Is Spoink Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Available through breeding. Psychic-type with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice damage. Grumpig at level 32 is functional. Hard to source and competes with Alakazam, Gardevoir, and Mr. Mime for the Psychic slot.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with 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 Jupiter's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Mars'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 21-23, common). Swarm (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 21)
- LV 21PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 26PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Crasher Wake
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Iron Island
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 41PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner counter at the Battle Frontier, which you enter from the Fight Area
Evolve Spoink to Grumpig
Spoink evolves into Grumpig at Level 32. Your Spoink should hit Level 32 before you reach Crasher Wake, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 32PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Fantina
- 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
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Spoink in Platinum
Spoink appears only on swarm days at Route 214, announced in Sandgem Town when active. Catch it during the swarm or wait for the next roll, since it has no standing grass presence in Platinum.
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 5Where To Catch Spoink in Pt
- 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 Platinum Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Spoink in Platinum
Spoink bounces through the grass on Route 214, common enough to chain to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Spoink odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Spiritomb builds →Sucker Punch 2x132-156%KO Shadow Ball 2x75-88% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x107-126%KO Shadow Ball 2x50-59% | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Drapion builds →Bite 2x97-115%KO Bug Bite 2x65-76% Shadow Ball 2x36-43% | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Scyther builds →U-turn 2x132-156%KO Pursuit 2x51-61% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Houndoom builds →Shadow Ball 2x58-69% Bite 2x97-115%KO | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x100-118%KO Sucker Punch 2x68-80% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Heracross builds →Night Slash 2x98-116%KO Shadow Claw 2x98-116%KO | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Rotom builds →Shadow Ball 2x77-91% Thief 2x29-35% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Beedrill builds →U-turn 2x115-135%KO Assurance 2x55-65% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Drifblim builds →Shadow Ball 2x75-88% Payback 2x50-59% | ||
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Vespiquen builds →Attack Order 2x132-156%KO Pursuit 2x39-47% | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Yanmega builds →Shadow Ball 2x60-71% U-turn 2x100-118%KO Night Slash 2x67-78% | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Mothim builds →U-turn 2x117-138%KO Shadow Ball 2x51-61% Thief 2x46-55% | ||
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.
Pt Spoink Best Moveset
Halved Ice and Fire damage through AbilityThick Fat helps a Psychic type defensively, but 25 Attack and 60 Speed leave the moveset without offensive presence. 80 Sp. Def takes some special hits. 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
Need something that threatens multiple types? Spoink's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Future Sight and Dream Eater gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
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
Base Stats
It bounces constantly, using its tail like a spring. The shock of bouncing keeps its heart beating.
Spoink Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Spoink in Platinum 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 Platinum, 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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