What does Surskit evolve into?

Get Surskit to Masquerain at level 22. At 269 BST, Surskit is just the starting point.

At what level does Surskit evolve?

Level 22 gets you Masquerain . Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.

Should I use Surskit?

For Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, you can run Surskit through the first few routes without issues. 269 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Masquerain as fast as you can.

Where can you catch Surskit?

You can find Surskit in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 13 other games across the series.

Surskit - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Special

Balanced

DTier

65Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

Speed and Sp. Def carry most of Surskit's stat budget. Attack's the obvious dump stat. Easy to catch and yields 1 Speed EV. Follows a medium-fast 1M XP curve.

Base Stats

Below

HP40

Attack30

Defense32

Sp. Atk50

Sp. Def52

Speed65

Total269

Details

Catch Rate

Easy200 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Fast1M XP

Height0.5 m

Weight1.7 kg

Base XP54

Abilities

Swift Swim

Doubles Speed during rain.

Rain DishHA

Heals for 1/16 max HP after each turn during rain.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpASpDSpe+1

Speed training source

Pokedex Entries

It appears as if it is skating on water. It draws prey in with a sweet scent released from the tip of its head.

Surskit Weakness

Surskit's Bug/Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Flying, and Rock. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Standard number of weaknesses for the Bug/Water typing.

Surskit Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Electric, Flying, Rock
0.5x (Resist)	Water, Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel

Type ChartGood

3Weak

5Resist

0Immune

Score-1

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Electric Flying Rock

½xResist

Water Ice Fighting Ground Steel

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (6)

Grass Psychic Dark Fire Ground Rock

How to Beat Surskit in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl (Best Counters)

Golbat PoisonFlying	C
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Air CutterLv. 27 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 166-196%KO Air Cutter 2x 69-83% Pluck 2x 111-132%KO Aerial Ace 2x 111-132%KO View Golbat builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Sky AttackLv. 1 FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 18 PluckTM88 Damage vs Surskit Sky Attack 2x 182-214%KO Fly 2x 119-141%KO Air Slash 2x 106-126%KO Pluck 2x 81-95% View Noctowl builds →
Chatot NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 ChatterLv. 21 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 143-168%KO Chatter 2x 98-116%KO Pluck 2x 96-113%KO Aerial Ace 2x 96-113%KO View Chatot builds →
Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Wing AttackLv. 15 Air CutterLv. 35 PluckTM88 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 173-205%KO Wing Attack 2x 116-138%KO Air Cutter 2x 86-101%KO Pluck 2x 116-138%KO View Murkrow builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 30 Wing AttackLv. 15 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 86-101%KO Air Slash 2x 78-92% Wing Attack 2x 59-70% Aerial Ace 2x 59-70% View Wingull builds →

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Evolution

One evolution ahead. Surskit grows into Masquerain through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 185 total stats over Surskit. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#283Surskit

Level 22

#284Masquerain

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Surskit

BugWater

Masquerain

BugFlying

70+30

ATK

60+30

DEF

62+30

SP.ATK

100+50

SP.DEF

82+30

SPE

80+15

BST

269D-Tier

454C-Tier+185

ROLE

Balanced

Attacker

TYPE

Special

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed Surskit easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug and Water1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Aqua Jet, Bug Bite, Fell Stinger and 6 more to offspring.

Egg Groups

BugWater1

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

15 cycles·3,855 steps

Quick~4 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

9moves

Breed With (best first)

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Surskit Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 8.

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Moves

You'll want to breed for Aqua Jet and Bug Bite on Surskit. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Hydro Pump and Scald, they expand what Surskit can actually threaten in practice.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Water Gun

