Is Shroomish Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
A post-game encounter here. Grass-type with AbilityEffect Spore spreading random status on contact. Breloom at level 23 adds Fighting for one of the best offensive dual typings.
Shroomish trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Bugsy's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Shroomish has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Shroomish's defenses.
Shroomish trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Shroomish trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Shroomish resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Clair's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Shroomish resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Shroomish has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Shroomish trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Janine's Pokemon outpace and outclass Shroomish here.
Sabrina's typing presses Shroomish's defenses.
Blaine's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Blue's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Shroomish trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Koga's Pokemon outpace and outclass Shroomish here.
Shroomish trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Karen's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Breloom trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Shroomish in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 45). Block objects required.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 45)
- LV 45GrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 45GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 45GrassMega DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 45NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
Evolve Shroomish to Breloom
Shroomish evolves into Breloom at Level 23. You get it at Level 45, past Level 23, so it evolves into Breloom the next time it levels up. A lower-level Shroomish evolves when it reaches Level 23.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- TM60FightingDrain PunchPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 39
- LV 29FightingForce PalmPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 33FightingSky UppercutPower 128Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 41GrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Shroomish in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Shroomish hides in Viridian Forest Headbutt trees, switched on only after the National Dex. It is a limited tree spawn, so the catch is purely a matter of thumping trunks once the upgrade unlocks.
Wild Shroomish may be holding when caught:
Kebia Berry (5% chance) If held by a Pokemon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Poison-type attack.2 locations to catch Shroomish
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Shroomish in HGSS
Shroomish is where the line starts, caught through walking and headbutt encounters at Lv. 3-45. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Breloomor evolve from Shroomish (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Shroomish.
How to Get Shiny Shroomish in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Shroomish drops from headbutt trees in Viridian Forest, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Shroomish odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Shroomish 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 Shroomish.
Shroomish Weakness
Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug moves hit Shroomish for super-effective damage. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Shroomish Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Shroomish
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Scyther builds →X-Scissor 2x109-129%KO Wing Attack 2x84-99% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Altaria builds →Fly 2x86-102%KO Fire Blast 2x77-91% Ice Beam 2x61-71% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Typhlosion builds →Fire Blast 2x163-193%KO Aerial Ace 2x46-54% | ||
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Vespiquen builds →Attack Order 2x96-113%KO Aerial Ace 2x65-78% Sludge Bomb 2x63-75% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x150-177%KO Aerial Ace 2x55-66% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Yanmega builds →Silver Wind 2x86-102%KO Aerial Ace 2x63-75% | ||
 Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Venomoth builds →Sludge Bomb 2x104-123%KO Signal Beam 2x88-104%KO Aerial Ace 2x38-45% | ||
Shroomish Evolutions
Shroomish evolves into Breloom. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 165 total stats over Shroomish. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Shroomish easily with 35 breeding partners from the Fairy and Grass egg groups. Pass egg moves like Charm, Fake Tears, False Swipe and 5 more to offspring.
HGSS Shroomish Best Moveset
AbilityEffect Spore triggers contact status and AbilityPoison Heal provides passive HP recovery when poisoned. Stats around 40-60 can't back up either ability well. Breloom's Fighting typing is the destination.
Best Build
Shroomish best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Protect
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Toxic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Shroomish misses out on Charm and Fake Tears. That's 8 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Solar Beam and Seed Bomb, with Normal and Poison coverage rounding things out.
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 18 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
If it senses danger, it scatters spores from the top of its head to protect itself.
Shroomish HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Shroomish?
See the Locations section above for where to find Shroomish in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Shroomish from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Shroomish easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Shroomish in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Kebia Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Kebia Berry.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Shroomish has 295 BST and evolves into Breloom. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Shroomish first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form 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
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