Is Wobbuffet Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Dark Cave in Johto. Wobbuffet can't attack normally. It only knows MoveCounter and MoveMirror Coat, which reflect damage back at the opponent. Interesting gimmick, terrible for a playthrough. You can't control what type of attack the opponent uses, so it's a coin flip every turn.
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Catchable
Catch Wobbuffet in Dark Cave (walking, Lv 20-25, uncommon).
Gold & Silver Wobbuffet Locations
Just two wild Wobbuffet at one spot, uncommon, in the low-to-mid twenties. A single location with thin odds, so landing one comes down to pacing the right cave until it finally turns up.
1 location to catch Wobbuffet
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 7Best Locations to Catch Wobbuffet in Gold & Silver
How to Get Shiny Wobbuffet in Gold & Silver
Wobbuffet has just one home in Gold and Silver, Dark Cave, and it offers no better luck than any patch of wild grass would. Compare Shiny Wobbuffet odds across every game
Shiny Wobbuffet Evolution
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2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Gold & Silver with Wobbuffet preloaded.
Wobbuffet Weakness
Type-wise, Wobbuffet takes extra damage from Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Wobbuffet's overall bulk (190/58/58) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Wobbuffet Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Wobbuffet
 Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wobbuffet View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x33-39% Thief 2x21-24% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wobbuffet View Parasect builds →Leech Life 2x14-17% Thief 2x13-15% | ||
 Ledian Bug | C | |
 Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wobbuffet View Venomoth builds →Thief 2x17-21% Leech Life 2x10-13% | ||
 Scyther Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wobbuffet View Scyther builds →Pursuit 2x12-14% Fury Cutter 2x9-11% | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wobbuffet View Pinsir builds →Thief 2x12-14% Fury Cutter 2x9-11% | ||
 Yanma Bug | C | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wobbuffet View Beedrill builds →Twineedle 2x16-20% Pursuit 2x11-13% | ||
 Ariados BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wobbuffet View Ariados builds →Leech Life 2x14-17% Thief 2x13-15% | ||
Wobbuffet Evolutions
Wobbuffet is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through one egg group with a small partner pool. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Wobbuffet easily with 11 breeding partners from the Amorphous egg group.
GS Wobbuffet Best Moveset
MoveCounter reflects physical damage back at double power, and MoveMirror Coat does the same for special attacks. Shadow Tag prevents switching (as a mechanic, not an ability). Relies entirely on the opponent attacking into the right move. Held ItemLeftovers sustains the 190 HP. Reactive and matchup-dependent but devastating when it reads correctly.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Counter
- Destiny Bond
- Mirror Coat
- Safeguard
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Not a lot to pick from. Wobbuffet gets Mirror Coat for same-type damage, and Fighting coverage rounds things out. You're building around what's available rather than choosing from a deep bench.
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.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It hates light and shock. If attacked, it inflates its body to pump up its counterstrike.
To keep its pitch-black tail hidden, it lives quietly in the darkness. It is never first to attack.
Wobbuffet Gold & Silver Guide
Honestly, in Gold & Silver Wobbuffet is a tough sell. It rates just F-Tier, and stronger Psychic options exist. Fun pick, not a practical one.
In Gold & Silver, Wobbuffet plays as a support. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully.
Game Availability
Available in 16 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Wobbuffet spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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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