Is Skorupi Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Route 214 Poison/Bug encounter. AbilityBattle Armor blocks crits. Drapion at 40 drops Bug and becomes Poison/Dark. Late evolution but the typing change is worth the wait. Aaron on the E4 uses Drapion as his ace.
Skorupi has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Skorupi has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Skorupi's weaknesses hard.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Drapion resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Drapion has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Drapion has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Drapion trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Drapion has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Drapion has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Drapion has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Drapion has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Drapion has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Drapion trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Skorupi in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 22-26, uncommon). Pre-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 45DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- LV 50PoisonCross PoisonPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Skorupi to Drapion
Skorupi evolves into Drapion at Level 40. Your Skorupi should hit Level 40 before you reach Candice, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Fantina
- TM84PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 212
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 49DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- LV 58PoisonCross PoisonPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Skorupi in Diamond & Pearl
Skorupi scuttles the Great Marsh as an uncommon walking catch in the low 20s, showing in the area both before and after the National Dex. That marsh is its one home, so the scorpion never strays onto a route.
Wild Skorupi may be holding when caught:
Poison Barb (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a small, poisonous barb that ups the power of Poison-type moves.1 location to catch Skorupi
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Skorupi in DP
The line opens with Skorupi at Lv. 22-26 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Drapionor evolve from Skorupi (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Skorupi.
How to Get Shiny Skorupi in Diamond & Pearl
Skorupi eggs shine at 1 in 1,638, so pair it with a foreign-language parent and hatch the Masuda way. Compare Shiny Skorupi odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Skorupi 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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Skorupi.
Skorupi Weakness
Skorupi's Poison/Bug typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Skorupi's physical bulk (base 90 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Skorupi Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Skorupi
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Gliscor builds →Aerial Ace 2x66-78% Rock Slide 2x53-63% Fire Fang 2x48-58% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Aerodactyl builds →Fly 2x104-123%KO Rock Slide 2x86-103%KO Fire Fang 2x51-60% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Drifblim builds →Fly 2x84-99% Dream Eater 2x97-115%KO | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x156-185%KO Rock Slide 2x47-55% Aerial Ace 2x38-47% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Yanmega builds →Dream Eater 2x118-140%KO Aerial Ace 2x55-66% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Mr. Mime builds →Dream Eater 2x160-189%KO Aerial Ace 2x27-33% | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Lunatone builds →Dream Eater 2x153-181%KO Rock Slide 2x55-66% | ||
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Anorith builds →Rock Slide 2x79-95% Aerial Ace 2x44-52% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Skorupi Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Skorupi grows into Drapion through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 170 total stats over Skorupi. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Skorupi easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug and Water 3 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Agility, Confuse Ray, Feint Attack and 6 more to offspring.
DP Skorupi Best Moveset
90 Defense and Poison/Bug typing, but 50 Attack and 65 Speed at this stage can't threaten anything. AbilityBattle Armor blocks crits. The moveset is outclassed by Drapion. Drapion takes over with better stats.
Best Build
Skorupi best EVs are HP and Attack
Bulky Support Moveset
- Night Slash
- Cross Poison
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Agility and Confuse Ray on Skorupi. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Sludge Bomb and Poison Jab, they expand what Skorupi can actually threaten in practice.
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
38 of 39 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It grips prey with its tail claws and injects poison. It tenaciously hangs on until the poison takes.
It lives in arid lands. It buries itself in sand and lies in wait for unsuspecting prey.
Skorupi Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Skorupi in Diamond & Pearl can hold Poison Barb (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Poison Barb.
For Diamond & Pearl, you can run Skorupi through the first few routes without issues. 330 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Drapion as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 12 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Skorupi spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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