Is Staraptor Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityIntimidate on a fast, hard-hitting Normal/Flying. Staraptor handles Gardenia, Maylene, and Aaron. MoveClose Combat gives Fighting coverage that other Flying-types can't match. Arguably the best regional bird across all generations. Team staple.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Starly here.
Staravia resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Staravia has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Staravia trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Staraptor trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Staraptor resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Staraptor trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Staraptor resists most of Aaron's coverage and hits back hard.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Starly
Catch Starly on Route 201 (walking, Lv 2-3, common).
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Roark
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Floaroma Town
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 25FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 29NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- LV 37FlyingBrave BirdPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Starly to Staravia
Starly evolves into Staravia at Level 14. Your Starly should hit Level 14 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Roark
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Floaroma Town
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 28FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- LV 33NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 43FlyingBrave BirdPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Staravia to Staraptor
Staravia evolves into Staraptor at Level 34. Your Staravia should hit Level 34 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 34)
- LV 34NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 34FightingClose CombatPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- LV 49FlyingBrave BirdPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Staraptor in Diamond & Pearl
Level a Staravia to 34 for Staraptor, the top of a Starly line with no wild form of its own. You build it up from the common bird you catch on the very first routes outside your hometown.
Wild Staraptor may be holding when caught:
Yache Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Ice-type attack to halve the damage.Catch Starly or Staravia at any of these 12 spots to eventually evolve into Staraptor.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Starly is your first catch on the way to Staraptor. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 2-54 across 88 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Catch StarlyLake VerityLv.2-4GrassRate 50%Morning/dayRoute 201Lv.2-3GrassRate 50%Morning/dayRoute 203Lv.4-6GrassRate 45%DayLake VerityLv.2-4GrassRate 40%NightRoute 201Lv.2-3GrassRate 40%NightRoute 202Lv.2-4GrassRate 40%DayRoute 203Lv.4-6GrassRate 35%MorningRoute 204 - SouthLv.4-6GrassRate 35%DayRoute 204 - NorthLv.6-8GrassRate 35%DayRoute 202Lv.2-4GrassRate 30%MorningRoute 203Lv.4-6GrassRate 25%NightRoute 204 - SouthLv.4-6GrassRate 25%Morning/nightRoute 204 - NorthLv.6-8GrassRate 25%Morning/nightRoute 202Lv.2-4GrassRate 20%NightRoute 201Lv.2GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: RubyRoute 201Lv.2GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: SapphireRoute 201Lv.2GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: EmeraldRoute 201Lv.2GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: LeafGreenRoute 209Lv.16GrassRate 20%Route 212 - NorthLv.16GrassRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 5Lv.22FloorRate 10%Morning/dayGreat Marsh - Area 6Lv.22FloorRate 10%Morning/dayGreat Marsh - Area 3Lv.24FloorRate 10%Morning/dayGreat Marsh - Area 4Lv.24FloorRate 10%Morning/dayGreat Marsh - Area 1Lv.26FloorRate 10%Morning/dayGreat Marsh - Area 2Lv.26FloorRate 10%Morning/day
- Step 2Catch or Evolve StaraviaLake VerityLv.4GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: EmeraldLake VerityLv.4GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: FireRedLake VerityLv.4GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: LeafGreenTrophy GardenLv.16-17GrassRate 40%DayRoute 209Lv.16-18GrassRate 25%DayRoute 212 - NorthLv.17-18GrassRate 25%DayTrophy GardenLv.17GrassRate 20%Morning/nightRoute 209Lv.17-18GrassRate 15%Morning/nightRoute 212 - NorthLv.17-18GrassRate 15%MorningValor LakefrontLv.21-22GrassRate 15%Morning/dayGreat Marsh - Daily PokemonLv.22-26FloorRate 10%Before post-gameGreat Marsh - Daily PokemonLv.22-26FloorRate 10%Post-gameRoute 212 - NorthLv.18GrassRate 5%NightValor LakefrontLv.22GrassRate 5%NightLake ValorLv.34-36GrassRate 25%Morning/dayLake ValorLv.35GrassRate 5%NightSendoff SpringLv.52-54GrassRate 25%Morning/daySendoff SpringLv.52GrassRate 5%Nightor evolve from Starly (Step 1)
- Step 3Staraptor ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Starly egg.
How to Get Shiny Staraptor in Diamond & Pearl
Staraptor tops the Starly line, so chain that shiny in the Great Marsh and raise it up twice. Compare Shiny Staraptor odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Staraptor 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Staraptor already selected.
Staraptor Weakness
Type-wise, Staraptor takes extra damage from Electric, Ice, and Rock. Ground and Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Staraptor leans offensive (base 120 Atk) rather than trying to tank its weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Staraptor Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Staraptor
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Staraptor View Probopass builds →Thunderbolt 2x62-74% Rock Slide 2x48-57% | ||
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Staraptor View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 2x76-90% Thunder Fang 2x45-54% Ice Fang 2x45-54% | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
Staraptor Evolutions
The three-stage chain from Starly through Staravia ends here at Staraptor. Want more? Breed for Starly eggs. A decent partner pool available via one egg group. The evolution from Starly pushed Staraptor to 475 total stats. Attack saw the largest single gain at +65. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Staraptor to get Starly eggs easily using 31 partners from the Flying egg group. Notable egg moves include Astonish, Double-Edge, Feather Dance and 4 more.
DP Staraptor Best Moveset
120 Attack at 100 Speed with AbilityIntimidate and MoveClose Combat for coverage make Staraptor the best early-route bird Pokemon ever. MoveBrave Bird delivers 120-power physical Flying, and the moveset runs fast powerful physical hits with Fighting coverage most Normal/Flying types only dream about.
Best Build
Staraptor best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Revenge Killer Moveset
- Brave Bird
- Close Combat
- U Turn
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Astonish and Double-Edge give Staraptor options it can't learn any other way, and Fighting and Steel coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Giga Impact and Hyper Beam. The egg moves push it further.
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
27 of 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It has a savage nature. It will courageously challenge foes that are much larger.
The muscles in its wings and legs are strong. It can easily fly while gripping a small Pokémon.
Staraptor Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Staraptor plays as a sweeper. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move.
In Diamond & Pearl, Staraptor pairs best with Infernape. Infernape has Decent synergy and covers what Staraptor can't handle on its own.
In Diamond & Pearl, Jolly is the go-to nature for Staraptor. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the sweeper role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Staraptor appears in 13 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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