Is Skiploom Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Hoppip evolves at level 18. Grass/Flying with AbilityChlorophyll. Skiploom is the middle stage of a line that never develops the offensive power to contribute past mid-game. Jumpluff at 27 doesn't change the equation much.
Falkner's team hits Hoppip's weaknesses hard.
Bugsy's team hits Hoppip's weaknesses hard.
Hoppip trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Jumpluff's defenses.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Jumpluff resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Jumpluff resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Jumpluff resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Blaine's team hits Jumpluff's weaknesses hard.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Jumpluff resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Hoppip
Catch Hoppip on Route 32 (walking, Lv 6, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- LV 31BugU-turnPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 37GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 40FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
Evolve Hoppip to Jumpluff
Skiploom evolves into Jumpluff at Level 27. Your Hoppip should hit Level 27 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- LV 27GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 36BugU-turnPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 44GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 48FlyingBouncePower 128Accuracy 85%PP 5
How to Get Skiploom in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Wild Skiploom keeps things thin, just a rare Kanto route spawn and an uncommon Safari Zone one, both during the day. Evolving a Hoppip at level 18 is far less of a gamble than waiting on the grass.
2 locations to catch Skiploom7 locations to catch Hoppip
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Hoppip at any of the 7 locations below, then level it up to 18 — it evolves into Skiploom.
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Skiploom in HGSS
Hoppip gets you Skiploom sooner: catch it (before Badge 2) and evolve it at Lv 18. Wild Skiploom first appears at Safari Zone (after Badge 4).
- Step 2Skiploom ✓or evolve from Hoppip (Step 1)
- Step 3Catch or Evolve into JumpluffSafari Zone - MarshlandLv.38FloorRequires 5 Plains objects placed in MarshlandSafari Zone - MarshlandLv.47Surfing on waterRequires 10 Water objects placed in Marshlandor evolve from Skiploom (Step 2)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Skiploom.
How to Get Shiny Skiploom in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Skiploom floats over Route 14 and the Safari Zone, but breeding it Masuda-style is the quicker route to a shiny. Compare Shiny Skiploom odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Skiploom 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 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 (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
 Tentacruel WaterPoison | B | |
Obtain MethodCherrygrove City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Tentacruel builds →Ice Beam 4x133-157%KO Acid 2x45-54% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x148-175%KO Aerial Ace 2x64-76% | ||
 Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Nidoqueen builds →Ice Beam 4x129-152%KO Fire Blast 2x79-93% Aerial Ace 2x56-67% Rock Tomb 2x48-57% | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Nidoking builds →Ice Beam 4x142-167%KO Fire Blast 2x87-102%KO Rock Tomb 2x50-60% Peck 2x36-43% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Weezing Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Weezing builds →Fire Blast 2x87-102%KO Sludge 2x73-86% | ||
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x148-175%KO Smog 2x18-21% | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Arbok Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skiploom View Arbok builds →Ice Fang 4x125-148%KO Fire Fang 2x62-74% Rock Tomb 2x48-57% Acid 2x39-46% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
 Fearow Normal | C | |
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.
HGSS Skiploom Best Moveset
Grass/Flying mid-stage with 80 Speed as the standout stat. AbilityChlorophyll in sun doubles that further. Everything else sits below 65. The moveset is a faster but still powerless version of Hoppip. 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 Bounce.
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 18 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The bloom on top of its head opens and closes as the temperature fluctuates up and down.
It spreads its petals to absorb sunlight. It also floats in the air to get closer to the sun.
Skiploom HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- How do I catch Skiploom in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Skiploom 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 Skiploom from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Skiploom easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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
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