Is Pupitar Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Pupitar builds toward Tyranitar at 55. Rock/Ground mid-stage with AbilityShed Skin for status recovery. Every level is investment toward a 600 BST pseudo-legendary that sets its own weather on arrival.
Larvitar trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Larvitar trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
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 has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Pupitar has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Tyranitar resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Tyranitar resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Tyranitar trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Larvitar
Catch Larvitar on Route 207 (Poké Radar, Lv 6-7, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 14RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- LV 23NormalThrashPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 28DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 37DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 41GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 46RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 50NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Larvitar to Pupitar
Larvitar evolves into Pupitar at Level 30. Your Larvitar should hit Level 30 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 30NormalThrashPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 30DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- LV 41DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 47GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 54RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 60NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Pupitar to Tyranitar
Pupitar evolves into Tyranitar at Level 55. Your Pupitar should hit Level 55 before you reach Aaron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 55)
- LV 55RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 55DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 55DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 55RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 70NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Pupitar in Diamond & Pearl
Pupitar has no encounter of its own. Raise a Poke Radar Larvitar to level 30, keeping in mind the Diamond version holds the line while Pearl owners need a trade to start it.
Catch Larvitar at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Pupitar.
Badge 2How to Obtain Pupitar in DP
How to Get Shiny Pupitar in Diamond & Pearl
Pupitar hardens out of Larvitar, so chain that shiny on Route 207 and let it seal into its shell. Compare Shiny Pupitar odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Pupitar 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 Pupitar.
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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Pupitar Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Pupitar
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 4x269-317%KO Earthquake 2x113-133%KO Iron Tail 2x75-88% Rock Smash 2x31-36% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x282-332%KO Focus Punch 2x117-138%KO | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Breloom builds →Seed Bomb 4x210-247%KO Focus Punch 2x194-229%KO Iron Tail 2x87-103%KO | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Vileplume builds →Solar Beam 4x271-320%KO Drain Punch 2x36-42% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Shiftry builds →Leaf Storm 4x266-314%KO Dig 2x56-66% Focus Blast 2x77-90% | ||
 Kingler Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Kingler builds →Crabhammer 4x261-308%KO Dig 2x70-82% Brick Break 2x65-77% Metal Claw 2x44-52% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 4x231-271%KO Surf 4x182-214%KO Focus Punch 2x78-92% Ice Beam 2x60-71% | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 4x236-277%KO Focus Punch 2x97-115%KO Ice Beam 2x93-110%KO Water Pulse 4x80-94% | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Empoleon builds →Hydro Pump 4x274-323%KO Flash Cannon 2x92-109%KO Ice Beam 2x72-85% Earthquake 2x62-73% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 4x213-250%KO Earthquake 2x59-69% Rock Smash 2x25-29% | ||
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 7 more.
DP Pupitar Best Moveset
Mid-stage stats with 84 Attack and AbilityShed Skin for occasional status healing. The moveset runs physical Rock and Ground attacks, but Tyranitar does everything at a completely different level. Tyranitar is where everything changes.
Best Build
Pupitar best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Brick Break
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
32 of 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Its body is as hard as bedrock. By venting pressurized gas, it can launch itself like a rocket.
Pupitar Diamond & Pearl Guide
For Diamond & 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.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Pupitar as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Adamant on Pupitar. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Available in 18 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Pupitar spans 8 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 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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