Is Spoink Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Psychic from Hoenn. Grumpig at 32 has solid Special stats. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice. Alakazam and Espeon both outperform it. Sinnoh's Psychic roster is strong enough without imports.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Lucian's team hits Grumpig's weaknesses hard.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Spoink on Route 214 (walking, Lv 22-23, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 26PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Fantina
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Iron Island
- LV 41PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 48FlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
Evolve Spoink to Grumpig
Spoink evolves into Grumpig at Level 32. Your Spoink should hit Level 32 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 32PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 47PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Spoink in Diamond & Pearl
A daily Swarm is the only thing that brings Spoink to Sinnoh, common at level 22 on one route. The bounce Pokemon shows on its swarm day and clears out once the route rotates off the list.
Wild Spoink may be holding when caught:
Tanga Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Bug-type attack to halve the damage.1 location to catch Spoink
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Spoink in DP
- Step 1Spoink ✓
- Step 2Evolve into GrumpigBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Spoink egg.
Bring the right balls: check Spoink catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Spoink in Diamond & Pearl
Spoink bounces out during its Route 214 swarm, so chain it with the PokeRadar right then for the shiny. Compare Shiny Spoink odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Spoink 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Spoink in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Spoink Weakness
Bug, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Spoink for super-effective damage. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. Spoink's special bulk (base 80 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Spoink Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Spoink
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Absol builds →Bite 2x138-162%KO Shadow Ball 2x46-54% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x111-131%KO Shadow Ball 2x52-61% Silver Wind 2x40-47% | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Drapion builds →Bite 2x101-120%KO Shadow Ball 2x40-47% Pin Missile 2x18-21% | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Spiritomb builds →Shadow Ball 2x78-92% Feint Attack 2x105-124%KO Silver Wind 2x40-47% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x105-124%KO Sucker Punch 2x69-82% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Rotom builds →Shadow Ball 2x80-95% Thief 2x32-38% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Beedrill builds →U-turn 2x120-141%KO Payback 2x58-68% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Drifblim builds →Shadow Ball 2x78-92% Silver Wind 2x40-47% Payback 2x52-61% | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Murkrow builds →Shadow Ball 2x49-59% Assurance 2x84-99% | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Yanmega builds →Silver Wind 2x72-85% Shadow Ball 2x61-73% Night Slash 2x69-82% | ||
 Misdreavus Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Misdreavus builds →Shadow Ball 2x74-88% Payback 2x44-52% | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Mothim builds →U-turn 2x122-145%KO Shadow Ball 2x53-64% Thief 2x47-56% | ||
Spoink Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Spoink grows into Grumpig through a straightforward two-stage chain. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 140 total stats over Spoink. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Spoink easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Extrasensory, Future Sight and 4 more to offspring.
DP Spoink Best Moveset
Ice and Fire damage halved through AbilityThick Fat gives defensive value, but stats in the 25-80 range can't support a competitive moveset. Evolve to Grumpig.
Best Build
Spoink best EVs are Sp. Def and Sp. Atk
Screens Setter Moveset
- Psychic
- Thunder Wave
- Signal Beam
- Reflect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Spoink misses out on Amnesia and Extrasensory. That's 7 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Future Sight and Dream Eater, with coverage across 8 types rounding things out.
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
36 of 39 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It bounces constantly, using its tail like a spring. The shock of bouncing keeps its heart beating.
Spoink Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Spoink in Diamond & Pearl can hold Tanga Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Tanga Berry.
For Diamond & Pearl, you can run Spoink through the first few routes without issues. 330 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Grumpig as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Spoink spans 7 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 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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