Is Shuppet Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Ghost from Hoenn. Banette at 37 hits hard. AbilityFrisk is new in Gen 4 and reveals the opponent's held item. The physical/special split helps: Shadow Ball is Special now, and Banette has the physical side covered with other moves.
Roark's team hits Shuppet's weaknesses hard.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Banette resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Hatch
Hatch Shuppet from an Egg you breed in Solaceon Town.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lake Valor
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 31GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 35DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Shuppet to Banette
Shuppet evolves into Banette at Level 37. Your Shuppet should hit Level 37 before you reach Byron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 37)
- LV 37GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 37FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- After Fantina
- TM65GhostShadow ClawPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Gym Leader Fantina at Hearthome City
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Shuppet in Diamond & Pearl
Shuppet has no wild encounter in Diamond or Pearl. Breeding a Banette is the route to one, since the puppet Pokemon never spawns on its own and its evolution holds the only appearances.
Wild Shuppet may be holding when caught:
Spell Tag (5% chance) Held: Ghost-Type moves from holder do 20% more damage.Catch Banette at any of these 4 spots to eventually evolve into Shuppet.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Shuppet
- 2
Badge 8How to Obtain Shuppet in DP
- Step 1Shuppet ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave Banette with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Shuppet egg.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into BanetteRoute 225Lv.50-52GrassRate 20%NightRoute 226Lv.51-53GrassRate 20%NightRoute 227Lv.54GrassRate 10%NightStark Mountain - OutsideLv.54CaveRate 10%Nightor evolve from Shuppet (Step 1)
How to Get Shiny Shuppet in Diamond & Pearl
Shuppet hatches shiny best from the Day Care, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign-language parent. Compare Shiny Shuppet odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Shuppet Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here 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.
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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Shuppet.
Shuppet Weakness
Ghost and Dark moves hit Shuppet for super-effective damage. The upside? Normal and Fighting-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Normal, Fighting |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Shuppet Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Shuppet
 Giratina GhostDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodTurnback Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Giratina builds →Shadow Force 2x252-296%KO Dark Pulse 2x117-137%KO | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x211-248%KO Shadow Claw 2x123-145%KO | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Drapion builds →Crunch 2x155-182%KO Shadow Ball 2x78-92% | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Honchkrow builds →Night Slash 2x178-210%KO Shadow Ball 2x121-144%KO | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Cacturne builds →Sucker Punch 2x189-223%KO | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Weavile builds →Night Slash 2x172-202%KO Shadow Claw 2x115-135%KO | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Shiftry builds →Dark Pulse 2x161-190%KO Shadow Ball 2x107-126%KO | ||
 Skuntank PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Skuntank builds →Night Slash 2x139-164%KO Shadow Claw 2x93-109%KO | ||
 Mismagius Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Mismagius builds →Shadow Ball 2x183-215%KO Dark Pulse 2x121-144%KO | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Spiritomb builds →Sucker Punch 2x158-186%KO Shadow Ball 2x164-193%KO | ||
Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Banette builds →Shadow Claw 2x166-195%KO Sucker Punch 2x126-148%KO | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Drifblim builds →Shadow Ball 2x161-190%KO Payback 2x59-70% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x219-258%KO Dark Pulse 2x146-172%KO | ||
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x117-138%KO Dark Pulse 2x125-147%KO | ||
Shuppet Evolutions
Shuppet is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Banette. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 160 total stats over Shuppet. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Shuppet easily with 31 breeding partners from the Amorphous egg group. Pass egg moves like Astonish, Confuse Ray, Destiny Bond and 6 more to offspring.
DP Shuppet Best Moveset
75 Attack hints at Banette's physical Ghost power, but stats in the 33-75 range are too low for the moveset to compete. AbilityInsomnia blocks sleep. Banette brings the physical Ghost power.
Best Build
Shuppet best EVs are Sp. Atk and Attack
Utility Moveset
- Shadow Ball
- Dark Pulse
- Double Edge
- Will O Wisp
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Shuppet picks up Astonish and Confuse Ray only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Shadow Ball and Shadow Sneak while Dark and Electric coverage and more adds range.
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
35 of 39 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
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Shuppet Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, for a casual playthrough, Shuppet works as a placeholder. Ghost coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Banette. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Shuppet appears in 15 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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
Winds & Waves
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