HitmonleeLevel 20 (Atk > Def)HitmonchanLevel 20 (Atk < Def)HitmontopLevel 20 (Atk = Def)
Is Tyrogue Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Baby Fighting from breeding. Evolves into Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, or Hitmontop at 20 depending on which stat is highest. AbilityGuts boosts Attack when statused. All three evolutions are transfer-only imports in Sinnoh. Lucario and Machamp fill Fighting natively.
Tyrogue has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Gardenia's typing presses Tyrogue's defenses.
Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
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Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
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Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
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Hitmonlee resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
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Hitmonlee trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
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Hitmonlee resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
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Hitmonlee has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
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Catchable
Catch Tyrogue on Route 208 (Poké Radar, Lv 17-18, common).
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Gardenia
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM80RockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Mt. Coronet
- Post-Game
- TM08FightingBulk UpPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Tyrogue to Hitmonlee
Tyrogue evolves into Hitmonlee at Level 20. Your Tyrogue should hit Level 20 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20FightingJump KickPower 128Accuracy 95%PP 25
- LV 20FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 29FightingHigh Jump KickPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 49NormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5
- LV 53FightingClose CombatPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Tyrogue to Hitmonchan
Tyrogue evolves into Hitmonchan at Level 20. Your Tyrogue should hit Level 20 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20FightingRevengePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- After Maylene
- TM60FightingDrain PunchPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Maylene
- LV 36FightingSky UppercutPower 128Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 56FightingClose CombatPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Tyrogue to Hitmontop
Tyrogue evolves into Hitmontop at Level 20. Your Tyrogue should hit Level 20 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20FightingRevengePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 20FightingRolling KickPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 100Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- LV 51FightingClose CombatPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Tyrogue in Diamond & Pearl
Tyrogue chains off the Poke Radar at two routes, common at level 12 to 18. Which Hitmon it becomes hangs on its stats at level 20, so check Attack against Defense before it evolves.
2 locations to catch Tyrogue
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Badge 6Where To Catch Tyrogue in DP
Tyrogue is where the line starts, caught through special encounters at Lv. 12-18. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
Available in-game· 3 pathsPick one
- HitmonleeLv 20 (Atk > Def)
- HitmonchanLv 20 (Atk < Def)
- HitmontopLv 20 (Atk = Def)
Bring the right balls: check Tyrogue catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Tyrogue in Diamond & Pearl
Tyrogue turns up on Route 208 and Route 211, where a PokeRadar chain is what pulls its shiny right down. Compare Shiny Tyrogue odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Tyrogue 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Tyrogue in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Tyrogue Weakness
Tyrogue is weak to Flying and Psychic. Not many exploitable gaps in the Fighting typing defensive chart. Tyrogue's Fighting typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Tyrogue Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Tyrogue
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tyrogue View Drifblim builds →Fly 2x167-197%KO Psychic 2x121-143%KO | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tyrogue View Murkrow builds →Fly 2x174-206%KO Psychic 2x116-137%KO | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tyrogue View Noctowl builds →Sky Attack 2x186-219%KO Psychic 2x116-137%KO | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tyrogue View Mothim builds →Psychic 2x126-149%KO Gust 2x87-103%KO | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tyrogue View Beautifly builds →Psychic 2x133-157%KO Gust 2x90-107%KO | ||
 Chingling Psychic | D | |
Tyrogue Evolutions
Tyrogue starts the chain as a baby form and evolves into Hitmonlee at level 20. To get more eggs, breed the evolved versions. Evolving adds up to 245 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
DP Tyrogue Best Moveset
35 across every stat. No moveset can function at these numbers. Evolve to Hitmontop, Hitmonlee, or Hitmonchan depending on which stat is highest.
Best Build
Tyrogue best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Mach Punch
- High Jump Kick
- Fake Out
- Bulk Up
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Tyrogue gets Bullet Punch and Counter exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Normal and Ground coverage and more rounds out the picture alongside High Jump Kick and Brick Break.
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
23 of 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It is famous for its eagerness to fight and always nurses injuries from challenging larger foes.
Tyrogue Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, for a casual playthrough, Tyrogue works as a placeholder. Fighting coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Hitmonlee. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Tyrogue appears in 17 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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
Winds & Waves
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