Is Snubbull Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Route 38 encounter during mid-Johto. Normal-type in Gen 4 with AbilityIntimidate dropping Attack on switch-in. Granbull at level 23 has strong Attack for a mid-game catch. AbilityIntimidate support helps the whole team through both regions.
Snubbull has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Snubbull trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Snubbull trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Granbull's weaknesses hard.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Granbull trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Granbull has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Snubbull on Route 38 (walking, Lv 13, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 19NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 37NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
Evolve Snubbull to Granbull
Snubbull evolves into Granbull at Level 23. Your Snubbull should hit Level 23 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 23)
- LV 23NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 43NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
How to Get Snubbull in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Snubbull sticks to one or two mid-Johto routes, rare in the grass most of the time. A swarm turns it common on its main route, and that window is the easy way to land one without much patience.
1 location to catch Snubbull
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 4Where To Catch Snubbull in HGSS
Snubbull is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 13-16 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Evolve into Granbull
To plan your throws, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver catch rate calculator with Snubbull preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Snubbull in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Snubbull appears on Route 38 and 39, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Snubbull odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Snubbull 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
GoodBest Pokemon Against Snubbull
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Snubbull View Hariyama builds →Vital Throw 2x119-142%KO | ||
 Meditite FightingPsychic | C | |
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.
HGSS Snubbull Best Moveset
80 Attack with AbilityIntimidate cutting opposing Attack on the switch creates defensive switch-in utility. 30 Speed goes last against everything. Granbull's 120 Attack is the destination.
Best Build
Snubbull best EVs are Attack and Sp. Def
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Crunch
- Heal Bell
- Ice Punch
- Bulk Up
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Snubbull picks up Close Combat and Crunch only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Last Resort and Take Down while coverage across 9 types adds range.
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
Although it looks frightening, it is actually kind and affectionate. It is very popular among women.
It has an active, playful nature. Many women like to frolic with it because of its affectionate ways.
Snubbull HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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
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