Is Rampardos Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityMold Breaker ignores abilities on the opponent. Rampardos hits harder physically than almost anything else available in Sinnoh. Glass cannon: massive Attack with paper-thin defenses. Handles Candice, Flint, and Aaron through raw power. One hit from Rampardos usually ends the fight.
Cranidos has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Cranidos trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Maylene's team hits Cranidos's weaknesses hard.
Cranidos trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Rampardos has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Rampardos trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Rampardos has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Rampardos has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Rampardos has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Rampardos trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Rampardos has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Rampardos trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Rampardos has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Rampardos resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Rampardos has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Rampardos trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Fossil Cranidos
Cranidos can be revived from a fossil obtained in Oreburgh City. Revive Skull Fossil. Revive from Skull Fossil at the Oreburgh Mining Museum. Skull Fossil is found in the Underground (Diamond only).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Byron
- TM69RockRock PolishPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Coronet
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM80RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Mt. Coronet
- LV 43RockHead SmashPower 225Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Cranidos to Rampardos
Cranidos evolves into Rampardos at Level 30. Your Cranidos should hit Level 30 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM80RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Mt. Coronet
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- LV 52RockHead SmashPower 225Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Rampardos in Diamond & Pearl
Rampardos has no wild spawn. Level a Cranidos to 30, keeping in mind that Cranidos revives from the Skull Fossil, which only turns up in Diamond, so Pearl owners trade to start the line.
Catch Cranidos at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Rampardos.
- 1Catch Cranidos
- 2Evolve Rampardosat Lv.30
How to Obtain Rampardos in DP
- Step 2Rampardos ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Cranidos egg.
How to Get Shiny Rampardos in Diamond & Pearl
Rampardos rises from a bred Cranidos, hatched through the Masuda Method, then evolved up. Compare Shiny Rampardos odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Rampardos 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Rampardos in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Rampardos Weakness
Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, and Steel moves hit Rampardos for super-effective damage. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. 5 weaknesses means you'll want teammates that can handle the coverage gaps.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Rampardos Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Rampardos
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rampardos View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x188-221%KO Solar Beam 2x95-112%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rampardos View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x180-213%KO Earthquake 2x80-95% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rampardos View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x85-101%KO Focus Punch 2x85-101%KO | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rampardos View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x157-185%KO Earthquake 2x71-84% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rampardos View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x119-140%KO Rock Smash 2x33-39% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rampardos View Sandslash builds →Focus Punch 2x101-120%KO Earthquake 2x102-121%KO | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rampardos View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x152-179%KO Earthquake 2x68-80% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rampardos View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x97-115%KO Brick Break 2x49-58% Steel Wing 2x46-54% | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rampardos View Monferno builds →Focus Punch 2x126-149%KO Dig 2x46-54% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rampardos View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x126-149%KO Dig 2x55-65% Focus Blast 2x84-99% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rampardos View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x126-149%KO Surf 2x102-121%KO Focus Punch 2x78-92% | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Roselia GrassPoison | B | |
Rampardos Evolutions
Evolved from Cranidos. Rampardos is the final form in this two-stage line. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are slow to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+40 over Cranidos), and Rampardos peaks at 495 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Rampardos to get Cranidos eggs using 63 partners from the Monster egg group. Notable egg moves include Crunch, Double-Edge, Hammer Arm and 5 more.
DP Rampardos Best Moveset
165 Attack is the highest of any non-legendary Pokemon, and AbilityMold Breaker ignores abilities like AbilitySturdy and AbilityLevitate when hitting. The moveset demolishes anything it touches physically. 58 Speed and paper defenses at 50-60 mean Rampardos either KOs or goes down trying.
Best Build
Rampardos best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Revenge Killer Moveset
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
- Head Smash
- Thunder Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Rampardos can hit 11 types beyond STAB, including Normal and Dark. The offense anchors on Head Smash and Stone Edge while TMs handle everything else.
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
50 of 51 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its powerful head butt has enough power to shatter even the most durable things upon impact.
Its skull is as hard as iron. It is a brute that tears down jungle trees while catching prey.
Rampardos Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Rampardos as a cannon. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Jolly on Rampardos. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the cannon role.
Game Availability
Available in 12 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Rampardos spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- 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
Winds & Waves
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