Is Victreebel Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityChlorophyll doubles Speed in sun. Victreebel is a fast Grass attacker in sunshine, but Sinnoh has no native sun setter and Roserade already fills the Grass/Poison slot. Transfer-only and redundant.
Weepinbell resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Weepinbell trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Weepinbell has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Weepinbell has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Weepinbell trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Weepinbell trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Weepinbell trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Weepinbell has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Victreebel's weaknesses hard.
Victreebel resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Jupiter's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Weepinbell
Catch Weepinbell on Route 229 (walking, Lv 51, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 51)
- LV 51GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- LV 51GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Weepinbell to Victreebel
Weepinbell evolves into Victreebel with a Leaf Stone. You can pick up the Leaf Stone in Floaroma Meadow. Use the Leaf Stone in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 49)
- LV 49GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- LV 49GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Fantina
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Victreebel in Diamond & Pearl
You will not find Victreebel in the wild here. Catch a Weepinbell on the postgame routes, then finish it with a Leaf Stone whenever you are ready to evolve.
Catch Bellsprout or Weepinbell at any of these 3 spots to eventually evolve into Victreebel.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Bellsprout
- 2
- 3Evolve VictreebelUse Leaf Stone
Badge 8How to Obtain Victreebel in DP
Bellsprout is your first catch on the way to Victreebel. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 18-53 across 12 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve WeepinbellRoute 229Lv.51-52GrassRate 30%DayRoute 230Lv.50GrassRate 20%Route 229Lv.51GrassRate 20%Morning/nightRoute 224Lv.53GrassRate 5%or evolve from Bellsprout (Step 1)
- Step 3Victreebel ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Bellsprout egg.
How to Get Shiny Victreebel in Diamond & Pearl
Victreebel needs a Leaf Stone, so chain a shiny Bellsprout on Route 229 or Route 230 before evolving it up. Compare Shiny Victreebel odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Victreebel 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 Victreebel.
Victreebel Weakness
Victreebel's Grass/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. The Grass/Poison typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Victreebel Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Victreebel
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter | ||
 Azelf Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodLake Valor Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Victreebel View Azelf builds →Future Sight 2x159-187%KO Fire Blast 2x106-125%KO | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Victreebel View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x159-187%KO Aerial Ace 2x43-51% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Victreebel View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x153-180%KO | ||
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
 Mesprit Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Victreebel View Mesprit builds →Future Sight 2x138-162%KO Ice Beam 2x72-85% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Victreebel View Jynx builds →Dream Eater 2x124-146%KO Ice Beam 2x117-138%KO | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Victreebel View Staraptor builds →Brave Bird 2x145-170%KO | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Victreebel View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x129-152%KO Dream Eater 2x62-73% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Victreebel View Honchkrow builds →Fly 2x112-132%KO Dream Eater 2x77-90% | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Victreebel View Xatu builds →Future Sight 2x127-149%KO Fly 2x74-87% | ||
 Cresselia Psychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Victreebel View Cresselia builds →Future Sight 2x104-123%KO Ice Beam 2x55-65% | ||
Victreebel Evolutions
Victreebel evolved from Bellsprout's chain using an evolution item. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Bellsprout eggs (average hatch time). The evolution from Bellsprout pushed Victreebel to 480 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +30. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Victreebel to get Bellsprout eggs easily using 45 partners from the Grass egg group. Notable egg moves include Encore, Ingrain, Leech Life and 6 more.
DP Victreebel Best Moveset
Sun doubles that 70 Speed through AbilityChlorophyll, and both 105 Attack and 100 Sp. Atk give the moveset physical MoveLeaf Blade or special options depending on the build. Without sun support, Victreebel is too slow to sweep.
Best Build
Victreebel best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Sleep Powder
- Weather Ball
- Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Encore and Ingrain from the egg pool give Victreebel something extra. Pair those with Leaf Storm and Solar Beam for STAB and Normal and Dark coverage for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
27 of 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It pools in its mouth a fluid with a honeylike scent, which is really an acid that dissolves anything.
Victreebel Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Victreebel is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Victreebel becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Victreebel as an attacker. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Modest on Victreebel. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the attacker role.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Victreebel appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Victreebel have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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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