Beam 2x59-70% Dig 2x46-55% | ||
Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 4x174-205%KO Focus Punch 2x106-125%KO Dig 2x58-68% Iron Tail 2x72-85% | ||
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Vileplume builds →Petal Dance 4x268-316%KO Drain Punch 2x44-52% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x279-329%KO Focus Punch 2x116-137%KO | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Kingler Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Kingler builds →Crabhammer 4x260-306%KO Hammer Arm 2x87-102%KO Dig 2x69-82% Metal Claw 2x44-52% | ||
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Rillaboom's U-turn hits Pupitar for 48-56%. Swampert threatens a KO with Flip Turn (151-178%). Urshifu's Close Combat also KOs at 230-270%.
 Rillaboom Grass | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityGrassy Surge ItemChoice Band NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Rillaboom builds →Knock Off44-52% U Turn48-56% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityTorrent ItemLeftovers NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Swampert builds →Earthquake 2x125-147%KO Flip Turn 4x151-178%KO | ||
 Urshifu FightingDark | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityUnseenfist ItemChoice Band NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Urshifu builds →Close Combat 2x230-270%KO Sucker Punch67-79% U Turn44-53% | ||
 Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySandrush ItemLeftovers NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x132-155%KO Rapid Spin11-13% | ||
Pupitar Evolutions
Partway through Larvitar's chain. Pupitar still has another evolution ahead before reaching Tyranitar. For breeding, takes forever to hatch with plenty of partners via one egg group. So far, HP got the biggest boost (+20 from Larvitar). The final form adds another 190 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Pupitar to get Larvitar eggs using 63 partners from the Monster egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Assurance, Curse and 6 more.
BDSP Pupitar Best Moveset
84 Attack at 51 Speed with Rock/Ground typing and AbilityShed Skin clearing status. The moveset has some physical Rock and Ground TermStab but middle evolution stats can't justify a slot. One evolution from Tyranitar's S-tier AbilitySand Stream dominance.
Best Build
Pupitar best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Outrage
- Stealth Rock
- Earthquake
- Rest
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Ancient Power and Assurance from the egg pool give Pupitar something extra.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its body is as hard as bedrock. By venting pressurized gas, it can launch itself like a rocket.
Pupitar Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
Pupitar is meant to evolve into Tyranitar. At 410 BST, the stats aren't there for competitive play yet. Pre-evolution Pokemon rarely hold up against fully evolved threats.
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, watch for Starmie (Water), Exeggutor (Grass), and Cloyster (Ice) when using Pupitar. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Starmie is the most dangerous since Water moves deal 4x damage. Fighting, Ground, and Steel-type attackers are also a problem. With 6 weakness types, most competitive teams carry at least one counter.
Shed Skin has a 33% chance of curing any major status ailment after each turn. That's the one you want on Pupitar. It's the only ability Pupitar has.
At base 51 Speed, it won't be moving first often. On offense, Pupitar is a physical attacker with base 84 Attack. Defensively? Enough bulk to take a hit or two.
For Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, you can run Pupitar through the first few routes without issues. 410 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Tyranitar as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 18 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Pupitar spans 9 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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 7LGPE
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