VaporeonWater StoneJolteonThunder StoneFlareonFire StoneEspeonHigh Friendship (Day)UmbreonHigh Friendship (Night)LeafeonTrade from Diamond, Pearl, or PlatinumGlaceonTrade from Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum
Is Umbreon Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Friendship evolution from Eevee at night. Dark-type with AbilitySynchronize. The most defensive Eeveelution with excellent special bulk. Handles Morty's Ghost gym through Dark and Will's Psychic E4. The tank of the Eevee family.
Eevee trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Eevee trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Whitney:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Morty:
Chuck's typing presses Vaporeon's defenses.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Chuck:
Vaporeon resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
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Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Pryce:
Clair's typing presses Vaporeon's defenses.
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Vaporeon resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Brock:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
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Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
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Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Erika:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
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Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Sabrina:
Vaporeon resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Blaine:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Blue:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Will:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
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Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bruno:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Karen:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lance:
Gift Eevee
Eevee is given to you as a gift in Goldenrod City at Lv 5. Receive from Bill at his house in Goldenrod City after visiting him in Ecruteak City.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 43NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Eevee to Umbreon
Eevee evolves into Umbreon with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Whitney.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM66DarkPaybackPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 35
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Pryce
- REMINDERDarkBitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 36DarkFeint AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sold by the TM clerk on 3F of the Celadon Department Store
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Eevee to Vaporeon
Eevee evolves into Vaporeon with a Water Stone. You can receive the Water Stone from an NPC in Route 42. 2 other locations are also available.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 71WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 78WaterMuddy WaterPower 143Accuracy 85%PP 10
Evolve Eevee to Jolteon
Eevee evolves into Jolteon with a Thunder Stone. You can receive the Thunder Stone from an NPC in Route 38. 1 other location is also available.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 43ElectricThunder FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 71ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- LV 78ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Eevee to Flareon
Eevee evolves into Flareon with a Fire Stone. You can receive the Fire Stone from an NPC in Route 36. 1 other location is also available.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 43FireFire FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 71FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5
- LV 78FireLava PlumePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Eevee to Espeon
Eevee evolves into Espeon with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Whitney.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 17)
- LV 17PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 36PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 43PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 64PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Umbreon in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Take that same high-friendship Eevee and level it after dark instead, and you get Umbreon. It is the night mirror of Espeon, and like Espeon, it never appears in the wild.
Catch Eevee at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Umbreon.
- 1Catch Eevee
- 2Evolve Umbreonwith high Friendship
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8How to Obtain Umbreon in HGSS
Eevee is your first catch on the way to Umbreon. You'll find gift encounters from Lv. 5-15 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Umbreon ✓
How to Get Shiny Umbreon in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Umbreon comes from an Eevee raised at night, so breed that gift Eevee Masuda-style at 1 in 1,638 and level it after dark. Compare Shiny Umbreon odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Umbreon 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.
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 | 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Umbreon in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Umbreon Weakness
Fighting and Bug moves hit Umbreon for super-effective damage. The upside? Psychic-type moves can't touch it at all. Umbreon's overall bulk (95/110/130) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ghost, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Umbreon Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Umbreon
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Blaziken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Silph Co Gift) | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Umbreon View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x97-114%KO X-Scissor 2x35-41% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Umbreon View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x111-131%KO X-Scissor 2x40-47% | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) | ||
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Umbreon View Primeape builds →Focus Punch 2x96-113%KO U-turn 2x30-36% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Umbreon View Pinsir builds →Focus Punch 2x74-87% X-Scissor 2x60-71% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Umbreon View Armaldo builds →X-Scissor 2x60-71% Brick Break 2x38-44% | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Umbreon View Scyther builds →X-Scissor 2x54-64% Brick Break 2x34-40% | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
 Riolu Fighting | C | |
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
Umbreon Evolutions
You get Umbreon from Eevee by leveling up. It's one of 5 possible evolutions in this game's branching family, each requiring its own method. Breed through Eevee to get eggs. Both Umbreon and Vaporeon hit 525 total stats from Eevee. The difference is how those stats are split. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Umbreon to get Eevee eggs (with patience) using 131 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Charm, Covet, Curse and 7 more.
HGSS Umbreon Best Moveset
Defensive Dark type at 110 Defense and 130 Sp. Def with 95 HP for durability on both sides. The moveset blocks attacks, spreads MoveToxic, and stalls with MoveWish recovery. AbilitySynchronize deters status. 65 Speed and 65 Attack mean Umbreon never threatens offensively.
Best Build
Umbreon best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Wish
- Pursuit
- Protect
- Heal Bell
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Umbreon misses out on Charm and Covet. That's 10 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Dark Pulse and Sucker Punch, with Normal and Ground coverage and more 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
All 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
When agitated, this Pokémon protects itself by spraying poisonous sweat from its pores.
When darkness falls, the rings on the body begin to glow, striking fear in the hearts of anyone nearby.
Umbreon HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Umbreon as a wall. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Pursuit is the primary attack.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, build your team around Infernape. These have the highest co-usage rates with Umbreon in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Careful on Umbreon. +Sp. Def is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wall role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Umbreon appears in 19 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
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
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