Is Tropius Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Great Marsh encounter, available during the story. Grass/Flying with AbilityChlorophyll for sun. Tropius doesn't evolve but has decent bulk. Fly compatibility makes it an HM carrier with actual combat ability.
Tropius resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Flint's team hits Tropius's weaknesses hard.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Tropius in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 28-30, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- LV 47FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- LV 51GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 61GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Platinum Tropius Locations
Tropius grazes the Great Marsh in the morning and daytime hours, common while it is out. The leafy dinosaur keeps to that one marsh zone, so timing your visit for daylight is the whole trick to it.
1 location to catch Tropius
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 5Best Locations to Catch Tropius in Platinum
How to Get Shiny Tropius in Platinum
Tropius only lumbers through the Great Marsh, out of the Radar's reach, so breed one with a foreign Ditto for a shiny. Compare Shiny Tropius odds across every game
Shiny Tropius Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum Shiny Tropius 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Platinum 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
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Regice builds →Ice Beam 4x140-165%KO Ancient Power 2x30-35% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Infernape builds →Fire Blast 2x89-105%KO Rock Slide 2x39-46% Aerial Ace 2x32-38% | ||
 Snover GrassIce | D | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Altaria builds →Ice Beam 4x69-82% Fly 2x52-62% Fire Blast 2x44-52% | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Rampardos builds →Rock Slide 2x87-103%KO Ice Beam 4x67-79% Fire Blast 2x41-49% | ||
 Swalot Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Swalot builds →Ice Beam 4x73-85% Sludge 2x39-46% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 2x93-110%KO Smog 2x11-14% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x87-103%KO Aerial Ace 2x34-40% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Gliscor builds →Ice Fang 4x65-76% Aerial Ace 2x44-53% Poison Jab 2x39-46% Rock Slide 2x36-43% | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Drapion builds →Ice Fang 4x62-73% Rock Slide 2x34-41% Fire Fang 2x31-37% Aerial Ace 2x28-34% | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Lunatone builds →Ice Beam 4x88-104%KO Rock Slide 2x37-44% | ||
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 9 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, Headbutt, Leaf Blade and 6 more to offspring.
Pt Tropius Best Moveset
Sun activates AbilitySolar Power for a 50% Sp. Atk boost at the cost of 12.5% HP per turn, turning 72 Sp. Atk into something usable. The moveset runs special Grass and Flying attacks, but 51 Speed needs AbilityChlorophyll more than the power boost.
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 Headbutt. That's 9 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
36 of 38 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Delicious fruits grew out from around its neck because it always ate the same kind of fruit.
Tropius Platinum Guide
In Platinum, use Tropius as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Not the fastest,
For Platinum, 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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