Is Ursaring Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityGuts boosts Attack when poisoned, burned, or paralyzed. The physical/special split lets Ursaring choose between physical Normal and physical coverage moves properly now. If accessed through the Emerald Dual Slot, Ursaring handles any fight that doesn't resist Normal.
Roark's typing presses Teddiursa's defenses.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Ursaring trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Ursaring trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Ursaring resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Ursaring trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Teddiursa
Catch Teddiursa on Route 211 (walking, Lv 12-14, rare). Pokémon Emerald in GBA slot.
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Gardenia
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 29NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 50NormalThrashPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Teddiursa to Ursaring
Teddiursa evolves into Ursaring at Level 30. Your Teddiursa should hit Level 30 before you reach Candice, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 58NormalThrashPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Ursaring in Diamond & Pearl
Ursaring roams three snowy areas as a rare catch in the mid 30s, gated behind the same Emerald cartridge that wakes up Teddiursa. Pull that cart and the full-grown bear joins its cub on the map.
3 locations to catch Ursaring2 locations to catch Teddiursa
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6
Badge 7Catch Teddiursa at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 30 — it evolves into Ursaring.
Badge 6Where To Catch Ursaring in DP
Teddiursa is your first catch on the way to Ursaring. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 12-36 across 12 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Ursaring ✓Route 216Lv.33-34GrassRate 8%Dual-slot: EmeraldLake Acuity - CaveLv.34-36GrassRate 8%Dual-slot: EmeraldRoute 217Lv.36GrassRate 8%Dual-slot: Emeraldor evolve from Teddiursa (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Ursaring.
How to Get Shiny Ursaring in Diamond & Pearl
Ursaring lumbers across Route 216 and Route 217, where a maintained PokeRadar chain reaches its 1 in 200 shiny. Compare Shiny Ursaring odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Ursaring 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Ursaring.
Ursaring Weakness
Fighting moves hit Ursaring for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. With 90 HP and balanced defenses, Ursaring can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Ursaring Weak Against
Good
Ursaring Evolutions
Evolved from Teddiursa. Ursaring is the final form in this two-stage line. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+50 over Teddiursa), and Ursaring peaks at 500 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Ursaring to get Teddiursa eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Close Combat, Counter, Cross Chop and 9 more.
DP Ursaring Best Moveset
130 Attack paired with AbilityGuts and Held ItemFlame Orb creates one of the hardest-hitting physical attackers outside of legendary Pokemon. The burn boosts Attack by 50% while blocking other status conditions, and the moveset runs Normal and coverage hits at devastating power. 55 Speed is the trade-off.
Best Build
Ursaring best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Facade
- Crunch
- Fire Punch
- Earthquake
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Ursaring picks up Close Combat and Counter only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Giga Impact and Hyper Beam while coverage across 8 types adds range.
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
41 of 43 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
In its territory, it leaves scratches on trees that bear delicious berries or fruits.
Ursaring Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Ursaring has 500 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Ursaring as a wallbreaker. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Facade is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Brave on Ursaring. +Attack is what matters, and the -Speed cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Ursaring spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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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