Is Absol Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Route 120 catch. Pure Dark with AbilityPressure or AbilitySuper Luck. High Attack on a Dark-type, but Dark is Special in Gen 3. The physical/special mismatch hurts Absol's output. Handles Phoebe and Tate and Liza with Special Dark. The Battle Frontier is where Absol finds better footing.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Absol trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Absol trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Absol trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Absol trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Absol has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Absol trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Absol on Route 120 (walking, Lv 25-27, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- LV 26NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Emerald Absol Locations
Absol prowls Route 120 as a rare level 25 to 27 catch, the lone spot it appears in Emerald. With a catch rate of 30 it resists the ball harder than most route Pokemon, so the disaster Pokemon tests both your luck at finding it and your stock of balls.
1 location to catch Absol
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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How to Get Shiny Absol in Emerald
Absol stalks the tall grass of Route 120 at a rare rate; comb the fields there and battle each one that emerges, waiting for the disaster-herald to show its cool blue-tinged shiny coat. Compare Shiny Absol odds across every game
Shiny Absol Evolution
Does Not EvolveEmerald Shiny Absol Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Emerald shiny odds calculator with Absol already selected.
Absol Weakness
Absol's Dark typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting and Bug. It shrugs off Psychic-type attacks completely. Absol's Dark typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ghost, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Absol Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Absol
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Absol View Volbeat builds →Focus Punch 2x95-113%KO Signal Beam 2x74-88% | ||
 Illumise Bug | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
 Dustox BugPoison | C | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
Absol Evolutions
What you see is what you get. Absol sits outside any evolution chain, so focus on the egg moves and a massive partner pool from one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Absol easily with 102 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Baton Pass, Curse, Double-Edge and 3 more to offspring.
E Absol Best Moveset
130 base Attack is one of the highest among non-legendary Pokemon, and the moveset hits hard with physical Dark TermStab through MoveShadow Ball on the special side since Dark is special in Gen III. AbilityPressure doubles PP drain, and MoveSwords Dance pushes the already massive Attack even higher.
Best Build
Absol best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Swords Dance
- Shadow Ball
- Baton Pass
- Quick Attack
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Absol won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 13 types means it always has an effective option. Bite and Thief anchor the STAB core.
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
34 of 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It sharply senses even subtle changes in the sky and the land to predict natural disasters. It is a long-lived POKéMON that has a life-span of 100 years.
Absol Emerald Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Emerald, but Absol does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Absol hits 565 BST.
In Emerald, use Absol as a cannon. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling,
For Emerald, build your team around Aggron. These have the highest co-usage rates with Absol in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For Emerald, run Jolly on Absol. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the cannon role.
Game Availability
Available since Ruby & Sapphire, Absol appears in 15 games spanning 7 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Mega form in Generation 6.
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 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
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
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