Is Snubbull Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Pure Normal in Gen 4, not Fairy. Transfer-only. AbilityIntimidate drops Attack on switch-in. Granbull at 23 hits hard physically. The import doesn't fill a gap though. Sinnoh has native Normal options everywhere.
Snubbull trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Snubbull trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Granbull resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Snubbull on Route 209 (walking, Lv 16, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- LV 19NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 37NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
Evolve Snubbull to Granbull
Snubbull evolves into Granbull at Level 23. Your Snubbull should hit Level 23 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 43NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
How to Get Snubbull in Diamond & Pearl
Snubbull only turns up during a Swarm on one route, common at level 16 when it triggers. The fairy dog vanishes once the daily swarm rotates away, so grab it the day its route lights up.
1 location to catch Snubbull
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Where To Catch Snubbull in DP
- Step 1Snubbull ✓
- Step 2Evolve into GranbullBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Snubbull egg.
To plan your throws, open the Diamond & Pearl catch rate calculator with Snubbull preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Snubbull in Diamond & Pearl
Snubbull shows up during its Route 209 swarm, so chain it with the PokeRadar there to reach the 1 in 200 shiny. Compare Shiny Snubbull odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Snubbull Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Snubbull already selected.
Snubbull Weakness
Fighting moves hit Snubbull for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Snubbull's Normal typing only leaves 1 gap to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Snubbull Weak Against
Good
Snubbull Evolutions
Snubbull is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Granbull. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 150 total stats over Snubbull. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Snubbull easily with 35 breeding partners from the Fairy and Field egg groups. Pass egg moves like Close Combat, Crunch, Feint Attack and 9 more to offspring.
DP Snubbull Best Moveset
Normal typing with AbilityIntimidate to cut physical attackers on the switch, but 80 Attack at 30 Speed can't do much offensively. The moveset has physical Normal and coverage hits without the speed to use them. Evolve to Granbull.
Best Build
Snubbull best EVs are Attack and Sp. Def
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Crunch
- Heal Bell
- Ice Punch
- Bulk Up
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Snubbull can hit 10 types beyond STAB, including Fire and Ice. The offense anchors on Double-Edge and Mega Kick while TMs handle everything else.
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 42 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
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Snubbull Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, for a casual playthrough, Snubbull works as a placeholder. normal coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Granbull. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Snubbull appears in 16 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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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