Is Altaria Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Dragon/Flying Altaria gets a brand-new Mega in ORAS. Mega Altaria becomes Dragon/Fairy with AbilityPixilate, turning Normal moves into boosted Fairy attacks. Handles Drake's entire Dragon E4 and contributes against Sidney. One of the biggest ORAS-exclusive Mega upgrades.
Swablu trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Swablu resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Wattson's team hits Swablu's weaknesses hard.
Swablu has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Swablu's defenses.
Swablu trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Altaria trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Altaria trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Altaria trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Altaria has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Altaria trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catch Swablu on Route 114 (walking, Lv 16-19, common).
Your Swablu should hit Level 35 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Altaria in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
You're catching Swablu first, not Altaria. Swablu appears at solid rates in the encounters below. The step cards map the full 2-stage line with evolution methods between each stage.
How to Obtain Altaria in ORAS
To get Altaria, start by catching Swablu through walking encounters at Lv. 9-23. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
Step 1Catch SwabluRoute 114Lv.9GrassRate 60%Horde battleRoute 115Lv.10GrassRate 35%Horde battleRoute 114Lv.16-19GrassRate 40%Route 115Lv.17-20GrassRate 40%Sky Pillar - 1F-5FLv.23FloorRate 5%Horde battle
Step 2Altaria ✓
Altaria Weakness
Type-wise, Altaria takes extra damage from Ice, Rock, Dragon, and Fairy. Watch out for Ice attacks, those deal 4x damage. Ground moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Rock, Dragon, Fairy |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Fighting, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
What is Altaria Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Altaria
 Glaceon Ice | C | |
 Cottonee GrassFairy | C | |
 Ralts PsychicFairy | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Ralts builds →Disarming Voice 2x24-31% | ||
Glaceon Ice | C | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Aerodactyl builds →Ice Fang 4x79-94% Rock Tomb 2x52-62% | ||
 Amaura RockIce | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Amaura builds →Aurora Beam 4x79-94% Rock Tomb 2x36-43% | ||
 Aron SteelRock | C | |
 Archen Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
Glaceon Ice | C | |
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Aerodactyl builds →Ice Fang 4x75-88% Rock Tomb 2x53-63% Dragon Claw 2x46-55% | ||
 Druddigon Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Druddigon builds →Dragon Claw 2x78-92% Rock Tomb 2x38-46% | ||
Aron SteelRock | C | |
 Gabite DragonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Gabite builds →Dragon Claw 2x62-73% Rock Tomb 2x31-37% | ||
Glaceon Ice | C | |
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Rampardos builds →Rock Tomb 2x75-90% Dragon Tail 2x51-60% | ||
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Aerodactyl builds →Ice Fang 4x76-91% Rock Tomb 2x53-62% Dragon Claw 2x46-56% | ||
Druddigon Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Druddigon builds →Dragon Claw 2x78-93% Rock Tomb 2x40-47% | ||
 Shelgon Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Shelgon builds →Dragon Claw 2x65-77% Rock Tomb 2x33-39% | ||
 Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter | ||
Glaceon Ice | C | |
 Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift | ||
Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Rampardos builds →Rock Tomb 2x79-94% Dragon Tail 2x53-63% | ||
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Aerodactyl builds →Ice Fang 4x79-94% Rock Tomb 2x55-65% Dragon Claw 2x48-57% | ||
 Beartic Ice | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Beartic builds →Icicle Crash 4x179-212%KO Stone Edge 2x70-82% | ||
 Aurorus RockIce | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Amaura (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Aurorus builds →Blizzard 4x165-194%KO Stone Edge 2x69-82% Dragon Tail 2x29-34% | ||
Glaceon Ice | C | |
 Aggron SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Aggron builds →Stone Edge 2x91-108%KO Blizzard 4x75-88% Dragon Claw 2x49-57% | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Regice builds →Ice Beam 4x135-159%KO Ancient Power 2x29-35% | ||
Beartic Ice | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Beartic builds →Icicle Crash 4x176-207%KO Stone Edge 2x68-81% | ||
Aurorus RockIce | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Amaura (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Aurorus builds →Blizzard 4x161-190%KO Stone Edge 2x68-80% Dragon Tail 2x28-33% | ||
Glaceon Ice | C | |
Aggron SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Aggron builds →Stone Edge 2x89-106%KO Blizzard 4x73-86% Dragon Claw 2x47-56% | ||
 Cranidos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Cranidos builds →Head Smash 2x147-173%KO Blizzard 4x46-55% | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Latios builds →Ice Beam 4x109-128%KO Dragon Pulse 2x77-91% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Latias builds →Ice Beam 4x94-111%KO Dragon Pulse 2x68-79% | ||
Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x189-223%KO Ice Beam 4x62-74% Dragon Tail 2x51-61% | ||
Aurorus RockIce | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Amaura (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Aurorus builds →Ice Beam 4x131-154%KO Stone Edge 2x68-79% Dragon Tail 2x27-32% | ||
Glaceon Ice | C | |
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Kyurem threatens a KO with Ice Beam (193-227%). Rhyperior's Stone Edge also KOs at 143-168%.
