Is Ursaring Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Teddiursa evolves at level 30. Normal-type with AbilityGuts boosting Attack when statused. One of the strongest physical attackers in the game. Handles Morty through Normal's Ghost immunity and contributes across both regions. Late availability keeps it off some teams.
Teddiursa has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Teddiursa has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Teddiursa has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Teddiursa's weaknesses hard.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Teddiursa has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Ursaring trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catch Teddiursa
Catch Teddiursa on Route 45 (walking, Lv 20, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- LV 29NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 50NormalThrashPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
Evolve Teddiursa to Ursaring
Teddiursa evolves into Ursaring at Level 30. Your Teddiursa should hit Level 30 before you reach Clair, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 58NormalThrashPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
How to Get Ursaring in HeartGold & SoulSilver
In SoulSilver, Ursaring prowls Mt. Silver and the Kanto endgame routes, uncommon to common up there. HeartGold never spawns one, leaning on Donphan for its big ground threat, so you would have to trade for Ursaring.
3 locations to catch Ursaring2 locations to catch Teddiursa
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Teddiursa at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 30 — it evolves into Ursaring.
Badge 8Where To Catch Ursaring in HGSS
Teddiursa gets you Ursaring sooner: catch it (before Badge 8) and evolve it at Lv 30. Wild Ursaring first appears at Victory Road (after Badge 8).
- Step 2Ursaring ✓Mt. Silver - 1FLv.44CaveSoulSilverRate 30%Victory Road - 1FLv.33CaveSoulSilverRate 20%Victory Road - 2FLv.33CaveSoulSilverRate 20%Victory Road - 3FLv.33CaveSoulSilverRate 20%Route 28Lv.40GrassSoulSilverRate 20%Mt. Silver - BaseLv.42CaveSoulSilverRate 20%Mt. Silver - 1F Central ChamberLv.47-48CaveSoulSilverRate 20%Mt. Silver - 1F Upper ChamberLv.47-48CaveSoulSilverRate 20%Mt. Silver - 3FLv.47CaveSoulSilverRate 20%Mt. Silver - Upper mountainsideLv.47CaveSoulSilverRate 20%Mt. Silver - 2FLv.48-50CaveSoulSilverRate 20%Mt. Silver - Lower mountainsideLv.50CaveSoulSilverRate 10%or evolve from Teddiursa (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Ursaring.
How to Get Shiny Ursaring in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Ursaring lumbers across Route 28 in SoulSilver, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Ursaring odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Ursaring 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.
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 | 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
GoodBest Pokemon Against Ursaring
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 Belly Drum, Close Combat, Counter and 10 more.
HGSS Ursaring Best Moveset
Massive 130 Attack with AbilityGuts turning status conditions into power gains. Burn a Guts Ursaring and it hits harder, not weaker. The moveset fires physical Normal and coverage attacks at boosted power. 55 Speed is slow but the raw damage compensates.
Best Build
Ursaring best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Facade
- Crunch
- Fire Punch
- Earthquake
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Ursaring can hit 13 types beyond STAB, including Ghost and Dark. The offense anchors on Hyper Beam and Last Resort while TMs handle everything else.
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 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Although it is a good climber, it prefers to snap trees with its forelegs and eat fallen berries.
With its ability to distinguish any aroma, it unfailingly finds all food buried deep underground.
Ursaring HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Ursaring has 500 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Ursaring as a wallbreaker. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Facade is the primary attack.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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
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