Is Starmie Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Water/Psychic, fast, wide TM pool. Starmie is one of the best Pokemon in Gold and Silver for the same reasons it dominated Gen 1. Handles Pryce, contributes against the E4, and cleans through Kanto. If it's not on your team, you should have a good reason.
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
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- LV 31WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- 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. Post-Game: You can receive the Water Stone from an NPC in Route 25.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- 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
How to Get Starmie in Gold & Silver
Starmie takes a Water Stone on Staryu, with nothing wild to catch. And since Staryu only bites at night, the line really starts with an after-dark fishing trip before the stone does its work.
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 GS
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%NightCerulean GymLv.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%NightCerulean GymLv.40Super RodRate 30%NightRoute 14Lv.40Super RodRate 30%NightRoute 19Lv.40Super RodRate 30%Night
- Step 2Starmie ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Staryu egg.
How to Get Shiny Starmie in Gold & Silver
Starmie only ever comes from evolution, so cast off Cherrygrove City for a shiny Staryu and finish the job with a Water Stone. Compare Shiny Starmie odds across every game
Gold & Silver 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 Gold & Silver 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
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Raikou Electric | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Raikou builds →Thunder 2x129-152%KO Crunch 2x58-68% | ||
 Bellossom Grass | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 2x99-117%KO Fury Cutter 2x6-8% | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Jolteon builds →Thunder 2x125-148%KO Shadow Ball 2x37-43% Pin Missile 2x7-9% | ||
 Tangela Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Tangela builds →Solar Beam 2x116-136%KO Thief 2x26-31% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Electabuzz builds →Thunderbolt 2x88-104%KO Thief 2x25-30% | ||
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Raichu builds →Thunderbolt 2x84-99% Thief 2x24-29% | ||
 Jumpluff Grass | C | |
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Houndoom builds →Crunch 2x84-99% Solar Beam 2x83-98% Shadow Ball 2x48-56% | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Tyranitar builds →Crunch 2x74-88% Fury Cutter 2x9-11% | ||
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 onlyGS Starmie Best Moveset
Water/Psychic TermStab from 100 Sp. Atk with MoveSurf, MovePsychic, MoveThunderbolt, and MoveIce Beam for coverage that hits everything without being resisted. 115 Speed outspeeds nearly everything. MoveRapid Spin clears MoveSpikes and MoveRecover keeps it healthy. Offense, defense, and support at top-tier levels.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Surf
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Starmie picks up Aurora Beam and Barrier only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Dream Eater and Psychic while Normal and Ice coverage adds 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
Base Stats
The center section of its body is called the core. It glows in a different color each time it is seen.
Regardless of the environment it lives in, its body grows to form a symmetrical geometric shape.
Starmie Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, 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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