Zangoose

NormalBugTechnician, Scrappy

Veilstone City Great Marsh Open in the guide Compare

In Platinum Redux: First found in Veilstone City (Grass), and in 1 more area. It is Normal / Bug type here; the official games have it as Normal. Base stats total 539, up from 458; 5 of the six changed, most of all Defense (60 → 91). Abilities: it gains Technician and Scrappy and loses Immunity and Toxic Boost. 14 of its 19 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Platinum, including Metal Claw and Leaf Blade.

Level-up moves 19

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Metal Claw Chance to increase Atk (30%)	Steel	Phys	55	100	35
2	Leaf Blade High crit ratio	Grass	Phys	80	100	15
7	Fake Out Guaranteed Flinch; can only be used turn 1 (100%) Goes first (priority +2).	Normal	Phys	50	100	1
11	Fury Swipes Hits twice	Normal	Phys	40	85	15
15	Venom Touch High crit ratio and poison chance (20%) Makes contact.	Poison	Phys	55	100	20
19	Bug Bite Consumes target's berry	Bug	Phys	55	100	20
22	Crush Always hits Makes contact.	Normal	Phys	70	100	20
26	Quick Attack Priority +1 Goes first (priority +1).	Normal	Phys	50	100	30
29	Night Slash High crit ratio	Dark	Phys	90	90	15
33	X-Scissor High crit ratio	Bug	Phys	80	100	15
36	Silk Spin Removes all hazards/ binding moves on user's side of the field Makes contact.	Bug	Phys	60	100	20
40	Slash High crit ratio	Normal	Phys	90	90	20
42	Swagger Sharply raises target's Atk and causes Confusion	Normal	Stat	0	85	10
45	Fury Cutter Hits twice	Bug	Phys	40	90	20
48	Close Combat Lowers user's Def and SpDef	Fighting	Phys	110	100	10
53	Tear Up Always hits	Normal	Phys	85	100	10
56	Guillotine 1/4 Recoil	Bug	Phys	110	100	10
61	Rusty Swipes Hits twice; chance to poison (20%) Makes contact.	Steel	Phys	40	100	20
70	Punishment Lowers user's Atk harshly	Dark	Phys	130	100	5

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game

TMs & HMs 15

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM04	Scam Route 219. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Floaroma Town	Dark	50
TM10	Agility Route 215. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pastoria City	Psychic	—
TM14	Cross Poison Valor Lakefront. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Poison	70
TM28	Swords Dance Mt. Coronet North. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Normal	—
TM34	Aerial Ace Old Chateau. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Jungle Path	Flying	55
TM45	U-turn Hidden Cave. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Veilstone City	Bug	60
TM51	Knock Off Great Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Dark	70
TM52	Brick Break Great Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Fighting	80
TM65	Shadow Claw Hearthome Gym, once you have beaten Fantina. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Celestic Town	Ghost	75
TM71	Astonish Route 219. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Oreburgh City	Ghost	55
TM85	Freeze Strike Iron Island. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Ice	80
TM89	X-Scissor Trophy Garden. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 217	Bug	80
HM01	Cut Eterna City	Grass	60
HM06	Rock Smash Oreburgh Gate	Fighting	55
HM08	Rock Climb Route 217	Rock	80

Where to find Zangoose

Area	Method	Level
Veilstone City	Grass
Great Marsh	Palmer

Other changes in this game

This game gives it a new look and a Pokédex entry of its own.