Is Woobat Good in X & Y Playthrough?
Psychic/Flying with AbilityUnaware. Wild in caves. Swoobat at friendship. AbilityUnaware ignores stat boosts. Handles Korrina through both types. A friendship-evolution Psychic that works if you keep it happy.
Woobat has the type edge here and should clean up Viola's team.
Grant's team hits Woobat's weaknesses hard.
Swoobat has the type edge here and should clean up Korrina's team.
Swoobat has the type edge here and should clean up Ramos's team.
Clemont's team hits Swoobat's weaknesses hard.
Valerie's team hits Swoobat's weaknesses hard.
Olympia's team hits Swoobat's weaknesses hard.
Swoobat trades roughly evenly with Wulfric's team.
Swoobat trades roughly evenly with Malva's team.
Wikstrom's team hits Swoobat's weaknesses hard.
Swoobat trades roughly evenly with Drasna's team.
Siebold's team hits Swoobat's weaknesses hard.
Swoobat trades roughly evenly with Diantha's team.
Catchable
Catch Woobat in Glittering Cave (walking, Lv 15-17, common). Shaking/Bubbling spots.
Evolve Woobat to Swoobat
Woobat evolves into Swoobat with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Korrina.
How to Get Woobat in X & Y
Two cave locations hold Woobat on foot, its level climbing from 15 up to 23, with odds anywhere from common through uncommon to rare.
Where To Catch Woobat in XY
Woobat is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 15-23 across 6 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Evolve into SwoobatBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Woobat egg.
To plan your throws, open the X & Y catch rate calculator with Woobat preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Woobat in X & Y
Woobat is a Day Care project, dropped beside a parent from another language and hatched over and over until the batty shiny shows. Compare Shiny Woobat odds across every game
X & Y Shiny Woobat Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 512 on each try. Toggle boosts below to improve them.
Friend Safari: Friend Safari slots roll at a fixed boosted rate near 1 in 512. The Shiny Charm does not raise it further.
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 |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 54 |
| 25%one in four | 148 |
| 50%coin flip | 355 |
| 90%very likely | 1,178 |
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the X & Y shiny odds calculator with Woobat already selected.
Woobat Weakness
Woobat's Psychic/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost, and Dark. It shrugs off Ground-type attacks completely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Psychic |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
What is Woobat Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Woobat
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Woobat View Absol builds →Bite 2x123-146%KO Shadow Claw 2x97-114%KO Rock Tomb 2x81-97% Thunderbolt 2x80-94% | ||
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Woobat View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Tomb 2x104-124%KO Thunder Fang 2x74-89% Ice Fang 2x74-89% Bite 2x70-83% | ||
 Cranidos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Woobat View Cranidos builds →Rock Tomb 2x120-141%KO Assurance 2x80-94% Thunderbolt 2x46-54% | ||
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
 Archen Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Woobat View Archen builds →Rock Tomb 2x109-129%KO Shadow Claw 2x84-100%KO | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
 Honedge SteelGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Woobat View Honedge builds →Shadow Claw 2x97-116%KO Pursuit 2x39-46% | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift | ||
 Shedinja BugGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Woobat View Shedinja builds →Shadow Claw 2x109-129%KO Thief 2x63-74% | ||
 Tyrunt RockDragon | C | |
Obtain MethodAmbrette Town Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Woobat View Tyrunt builds →Rock Tomb 2x94-111%KO Bite 2x63-74% | ||
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Woobat View Rhyhorn builds →Rock Tomb 2x90-107%KO Thief 2x60-71% Thunderbolt 2x46-54% | ||
Woobat Evolutions
Woobat is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Swoobat. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 112 total stats over Woobat. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Woobat easily with 200 breeding partners from the Field and Flying egg groups. Pass egg moves like Captivate, Charm, Fake Tears and 9 more to offspring.
XY Woobat Best Moveset
Psychic/Flying with AbilitySimple doubling stat boosts. MoveCalm Mind gives +2/+2 per turn. The moveset gamboles on setup. Fairy types don't threaten the typing. Swoobat adds Speed.
Best Build
Woobat best EVs are Sp. Def and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Calm Mind
- Stored Power
- Roost
- Heat Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Captivate and Charm from the egg pool give Woobat something extra. Pair those with Future Sight and Synchronoise for STAB and coverage across 7 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its habitat is dark forests and caves. It emits ultrasonic waves from its nose to learn about its surroundings.
The heart-shaped mark left on a body after a Woobat has been attached to it is said to bring good fortune.
Woobat X & Y Guide
In X & Y, for a casual playthrough, Woobat works as a placeholder. Psychic/Flying coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Swoobat. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Since Black & White, Woobat has been obtainable in 7 games. A Generation 5 debut means a shorter history, but Woobat has appeared steadily across every generation since.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
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 5BWDebut
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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