InPokemon Brilliant DiamondandPokemon Shining Pearl, the latestPokemonremakes, players will eventually get the chance to capture someLegendary Pokemon like Mespritand Cresselia. However, these two Pokemon are known as Roaming Pokemon and cannot be found unless players use the Marking Map app on the Poketch. This screen will show the current location of the Roaming Pokemon, but their position will shift whenever players enter a new area, such as a town or a Route.
To make things even more difficult, once eitherLegendary Pokemon is encountered in the tall grass, they can run away at the start of the encounter, which is where the move Mean Look comes into play.Mean Look is a Normal-type move that makes it so the opposing Pokemon is unable to run away from the battle, making it super useful for encounters with Pokemon like Cresselia and Mesprit and other Pokemon that tend to flee immediately, like Abra.
Updated on July 15, 2025:There still is not aMean Look TM in Pokemon BDSP, but this guide has been updated to give players even more help when it comes to getting a Pokemon to learn Mean Look. It’ll come in handy when trying to capture some of the roaming legendary Pokemon. There’s now a section in this Mean Look guide on where to find the move relearner and how to get Heart Scales to pay him for his efforts.
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How to Get Mean Look Move in BDSP
Unfortunately, there is no Mean Look TM for players to discover inPokemon Brilliant DiamondandShining Pearl, which means that players willneed to catch a Pokemon that can learn Mean Look by leveling up. Here’s a list of every Pokemon inBDSPthat can learn Mean Look, what level they learn it at, and where the Pokemon can be found:
Evolves from Zubat at Level 22
Evolves from Gastly at level 25
Evolves from Smoochum at level 30
Evolves from Eevee (Increase happiness during night)
Evolves from Duskull at level 37
Level 28
Learning Mean Look from the Move Tutor
In some cases, players might end up missing out on the Mean Look move by not teaching it to a specific Pokemon when it reaches a certain level. If this happens,Pokemon BDSPplayers can visit the Move Relearner at Pastoria City. By going to his home, he’ll teach Pokemon old moves that they’ve missed out on –unfortunately, he won’t do it for free. To learn a move, players will need togive him one Heart Scale. Once players do it ten times, he’ll start to teach moves for free.
Players can get Heart Scales inPokemon Brilliant DiamondandShining Pearlby searching Routes 212 and 214. They can also be found by mining in the Grand Underground, and theWater-type Pokemon Luvdischas a small chance of holding a Heart Scale.
Pokemon Brilliant DiamondandPokemon Shining Pearlare now available for the Nintendo Switch.
