Is Typhlosion Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Crystal's most important starter choice. The move tutor gives MoveFlamethrower to other Pokemon, but Typhlosion has been providing Fire coverage since the first gym. No other Pokemon fills that gap as early or as consistently. Handles Jasmine, Pryce, and most of Kanto from the front of the party.
Cyndaquil trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Quilava resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Quilava trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Quilava has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Quilava's weaknesses hard.
Quilava resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Quilava has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Typhlosion's weaknesses hard.
Typhlosion has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Typhlosion has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Typhlosion resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Typhlosion resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Typhlosion trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Typhlosion trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Typhlosion trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Typhlosion trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Typhlosion has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Typhlosion resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Typhlosion has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Typhlosion resists most of Karen's coverage and hits back hard.
Typhlosion trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Starter
Cyndaquil is available as a starter.
Recommended Moves
- LV 12FireEmberPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM28GroundDigPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- LV 27FireFlame WheelPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 36NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 46FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Cyndaquil to Quilava
Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava at Level 14. Your Cyndaquil should hit Level 14 before you reach Bugsy, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 14)
- LV 14FireEmberPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM28GroundDigPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 31FireFlame WheelPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 54FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Quilava to Typhlosion
Quilava evolves into Typhlosion at Level 36. Your Quilava should hit Level 36 before you reach Clair, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 36)
- LV 36FireFlame WheelPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM48FireFire PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM41ElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- LV 60FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Typhlosion in Crystal
Typhlosion caps the Cyndaquil line, never appearing in the wild. Quilava evolves into it at level 36, the payoff for picking Fire from Elm at the start.
Catch Cyndaquil at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Typhlosion.
How to Obtain Typhlosion in C
- Step 2Evolve into QuilavaBREEDINGAvailableLeave Typhlosion with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Cyndaquil egg.
- Step 3Typhlosion ✓
How to Get Shiny Typhlosion in Crystal
Typhlosion is earned two stages removed; only Cyndaquil can be reset for, so carry the shiny through Quilava and hit level 36 to finish. Compare Shiny Typhlosion odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Typhlosion Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Crystal shiny odds for Typhlosion.
Typhlosion Weakness
Water, Ground, and Rock moves hit Typhlosion for super-effective damage. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. With 78 HP and balanced defenses, Typhlosion can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Ground, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel |
- 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 Typhlosion Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Typhlosion
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Vaporeon builds →Surf 2x90-106%KO Mud-Slap 2x10-13% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
 Poliwrath WaterFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Poliwag (Ecruteak City Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Poliwrath builds →Surf 2x62-74% Mud-Slap 2x14-16% | ||
 Marowak Ground | B | |
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Quagsire builds →Earthquake 2x83-98% Surf 2x60-71% Rollout 2x18-22% | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Feraligatr builds →Surf 2x69-82% Dig 2x40-47% | ||
 Azumarill Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Azurill (Mt Mortar Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Azumarill builds →Surf 2x57-68% Rollout 2x12-15% Mud-Slap 2x9-11% | ||
 Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodLake Of Rage Good Rod | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Slide 2x72-85% Dig 2x38-45% | ||
 Seel Water | D | |
 Psyduck Water | D | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Psyduck builds →Surf 2x60-71% Dig 2x25-29% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x57-68% Rollout 2x20-24% | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Nidoking builds →Surf 2x49-58% Mud-Slap 2x20-25% | ||
 Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Nidoqueen builds →Surf 2x45-53% Mud-Slap 2x20-25% | ||
Typhlosion Evolutions
End of the line. Typhlosion caps a three-stage chain that started at Cyndaquil. Breeding produces the base form, and eggs take an average time to hatch. Sp.Atk grew the most through evolution (+49 over Cyndaquil), and Typhlosion peaks at 534 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Typhlosion to get Cyndaquil eggs using 66 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Foresight, Fury Swipes, Quick Attack and 3 more.
C Typhlosion Best Moveset
Clean special attacker at 100 Sp. Atk and 100 Speed firing MoveFire Blast before most threats respond. MoveThunder Punch uses the special side for Electric coverage. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Competes with Charizard for the top non-legendary Fire-type slot, matching raw offensive numbers.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Fire Blast
- Sunny Day
- Dynamic Punch
- Hidden Power Grass
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Typhlosion misses out on Foresight and Fury Swipes. That's 6 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Fire Blast and Flamethrower, 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.
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
28 of 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When heat from its body causes the air around it to shimmer, this is a sign that it is ready to battle.
Typhlosion Crystal Guide
In Crystal, use Typhlosion as a sweeper. Special attacks are the main output. It outspeeds most threats,
Typhlosion has a Hisuian form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 8. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Gold & Silver, Typhlosion has appeared in 17 titles over 8 generations. Along the way, it received a Hisuian form in Generation 8, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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 8PLAHisuian
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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