Is Vileplume Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityChlorophyll doubles Speed in sun. Vileplume handles Crasher Wake if imported, but Roserade is the better Grass/Poison option in every way. The import is redundant in Sinnoh.
Gloom resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gloom trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Gloom has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Gloom resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Fantina's team hits Gloom's weaknesses hard.
Gloom has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Gloom trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Gloom has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Aaron:
Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bertha:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Flint:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lucian:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Mars:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Jupiter's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Jupiter:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Saturn:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
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Catch Gloom
Catch Gloom on Route 229 (walking, Lv 51, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 51)
- LV 51GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- 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 Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 53GrassPetal DancePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Gloom to Vileplume
Gloom evolves into Vileplume 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
- After Gardenia
- 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
- LV 53GrassPetal DancePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 65GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Gloom to Bellossom
Gloom evolves into Bellossom with a Sun Stone. Use the Sun Stone in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 49)
- LV 49GrassMagical LeafPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- 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 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 53GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Vileplume in Diamond & Pearl
A Leaf Stone on a postgame Gloom gets you Vileplume, the only path since it has no wild spot. A Sun Stone forks the same Gloom toward Bellossom instead, splitting the Oddish line two ways.
Catch Oddish or Gloom at any of these 3 spots to eventually evolve into Vileplume.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8How to Obtain Vileplume in DP
The path to Vileplume starts with Oddish at Lv. 18-23 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve GloomRoute 229Lv.51-52GrassRate 30%DayRoute 230Lv.50GrassRate 20%Route 229Lv.51GrassRate 20%Morning/nightRoute 224Lv.53GrassRate 5%or evolve from Oddish (Step 1)
- Step 3Vileplume ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Oddish egg.
How to Get Shiny Vileplume in Diamond & Pearl
Vileplume needs a Leaf Stone, so chain a shiny Oddish on Route 229 or Route 230, then evolve it up. Compare Shiny Vileplume odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Vileplume 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 Vileplume.
Vileplume Weakness
Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic moves hit Vileplume for super-effective damage. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. 4 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| 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 Vileplume Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Vileplume
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter | ||
 Azelf Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodLake Valor Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vileplume View Azelf builds →Future Sight 2x120-141%KO Fire Blast 2x80-94% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vileplume View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x120-141%KO Aerial Ace 2x36-43% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Vileplume View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x115-135%KO | ||
 Mesprit Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vileplume View Mesprit builds →Future Sight 2x102-121%KO Ice Beam 2x54-64% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vileplume View Jynx builds →Dream Eater 2x93-109%KO Ice Beam 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vileplume View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x98-115%KO Dream Eater 2x47-55% | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vileplume View Honchkrow builds →Fly 2x94-111%KO Dream Eater 2x58-68% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vileplume View Xatu builds →Future Sight 2x95-112%KO Fly 2x62-73% | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Vileplume View Staraptor builds →Brave Bird 2x121-143%KO | ||
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vileplume View Mr. Mime builds →Dream Eater 2x83-98% Aerial Ace 2x19-23% | ||
 Cresselia Psychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vileplume View Cresselia builds →Future Sight 2x79-93% Ice Beam 2x42-50% | ||
Vileplume Evolutions
You get Vileplume from Gloom using a Leaf Stone. It's one of 2 possible evolutions in this branching family, each requiring its own method. Breed through Oddish to get eggs. Vileplume trails Bellossom by 10 stats overall, though its HP grew by +30 from Oddish. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Vileplume to get Oddish eggs easily using 45 partners from the Grass egg group. Notable egg moves include Charm, Flail, Ingrain and 4 more.
DP Vileplume Best Moveset
Sun doubles that 50 Speed through AbilityChlorophyll, turning one of the slowest Grass types into a genuine attacker. 110 Sp. Atk is strong for special Grass and Poison moves, and the moveset hits hard under sun. Without it, 50 Speed makes Vileplume dead weight.
Best Build
Vileplume best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Sleep Powder
- Solar Beam
- Hidden Power Ice
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Vileplume misses out on Charm and Flail. That's 7 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Petal Dance and Solar Beam, with Normal and Fighting coverage 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
28 of 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Its petals are the largest in the world. As it walks, it scatters extremely allergenic pollen.
Vileplume Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Vileplume is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Vileplume becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Vileplume as an attacker. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Modest on Vileplume. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the attacker role.
Game Availability
Vileplume has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 20 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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
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