Is Shuckle Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Emerald Dual Slot encounter. AbilitySturdy blocks OHKO moves and AbilityGluttony consumes berries earlier. The highest Defense and Sp.Def of any Pokemon, and the lowest Attack and Sp.Atk. Shuckle doesn't deal damage. It exists to not faint.
Shuckle trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Shuckle trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Maylene's team hits Shuckle's weaknesses hard.
Shuckle trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Shuckle trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Byron's team hits Shuckle's weaknesses hard.
Shuckle trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Shuckle trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Shuckle has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Bertha's team hits Shuckle's weaknesses hard.
Shuckle trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Lucian's typing presses Shuckle's defenses.
Shuckle trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Shuckle has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Saturn's typing presses Shuckle's defenses.
Cynthia's team hits Shuckle's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Shuckle on Route 224 (walking, Lv 23, rare). Pokémon Emerald in GBA slot.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Route 212
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM80RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Mt. Coronet
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Diamond & Pearl Shuckle Locations
Shuckle only appears with an Emerald cart in the GBA port, a rare level 23 catch on one postgame route. Pull that dual-slot trick and the mold Pokemon shows up where it otherwise never would.
Wild Shuckle may be holding when caught:
Oran Berry (always) Held: Consumed at 1/2 max HP to recover 10 HP.1 location to catch Shuckle
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Shuckle in Diamond & Pearl
How to Get Shiny Shuckle in Diamond & Pearl
Shuckle tucks into the Route 224 grass, where a PokeRadar chain is what drops its shiny down to 1 in 200. Compare Shiny Shuckle odds across every game
Shiny Shuckle Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Shuckle Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Shuckle in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Shuckle Weakness
Water, Rock, and Steel moves hit Shuckle for super-effective damage. Shuckle's overall bulk (20/230/230) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Poison |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Shuckle Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Shuckle
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuckle View Empoleon builds →Hydro Pump 2x77-91% Flash Cannon 2x53-63% Rock Slide 2x27-33% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuckle View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 2x73-86% Iron Tail 2x48-57% Surf 2x21-25% | ||
 Kingler Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuckle View Kingler builds →Crabhammer 2x73-86% Rock Slide 2x36-43% Metal Claw 2x25-29% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuckle View Armaldo builds →Stone Edge 2x71-84% Iron Tail 2x47-56% Water Pulse 2x18-22% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuckle View Kabutops builds →Waterfall 2x53-63% Stone Edge 2x67-79% | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuckle View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 2x67-79% Iron Tail 2x34-40% | ||
 Steelix SteelGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuckle View Steelix builds →Iron Tail 2x53-63% Stone Edge 2x35-42% | ||
 Omastar RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Omanyte (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuckle View Omastar builds →Hydro Pump 2x79-93% Ancient Power 2x41-49% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
 Metagross SteelPsychic | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuckle View Metagross builds →Meteor Mash 2x69-81% Rock Slide 2x38-45% | ||
 Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuckle View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 2x49-58% Iron Tail 2x40-48% Rock Tomb 2x21-25% | ||
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuckle View Heatran builds →Flash Cannon 2x59-70% Ancient Power 2x30-36% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Shuckle Evolutions
Breeding is the whole story for Shuckle. A decent partner pool through one egg group, eggs take an average time to hatch, and you won't need to evolve anything. It's got 6 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Shuckle easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Acupressure, Helping Hand, Knock Off and 3 more to offspring.
DP Shuckle Best Moveset
230 in both Defense and Sp. Def are the highest defensive stats in the game, but 10 in both Attack stats and 5 Speed mean the moveset can't deal damage or act first. Blocks literally everything but can't do anything about it. Toxic and Encore for support only.
Best Build
Shuckle best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Toxic
- Knock Off
- Encore
- Rest
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Shuckle misses out on Acupressure and Helping Hand. That's 6 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Stone Edge and Rock Slide, with Normal and Ground coverage and more 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
30 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It stores berries in its shell. The berries eventually ferment to become delicious juices.
Shuckle Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Shuckle in Diamond & Pearl can hold Oran Berry (always). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Oran Berry.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Shuckle as a support. Physical side carries the damage. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Impish on Shuckle. +Defense is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Shuckle first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 16 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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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