Is Surskit Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Breed-only in HGSS. Bug/Water with AbilitySwift Swim. Masquerain at level 22 switches to Bug/Flying and loses the Water typing. Not worth the breeding effort.
Surskit has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Surskit has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Surskit trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Surskit trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Surskit's weaknesses hard.
Surskit trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Surskit has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Surskit's defenses.
Surskit has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Misty's typing presses Surskit's defenses.
Lt. Surge's team hits Surskit's weaknesses hard.
Erika's team hits Surskit's weaknesses hard.
Surskit trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Sabrina's typing presses Surskit's defenses.
Surskit has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Surskit trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Will's team hits Surskit's weaknesses hard.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Surskit in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 40). Requires 6 Plains objects placed in Wetland.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 40NormalQuick AttackPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
Evolve Surskit to Masquerain
Surskit evolves into Masquerain at Level 22. You get it at Level 40, past Level 22, so it evolves into Masquerain the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 40BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 47FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- LV 61BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Surskit in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Breeding is the way in for Surskit, hatched from a Masquerain egg at the Day-Care. That first means getting a Masquerain to breed from, since the grass never produces one.
1 location to catch Surskit
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Surskit in HGSS
Surskit is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 40-46. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Masquerainor evolve from Surskit (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Surskit catch rates for HeartGold & SoulSilver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Surskit in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Surskit comes only from the Day Care, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign-language parent for a shiny. Compare Shiny Surskit odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Surskit 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver with Surskit preloaded.
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.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Surskit Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Surskit
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Raikou Electric | B | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Surskit View Skarmory builds →Fly 2x170-200%KO Rock Tomb 2x64-75% | ||
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Farfetch'd Normal | C | |
 Gyarados Water | S | |
Obtain MethodLake Of Rage Good Rod | ||
Surskit Evolutions
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
Breeding
Breed Surskit easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Bug Bite, Foresight, Hydro Pump and 4 more to offspring.
HGSS Surskit Best Moveset
Bug/Water with AbilitySwift Swim for doubled Speed in rain. Stats below 65 everywhere limit what the moveset does with that Speed. 50 Sp. Atk is the only notable stat. Evolve to Masquerain.
Best Build
Surskit best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Hydro Pump
- Rain Dance
- Mud Shot
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Bug Bite and Foresight on Surskit. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Hydro Pump and Signal Beam, they expand what Surskit can actually threaten in practice.
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
All 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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Surskit HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Surskit?
See the Locations section above for where to find Surskit in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Surskit from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Surskit easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Surskit has 269 BST and evolves into Masquerain. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Surskit spans 7 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 3RSDebut
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
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