Is Spoink Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Psychic with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice damage. Grumpig at level 32 is functional but outclassed by Alakazam, Espeon, and Gardevoir for the Psychic slot.
Falkner's Pokemon outpace and outclass Spoink here.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's typing presses Spoink's defenses.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Grumpig resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Sabrina's team hits Grumpig's weaknesses hard.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Will's team hits Spoink's weaknesses hard.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Spoink in Ilex Forest (walking, Lv 5-6, uncommon). Hoenn Sound.
Recommended Moves
- LV 14PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 26PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 41PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 46RockPower GemPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 48FlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5
Evolve Spoink to Grumpig
Spoink evolves into Grumpig at Level 32. Your Spoink should hit Level 32 before you reach Brock, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 32PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 47PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Spoink in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Spoink bounces in through the Hoenn Sound radio, uncommon in a pair of forests once the station is set. Without that channel tuned, the forest grass simply never coughs one up.
Wild Spoink may be holding when caught:
Tanga Berry (5% chance) If held by a Pokemon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Bug-type attack.2 locations to catch Spoink
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Spoink in HGSS
The line opens with Spoink at Lv. 3-6 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Evolve into Grumpig
Bring the right balls: check Spoink catch odds in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Spoink in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Spoink bounces through Viridian Forest and Ilex Forest, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Spoink odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Spoink 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Spoink in the HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
Vulnerable
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.
HGSS Spoink Best Moveset
70 Sp. Atk and 80 Sp. Def with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice damage. Some special bulk but 60 HP and 35 Defense are thin on the physical side. Grumpig brings the competitive stats.
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 Psychic, with coverage across 9 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
All 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It bounces around on its tail to keep its heart pumping. It carries a pearl from CLAMPERL on its head.
Spoink HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Spoink in HeartGold & SoulSilver 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.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Spoink has 330 BST and evolves into Grumpig. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Spoink is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Spoink becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
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
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