—4010025Water

Lv 6

Quick Attack+1

D4010030Normal

Lv 9

Sweet Scent

——10020Normal

Lv 14

Soak

D—10020Water

Lv 17

Bubble Beam

D6510020Water

Lv 22

Agility

C——30Psychic

Lv 25

Haze

C——30Ice

Lv 25

Mist

D——30Ice

Lv 30

Aqua Jet+1

D4010020Water

Lv 35

Baton Pass

C——40Normal

Lv 38

Sticky Web

C——20Bug

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

C—10015Normal

TM14

Blizzard

D110705Ice

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM58

Endure+4

C——10Normal

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM70

Flash

——10020Normal

TM19

Giga Drain

D7510010Grass

TM13

Ice Beam

D9010010Ice

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM77

Psych Up

C——10Normal

TM18

Rain Dance

C——5Water

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM49

Scald

C8010015Water

TM30

Shadow Ball

D8010015Ghost

TM82

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM22

Solar Beam

C12010010Grass

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM11

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

TM87

Swagger

D—8515Normal

TM46

Thief

D6010025Dark

TM03

Water Pulse

D6010020Water

Egg Moves

Egg

Aqua Jet+1

D4010020Water

Egg

Bug Bite

D6010020Bug

Egg

Fell Stinger

D5010025Bug

Egg

Hydro Pump

C110805Water

Egg

Lunge

D8010015Bug

Egg

Mind Reader

———5Normal

Egg

Mud Shot

D559515Ground

Egg

Power Split

———10Psychic

Egg

Psybeam

D6510020Psychic

Tutor Moves

Surskit can't learn any Tutor moves

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Surskit Locations

Surskit's scattered across 8 spots in early-game routes with high spawn rates. Check the list below for the closest location to wherever you are in the game. This one's quick.

Best Locations to Catch Surskit in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Surskit appears in 8 walking locations at Lv. 2-63 across Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Not all encounters show up in every version, so check which ones match your game.

Lake Verity

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.2 Water

40%Early

Swarm active

Lake Verity

Shining PearlGrass Lv.2 Water

40%Early

Swarm active

Fountainspring Cave

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.58-63 Cave

Post

Post-game

Fountainspring Cave

Shining PearlGrass Lv.58-63 Cave

Post

Post-game

Riverbank Cave

Shining PearlGrass Lv.58-63 Cave

Post

Post-game

Riverbank Cave

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.58-63 Cave

Post

Post-game

Still-Water Cavern

Shining PearlGrass Lv.58-63 Cave

Post

Post-game

Still-Water Cavern

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.58-63 Cave

Post

Post-game

Surskit Guide

Get Surskit to Masquerain at level 22. At 269 BST, Surskit is just the starting point.
Level 22 gets you Masquerain. Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.
For Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, you can run Surskit through the first few routes without issues. 269 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Masquerain as fast as you can.
You can find Surskit in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 13 other games across the series.

Game Availability

Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Surskit spans 8 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

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Onix RockGround	C
Available Moves Moves Stone EdgeTM71 Rock SlideTM80 Rock TombTM39 Rock ThrowLv. 1 Damage vs Surskit Stone Edge 2x 129-155%KO Rock Slide 2x 97-116%KO Rock Tomb 2x 81-97% Rock Throw 2x 71-87% View Onix builds →
Doduo NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 171-203%KO Pluck 2x 113-135%KO Aerial Ace 2x 113-135%KO Peck 2x 71-87% View Doduo builds →
Zubat PoisonFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 123-145%KO Pluck 2x 81-97% Aerial Ace 2x 81-97% View Zubat builds →
Starly NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Wing AttackLv. 9 Aerial AceTM40 PluckTM88 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 129-155%KO Wing Attack 2x 90-106%KO Aerial Ace 2x 90-106%KO Pluck 2x 90-106%KO View Starly builds →
Shinx Electric	D
Available Moves Moves Volt SwitchTM43 Shock WaveTM34 Charge BeamTM57 Thunder ShockLv. 4 Damage vs Surskit Volt Switch 2x 71-87% Shock Wave 2x 65-77% Charge Beam 2x 55-68% Thunder Shock 2x 48-58% View Shinx builds →

Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 GustLv. 5 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 151-180%KO Pluck 2x 109-129%KO Aerial Ace 2x 109-129%KO Gust 2x 57-69% View Murkrow builds →
Beautifly BugFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Aerial AceTM40 GustLv. 1 Damage vs Surskit Aerial Ace 2x 94-111%KO Gust 2x 63-77% View Beautifly builds →
Doduo NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 151-180%KO Pluck 2x 109-129%KO Aerial Ace 2x 109-129%KO Peck 2x 63-77% View Doduo builds →
Zubat PoisonFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 100-120%KO Pluck 2x 71-86% Aerial Ace 2x 71-86% View Zubat builds →
Starly NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Wing AttackLv. 9 Aerial AceTM40 PluckTM88 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 114-137%KO Wing Attack 2x 80-94% Aerial Ace 2x 80-94% Pluck 2x 80-94% View Starly builds →

