Is Tangela Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Route 44 in Johto, but by then Victreebel, Vileplume, and Meganium already have the Grass slot locked down. Tangela arrives late to a crowded field.
Tangela trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Tangela trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Tangela has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Tangela's defenses.
Tangela has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Tangela trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Tangela has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Tangela's weaknesses hard.
Tangela trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Tangela trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Tangela trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Tangela trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Tangela resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
Tangela resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Blaine's team hits Tangela's weaknesses hard.
Tangela trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Tangela trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Koga's team hits Tangela's weaknesses hard.
Tangela has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Tangela trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Tangela's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Tangela on Route 44 (walking, Lv 23, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 23)
- LV 23GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- LV 31GrassMega DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- LV 46NormalGrowthPower —Accuracy 100%PP 40
- After Lt. Surge
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
Gold & Silver Tangela Locations
Tangela is common across four grassy areas, with levels running from the twenties into the low forties and a few spots shifting by time of day. A reliable find once you reach the routes it favors.
4 locations to catch Tangela
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Tangela in Gold & Silver
5 walking spots from Lv. 20-41 for Tangela. Sorted by game progression with rates on each row, so you can compare without scrolling through everything.
How to Get Shiny Tangela in Gold & Silver
Tangela creeps through the tall grass of Route 21, Route 44, and Mt. Silver, so cycle through as many as your patience allows. Compare Shiny Tangela odds across every game
Shiny Tangela Evolution
Does Not EvolveGold & Silver Shiny Tangela 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Gold & Silver with Tangela preloaded.
Tangela Weakness
Type-wise, Tangela takes extra damage from Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Tangela's physical bulk (base 115 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- 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 Tangela Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Tangela
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tangela View Ho-Oh builds →Fire Blast 2x210-247%KO Fly 2x64-76% | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tangela View Typhlosion builds →Fire Blast 2x208-245%KO Fury Cutter 2x5-7% | ||
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tangela View Lugia builds →Aeroblast 2x69-82% Blizzard 2x119-140%KO | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tangela View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x194-229%KO Smog 2x11-14% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Weepinbell GrassPoison | C | |
 Scyther Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tangela View Scyther builds →Wing Attack 2x49-58% Fury Cutter 2x11-13% | ||
 Arbok Poison | C | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tangela View Beedrill builds →Sludge Bomb 2x62-74% Twineedle 2x19-24% | ||
 Ariados BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tangela View Ariados builds →Sludge Bomb 2x62-74% Leech Life 2x15-18% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
 Weezing Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tangela View Weezing builds →Sludge Bomb 2x62-74% Fire Blast 2x113-133%KO | ||
 Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tangela View Venomoth builds →Sludge Bomb 2x49-58% Gust 2x16-19% Leech Life 2x13-16% | ||
Tangela Evolutions
What you see is what you get. Tangela sits outside any evolution chain, so focus on the egg moves and a decent partner pool from one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Tangela easily with 23 breeding partners from the Grass egg group. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Confusion, Flail and 2 more to offspring.
GS Tangela Best Moveset
115 Defense blocks physical attacks, but the stat split exposed 40 Sp. Def that folds to any special move. MoveSleep Powder still works, and MoveGiga Drain provides Grass TermStab with HP recovery. Held ItemLeftovers sustains the physical side. Half a tank that crumbles from the special direction.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Sleep Powder
- Growth
- Bind
- Giga Drain
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Amnesia and Confusion aren't available any other way for Tangela, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Solar Beam and Giga Drain for solid options.
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
17 of 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The vines that cloak its entire body are always jiggling. They effectively unnerve its foes.
It tangles any moving thing with its vines. Their subtle shaking is ticklish if you get ensnared.
Tangela Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Tangela has 435 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Gold & Silver, Tangela plays as a setup sweeper. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully. Set up with Growth when you get a free turn.
Game Availability
Tangela has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 20 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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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