Is Purugly Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Pearl-exclusive Normal with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice. Fast but limited offensively. Purugly doesn't handle any specific boss well. The Thick Fat reduces two common damage types, which is the best thing about it.
Glameow trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Glameow has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Glameow trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Glameow has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Glameow trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Glameow trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Purugly trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Purugly has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Purugly trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Glameow on Route 218 (walking, Lv 29-30, uncommon).
- After Roark
- TM24ElectricThunderbolt90100%15
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret Power105100%20
- TM28GroundDig80100%10
- After Maylene
- TM10NormalHidden Power90100%15
- After Crasher Wake
- TM25ElectricThunder11070%10
- TM85PsychicDream Eater100100%15
- TM30GhostShadow Ball80100%15
- LV 37NormalSlash105100%20
Your Glameow should hit Level 38 before you reach Candice, at typical leveling pace.
- STARTING (Lv 38)
- LV 38NormalSlash105100%20
- After Roark
- TM24ElectricThunderbolt90100%15
- After Gardenia
- TM15NormalHyper Beam22590%5
- TM43NormalSecret Power105100%20
- After Crasher Wake
- TM68NormalGiga Impact22590%5
- After Maylene
- TM10NormalHidden Power90100%15
- After Crasher Wake
- TM85PsychicDream Eater100100%15
- LV 45NormalBody Slam128100%15
How to Get Purugly in Diamond & Pearl
decent spawn rates for Purugly across 2 locations in late-game routes. Nothing complicated. Check the sorted list below, compare the top few options, and head to whichever is closest.
Where To Catch Purugly in DP
The path to Purugly starts with Glameow at Lv. 29-50 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Catch GlameowRoute 218Lv.29-30GrassPearlRate 15%Route 222Lv.40GrassPearlRate 20%
Step 2Purugly ✓Route 222Lv.41-42GrassPearlRate 15%Route 229Lv.50GrassPearlRate 10%or evolve from Glameow (Step 1)
Purugly Weakness
Purugly is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. At base 112 Speed, Purugly outspeeds most threats and doesn't need to tank what it can outrun.
| 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 Purugly Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Purugly
 Machamp Fighting | C | |
Recommended Build AbilityNoguard ItemLum Berry NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Purugly View Machamp builds →Payback30-36% Bullet Punch24-29% | ||
Purugly Evolutions
Purugly is the evolved form of Glameow. Breeding produces Glameow eggs, and they're average hatch time. Evolving from Glameow gave Purugly the biggest boost in Attack (+27), bringing the total to 452 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
DP Purugly Best Moveset
112 Speed is among the fastest in the game, but 82 Attack and 64 Sp. Atk don't back it up with damage. The moveset runs fast Normal physical hits through AbilityThick Fat for halved Ice and Fire damage. Speed without power.
Best Build
Purugly best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- U Turn
- Shadow Claw
- Fake Out
- Return
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Purugly. Assurance and Bite come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Giga Impact and Hyper Beam and coverage across 9 types.
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
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It is a brazen brute that barges its way into another Pokémon’s nest and claims it as its own.
To make itself appear intimidatingly beefy, it tightly cinches its waist with its twin tails.
Purugly Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Don't let Purugly's 452 base stat total fool you. Thick Fat is what makes it tick. It punches way above its weight class. We rate it C-Tier as a pivot. U Turn with Life Orb is the standard set.
In Diamond & Pearl, Purugly's biggest threats include Machamp (Fighting), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Only 1 weakness means fewer dedicated counters to worry about. Purugly's base 112 Speed lets it outpace many threats and strike first, which matters more than trying to tank hits.
In Diamond & Pearl, Run Thick Fat on Purugly. It's the ability that defines how you build around it and the main reason it holds a competitive niche. Purugly also gets Own Tempo, but they don't compare.
In Diamond & Pearl, Purugly fills the pivot role. It's a physical attacker with base 82 Attack. Base 112 Speed lets it outrun most of the field.
For Diamond & Pearl, the core moveset is U Turn, Shadowclaw, Fakeout, and Return. U Turn leads at 0% usage. Return provides reliable STAB damage.
Game Availability
Purugly first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 11 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 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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 7LGPE
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