Is Teddiursa Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Lake Acuity with Emerald in the DS slot. AbilityPickup finds items while walking. Ursaring at level 30 has strong Attack and AbilityGuts for status-boosted power. The Dual Slot requirement makes this a niche option.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Fantina's typing presses Teddiursa's defenses.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Teddiursa has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Ursaring trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Ursaring trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Ursaring resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Ursaring trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Teddiursa on Route 211 (walking, Lv 15-16, rare). Pokémon Emerald in GBA slot.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 29NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5Snowpoint City
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 50NormalThrashPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
Evolve Teddiursa to Ursaring
Teddiursa evolves into Ursaring at Level 30. Your Teddiursa should hit Level 30 before you reach Candice, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5Snowpoint City
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217 (northeast of Hiker's house)
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 58NormalThrashPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
How to Get Teddiursa in Platinum
Teddiursa needs Emerald in the GBA slot to spawn, rare across a couple of areas from levels 15 to 41. The dual-slot trigger is mandatory, so no Emerald cart means no wild cub.
2 locations to catch Teddiursa
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6
Badge 7Where To Catch Teddiursa in Pt
The line opens with Teddiursa at Lv. 15-41 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into UrsaringAcuity LakefrontLv.35GrassRate 8%Dual-slot: EmeraldRoute 216Lv.35GrassRate 8%Dual-slot: EmeraldRoute 217Lv.35GrassRate 8%Dual-slot: Emeraldor evolve from Teddiursa (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Teddiursa catch rates for Platinum by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Teddiursa in Platinum
Teddiursa is a rare find on Route 211 and around Lake Acuity, so a Poké Radar chain that survives to 40 lands its shiny. Compare Shiny Teddiursa odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Teddiursa Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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 Platinum with Teddiursa preloaded.
Teddiursa Weakness
Teddiursa is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Only 1 weakness makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Teddiursa Weak Against
Good
Teddiursa Evolutions
Teddiursa evolves into Ursaring. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 170 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Teddiursa easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Close Combat, Counter, Cross Chop and 9 more to offspring.
Pt Teddiursa Best Moveset
Normal typing with 80 Attack at 40 Speed. AbilityPickup collects items, but the moveset can't compete offensively at this stage. Evolve to Ursaring.
Best Build
Teddiursa best EVs are Attack and Speed
Utility Moveset
- Close Combat
- Facade
- Crunch
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 13 types means almost nothing walls Teddiursa cleanly, with Last Resort and Thrash anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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
35 of 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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Teddiursa Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Teddiursa does the job early-game if you need a Normal type on your team. Evolve it into Ursaring before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Teddiursa first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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
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