Is Wingull Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Surfing across southern Sinnoh routes from mid-game onward. Water/Flying with AbilityKeen Eye. Pelipper at level 25 is quick. Not the strongest Water option but freely available without imports or Dual Slot.
Wingull has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Wingull trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Wingull trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Wingull trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Pelipper trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Volkner's team hits Pelipper's weaknesses hard.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Pelipper trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Pelipper trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Wingull on Route 213 (walking, Lv 24-26, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 24)
- LV 24WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 24FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Roark
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Floaroma Town
- After Fantina
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- After Crasher Wake
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- LV 42FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 47FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Wingull to Pelipper
Wingull evolves into Pelipper at Level 25. Your Wingull should hit Level 25 before you reach Crasher Wake, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- LV 57WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Wingull in Platinum
Wingull is the easy surf catch of the southern sea, common across most of the coastal water routes and the approach to the Pokemon League. Hop in the water down south and one shows up fast, no rod needed.
11 locations to catch Wingull
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Wingull in Pt
Wingull is where the line starts, caught through surfing and walking encounters at Lv. 20-49. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Wingull ✓Iron Island - OutsideLv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 60%Pokémon LeagueLv.30-40Surfing on waterRate 60%Route 213Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 219Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 220Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 221Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 222Lv.30-40Surfing on waterRate 30%Sunyshore CityLv.30-40Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 213Lv.24-26GrassRate 20%Pastoria CityLv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 4%Route 226Lv.35-45Surfing on waterRate 60%Route 222Lv.38GrassRate 10%Route 226Lv.47-49GrassRate 15%Route 230Lv.48GrassRate 5%
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into PelipperPokémon LeagueLv.30-50Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 223Lv.30-50Surfing on waterRate 30%Iron Island - OutsideLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 9%Route 219Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 1%Route 220Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 1%Route 221Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 1%Route 222Lv.30-50Surfing on waterRate 1%Sunyshore CityLv.30-50Surfing on waterRate 1%Route 224Lv.35-55Surfing on waterRate 60%Route 226Lv.35-55Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 230Lv.35-55Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 222Lv.40GrassRate 5%Route 230Lv.48-50GrassRate 30%Route 224Lv.51GrassRate 10%Route 230Lv.48GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: RubyRoute 230Lv.48GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: SapphireRoute 230Lv.48GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: EmeraldRoute 230Lv.48GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: FireRedRoute 230Lv.48GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: LeafGreenor evolve from Wingull (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Wingull catch odds in the Platinum Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Wingull in Platinum
Wingull wheels over the grass on Route 222, so run a Poké Radar chain to 40 there for a shiny. Compare Shiny Wingull odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Wingull 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 Wingull in the Platinum Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Wingull Weakness
Type-wise, Wingull takes extra damage from Electric and Rock. Watch out for Electric attacks, those deal 4x damage. Ground moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. The Water/Flying typing picks up 5 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Electric |
| 2x (Weak) | Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Fighting, Bug, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Wingull Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Wingull
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wingull View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 4x365-429%KO Rollout 2x27-33% | ||
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Cranidos Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wingull View Cranidos builds →Head Smash 2x410-482%KO Thunderbolt 4x126-149%KO | ||
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Pachirisu Electric | C | |
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
Wingull Evolutions
Wingull is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Pelipper. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 170 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Wingull easily with 31 breeding partners from the Flying and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Agility, Aqua Ring, Gust and 4 more to offspring.
Pt Wingull Best Moveset
Water/Flying at 55 Sp. Atk and 85 Speed with thin defenses across the board. The moveset fires basic special Water attacks and not much else at this stage. Evolve to Pelipper.
Best Build
Wingull best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Air Slash
- Blizzard
- Ice Beam
- Tailwind
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Agility and Aqua Ring give Wingull options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 9 types already covers a decent range on top of Fly and Air Slash. The egg moves push it further.
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
30 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It soars high in the sky, riding on updrafts like a glider. It carries food tucked in its bill.
Wingull Platinum Guide
In Platinum, for a casual playthrough, Wingull works as a placeholder. Water/Flying coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Pelipper. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Wingull appears in 15 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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
Winds & Waves
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