Golbat PoisonFlying	C
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Air CutterLv. 27 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 170-201%KO Air Cutter 2x 73-86% Pluck 2x 115-136%KO Aerial Ace 2x 115-136%KO View Golbat builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Sky AttackLv. 1 FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 18 PluckTM88 Damage vs Surskit Sky Attack 2x 188-222%KO Fly 2x 122-144%KO Air Slash 2x 111-132%KO Pluck 2x 84-99% View Noctowl builds →
Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Wing AttackLv. 15 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 178-210%KO Wing Attack 2x 122-144%KO Pluck 2x 122-144%KO Aerial Ace 2x 122-144%KO View Murkrow builds →
Beautifly BugFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Air CutterLv. 20 Aerial AceTM40 GustLv. 1 Damage vs Surskit Air Cutter 2x 100-119%KO Aerial Ace 2x 104-123%KO Gust 2x 70-82% View Beautifly builds →
Staravia NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Wing AttackLv. 9 Aerial AceTM40 PluckTM88 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 163-193%KO Wing Attack 2x 111-132%KO Aerial Ace 2x 111-132%KO Pluck 2x 111-132%KO View Staravia builds →

Golbat PoisonFlying	C
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Air CutterLv. 27 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 170-201%KO Air Cutter 2x 73-86% Pluck 2x 115-136%KO Aerial Ace 2x 115-136%KO View Golbat builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Sky AttackLv. 1 FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 18 PluckTM88 Damage vs Surskit Sky Attack 2x 188-222%KO Fly 2x 122-144%KO Air Slash 2x 111-132%KO Pluck 2x 84-99% View Noctowl builds →
Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Wing AttackLv. 15 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 178-210%KO Wing Attack 2x 122-144%KO Pluck 2x 122-144%KO Aerial Ace 2x 122-144%KO View Murkrow builds →
Beautifly BugFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Air CutterLv. 20 Aerial AceTM40 GustLv. 1 Damage vs Surskit Air Cutter 2x 100-119%KO Aerial Ace 2x 104-123%KO Gust 2x 70-82% View Beautifly builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 30 Wing AttackLv. 15 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 90-107%KO Air Slash 2x 79-95% Wing Attack 2x 62-74% Aerial Ace 2x 62-74% View Wingull builds →

Golbat PoisonFlying	C
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Air CutterLv. 27 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 165-194%KO Air Cutter 2x 72-85% Pluck 2x 111-131%KO Aerial Ace 2x 111-131%KO View Golbat builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Sky AttackLv. 1 FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 18 PluckTM88 Damage vs Surskit Sky Attack 2x 182-215%KO Fly 2x 120-141%KO Air Slash 2x 111-131%KO Pluck 2x 80-95% View Noctowl builds →
Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Wing AttackLv. 15 Air CutterLv. 35 PluckTM88 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 173-205%KO Wing Attack 2x 116-138%KO Air Cutter 2x 86-102%KO Pluck 2x 116-138%KO View Murkrow builds →
Beautifly BugFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Air CutterLv. 20 Aerial AceTM40 GustLv. 1 Damage vs Surskit Air Cutter 2x 99-116%KO Aerial Ace 2x 101-120%KO Gust 2x 68-81% View Beautifly builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Air SlashLv. 30 Wing AttackLv. 15 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Surskit Fly 2x 86-102%KO Air Slash 2x 78-92% Wing Attack 2x 60-71% Aerial Ace 2x 60-71% View Wingull builds →

Tyranitar RockDark	A
Recommended Build AbilitySand Stream ItemChoice Band NatureAdamant Moves CrunchSTAB Stone Edge Earthquake Stealth Rock Damage vs Surskit Crunch 234-276%KO Stone Edge 2x 587-691%KO Earthquake 98-115%KO View Tyranitar builds →
Skarmory SteelFlying	B
Recommended Build AbilitySturdy ItemRocky Helmet NatureImpish Moves RoostRecovery Body Press SpikesHazard Iron Defense View Skarmory builds →
Rhyperior GroundRock	B
Recommended Build AbilitySolidrock ItemRocky Helmet NatureRelaxed Moves EarthquakeSTAB Stone Edge Ice Punch Stealth Rock Damage vs Surskit Earthquake 77-91% Stone Edge 2x 309-364%KO View Rhyperior builds →
Staraptor NormalFlying	C
Recommended Build AbilityReckless ItemChoice Band NatureJolly Moves Brave Bird Close Combat Double Edge U Turn Damage vs Surskit Close Combat 99-116%KO Double Edge 296-349%KO U Turn 115-136%KO View Staraptor builds →