Is Shroomish Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Great Marsh after the National Dex. Grass with AbilityEffect Spore inflicting random status on contact. Breloom at level 23 becomes Grass/Fighting. Postgame timing limits the chain.
Shroomish resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gardenia's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Fantina's typing presses Shroomish's defenses.
Maylene's typing presses Shroomish's defenses.
Shroomish has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Candice's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Volkner's team hits Shroomish's weaknesses hard.
Breloom trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Breloom has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Breloom trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Breloom trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Breloom has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Breloom has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Breloom trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Breloom trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Shroomish in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 27-30, uncommon). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Route 212
- LV 37GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 41GrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Shroomish to Breloom
Shroomish evolves into Breloom at Level 23. You get it at Level 27 or higher, past Level 23, so it evolves into Breloom the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 41GrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Shroomish in Platinum
Shroomish hides in the Great Marsh and only unlocks once you have the National Dex. The post-game gate plus an uncommon slot in the rotating marsh roster makes it a slow one to pin down.
Wild Shroomish may be holding when caught:
Kebia Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Poison-type attack to halve the damage.1 location to catch Shroomish
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 5Where To Catch Shroomish in Pt
- Step 1Shroomish ✓
- Step 2Evolve into BreloomBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Shroomish egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Platinum for Shroomish.
How to Get Shiny Shroomish in Platinum
Shroomish only sprouts in the Great Marsh, out of the Radar's reach, so breed one with a foreign Ditto for a shiny. Compare Shiny Shroomish odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Infernape builds →Fire Blast 2x152-179%KO U-turn 2x60-71% Aerial Ace 2x51-61% | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Scyther builds →U-turn 2x94-112%KO Wing Attack 2x82-97% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x147-174%KO Aerial Ace 2x55-65% | ||
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Vespiquen builds →Attack Order 2x94-112%KO Aerial Ace 2x65-76% Poison Sting 2x13-16% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 2x160-188%KO Smog 2x20-24% | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Staraptor builds →Fly 2x129-153%KO U-turn 2x68-80% | ||
 Forretress BugSteel | B | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Altaria builds →Fly 2x84-100%KO Fire Blast 2x75-88% Ice Beam 2x60-71% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Kricketune builds →X-Scissor 2x87-103%KO Aerial Ace 2x44-53% | ||
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shroomish View Beedrill builds →Poison Jab 2x92-109%KO U-turn 2x79-94% Aerial Ace 2x46-55% | ||
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.
Pt Shroomish Best Moveset
Poisoning itself with Held ItemToxic Orb activates AbilityPoison Heal, recovering 12.5% HP per turn instead of taking poison damage. The moveset previews Breloom's self-sustaining strategy, but stats in the 40-60 range limit what Shroomish accomplishes alone. Breloom is where MoveSpore meets 130 Attack.
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 Energy Ball, 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
25 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It spouts poison spores from the top of its head. These spores cause pain all over if inhaled.
Shroomish Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Shroomish in Platinum 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 Platinum, Shroomish has 295 BST and evolves into Breloom. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Shroomish is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Shroomish becomes available after the main story is complete in Platinum.
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.
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- 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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