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Buizel in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Buizel’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Water typing, base stats, original abilities, evolution requirements and exact Platinum moves.

Edition covered

Original Nintendo DS release; not Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl.

01

Generation IV identity and base stats

Buizel is Sinnoh #056 and National #418. Its Platinum typing is Water. The stats below describe its standard Platinum form on the original Nintendo DS cartridge. Later Fairy typing, stat buffs and Hidden Abilities are excluded.

The existing Platinum sprite shows its standard Platinum form; gender, cloak or alternate forms can have different appearances.

Buizel
Buizel: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #056.
Buizel Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP55
Attack65
Defense35
Sp. Atk60
Sp. Def30
Speed85
Total330
02

Where to obtain it in Platinum

Check the location, method and conditions before travelling. A gift, trade, Honey Tree, daily replacement or stationary interaction is different from ordinary grass. Level ranges combine matching documented encounter slots.

These records are filtered to Platinum. Time, Poké Radar, swarm, GBA insertion, daily and story conditions remain separate. Postgame areas require their story access; no listed area is promised to be open on a fresh save.

Encounter methods · Legendaries, gifts and historical requirements · Sinnoh map and routes

Buizel recorded Platinum encounters
Location / areaMethodLevelCondition
Valley WindworksGrass / cave walking9–11No special condition recorded
Valley WindworksGrass / cave walking10–11Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar
Route 205 South Towards Floaroma TownGrass / cave walking10–11No special condition recorded
Route 205 South Towards Floaroma TownGrass / cave walking11Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar
Route 212 East Towards Pastoria CityGrass / cave walking25No special condition recorded
Route 212 East Towards Pastoria CityGrass / cave walking23No GBA cartridge inserted
Route 212 East Towards Pastoria CityGrass / cave walking23Ruby inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 212 East Towards Pastoria CityGrass / cave walking23Emerald inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 212 East Towards Pastoria CityGrass / cave walking23Leafgreen inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 212 East Towards Pastoria CityGrass / cave walking23Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar
Route 213Grass / cave walking23–25No special condition recorded
Route 213Grass / cave walking25Time Night
Route 213Grass / cave walking25Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar
03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Buizel regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
BuizelFloatzelLevel 26

Friendship evolution uses the original threshold of 220. Held-item trades need a compatible second game and system. Platinum uses special rocks, Mt. Coronet magnetic evolutions, learned-move requirements and Beauty rather than later replacement methods.

Evolution, forms and Pokédex completion

04

Original abilities, breeding and training

Buizel Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
Swift SwimRegular ability slot 1

Hidden Abilities did not exist in Generation IV. The table restores original ability slots where a species changed in later games; an ability’s modern behavior must not be assumed to match Platinum.

Buizel breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Water 1 / Field
Base hatch cycles20
Experience growthMedium Fast
Base capture rate190 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedSpeed +1

The Solaceon Town Day Care supports breeding before the League. Undiscovered species cannot produce Eggs. Some baby forms require the matching incense on a parent, while trade evolutions still need the trade rather than only a Day Care level.

Platinum breeding, EV, IV and nature rules

05

Platinum level-up moves

Buizel exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveGrowl
1 / starting moveSonicBoom
1 / starting moveWater Sport
3Quick Attack
6Water Gun
10Pursuit
15Swift
21Aqua Jet
28Agility
36Whirlpool
45Razor Wind

Every row uses the Platinum version group. Level 1 moves include starting and reminder moves; a later caught specimen need not already know every entry. Evolution timing affects which stage learns a move. Pastoria’s Move Reminder charges a Heart Scale.

06

Compatible Platinum TMs and HMs

Buizel Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM01Focus PunchFightingPhysical
TM03Water PulseWaterSpecial
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM07HailIceStatus
TM08Bulk UpFightingStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM13Ice BeamIceSpecial
TM14BlizzardIceSpecial
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM23Iron TailSteelPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM28DigGroundPhysical
TM31Brick BreakFightingPhysical
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM39Rock TombRockPhysical
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM55BrineWaterSpecial
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
HM03SurfWaterSpecial
HM04StrengthNormalPhysical
HM06Rock SmashFightingPhysical
HM07WaterfallWaterPhysical

Platinum TMs are single-use: teaching one consumes that copy. HMs are reusable and require the Move Deleter to be forgotten. Defog is HM05 and Rock Climb is HM08; these are the Generation IV field moves, with their own badge requirements.

All Platinum TM/HM locations and field badges

07

Egg moves and Platinum Move Tutors

Recorded Platinum Egg moves: Baton Pass, Double Slap, Fury Cutter, Fury Swipes, Headbutt, Mud Slap, Odor Sleuth, Slash.

Recorded Platinum tutor compatibility: Dive, Ice Punch, Icy Wind, Mud Slap, Snore, Swift.

Tutor compatibility does not mean every listed technique comes from the same shard tutor. Starter ultimate moves, Draco Meteor and other special services have their own requirements.

Tutor locations, shard costs, special tutors and the Move Reminder

08

Related species and return to the Pokédex

Return to Buizel in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Buizel’s exact Platinum method and condition. Daily encounters, counterpart-game species, original evolution rules and external Egg requirements need separate collection plans.

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