Is Shuppet Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Breed-only. Ghost with AbilityInsomnia preventing sleep. Banette at level 37 has strong physical Attack. The breed-only chain limits access.
Shuppet has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Shuppet has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Shuppet has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's typing presses Shuppet's defenses.
Shuppet has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's typing presses Shuppet's defenses.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blaine's typing presses Shuppet's defenses.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Shuppet has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Karen's team hits Shuppet's weaknesses hard.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Shuppet in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 46-47). Requires 35 Forest objects placed in Forest.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 46)
- LV 46GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 46DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 46DarkFeint AttackPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Sold by the TM clerk on 3F of the Celadon Department Store
Evolve Shuppet to Banette
Shuppet evolves into Banette at Level 37. You get it at Level 46 or higher, past Level 37, so it evolves into Banette the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 37)
- LV 37GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 37DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 37FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- TM65GhostShadow ClawPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 42
- After Clair
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Sold by the TM clerk on 3F of the Celadon Department Store
How to Get Shuppet in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Shuppet starts showing up in post-game Safari Zone areas across 1 encounter spot. The list below lets you pick what fits your current progress without scrolling through everything.
Wild Shuppet may be holding when caught:
Spell Tag (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a sinister, eerie tag that boosts the power of Ghost-type moves.1 location to catch Shuppet
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Shuppet in HGSS
Shuppet is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 44-47 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Banetteor evolve from Shuppet (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Shuppet.
How to Get Shiny Shuppet in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Shuppet eggs shine brightest, so pair it with a foreign parent the Masuda way at 1 in 1,638 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Shuppet odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Shuppet 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 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
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Cacturne builds →Sucker Punch 2x185-218%KO | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Absol builds →Bite 2x155-182%KO Shadow Claw 2x118-139%KO | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x123-145%KO Shadow Ball 2x104-123%KO | ||
 Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x193-227%KO Sucker Punch 2x65-77% | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Murkrow builds →Feint Attack 2x108-127%KO Shadow Ball 2x99-117%KO | ||
 Misdreavus Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Misdreavus builds →Shadow Ball 2x148-176%KO Payback 2x45-55% | ||
 Dusclops Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Dusclops builds →Shadow Ball 2x115-136%KO Payback 2x53-63% | ||
 Shedinja BugGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Shedinja builds →Shadow Claw 2x131-155%KO Thief 2x52-61% | ||
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.
HGSS Shuppet Best Moveset
75 Attack with AbilityFrisk revealing the opponent's held item on switch-in. Scouts items and fires physical Ghost hits. 44 HP and 35 Defense fold to contact. Banette brings the real physical 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 Ominous Wind 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
All 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It uses its horn to feed on envy and malice, or so it’s said. It’s very active at night.
Shuppet HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Shuppet?
See the Locations section above for where to find Shuppet 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 Shuppet from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Shuppet 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 Shuppet in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Spell Tag (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Spell Tag.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Shuppet has 295 BST and evolves into Banette. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
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
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