Is Tropius Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Breed-only. Grass/Flying with AbilityChlorophyll. Doesn't evolve. Decent bulk and Fly compatibility make it an HM carrier with limited combat value.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Tropius resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Tropius's weaknesses hard.
Hatch
Hatch Tropius from an Egg you breed on Route 34.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 31GrassMagical LeafPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15From Chuck's wife outside Cianwood Gym
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 47FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- LV 51GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 61GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Tropius in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Tropius can't be caught in HeartGold & SoulSilver. Transfer one in from Ruby & Sapphire, Emerald, or Platinum.
Tropius cannot be caught in the wild in HeartGold & SoulSilver, but you can still get it via these paths:
Catch in the wild and trade from these games:
Then trade to HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
How to Get Shiny Tropius in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Tropius takes a foreign parent, so breed it Masuda-style at 1 in 1,638 for a shiny of its own. Compare Shiny Tropius odds across every game
Shiny Tropius Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Tropius Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here 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.
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds calculator with Tropius already selected.
Tropius Weakness
Ice, Fire, Poison, Flying, and Rock moves hit Tropius for super-effective damage. Ice hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The upside? Ground-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Poison, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Tropius Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Tropius
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodBell Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Ho-Oh builds →Brave Bird 2x113-134%KO Overheat 2x110-130%KO Ancient Power 2x32-38% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodEmbedded Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Rayquaza builds →Ice Beam 4x130-153%KO Fly 2x97-114%KO Overheat 2x95-113%KO Stone Edge 2x71-84% | ||
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Lugia builds →Ice Beam 4x85-100%KO Aeroblast 2x67-79% Ancient Power 2x27-32% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Articuno Ice | C | |
Obtain MethodSeafoam Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Articuno builds →Ice Beam 4x134-158%KO Fly 2x60-71% Ancient Power 2x28-33% | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x174-205%KO Avalanche 4x95-112%KO Fire Blast 2x41-48% | ||
 Dragonite Dragon | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dragonair (Dragons Den Super Rod) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Dragonite builds →Ice Beam 4x92-108%KO Fly 2x88-104%KO Stone Edge 2x65-77% Fire Blast 2x58-68% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Weavile builds →Avalanche 4x108-128%KO Poison Jab 2x47-56% Aerial Ace 2x36-43% | ||
 Charizard Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x109-129%KO Air Slash 2x59-70% Rock Slide 2x33-39% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x110-130%KO Sludge Bomb 2x47-56% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Entei builds →Overheat 2x93-110%KO Stone Edge 2x57-68% | ||
 Tentacruel WaterPoison | B | |
Obtain MethodCherrygrove City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Tentacruel builds →Ice Beam 4x78-92% Sludge Bomb 2x55-65% | ||
 Gyarados Water | S | |
Obtain MethodLake Of Rage Good Rod Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Gyarados builds →Ice Fang 4x80-95% Stone Edge 2x61-72% Fire Blast 2x39-46% | ||
Tropius Evolutions
Tropius is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through two egg groups with a decent partner pool. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 10 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Tropius easily with 45 breeding partners from the Grass and Monster egg groups. Pass egg moves like Curse, Dragon Dance, Headbutt and 7 more to offspring.
HGSS Tropius Best Moveset
Grass/Flying at 99 HP with AbilityChlorophyll doubling 51 Speed in sun and AbilitySolar Power boosting Sp. Atk by 50% at the cost of HP. The moveset picks a sun role: fast attacker or powerful but self-damaging. 72 Sp. Atk is modest for either.
Best Build
Tropius best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Solar Beam
- Air Slash
- Earthquake
- Sunny Day
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Tropius misses out on Curse and Dragon Dance. That's 10 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Leaf Storm and Solar Beam, with coverage across 7 types rounding things out.
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
25 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The bunch of fruit around its neck ripens twice a year and is delicious. It’s a highly favored tropical snack.
Tropius HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Tropius as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Not the fastest,
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Modest on Tropius. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Tropius first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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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