Is Wailord Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Wailmer evolves at level 40. Massive HP pool with AbilityWater Veil. Pure Water that handles Blaine through raw bulk. But Gyarados, Lapras, and Starmie are all available natively.
Wailord has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Wailord has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Wailord has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Wailord trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Wailord's defenses.
Wailord has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Wailord trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Wailord's defenses.
Wailord resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Misty's typing presses Wailord's defenses.
Wailord has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Wailord trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Wailord has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Wailord trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Wailord has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Wailord trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Wailord trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Wailord has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Wailord has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Wailord has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Wailord trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Trade
Wailord cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four. Alternatively, transfer the pre-evolution and level it up to Lv 40.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- LV 31WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 34WaterWater SpoutPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 46WaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 62WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Wailord in HeartGold & SoulSilver
A bred Wailmer balloons into Wailord once it reaches level 40. Neither the whale nor its calf has a wild encounter here, so breeding is the entire path to the biggest Pokemon around.
How to Obtain Wailord in HGSS
- Step 1Obtain WailmerLATER APPEARANCEfrom Ruby & SapphireNot TradeableAppears in Ruby & Sapphire via Super rod · Slateport City. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
- Step 2Wailord ✓
How to Get Shiny Wailord in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Wailord tops the Wailmer line, so breed that base form Masuda-style at 1 in 1,638 and raise it into the giant. Compare Shiny Wailord odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Wailord Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here 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.
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 Wailord.
Wailord Weakness
Electric and Grass moves hit Wailord for super-effective damage. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. With 170 HP and balanced defenses, Wailord can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Wailord Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Wailord
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Silph Co Gift) | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wailord View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x110-130%KO Shock Wave 2x37-44% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Raikou Electric | B | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
Wailord Evolutions
Wailord is the evolved form of Wailmer. Breeding produces Wailmer eggs, and they take forever to hatch. Evolving from Wailmer gave Wailord the biggest boost in HP (+40), bringing the total to 500 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Wailord to get Wailmer eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field and Water 2 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aqua Ring, Body Slam, Curse and 8 more.
HGSS Wailord Best Moveset
170 HP is the second-highest in the game, but 45 in both defenses waste most of it. Water type at 90 in both offenses and 60 Speed fires equally from both sides. AbilityWater Veil blocks burns. The moveset survives through HP alone.
Best Build
Wailord best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Revenge Killer Moveset
- Water Spout
- Ice Beam
- Self Destruct
- Rest
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Wailord picks up Aqua Ring and Body Slam only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Water Spout and Hydro Pump 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
All 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is the largest of all identified Pokémon. They jump as a pack to herd their prey.
Wailord HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Wailord as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Not the fastest,
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Modest on Wailord. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Wailord first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- 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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