Is Staravia Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Starly evolves at level 14. AbilityIntimidate from Staravia onward. Staraptor at 34 is the destination. The late sourcing puts this line behind Pidgey's family in HGSS.
Starly trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Starly has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Starly trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Starly's defenses.
Starly trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's Pokemon outpace and outclass Starly here.
Starly trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Starly's defenses.
Brock's Pokemon outpace and outclass Starly here.
Starly trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's team hits Starly's weaknesses hard.
Starly has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Starly trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Staraptor trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Staraptor resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Staraptor has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Staraptor trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Starly
Catch Starly in Pewter City (Headbutt (rare), Lv 5-12, limited). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- LV 9FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 25FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Morty
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 40
- LV 29NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15From Chuck's wife outside Cianwood Gym
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 37FlyingBrave BirdPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Starly to Staraptor
Staravia evolves into Staraptor at Level 34. Your Starly should hit Level 34 before you reach Sabrina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 34)
- LV 34NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 34FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 34FightingClose CombatPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15From Chuck's wife outside Cianwood Gym
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 49FlyingBrave BirdPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Staravia in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Can't catch Staravia directly. Start with Starly at solid rates from the locations below, then evolve at level 34. The 3-stage chain from Starly to Staravia is where the leveling time goes.
Wild Staravia may be holding when caught:
Yache Berry (5% chance) If held by a Pokemon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Ice-type attack.Catch Starly at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Staravia.
Badge 8How to Obtain Staravia in HGSS
- Step 2Staravia ✓
- Step 3Evolve into Staraptor
How to Get Shiny Staravia in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Staravia evolves from Starly, so breed that base form Masuda-style at 1 in 1,638 before it evolves. Compare Shiny Staravia odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Staravia 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds calculator with Staravia already selected.
Staravia Weakness
Electric, Ice, and Rock moves hit Staravia for super-effective damage. The upside? Ground and Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all.
| 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 Staravia Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Staravia
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Staravia View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x347-408%KO Avalanche 2x93-110%KO Thunderbolt 2x79-93% | ||
 Aggron SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Staravia View Aggron builds →Stone Edge 2x163-192%KO Avalanche 2x66-78% Thunderbolt 2x74-88% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Staravia View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 2x189-222%KO Avalanche 2x76-90% Thunderbolt 2x60-71% | ||
 Raikou Electric | B | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Staravia View Kabutops builds →Stone Edge 2x169-199%KO Ice Beam 2x79-93% | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Staravia View Tyranitar builds →Stone Edge 2x193-228%KO Thunderbolt 2x107-126%KO Ice Beam 2x107-126%KO | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Pewter City Gift) | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Zapdos Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodRoute 10 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Staravia View Zapdos builds →Thunderbolt 2x202-238%KO Ancient Power 2x86-101%KO | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter | ||
 Bastiodon RockSteel | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Shieldon (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Staravia View Bastiodon builds →Stone Edge 2x90-106%KO Ice Beam 2x62-73% Thunderbolt 2x62-73% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Staravia View Probopass builds →Power Gem 2x98-116%KO Thunderbolt 2x89-104%KO | ||
Staravia Evolutions
Partway through Starly's chain. Staravia still has another evolution ahead before reaching Staraptor. For breeding, quick to hatch with a decent partner pool via one egg group. So far, Attack got the biggest boost (+20 from Starly). The final form adds another 145 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Staravia 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.
HGSS Staravia Best Moveset
Normal/Flying at 75 Attack and 80 Speed with AbilityIntimidate cutting opposing Attack on the switch. The moveset fires physical Normal and Flying hits. Staraptor does this at 120 Attack. Staraptor at 120 Attack with that same Intimidate hits a completely different tier.
Best Build
Staravia best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- U Turn
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- Return
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Staravia misses out on Astonish and Double-Edge. That's 7 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Brave Bird and Double-Edge, with coverage across 7 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
19 of 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
They maintain huge flocks, although fierce scuffles break out between various flocks.
Staravia HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Staravia has 340 BST and evolves into Staraptor. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Staravia is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Staravia becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Game Availability
Available in 13 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Staravia spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in a solid number of games.
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
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