Is Stantler Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Route 36 and 37 encounters during mid-Johto. Normal-type with AbilityIntimidate or AbilityFrisk revealing the opponent's held item. No evolution in Gen 4. Decent Attack and Speed but not enough to compete with Tauros or Ursaring. Fills a slot without standing out.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Stantler trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Stantler trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's typing presses Stantler's defenses.
Stantler resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Stantler has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Stantler on Route 36 (walking, Lv 13, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 13)
- LV 13NormalStompPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 21NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
HeartGold & SoulSilver Stantler Locations
Stantler grazes a couple of mid Johto routes and the Safari Zone, common in spots and rarer elsewhere. The night Safari pocket aside, it is an easy daytime catch you will pass on the main road.
3 locations to catch Stantler
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Stantler in HeartGold & SoulSilver
3 walking spots from Lv. 13-17 for Stantler. Sorted by game progression with rates on each row, so you can compare without scrolling through everything.
How to Get Shiny Stantler in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Stantler steps through Route 36 and Route 37, though a shiny comes faster from Masuda breeding with a foreign parent. Compare Shiny Stantler odds across every game
Shiny Stantler Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Stantler 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 Stantler in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Stantler Weakness
Type-wise, Stantler takes extra damage from Fighting. Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Stantler leans offensive (base 95 Atk) rather than trying to tank its weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
Stantler Evolutions
What you see is what you get. Stantler sits outside any evolution chain, so focus on the egg moves and a massive partner pool from one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Stantler easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Bite, Disable, Double Kick and 7 more to offspring.
HGSS Stantler Best Moveset
95 Attack and 85 Speed backed by AbilityIntimidate cutting opposing Attack on every switch. The moveset fires physical hits while softening physical threats through the Intimidate switch-in. 73 HP and 62 Defense are modest.
Best Build
Stantler best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Earthquake
- Return
- Megahorn
- Sucker Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Hard to wall, honestly. Stantler threatens 10 types beyond its own STAB, with Ghost and Psychic standing out. Pair that with Last Resort and Thrash and switchins need to think twice.
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 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The curved antlers subtly change the flow of air to create a strange space where reality is distorted.
Those who stare at its antlers will gradually lose control of their senses and be unable to stand.
Stantler HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- How do I catch Stantler in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Stantler in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Stantler from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Stantler easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Stantler has 465 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Stantler plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Return is the primary attack.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Jolly is the go-to nature for Stantler. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Stantler first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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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