Is Sharpedo Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Carvanha, a Super Rod catch after the Hall of Fame, evolves at level 30. Water/Dark with AbilityRough Skin. Extremely fast with strong Attack, but paper-thin defenses. Glass cannon that handles Flint in Elite Four rematches but goes down to one solid hit.
Carvanha has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Carvanha trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Carvanha resists most of Fantina's coverage and hits back hard.
Maylene's team hits Carvanha's weaknesses hard.
Carvanha trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Carvanha trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Carvanha trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Carvanha trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Sharpedo trades roughly evenly with 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 resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Sharpedo trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Carvanha
Catch Carvanha in the Great Marsh (Super Rod fishing, Lv 30-55, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 30DarkBitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Fantina
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TUTORFlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
Evolve Carvanha to Sharpedo
Carvanha evolves into Sharpedo at Level 30. You get it at Level 30 or higher, so it evolves into Sharpedo the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- LV 56DarkNight SlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORFlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
How to Get Sharpedo in Platinum
Sharpedo cannot be fished up directly in Platinum. Reel a Carvanha out of the Great Marsh on the Super Rod and level it to 30, and the torpedo shark evolves from there.
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.Catch Carvanha at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Sharpedo.
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
- 1Catch Carvanha
- 2Evolve Sharpedoat Lv.30
Badge 5How to Obtain Sharpedo in Pt
The path to Sharpedo starts with Carvanha at Lv. 30-55 via fishing encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Sharpedo ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Carvanha egg.
How to Get Shiny Sharpedo in Platinum
Sharpedo comes by leveling, so hatch a Carvanha line through a foreign Ditto, then evolve it. Compare Shiny Sharpedo odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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 2x294-347%KO Seed Bomb 2x157-185%KO | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x248-292%KO X-Scissor 2x88-105%KO | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x284-335%KO Megahorn 2x228-268%KO | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x205-241%KO Focus Blast 2x137-161%KO Shock Wave 2x69-81% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x284-335%KO Leaf Blade 2x114-135%KO X-Scissor 2x102-120%KO Thunderbolt 2x71-83% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x204-240%KO Rock Smash 2x46-54% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x213-250%KO Focus Punch 2x176-208%KO Pin Missile 2x18-21% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Shiftry builds →Leaf Storm 2x201-237%KO X-Scissor 2x84-99% Focus Blast 2x115-136%KO | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x243-286%KO Solar Beam 2x131-154%KO U-turn 2x77-90% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Pinsir builds →Focus Punch 2x189-223%KO X-Scissor 2x152-179%KO | ||
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.
Pt Sharpedo Best Moveset
40 in both Defense stats mean the moveset dies to any hit it doesn't avoid. 120 Attack and 95 Speed hit fast and hard with physical Water and Dark attacks, and AbilityRough Skin punishes physical contact. Pure glass cannon.
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. Pair those with Hydro Pump and Surf for STAB and coverage across 9 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
Base Stats
Its fangs rip through sheet iron. It swims at 75 mph and is known as “The Bully of the Sea.”
Sharpedo Platinum Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Platinum, but Sharpedo does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Sharpedo hits 560 BST.
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 Platinum.
In Platinum, use Sharpedo as a cannon. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Crunch is the primary attack.
For Platinum, run Adamant on Sharpedo. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the cannon role.
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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