diff --git a/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Encounters/EncounterStatic/EncounterStatic.cs b/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Encounters/EncounterStatic/EncounterStatic.cs
index 4ef7b5424..0b39e9b98 100644
--- a/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Encounters/EncounterStatic/EncounterStatic.cs
+++ b/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Encounters/EncounterStatic/EncounterStatic.cs
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ private bool IsMatchEggLocation(PKM pkm, ref int lvl)
                 {
                     if (pkm.Met_Location != 0 && pkm.Met_Level != 0)
                         return false;
+                    if (pkm.OT_Friendship > EggCycles) // Dizzy Punch eggs start with below-normal hatch counters.
+                        return false;
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Verifiers/MiscVerifier.cs b/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Verifiers/MiscVerifier.cs
index 3a90eaae7..c8c2fd2a4 100644
--- a/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Verifiers/MiscVerifier.cs
+++ b/PKHeX.Core/Legality/Verifiers/MiscVerifier.cs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ private static void VerifyMiscEggCommon(LegalityAnalysis data)
             var HatchCycles = EncounterMatch is EncounterStatic s ? s.EggCycles : 0;
             if (HatchCycles == 0) // no value set
                 HatchCycles = pkm.PersonalInfo.HatchCycles;
-            if (pkm.CurrentFriendship > HatchCycles)
+            if (pkm.OT_Friendship > HatchCycles)
                 data.AddLine(GetInvalid(LEggHatchCycles, Egg));
 
             if (pkm.Format >= 6 && EncounterMatch is EncounterEgg && !pkm.Moves.SequenceEqual(pkm.RelearnMoves))