Is Skorupi Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Great Marsh at level 20 during the story. Poison/Bug with AbilityBattle Armor blocking critical hits. Drapion at level 40 becomes Poison/Dark, losing the Bug typing entirely. Aaron uses Drapion as his E4 ace for good reason.
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.
Fantina's team hits Skorupi's weaknesses hard.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Skorupi trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Drapion has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
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 Jupiter'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 Saturn's team.
Drapion trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Skorupi in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 27-30, uncommon). Pre-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- LV 34BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- LV 45DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 50PoisonCross PoisonPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 90Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- 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
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- TM84PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 212
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ 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
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 90Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Skorupi in Platinum
Skorupi lurks in the Great Marsh, uncommon in the rotating roster both before and after the National Dex unlocks. The marsh is its only home in Platinum, so a walk through the swamp is the way to meet the scorpion.
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 5Where To Catch Skorupi in Pt
Skorupi is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 27-30 across 3 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Drapionor evolve from Skorupi (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Platinum for Skorupi.
How to Get Shiny Skorupi in Platinum
Skorupi only skitters through the Great Marsh, out of the Radar's reach, so breed one with a foreign Ditto for a shiny. Compare Shiny Skorupi odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Infernape builds →Fire Blast 2x185-218%KO Rock Slide 2x53-64% Aerial Ace 2x44-52% | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Rampardos builds →Rock Slide 2x118-140%KO Zen Headbutt 2x84-100%KO Fire Blast 2x86-102%KO | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Gliscor builds →Aerial Ace 2x60-72% Rock Slide 2x50-59% Fire Fang 2x44-52% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Aerodactyl builds →Fly 2x98-116%KO Rock Slide 2x83-99% Fire Fang 2x48-57% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Ninetales builds →Fire Blast 2x153-181%KO Dream Eater 2x84-100%KO | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x180-211%KO Aerial Ace 2x45-55% | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 2x193-228%KO Dream Eater 2x108-127%KO | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Skorupi View Drifblim builds →Fly 2x81-95% Dream Eater 2x92-109%KO | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
 Probopass RockSteel | 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.
Pt Skorupi Best Moveset
90 Defense and Poison/Bug typing 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 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
As soon as the tail claws close, its needle tips secrete poison. It can survive a year without food.
Skorupi Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Skorupi in Platinum 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 Platinum, 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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