Is Rhyperior Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Protector trade on Rhydon. Ground/Rock with AbilityLightning Rod. The Gen 4 evolution takes Rhydon to another level of physical power. Handles the E4 and most of Kanto. The trade evolution is the only barrier.
Rhyhorn trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Rhyhorn resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Rhyhorn has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Rhyhorn trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Rhyhorn's weaknesses hard.
Rhyhorn has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Rhyhorn trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Rhyhorn trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Rhyperior has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Rhyperior trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Rhyperior resists most of Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Rhyperior trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Rhyperior resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Rhyperior has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Rhyperior resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Rhyperior has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Rhyperior has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Rhyperior resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Rhyperior trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Rhyperior has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Rhyperior has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catch Rhyhorn
Catch Rhyhorn in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 17, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 45RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 49GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 57BugMegahornPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 10
Evolve Rhyhorn to Rhyperior
Rhydon evolves into Rhyperior when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Brock.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 45RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 49GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 57BugMegahornPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 10
- LV 61RockRock WreckerPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Rhyperior in HeartGold & SoulSilver
A trade step sits in Rhyperior's 3-stage chain from Rhyhorn. The step cards below map each stage with catch locations and evolution methods. Rhyhorn shows up at moderate rates, so the starting catch is the easy part.
Catch Rhyhorn or Rhydon at any of these 3 spots to eventually evolve into Rhyperior.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8How to Obtain Rhyperior in HGSS
The path to Rhyperior starts with Rhyhorn at Lv. 17-41 via walking and trade encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
How to Get Shiny Rhyperior in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Rhyperior takes a Protector trade, so breed the Rhyhorn line Masuda-style and evolve it up. Compare Shiny Rhyperior odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Rhyperior 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Rhyperior.
Rhyperior Weakness
Rhyperior is weak to Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Ground, and Steel. Watch out for Water and Grass attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Electric-type moves entirely. The Ground/Rock typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Lightning Rod grants an additional Electric immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Rhyperior's physical bulk (base 130 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| 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 Rhyperior Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Rhyperior
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 4x247-291%KO Earthquake 2x32-37% Focus Blast 2x82-97% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Sceptile builds →Leaf Storm 4x278-327%KO Focus Punch 2x41-49% Earthquake 2x28-33% Iron Tail 2x28-33% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x257-302%KO Focus Punch 2x53-63% | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Venusaur builds →Solar Beam 4x229-270%KO Earthquake 2x27-32% Rock Smash 2x11-14% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Victreebel builds →Leaf Storm 4x266-314%KO | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Breloom builds →Seed Bomb 4x97-115%KO Focus Punch 2x89-105%KO Iron Tail 2x40-47% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Vileplume builds →Solar Beam 4x247-291%KO Drain Punch 2x16-19% | ||
 Kingler Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Kingler builds →Crabhammer 4x121-142%KO Dig 2x32-38% Brick Break 2x30-36% Metal Claw 2x21-24% | ||
 Suicune Water | A | |
Obtain MethodBurned Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Suicune builds →Surf 4x167-197%KO Ice Beam 2x56-66% Dig 2x21-24% Iron Tail 2x25-30% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Shiftry builds →Leaf Storm 4x243-286%KO Dig 2x26-31% Focus Blast 2x70-82% | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 4x197-231%KO Earthquake 2x27-32% Iron Tail 2x27-32% Rock Smash 2x11-14% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 4x210-247%KO Surf 4x167-197%KO Focus Punch 2x35-42% Ice Beam 2x56-66% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhyperior View Slowbro builds →Surf 4x181-213%KO Focus Punch 2x37-44% Ice Beam 2x60-71% Earthquake 2x25-30% | ||
Rhyperior Evolutions
Rhyperior evolved from Rhyhorn's chain using a trade. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Rhyhorn eggs (average hatch time). The evolution from Rhyhorn pushed Rhyperior to 535 total stats. Attack saw the largest single gain at +55. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Rhyperior to get Rhyhorn eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Counter, Crunch, Crush Claw and 10 more.
HGSS Rhyperior Best Moveset
Ground/Rock at 140 Attack and 130 Defense behind AbilitySolid Rock reducing super-effective damage by 25%. The moveset dominates physically when Water and Grass (both 4x) aren't present. 40 Speed guarantees going last.
Best Build
Rhyperior best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Fire Punch
- Megahorn
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 12 types means almost nothing walls Rhyperior cleanly, with Rock Wrecker and Stone Edge anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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
All 39 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
From holes in its palms, it fires out GEODUDE. Its carapace can withstand volcanic eruptions.
Rhyperior HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Rhyperior is obtained by trade-evolving Rhydon. Catch or evolve a Rhydon first, then trade. The Protector must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Rhyperior plays as a wallbreaker. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully. Earthquake is the primary attack.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Brave is the go-to nature for Rhyperior. That's +Attack / -Speed. Pair it with 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD EVs. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Since Diamond & Pearl, Rhyperior has been in 13 games. Requiring a trade evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
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
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