Is Relicanth Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Route 226 via Super Rod, after the Hall of Fame. Water/Rock with AbilitySwift Swim in rain. Ancient Pokemon with good physical bulk. Handles Flint in rematches through Water and resists Fire through Rock. A niche late option.
Relicanth resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gardenia's team hits Relicanth's weaknesses hard.
Relicanth trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Relicanth trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Relicanth trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Relicanth trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Relicanth resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Relicanth trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Relicanth on Route 226 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 20-50, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- LV 50NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- LV 71WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORFlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- LV 78RockHead SmashPower 225Accuracy 80%PP 5
Platinum Relicanth Locations
Relicanth bites only on the Super Rod, and only in the Route 226 water. The catch rate on this living fossil is brutally low, so even once you find the right spot, expect a long fight to keep one.
Wild Relicanth may be holding when caught:
Deep Sea Scale (5% chance) Doubles Clamperl’s Special Defense. Traded on a Clamperl: Holder evolves into Gorebyss.1 location to catch Relicanth
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Relicanth in Platinum
How to Get Shiny Relicanth in Platinum
Relicanth takes the Super Rod off Route 226, but breeding one with a foreign Ditto is the surer shiny. Compare Shiny Relicanth odds across every game
Shiny Relicanth Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum Shiny Relicanth 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.
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 | 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 Relicanth in the Platinum Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Relicanth Weakness
Grass, Electric, Fighting, and Ground moves hit Relicanth for super-effective damage. Grass hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Relicanth's physical bulk (base 130 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Ice, Poison, Flying |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fire |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Relicanth Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Relicanth
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Exeggutor builds →Leaf Storm 4x309-363%KO | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 4x237-279%KO Earthquake 2x34-41% Focus Blast 2x79-93% Shock Wave 2x40-47% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 4x133-157%KO Earthquake 2x56-66% Rock Smash 2x15-18% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Breloom builds →Seed Bomb 4x106-124%KO Focus Punch 2x97-115%KO | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x247-291%KO Focus Punch 2x58-68% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Victreebel builds →Leaf Storm 4x256-301%KO | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Vileplume builds →Solar Beam 4x237-279%KO Drain Punch 2x17-21% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Shiftry builds →Leaf Storm 4x235-276%KO Dig 2x28-33% Focus Blast 2x67-79% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x81-96% Earthquake 2x37-43% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 4x201-237%KO Focus Punch 2x39-46% | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 4x186-219%KO Earthquake 2x29-35% Rock Smash 2x12-15% | ||
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
Relicanth Evolutions
What you see is what you get. Relicanth sits outside any evolution chain, so focus on the egg moves and plenty of partners from two egg groups. Eggs take forever to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Relicanth with 69 breeding partners from the Water 1 and Water 2 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Aqua Tail, Magnitude and 6 more to offspring.
Pt Relicanth Best Moveset
Water/Rock typing resists Fire and Normal but adds weaknesses to Grass, Fighting, Electric, and Ground. The moveset has 90 Attack at 130 Defense for a durable physical attacker, and AbilityRock Head removes recoil from MoveHead Smash and MoveDouble-Edge.
Best Build
Relicanth best EVs are Defense and Attack
Bulky Support Moveset
- Head Smash
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Relicanth picks up Amnesia and Aqua Tail only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Head Smash and Hydro Pump while Normal and Ice coverage and more adds range.
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 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A rare Pokémon discovered during a deep-sea exploration. It has not changed in over 100 million years.
Relicanth Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Relicanth in Platinum can hold Deep Sea Scale (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Deep Sea Scale.
Yes. Relicanth is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Relicanth becomes available after the main story is complete in Platinum.
In Platinum, use Relicanth as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Waterfall is the primary attack.
For Platinum, run Adamant on Relicanth. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Relicanth first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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
Explore
Where to go next after Relicanth.
Keep playing · PlatinumPlatinum Tier ListThe best Pokemon ranked tier by tierSee Platinum Tier List