Is Zigzagoon Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Normal from Hoenn. AbilityPickup finds free items after battles. Linoone at 20 is the MoveBelly Drum gimmick Pokemon. Sinnoh doesn't need Normal imports.
Roark's typing presses Zigzagoon's defenses.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Zigzagoon on Route 202 (walking, Lv 3, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 9NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- LV 41NormalBelly DrumPower —Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Zigzagoon to Linoone
Zigzagoon evolves into Linoone at Level 20. Your Zigzagoon should hit Level 20 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- LV 41NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Zigzagoon in Diamond & Pearl
The only Zigzagoon in these games shows up through a Swarm on one early route, common at level 3. Catch the raccoon on the day its swarm is listed, because it is absent otherwise.
Wild Zigzagoon may be holding when caught:
Oran Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed at 1/2 max HP to recover 10 HP.1 location to catch Zigzagoon
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Where To Catch Zigzagoon in DP
- Step 1Zigzagoon ✓
- Step 2Evolve into LinooneBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Zigzagoon egg.
Bring the right balls: check Zigzagoon catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Zigzagoon in Diamond & Pearl
Zigzagoon dashes out during its Route 202 swarm, so chain it with the PokeRadar there to reach the shiny. Compare Shiny Zigzagoon odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Zigzagoon 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 Zigzagoon in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Zigzagoon Weakness
Zigzagoon's Normal typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. Zigzagoon's Normal typing only leaves 1 gap to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Zigzagoon Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Zigzagoon
Zigzagoon Evolutions
Zigzagoon is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Linoone. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Zigzagoon. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Zigzagoon easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Charm, Helping Hand, Mud-Slap and 4 more to offspring.
DP Zigzagoon Best Moveset
Pickup finds random items, and that's the only notable thing here. The moveset has Normal attacks at stats too low to compete. Evolve to Linoone.
Best Build
Zigzagoon best EVs are Attack and Speed
Utility Moveset
- Extreme Speed
- Belly Drum
- Substitute
- Seed Bomb
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Zigzagoon won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 10 types means it always has an effective option. Double-Edge and Body Slam anchor the STAB core.
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
33 of 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It walks in zigzag fashion. It is good at finding items in the grass and even in the ground.
Zigzagoon Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Zigzagoon in Diamond & Pearl can hold Oran Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Oran Berry.
In Diamond & Pearl, for a casual playthrough, Zigzagoon works as a placeholder. Normal coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Linoone. That's where the stats start mattering.
Zigzagoon has a Galarian form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 8. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
Game Availability
Available since Ruby & Sapphire, Zigzagoon appears in 14 games spanning 7 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Galarian form in Generation 8.
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 8SwShGalarian
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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