Is Spoink Good in X & Y Playthrough?
Psychic with AbilityThick Fat. Wild on mid-game routes. Grumpig at 32 brings decent Sp. Def. Handles Korrina through Psychic. Outclassed by Gardevoir and Alakazam.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Viola's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Grant's team.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Korrina's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Ramos's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Clemont's team.
Valerie's team hits Grumpig's weaknesses hard.
Olympia's typing presses Grumpig's defenses.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Wulfric's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Malva's team.
Wikstrom's team hits Grumpig's weaknesses hard.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Drasna's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Siebold's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Diantha's team.
Catch Spoink on Route 8 (walking, Lv 13-14, common).
Your Spoink should hit Level 32 before you reach Ramos, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Spoink in X & Y
A handful of locations for Spoink with decent spawn rates across early-game routes. The sort toggle below swaps between best odds and earliest access, so you can approach it based on where you are in the game.
Where To Catch Spoink in XY
To get Spoink, start by catching Spoink through walking encounters at Lv. 13-15. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
Step 1Spoink ✓Route 8Lv.13-14GrassRate 20%Route 8Lv.15GrassRate 20%Yellow Flower
Step 2Evolve into GrumpigBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Grumpig egg.
Spoink Weakness
Bug, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Spoink for super-effective damage. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. Spoink's special bulk (base 80 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
What is Spoink Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Spoink
 Ledyba Bug | C | |
 Combee Bug | D | |
 Scatterbug Bug | C | |
 Burmy Bug | D | |
 Weedle BugPoison | D | |
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Absol builds →Bite 2x135-160%KO Shadow Claw 2x103-123%KO | ||
 Inkay DarkPsychic | C | |
 Scraggy DarkFighting | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Ninjask builds →Bug Bite 2x102-120%KO Thief 2x67-80% | ||
 Honedge SteelGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Honedge builds →Shadow Claw 2x110-130%KO Pursuit 2x42-50% Fury Cutter 2x42-50% | ||
 Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Pangoro builds →Thief 2x124-147%KO Shadow Claw 2x96-113%KO Infestation 2x12-16% | ||
 Malamar DarkPsychic | C | |
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Absol builds →Bite 2x130-153%KO Shadow Claw 2x100-118%KO | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
 Scolipede BugPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Scolipede builds →Bug Bite 2x104-123%KO Payback 2x58-69% | ||
Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Pangoro builds →Thief 2x124-147%KO X-Scissor 2x109-129%KO Shadow Claw 2x96-113%KO | ||
Malamar DarkPsychic | C | |
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Absol builds →Bite 2x130-153%KO X-Scissor 2x114-136%KO Shadow Claw 2x100-118%KO | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Pinsir builds →X-Scissor 2x163-193%KO Thief 2x82-98% | ||
Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Pangoro builds →Thief 2x124-147%KO X-Scissor 2x109-129%KO Shadow Claw 2x96-113%KO | ||
Malamar DarkPsychic | C | |
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Absol builds →Bite 2x130-153%KO X-Scissor 2x114-136%KO Shadow Claw 2x100-118%KO | ||
Pinsir Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Pinsir builds →X-Scissor 2x163-193%KO Thief 2x82-98% | ||
Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Honchkrow builds →Sucker Punch 2x174-206%KO Astonish 2x45-53% | ||
Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Pangoro builds →Thief 2x130-154%KO X-Scissor 2x116-137%KO Shadow Claw 2x102-120%KO | ||
Malamar DarkPsychic | C | |
 Aegislash SteelGhost | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Aegislash builds →Shadow Claw 2x75-89% Night Slash 2x50-59% Fury Cutter 2x30-36% | ||
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Absol builds →Bite 2x135-160%KO X-Scissor 2x119-141%KO Shadow Claw 2x105-124%KO | ||
Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Honchkrow builds →Sucker Punch 2x175-207%KO Astonish 2x46-55% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Weavile builds →Night Slash 2x150-177%KO X-Scissor 2x114-135%KO Shadow Claw 2x100-118%KO | ||
Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Pangoro builds →Thief 2x132-155%KO X-Scissor 2x117-138%KO Shadow Claw 2x102-120%KO | ||
 Krookodile GroundDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Krookodile builds →Crunch 2x169-199%KO Shadow Claw 2x98-116%KO | ||
Aegislash SteelGhost | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Aegislash builds →Shadow Claw 2x76-90% Night Slash 2x51-60% Fury Cutter 2x31-36% | ||
Krookodile GroundDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Krookodile builds →Foul Play 2x200-236%KO Shadow Claw 2x98-116%KO | ||
Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Honchkrow builds →Foul Play 2x211-249%KO Astonish 2x45-53% | ||
Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Pangoro builds →Crunch 2x177-209%KO X-Scissor 2x118-139%KO Shadow Claw 2x103-121%KO | ||
Malamar DarkPsychic | C | |
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x184-218%KO X-Scissor 2x123-145%KO Shadow Claw 2x108-127%KO | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Tyranitar builds →Crunch 2x190-224%KO Shadow Claw 2x111-131%KO | ||
 Hydreigon DarkDragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Hydreigon builds →Dark Pulse 2x98-115%KO U-turn 2x90-106%KO | ||
Krookodile GroundDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Krookodile builds →Foul Play 2x201-237%KO Shadow Claw 2x99-117%KO | ||
Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Honchkrow builds →Foul Play 2x212-250%KO Shadow Ball 2x57-67% | ||
Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Pangoro builds →Crunch 2x179-211%KO X-Scissor 2x119-141%KO Shadow Claw 2x104-123%KO | ||
In X & Y, Weavile can KO Spoink with Knock Off (140-165%). Volcarona's Flamethrower hits Spoink for 38-45%. Chandelure deals 65-77% with Shadow Ball.
Weavile DarkIce | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemChoice Band NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Weavile builds →Knock Off 2x140-165%KO Ice Shard43-51% Pursuit 2x86-102%KO | ||
 Volcarona BugFire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityFlame Body ItemLum Berry NatureModest Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Volcarona builds →Giga Drain21-25% Flamethrower38-45% | ||
 Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityFlashfire ItemChoice Scarf NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Chandelure builds →Shadow Ball 2x65-77% Energy Ball24-29% Fire Blast44-52% Flamethrower36-43% | ||
Spoink Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Spoink grows into Grumpig through a straightforward two-stage chain. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. The evolved forms gain up to 140 total stats over Spoink. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
XY Spoink Best Moveset
Psychic at 70 Sp. Atk with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice. Fairy types don't threaten Psychic directly. The moveset fires at pre-evolution levels. Grumpig one evolution away adds moderate Sp. Atk and Sp. Def.
Best Build
Spoink best EVs are Attack and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Future Sight
- Dream Eater
- Psychic
- Extrasensory
Moves List
Without breeding, Spoink misses out on Amnesia and Endure. That's 11 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Future Sight and Dream Eater, with coverage across 7 types rounding things out.
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
It bounces constantly, using its tail like a spring. The shock of bouncing keeps its heart beating.
It bounces around on its tail to keep its heart pumping. It carries a pearl from Clamperl on its head.
Spoink X & Y Guide
For X & Y, you can run Spoink through the first few routes without issues. 330 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Grumpig as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Spoink spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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 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