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Recommended Build AbilityRough Skin ItemRocky Helmet NatureJolly Moves View Garchomp builds →
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 Kyurem DragonIce | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Kyurem builds →Ice Beam 4x193-227%KO | ||
 Rhyperior GroundRock | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySolidrock ItemLeftovers NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Rhyperior builds →Stone Edge 2x143-168%KO | ||
 Togekiss Fairy | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySerenegrace ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Altaria View Togekiss builds →Air Slash38-45% Dazzling Gleam 2x82-97% | ||
Altaria Evolutions
Evolved from Swablu. Altaria is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are average hatch time. HP grew the most through evolution (+30 over Swablu), and Altaria peaks at 490 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Altaria to get Swablu eggs easily using 50 partners from the Dragon and Flying egg groups. Notable egg moves include Agility, Dragon Rush, Feather Dance and 7 more.
ORAS Altaria Best Moveset
Mega Altaria shifts to Dragon/Fairy with AbilityPixilate converting Normal moves to Fairy at boosted power. Dragon/Fairy typing has only three weaknesses. 110 base Attack fires Pixilate-boosted Fairy TermStab. The moveset earns its Mega slot through a unique defensive typing that also hits offensively.
Best Build
Altaria best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Support Moveset
- Roost
- Haze
- Heal Bell
- Dazzling Gleam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Stall teams hate this. Altaria can spread damage across 11 types, with Ghost and Normal punishing common defensive pivots. STAB from Sky Attack and Draco Meteor keeps the pressure honest on everything else.
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
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Altaria dances and wheels through the sky among billowing, cotton-like clouds. By singing melodies in its crystal-clear voice, this Pokémon makes its listeners experience dreamy wonderment.
Altaria sings in a gorgeous soprano. Its wings are like cotton clouds. This Pokémon catches updrafts with its buoyant wings and soars way up into the wild blue yonder.
Altaria Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Natural Cure changes the entire equation for Altaria. The 490 BST doesn't tell the full story. Ranked C-Tier as a support. Roost with Leftovers is the standard set.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Altaria can Mega Evolve into Mega Altaria. That's 590 BST, up from 490. The stat redistribution often changes its best role. Mega Stone required, one per battle.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Altaria's biggest threats include Cloyster (Ice), Aerodactyl (Rock), and Salamence (Dragon), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Cloyster is the most dangerous since Ice moves deal 4x damage. Fairy-type attackers are also a problem.
Natural Cure is what you want on Altaria. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind. The alternatives (Cloud Nine) work on paper but Natural Cure is what makes Altaria worth using.
Base 80 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. On offense, Altaria is a special attacker with base 70 Sp. Atk. Defensively? Enough bulk to take a hit or two. Best used as a support.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Altaria has appeared in 16 titles over 8 generations. Along the way, it received a Mega form in Generation 6, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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 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