Is Smoochum Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Crystal's Odd Egg can hatch a Smoochum, giving Ice/Psychic coverage earlier than any other route to Jynx. Gold and Silver required breeding from a Jynx you might not have. If the Odd Egg cooperates, Smoochum evolves into one of Crystal's better special attackers.
Falkner's typing presses Smoochum's defenses.
Smoochum has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Smoochum trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Jynx resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Jynx resists most of Clair's coverage and hits back hard.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Jynx resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Jynx resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Jynx resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Gift
Smoochum is given to you as a gift on Route 34 at Lv 5. Hatch Odd Egg received from Day-Care Man (random). Hatch the Odd Egg received from the Day-Care Man on Route 34. The Egg randomly hatches into one of seven baby Pokemon, with a 14% chance of being Shiny.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 21PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Pryce
- TM16IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15Prize for defeating Pryce
- LV 37PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- LV 49IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
Evolve Smoochum to Jynx
Smoochum evolves into Jynx at Level 30. Your Smoochum should hit Level 30 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30IceIce PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 30NormalLovely KissPower —Accuracy 75%PP 10
- LV 41NormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- LV 57IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
How to Get Smoochum in Crystal
Smoochum is one of the babies the Odd Egg can hatch into, given by the Day-Care Man on Route 34. The egg is random, so it might crack open as something else entirely.
Wild Smoochum may be holding when caught:
1 location to catch Smoochum
Badge 1How to Obtain Smoochum in C
Smoochum is where the line starts, caught through gift encounters at Lv. 5. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into JynxIce Path - B3FLv.22-26CaveRate 10%Morning/dayIce Path - B2FLv.22-24CaveRate 5%Morning/dayIce Path - B1FLv.22CaveRate 1%Morning/dayor evolve from Smoochum (Step 1)
How to Get Shiny Smoochum in Crystal
Smoochum is one of the Odd Egg babies, so grab the free Odd Egg from the Day-Care Man on Route 34 and hatch it for a shiny at 1 in 7, the fastest shiny odds in all of Crystal. Compare Shiny Smoochum odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Smoochum Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Odd Egg, about 1 in 50 on each try.
Odd Egg: Accept the Odd Egg from the Day-Care Man on Route 34. Each baby has its own shiny chance of 1 to 3 percent, fixed when you take the egg, so save first and reset until it hatches shiny.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 6-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 15-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 35-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 114-- | -- |
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 Crystal shiny odds for Smoochum.
Smoochum Weakness
Type-wise, Smoochum takes extra damage from Fire, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dark, and Steel. Smoochum's special bulk (base 65 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice, Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Smoochum Weak Against
Fragile
Smoochum Evolutions
This is the baby stage. Smoochum grows into Jynx at level 30. Want more? Breed the adults. Baby Pokemon sit in the Undiscovered egg group. Evolving adds up to 150 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
C Smoochum Best Moveset
Baby Ice/Psychic pre-evolution. MoveIce Beam and MovePsychic at stats too low to compete. Jynx provides the 115 Sp. Atk that makes the dual TermStab threatening.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Blizzard
- Psychic
- Perish Song
- Sing
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs carry this one. Smoochum learns Blizzard and Dream Eater naturally for STAB, but the offensive range comes almost entirely from technical machines. Ghost and Normal and beyond give it real matchup play.
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.
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
19 of 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The sensitivity of its lips develops most quickly. It uses them to try to identify unknown objects.
Smoochum Crystal Guide
For Crystal, you can run Smoochum through the first few routes without issues. 305 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Jynx as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 16 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Smoochum spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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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