Is Starmie Good in Crystal Playthrough?
One of the best things you can add to any Crystal team. Starmie is fast, hits hard on the special side, and the move tutor gives it MoveIce Beam and MoveThunderbolt on top of its natural Water attacks. Handles Clair, Lance, and half of Kanto single-handedly. The Water Stone is the only barrier.
Staryu has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Staryu has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Staryu trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Staryu trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Starmie trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Starmie trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Starmie trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Starmie resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Starmie resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Starmie resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catch Staryu
Catch Staryu in Cherrygrove City (Good Rod fishing, Lv 20, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- LV 31WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- TUTORElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
- LV 50WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Staryu to Starmie
Staryu evolves into Starmie with a Water Stone. You can receive the Water Stone from an NPC in Route 42.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- TUTORElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
How to Get Starmie in Crystal
There's no wild Starmie here. A Water Stone on a Staryu makes one, and since Staryu is a night-only rod catch, the fishing is the slow part, not the stone.
Wild Starmie may be holding when caught:
Stardust (23% chance) Pretty, red sand. Sell high.
Star Piece (2% chance) A hunk of red gem. Sell very high.Catch Staryu at any of these 9 spots to eventually evolve into Starmie.
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
- 1Catch Staryu
- 2Evolve StarmieUse Water Stone
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Badge 8How to Obtain Starmie in C
To get Starmie, start by catching Staryu through fishing encounters at Lv. 20-40. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Catch StaryuCherrygrove CityLv.20Good RodRate 10%NightCianwood CityLv.20Good RodRate 10%NightGoldenrod CityLv.20Good RodRate 10%NightOlivine CityLv.20Good RodRate 10%NightRoute 34Lv.20Good RodRate 10%NightRoute 40Lv.20Good RodRate 10%NightUnion Cave - B2FLv.20Good RodRate 10%NightRoute 14Lv.20Good RodRate 10%NightRoute 19Lv.20Good RodRate 10%NightCherrygrove CityLv.40Super RodRate 30%NightCianwood CityLv.40Super RodRate 30%NightGoldenrod CityLv.40Super RodRate 30%NightOlivine CityLv.40Super RodRate 30%NightRoute 34Lv.40Super RodRate 30%NightRoute 40Lv.40Super RodRate 30%NightUnion Cave - B2FLv.40Super RodRate 30%NightRoute 14Lv.40Super RodRate 30%NightRoute 19Lv.40Super RodRate 30%Night
- Step 2Starmie ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Staryu egg.
How to Get Shiny Starmie in Crystal
Starmie exists here only through evolution, so night-fish a shiny Staryu along the Johto coast and press a Water Stone on it when it finally lands. Compare Shiny Starmie odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Starmie Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Crystal shiny odds for Starmie.
Starmie Weakness
Electric, Grass, Bug, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Starmie for super-effective damage. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. 5 weaknesses means you'll want teammates that can handle the coverage gaps.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Fighting, Psychic, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Starmie Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Starmie
 Celebi PsychicGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Celebi builds →Solar Beam 2x116-137%KO Shadow Ball 2x52-61% | ||
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Raikou Electric | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Raikou builds →Thunder 2x131-154%KO Bite 2x44-53% | ||
 Bellossom Grass | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Tangela Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Tangela builds →Solar Beam 2x116-137%KO Thief 2x26-31% | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 2x100-118%KO Fury Cutter 2x7-9% | ||
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Jolteon builds →Thunder 2x126-148%KO Shadow Ball 2x37-44% Pin Missile 2x7-9% | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Electabuzz builds →Thunderbolt 2x89-105%KO Thief 2x25-30% | ||
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Pichu (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Raichu builds →Thunderbolt 2x84-99% Thief 2x24-29% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Houndoom builds →Crunch 2x84-99% Solar Beam 2x84-99% Shadow Ball 2x48-56% | ||
 Jumpluff Grass | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter | ||
Starmie Evolutions
Getting Starmie requires an evolution item, not just grinding levels. The chain starts at Staryu. Breed this form to get Staryu eggs (average hatch time). HP grew the most through evolution (+30 over Staryu), and Starmie peaks at 520 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Starmie is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Staryu eggs. Part of the Water 3 egg group.
Ditto onlyC Starmie Best Moveset
MoveRapid Spin clears MoveSpikes, MoveRecover sustains indefinitely, and MoveSurf, MovePsychic, MoveThunderbolt, MoveIce Beam provide coverage that nothing blocks. 115 Speed outspeeds nearly everything. Water/Psychic dual TermStab from 100 Sp. Atk. Offense, defense, and hazard support from one of the format's most complete Pokemon.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Surf
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Level-up moves are just the starting point for Starmie. TMs unlock Normal and Ice coverage and turn a straightforward STAB kit around Hydro Pump and Dream Eater into something with actual range.
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.
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 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It is said that it uses the seven-colored core of its body to send electric waves into outer space.
Starmie Crystal Guide
In Crystal, use Starmie as a sweeper. Special attacks are the main output. It outspeeds most threats, Surf is the primary attack.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Starmie has appeared in 20 games: most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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
Winds & Waves
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