Is Smoochum Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Baby Ice/Psychic from breeding. AbilityForewarn is new in Gen 4 and reveals the opponent's strongest move. Jynx at 30 is fast with strong special Ice. If accessed, handles Bertha and Cynthia's Garchomp. The Ice typing has value in Sinnoh.
Smoochum trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Smoochum has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Smoochum has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Smoochum trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Smoochum trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Smoochum trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Candice's team hits Smoochum's weaknesses hard.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Jynx has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Jynx trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Smoochum on Lake Acuity (walking, Lv 35, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 35)
- LV 35PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 35IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 35PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 45IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Smoochum to Jynx
Smoochum evolves into Jynx at Level 30. You get it at Level 35, past Level 30, so it evolves into Jynx the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30IceIce PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 55IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Smoochum in Diamond & Pearl
A Swarm is the only way Smoochum reaches Sinnoh, common at level 35 on one lakefront. The kiss baby sits at a steep level for a baby, so the swarm day is your one shot at an early one.
Wild Smoochum may be holding when caught:
Aspear Berry (always) Held: Consumed when frozen to cure frozen.1 location to catch Smoochum
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 7Where To Catch Smoochum in DP
- Step 1Smoochum ✓
- Step 2Evolve into JynxBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Smoochum egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Smoochum.
How to Get Shiny Smoochum in Diamond & Pearl
Smoochum appears during its Lake Acuity swarm, so chain it with the PokeRadar there for the shiny rate. Compare Shiny Smoochum odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Smoochum 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 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Smoochum Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Smoochum
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Empoleon builds →Flash Cannon 2x114-135%KO Shadow Claw 2x131-154%KO Rock Slide 2x141-166%KO | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Weavile builds →Night Slash 2x259-305%KO X-Scissor 2x197-232%KO Iron Tail 2x246-290%KO Shadow Claw 2x173-203%KO | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x317-374%KO X-Scissor 2x211-249%KO Iron Tail 2x264-310%KO Shadow Claw 2x186-219%KO | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Infernape builds →Fire Blast 2x164-193%KO Iron Tail 2x219-258%KO U-turn 2x153-181%KO Shadow Claw 2x153-181%KO | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Armaldo builds →X-Scissor 2x307-361%KO Rock Slide 2x287-338%KO Iron Tail 2x254-300%KO | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Ninetales builds →Fire Blast 2x134-158%KO Iron Tail 2x169-200%KO Payback 2x86-102%KO | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x158-186%KO Iron Tail 2x227-268%KO Bite 2x138-163%KO | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Probopass builds →Flash Cannon 2x84-99% Rock Slide 2x151-178%KO | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Kabutops builds →Rock Slide 2x268-315%KO X-Scissor 2x190-224%KO Thief 2x96-114%KO | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Drapion builds →Crunch 2x233-275%KO X-Scissor 2x155-183%KO Iron Tail 2x194-229%KO Rock Slide 2x147-173%KO | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Flareon builds →Fire Blast 2x151-178%KO Iron Tail 2x264-310%KO Bite 2x158-186%KO Shadow Ball 2x67-80% | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Spiritomb builds →Sucker Punch 2x237-280%KO Shadow Ball 2x99-117%KO Silver Wind 2x50-59% Rock Tomb 2x99-117%KO | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Smoochum View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x131-155%KO Dark Pulse 2x87-103%KO | ||
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
DP Smoochum Best Moveset
85 Sp. Atk is strong for a baby Pokemon, but 15 Defense and Ice/Psychic typing make the moveset impossibly fragile. Evolve to Jynx for the real offensive threat.
Best Build
Smoochum best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Revenge Killer Moveset
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Fake Out
- Blizzard
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Fake Out and Ice Punch give Smoochum options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Ghost coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Blizzard and Dream Eater. The egg moves push it further.
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
35 of 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It tests everything by touching with its lips, which remember what it likes and dislikes.
Smoochum Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Smoochum in Diamond & Pearl can hold Aspear Berry (always). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Aspear Berry.
For Diamond & Pearl, 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
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