Is Skiploom Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Skiploom heads toward Jumpluff at 27 from a Pal Park import. AbilityChlorophyll doubles Speed in sun, but Sinnoh has no reliable sun setter during the story. The Speed boost rarely happens.
Roark's team hits Skiploom's weaknesses hard.
Gardenia's team hits Skiploom's weaknesses hard.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Jumpluff resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Skiploom on Route 205 (Poké Radar, Lv 12, rare).
Recommended Moves
- LV 16GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 44GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 48FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Catch Hoppip
Catch Hoppip on Route 205 (Poké Radar, Lv 9-10, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 31BugU-turnPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 37GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 40FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Skiploom to Jumpluff
Skiploom evolves into Jumpluff at Level 27. Your Skiploom should hit Level 27 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- LV 27GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 48FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Skiploom in Diamond & Pearl
Skiploom chains rare off the Poke Radar at two spots, level 12 to 30. The middle stage is harder to pull than Hoppip, so many players just level the base form past stage one instead.
2 locations to catch Skiploom2 locations to catch Hoppip
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5Catch Hoppip at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 18 — it evolves into Skiploom.
Badge 1 Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5Where To Catch Skiploom in DP
To get Skiploom, start by catching Hoppip through special encounters at Lv. 9-29. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Skiploom ✓or evolve from Hoppip (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into JumpluffBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Hoppip egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Skiploom.
How to Get Shiny Skiploom in Diamond & Pearl
Skiploom floats those same spots on Route 205 and the Fuego Ironworks, so a PokeRadar chain coughs up its shiny at last. Compare Shiny Skiploom odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Skiploom 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Skiploom.
Skiploom Weakness
Skiploom is weak to Ice, Fire, Poison, Flying, and Rock. Watch out for Ice attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Ground-type moves entirely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Poison, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Skiploom Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Skiploom
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Gliscor builds →Ice Fang 4x128-151%KO Aerial Ace 2x89-106%KO Poison Jab 2x78-93% Rock Slide 2x72-85% | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Drapion builds →Ice Fang 4x124-146%KO Rock Slide 2x70-83% Fire Fang 2x62-73% Aerial Ace 2x55-66% | ||
 Swalot Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Swalot builds →Ice Beam 4x128-151%KO Sludge 2x65-77% | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Pelipper builds →Ice Beam 4x152-180%KO Fly 2x83-99% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Aerodactyl builds →Fly 2x143-168%KO Ice Fang 4x137-161%KO Rock Slide 2x117-139%KO Fire Fang 2x68-80% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Lunatone builds →Ice Beam 4x152-180%KO Rock Slide 2x74-88% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x124-146%KO Rock Slide 2x63-76% Aerial Ace 2x51-61% | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Masquerain builds →Ice Beam 4x161-190%KO Aerial Ace 2x65-77% | ||
 Arbok Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Arbok builds →Ice Fang 4x128-151%KO Rock Slide 2x72-85% Fire Fang 2x63-76% Acid 2x40-48% | ||
Skiploom Evolutions
Skiploom sits between Hoppip and Jumpluff in this three-stage line. Not the final form yet. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. Speed has grown the most so far (+30), but there's still another 120 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Skiploom to get Hoppip eggs easily using 35 partners from the Fairy and Grass egg groups. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Aromatherapy, Confusion and 6 more.
DP Skiploom Best Moveset
80 Speed is fast for a mid-stage, but 45 in both Attack stats means the moveset deals no meaningful damage. Evolve to Jumpluff.
Best Build
Skiploom best EVs are HP and Speed
Wall Moveset
- Encore
- Leech Seed
- Substitute
- Sleep Powder
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Skiploom gets Amnesia and Aromatherapy exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Normal and Bug coverage rounds out the picture alongside Solar Beam and Energy Ball.
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
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It blooms when the weather warms. It floats in the sky to soak up as much sunlight as possible.
Skiploom Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, for a casual playthrough, Skiploom works as a placeholder. Grass/Flying coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Jumpluff. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Skiploom appears in 16 games across 8 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 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
Winds & Waves
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