Is Vigoroth Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityVital Spirit blocks sleep and attacks every turn, unlike Slakoth and Slaking. Some trainers keep Vigoroth permanently to avoid Truant. Transfer-only but the most consistent of the three stages.
Slakoth trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Vigoroth has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Vigoroth has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Vigoroth resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Vigoroth trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Slaking resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Volkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Aaron's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Slaking resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Slaking has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Slakoth
Catch Slakoth in Eterna Forest (walking, Lv 10, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Slakoth to Vigoroth
Slakoth evolves into Vigoroth at Level 18. Your Slakoth should hit Level 18 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 31NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217
- LV 43FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Vigoroth to Slaking
Vigoroth evolves into Slaking at Level 36. Your Vigoroth should hit Level 36 before you reach Byron, 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
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Vigoroth in Diamond & Pearl
Level a swarm Slakoth to 18 for Vigoroth, which has no wild spot in these games. The whole thing depends on catching the lazy Pokemon during its daily Eterna Forest swarm.
Catch Slakoth at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Vigoroth.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1How to Obtain Vigoroth in DP
How to Get Shiny Vigoroth in Diamond & Pearl
Vigoroth evolves from Slakoth, so chain that shiny in Eterna Forest at 1 in 200 and level it into its restless form. Compare Shiny Vigoroth odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Vigoroth 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 Vigoroth in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Vigoroth Weakness
Vigoroth is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Vigoroth's physical bulk (base 80 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| 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 Vigoroth Weak Against
Good
Vigoroth Evolutions
Vigoroth is the middle stage between Slakoth and Slaking. It's a three-stage line with one more evolution to go. For breeding, quick to hatch with a massive partner pool via one egg group. Speed has grown the most so far (+60), but there's still another 230 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Vigoroth to get Slakoth eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Body Slam, Crush Claw, Curse and 6 more.
DP Vigoroth Best Moveset
Unlike Slakoth and Slaking, Vigoroth drops Truant for AbilityVital Spirit and can attack every turn. 80 Attack at 90 Speed with full turn usage makes the moveset genuinely functional. Sometimes worth keeping unevolved to avoid Slaking's Truant problem.
Best Build
Vigoroth best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Return
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
- Bulk Up
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 11 types means almost nothing walls Vigoroth cleanly, with Double-Edge and Mega Kick anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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
42 of 44 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Its heart beats at a tenfold tempo, so it cannot sit still for even a moment.
Vigoroth Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Vigoroth does the job early-game if you need a Normal type on your team. Evolve it into Slaking before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
In Diamond & Pearl, Vigoroth plays as a pivot. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Return is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Jolly is the go-to nature for Vigoroth. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Vigoroth first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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