Is Purugly Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Pearl-exclusive Normal with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice. Fast but limited offensively. Purugly doesn't handle any specific boss well. The Thick Fat reduces two common damage types, which is the best thing about it.
Roark's typing presses Glameow's defenses.
Glameow trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Glameow trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Glameow has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's typing presses Glameow's defenses.
Glameow trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Purugly trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Purugly trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Purugly trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Purugly resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Purugly trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Glameow
Catch Glameow on Route 218 (walking, Lv 29-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lake Valor
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 37NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 41DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Glameow to Purugly
Glameow evolves into Purugly at Level 38. Your Glameow should hit Level 38 before you reach Candice, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 38)
- LV 38NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- 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
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 45NormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Purugly in Diamond & Pearl
Purugly walks two Pearl-side routes, uncommon in the 40s. Diamond owners come up empty and trade for the line, since both it and Glameow keep entirely to Pearl.
Wild Purugly may be holding when caught:
Cheri Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when paralyzed to cure paralysis.2 locations to catch Purugly2 locations to catch Glameow
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Glameow at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 38 — it evolves into Purugly.
Badge 5
Badge 6 Badge 7Where To Catch Purugly in DP
Available earlier: catch Glameow (before Badge 6) and evolve it at Lv 38. Wild Purugly first appears at Route 222 (after Badge 7).
- Step 2Purugly ✓or evolve from Glameow (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Purugly catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Purugly in Diamond & Pearl
Purugly prowls Route 222 and Route 229 in Pearl, so a PokeRadar chain in that grass secures its shiny. Compare Shiny Purugly odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Purugly 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Purugly in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Purugly Weakness
Purugly is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. At base 112 Speed, Purugly outspeeds most threats and doesn't need to tank what it can outrun.
| 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 Purugly Weak Against
Good
Purugly Evolutions
Purugly is the evolved form of Glameow. Breeding produces Glameow eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Glameow gave Purugly the biggest boost in Attack (+27), bringing the total to 452 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Purugly to get Glameow eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Assurance, Bite, Fake Tears and 3 more.
DP Purugly Best Moveset
112 Speed is among the fastest in the game, but 82 Attack and 64 Sp. Atk don't back it up with damage. The moveset runs fast Normal physical hits through AbilityThick Fat for halved Ice and Fire damage. Speed without power.
Best Build
Purugly best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- U Turn
- Shadow Claw
- Fake Out
- Return
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Purugly. Assurance and Bite come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Giga Impact and Hyper Beam and coverage across 9 types.
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
39 of 40 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It is a brazen brute that barges its way into another Pokémon’s nest and claims it as its own.
To make itself appear intimidatingly beefy, it tightly cinches its waist with its twin tails.
Purugly Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Purugly in Diamond & Pearl can hold Cheri Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Cheri Berry.
In Diamond & Pearl, Purugly plays as a pivot. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move. Return is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Jolly is the go-to nature for Purugly. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Purugly first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 11 games across 6 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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