Is Typhlosion Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
One of the best Fire-types in Gold and Silver, and one of the few available without trading. Typhlosion is fast, hits hard on the special side, and Fire coverage matters against Jasmine, Pryce, and most of Kanto. The game is designed around Fire being rare, which makes Typhlosion invaluable.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- LV 60FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Typhlosion in Gold & Silver
You only reach Typhlosion if you chose Cyndaquil and pushed it to level 36. There is no wild shortcut, so a single save can raise just one of the three final starters without help from a trade.
Catch Cyndaquil at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Typhlosion.
How to Obtain Typhlosion in GS
- Step 2Evolve into QuilavaBREEDINGAvailableLeave Typhlosion with a compatible partner at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Cyndaquil egg.
- Step 3Typhlosion ✓
How to Get Shiny Typhlosion in Gold & Silver
Typhlosion sits two evolutions from its shiny start, so soft reset Elm's Cyndaquil in New Bark Town until it sparkles, then push it through Quilava and on to level 36. Compare Shiny Typhlosion odds across every game
Gold & Silver 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 Gold & Silver 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
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
 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% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x57-68% Rollout 2x20-24% | ||
 Seel Water | D | |
 Graveler RockGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Graveler builds →Dig 2x55-65% Rock Throw 2x46-55% | ||
 Kingler Water | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 14 Super Rod Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Kingler builds →Surf 2x51-60% Mud-Slap 2x16-20% | ||
 Slowpoke WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Slowpoke builds →Surf 2x44-52% Dig 2x27-33% | ||
 Onix RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Onix builds →Dig 2x32-38% Rock Throw 2x27-33% | ||
 Shuckle BugRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Shuckle builds →Dig 2x12-15% Rollout 2x11-14% | ||
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 2 more.
GS Typhlosion Best Moveset
100 Sp. Atk and 100 Speed fire MoveFire Blast with real power at a Speed tier that goes first against most threats. MoveThunder Punch adds Electric coverage from the special side. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Clean special attacker that competes with Charizard for the best non-legendary Fire-type slot.
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 5 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
If its rage peaks, it becomes so hot that anything that touches it will instantly go up in flames.
It has a secret, devastating move. It rubs its blazing fur together to cause huge explosions.
Typhlosion Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, 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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