Is Absol Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Route 120 catch. Pure Dark with AbilityPressure for PP drain and AbilitySuper Luck for boosted crits. High Attack makes Dark-type physical moves hit hard, but Dark is a Special type in Gen 3. The physical/special mismatch hurts. Handles Phoebe and Tate and Liza through Special Dark moves with lower stats. Cool design, conflicted stats.
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 trades roughly evenly with 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 Wallace'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 Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Absol on Route 120 (walking, Lv 25-27, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25DarkBitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- LV 26NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
Ruby & Sapphire Absol Locations
The disaster Pokemon haunts one isolated route, rare at levels 25 to 27. Absol has only a couple of encounter slots there, so the thin rate may have you circling that ground for a while.
1 location to catch Absol
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Absol in Ruby & Sapphire
How to Get Shiny Absol in Ruby & Sapphire
Route 120's tall grass only turns up the occasional Absol, so comb through it and study each one you flush out for shiny coloring. Compare Shiny Absol odds across every game
Shiny Absol Evolution
Does Not EvolveRuby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire 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
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Absol View Volbeat builds →Focus Punch 2x95-112%KO Signal Beam 2x74-87% | ||
 Illumise Bug | C | |
 Dustox BugPoison | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
 Armaldo RockBug | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) | ||
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.
RS Absol Best Moveset
130 Attack fires MoveShadow Ball (Ghost is physical) and MoveSwords Dance doubles it for sweeping. Dark TermStab hits Psychic and Ghost types hard. AbilityPressure doubles opponent PP drain while Held ItemChoice Band or Held ItemLeftovers adjust the role. High-Attack Dark attacker with physical Ghost coverage.
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 10 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
Every time ABSOL appears before people, it is followed by a disaster such as an earthquake or a tidal wave. As a result, it came to be known as the disaster POKéMON.
ABSOL has the ability to foretell the coming of natural disasters. It lives in a harsh, rugged mountain environment. This POKéMON very rarely ventures down from the mountains.
Absol Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Absol can be caught in the wild at Hoenn Route 120 in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
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
Explore