Is Skorupi Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
A post-game Safari Zone catch in the Wasteland once Peak objects are placed there, and the objects unlock with the National Dex. Poison/Bug with AbilityBattle Armor blocking crits. Drapion at level 40 switches to Poison/Dark.
Skorupi has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Skorupi has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Skorupi has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Skorupi has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Skorupi has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Janine's team hits Skorupi's weaknesses hard.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blaine's team hits Skorupi's weaknesses hard.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Koga's team hits Skorupi's weaknesses hard.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Drapion has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Drapion has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Skorupi in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 44-45). Requires 28 Peak objects placed in Wasteland.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 44)
- LV 44BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- After Clair
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Sold by the TM clerk on 3F of the Celadon Department Store
- LV 45DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 50PoisonCross PoisonPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
Evolve Skorupi to Drapion
Skorupi evolves into Drapion at Level 40. You get it at Level 44 or higher, past Level 40, so it evolves into Drapion the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40DarkBitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- After Clair
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sold by the TM clerk on 3F of the Celadon Department Store
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 49DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 58PoisonCross PoisonPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
How to Get Skorupi in HeartGold & SoulSilver
1 location for Skorupi in post-game Safari Zone areas. Scroll the list below and pick whichever spot sits closest to your current 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 8Where To Catch Skorupi in HGSS
- Step 2Evolve into Drapion
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Skorupi.
How to Get Shiny Skorupi in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Skorupi wants a foreign-language parent, so breed it Masuda-style for a shiny of its own. Compare Shiny Skorupi odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Skarmory builds →Fly 2x82-97% Rock Tomb 2x31-38% | ||
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Typhlosion builds →Fire Blast 2x201-238%KO Aerial Ace 2x39-46% Rock Tomb 2x33-40% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Gliscor builds →Aerial Ace 2x64-75% Fire Fang 2x46-54% Rock Tomb 2x35-42% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x185-219%KO Aerial Ace 2x47-56% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Camerupt builds →Fire Blast 2x194-228%KO Rock Slide 2x54-65% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Magmar Fire | C | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Magcargo FireRock | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Slugma (Violet City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Magcargo builds →Fire Blast 2x172-203%KO Ancient Power 2x88-103%KO | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Altaria builds →Fly 2x74-88% Fire Blast 2x95-113%KO | ||
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.
HGSS Skorupi Best Moveset
Bug/Poison at 90 Defense with AbilityBattle Armor blocking critical hits. 50 Attack at 65 Speed leaves the moveset without offensive tools. Evolve to Drapion.
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 Cross Poison, 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
All 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It burrows under the sand to lie in wait for prey. Its tail claws can inject its prey with a savage poison.
Skorupi HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Skorupi?
See the Locations section above for where to find Skorupi 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 Skorupi from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Skorupi 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 Skorupi in HeartGold & SoulSilver 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.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Skorupi has 330 BST and evolves into Drapion. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
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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