
Is Wailmer Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Water from Hoenn with AbilityWater Veil preventing burns. Trade-only. Wailord at 40 has the highest HP in any region. The massive health pool absorbs hits through volume.
Wailmer resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Misty's typing presses Wailmer's defenses.
Lt. Surge's team hits Wailmer's weaknesses hard.
Erika's Pokemon outpace and outclass Wailmer here.
Wailmer trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Wailmer trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Wailmer has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Wailmer has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Lorelei's typing presses Wailmer's defenses.
Wailmer trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Wailmer trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Lance's typing presses Wailmer's defenses.
Terry's team hits Wailmer's weaknesses hard.
Wailmer cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. On GBA, cross-region trading unlocks post-game after Celio's Sevii Islands Ruby & Sapphire quest. The Switch re-release supports only one-way transfers out to Pokemon HOME.
- LV 28WaterWater Pulse90100%20
- After Erika
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- LV 41WaterWater Spout225100%5
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- LV 50WaterHydro Pump16580%5
- After Giovanni
- TM26GroundEarthquake100100%10
- Post-Game
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- TUTORNormalBody Slam85100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Wailmer in FireRed & LeafGreen
No Wailmer in FRLG encounter data. Hoenn's coastal surf routes (especially near Slateport) are its natural home, so any Gen 3 Hoenn save can spare one for a Kanto trade.
How to Obtain Wailmer in FRLG
Step 1Wailmer ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom Ruby & SapphireAvailableCatch in Ruby & Sapphire via Super rod · Slateport City, then trade to the current game via link cable.HOME TRANSFERNot TradeablePokemon HOME on Switch FireRed & LeafGreen is permanently deposit-only — once it launches, Wailmer can be sent from this game into HOME, but never transferred in.
Step 2Evolve into Wailord
Wailmer Weakness
Wailmer is weak to Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Wailmer's Water typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Wailmer Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Wailmer
In FireRed & LeafGreen, Trapinch deals 71-84% with Earthquake.
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilitySturdy ItemShellbell NatureHardy Moves
Damage vs Wailmer View Aron builds →Earthquake26-30% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityRockhead ItemLeftovers NatureImpish Moves
Damage vs Wailmer View Onix builds →Earthquake18-22% Rock Slide14-16% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityArenatrap ItemChoice Band NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Wailmer View Trapinch builds →Earthquake71-84% Rock Slide53-63% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityIntimidate ItemLeftovers NatureModest Moves
Damage vs Wailmer View Growlithe builds →Crunch18-21% Flamethrower10-12% | ||
D | ||
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemSitrus Berry NatureCareful Moves
Damage vs Wailmer View Baltoy builds →Shadow Ball19-23% Explosion59-70% Earthquake24-28% Rock Slide18-21% | ||
Wailmer Evolutions
Wailmer is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Wailord. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are takes forever to hatch. Evolving adds up to 100 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Wailmer easily with 102 breeding partners from the Ground and Water2 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Curse, Double-Edge, Fissure and 5 more to offspring.
FRLG Wailmer Best Moveset
130 HP on a Water pre-evolution with AbilityWater Veil preventing burns. Even stats around 70. One evolution from Wailord's massive HP moveset. Not competitive here.
Best Build
Wailmer best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Curse
- Rest
- Hidden Power Rock
- Earthquake
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Wailmer. Curse and Double-Edge come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Water Spout and Hydro Pump and Rock and Ghost coverage and more.
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
When it sucks in a large volume of seawater, it becomes like a big, bouncy ball. It eats a ton of food daily.
Wailmer FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
No. Wailmer isn't catchable in FireRed & LeafGreen. Catch one in Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, then trade it over.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Wailmer appears in 15 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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