Is Sharpedo Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Water/Dark with AbilityRough Skin dealing chip damage on contact. The physical/special split finally gives Sharpedo physical Water and Dark moves matching its Attack. Fished with the Super Rod on Routes 213 and 222 after the Hall of Fame. Fast but fragile.
Sharpedo resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Sharpedo resists most of Fantina's coverage and hits back hard.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Sharpedo trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Sharpedo resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Sharpedo trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Sharpedo on Route 213 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 40-55, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- LV 56DarkNight SlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Sharpedo in Diamond & Pearl
Sharpedo hooks onto the Super Rod on two late routes, uncommon at level 40 to 55. You can pull the brutal evolved form straight from the deep water rather than raising a Carvanha.
Wild Sharpedo may be holding when caught:
Deep Sea Tooth (5% chance) Doubles Clamperl’s Special Attack. Traded on a Clamperl: Holder evolves into Huntail.2 locations to catch Sharpedo1 location to catch Carvanha
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
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Badge 7Catch Carvanha at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 30 — it evolves into Sharpedo.
Badge 3Where To Catch Sharpedo in DP
The path to Sharpedo starts with Carvanha at Lv. 15-30 via fishing encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Sharpedo ✓or evolve from Carvanha (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Sharpedo catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Sharpedo in Diamond & Pearl
Sharpedo evolves from Carvanha, so breed that pre-evo Masuda-style before it evolves. Compare Shiny Sharpedo odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Sharpedo 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Sharpedo preloaded.
Sharpedo Weakness
Sharpedo's Water/Dark typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Bug. It shrugs off Psychic-type attacks completely. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Sharpedo leans offensive (base 120 Atk) rather than trying to tank its weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Sharpedo Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Sharpedo
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x283-334%KO Seed Bomb 2x152-180%KO | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x240-283%KO X-Scissor 2x86-101%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x197-232%KO Rock Smash 2x45-54% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Shiftry builds →Leaf Storm 2x195-230%KO X-Scissor 2x82-97% Focus Blast 2x112-132%KO | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x237-279%KO Solar Beam 2x127-149%KO U-turn 2x74-87% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x170-201%KO Focus Punch 2x142-168%KO | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 2x154-182%KO Rock Smash 2x36-42% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x168-199%KO Focus Punch 2x113-134%KO | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Leafeon builds →Solar Beam 2x122-144%KO X-Scissor 2x88-104%KO Rock Smash 2x45-54% | ||
Sharpedo Evolutions
Evolved from Carvanha. Sharpedo is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+30 over Carvanha), and Sharpedo peaks at 460 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Sharpedo to get Carvanha eggs easily using 19 partners from the Water 2 egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Double-Edge, Hydro Pump and 1 more.
DP Sharpedo Best Moveset
120 Attack and 95 Speed deliver fast physical Water and Dark damage, but 40 in both defenses means Sharpedo folds to any hit it doesn't KO through. AbilityRough Skin chips physical attackers on contact, and the moveset is all-or-nothing offense.
Best Build
Sharpedo best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Crunch
- Earthquake
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Ancient Power and Double-Edge from the egg pool give Sharpedo 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
37 of 38 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Its fangs rip through sheet iron. It swims at 75 mph and is known as “The Bully of the Sea.”
Sharpedo Diamond & Pearl Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Diamond & Pearl, but Sharpedo does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Sharpedo hits 560 BST.
Yes. Wild Sharpedo in Diamond & Pearl can hold Deep Sea Tooth (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 Tooth.
Yes. Sharpedo is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Sharpedo becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Sharpedo as a cannon. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Crunch is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Sharpedo has appeared in 15 titles over 7 generations. Along the way, it received a Mega form in Generation 6, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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 6ORASMega
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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