Is Blaziken Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Fire/Fighting gives Blaziken the widest coverage of any RS starter. Handles Roxanne, Norman, Sidney, Glacia, and Steven's Aggron. The Speed is moderate but the dual typing compensates. AbilityBlaze for the Fire boost when HP drops. The strongest all-around starter choice in Ruby and Sapphire.
Roxanne's team hits Torchic's weaknesses hard.
Combusken has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Combusken trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Combusken has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Combusken trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Combusken trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Blaziken trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Blaziken has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Blaziken resists most of Sidney's coverage and hits back hard.
Blaziken trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Blaziken resists most of Glacia's coverage and hits back hard.
Blaziken trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Blaziken has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Starter
Torchic is available as a starter.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Flannery
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Prize for defeating Flannery
- After Norman
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- LV 34NormalSlashPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 43FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Torchic to Combusken
Torchic evolves into Combusken at Level 16. Your Torchic should hit Level 16 before you reach Brawly, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Flannery
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Prize for defeating Flannery
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 50FightingSky UppercutPower 128Accuracy 90%PP 15
Evolve Combusken to Blaziken
Combusken evolves into Blaziken at Level 36. Your Combusken should hit Level 36 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 36)
- LV 36FireBlaze KickPower 128Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Flannery
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Prize for defeating Flannery
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 59FightingSky UppercutPower 128Accuracy 90%PP 15
How to Get Blaziken in Ruby & Sapphire
Combusken reaches Blaziken at level 36. The Fire family has no wild spawns at all, so every Blaziken in the game grew out of that one Torchic choice.
Catch Torchic at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Blaziken.
How to Obtain Blaziken in RS
- Step 2Evolve into CombuskenBREEDINGAvailableLeave Blaziken with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Torchic egg.
- Step 3Blaziken ✓
How to Get Shiny Blaziken in Ruby & Sapphire
Blaziken starts as Torchic from Professor Birch on Route 101, so hunt a shiny starter there and evolve it up through Combusken. Compare Shiny Blaziken odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Blaziken Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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 Blaziken already selected.
Blaziken Weakness
Water, Ground, Flying, and Psychic moves hit Blaziken for super-effective damage. It resists 6 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Ground, Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Grass, Ice, Dark, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Bug |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Blaziken Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Blaziken
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
 Grumpig Psychic | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Blaziken View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x137-161%KO | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Blaziken View Pelipper builds →Surf 2x89-105%KO Fly 2x42-51% | ||
 Azumarill Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Azurill (Petalburg City Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Blaziken View Azumarill builds →Surf 2x64-76% Dig 2x25-30% | ||
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Blaziken View Ninjask builds →Aerial Ace 2x55-65% Dig 2x37-43% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Blaziken View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x59-71% Aerial Ace 2x40-47% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
 Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Blaziken View Marshtomp builds →Surf 2x64-76% Dig 2x53-62% | ||
 Swellow Normal | C | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Lombre WaterGrass | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Blaziken Evolutions
The three-stage chain from Torchic through Combusken ends here at Blaziken. Want more? Breed for Torchic eggs. A massive partner pool available via one egg group. The evolution from Torchic pushed Blaziken to 530 total stats. Attack saw the largest single gain at +60. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Blaziken to get Torchic eggs using 102 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Counter, Endure, Reversal and 3 more.
RS Blaziken Best Moveset
Fire/Fighting with 120 Attack and 110 Sp. Atk for devastating mixed offense. AbilityBlaze boosts Fire at low HP. MoveFire Blast from the special side and MoveSky Uppercut for Fighting TermStab. MoveSwords Dance doubles Attack for physical sweeping. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Mixed attacker with setup potential from both stats.
Best Build
Blaziken best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Fire Blast
- Sky Uppercut
- Hidden Power Grass
- Hidden Power Ice
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Blaziken picks up Counter and Endure only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Focus Punch and Overheat while Normal and Flying coverage and more adds range.
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
All 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
In battle, BLAZIKEN blows out intense flames from its wrists and attacks foes courageously. The stronger the foe, the more intensely this POKéMON’s wrists burn.
BLAZIKEN has incredibly strong legs - it can easily clear a 30-story building in one leap. This POKéMON’s blazing punches leave its foes scorched and blackened.
Blaziken Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Blaziken is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Combusken under specific conditions.
Game Availability
Available since Ruby & Sapphire, Blaziken appears in 16 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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