Is Delcatty Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Normal with AbilityCute Charm or AbilityNormalize. Normalize converts every move to Normal type, eliminating super-effective damage. Delcatty's stats are among the lowest of any fully evolved Pokemon in Emerald. One of the weakest things you can evolve.
Roxanne's typing presses Skitty's defenses.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Skitty
Catch Skitty on Route 116 (walking, Lv 7-8, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- LV 39NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Skitty to Delcatty
Skitty evolves into Delcatty with a Moon Stone. You can pick up the Moon Stone in Meteor Falls.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by the Tunnel Man in Rusturf Tunnel
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Delcatty in Emerald
A Moon Stone on the rare Route 116 Skitty is the only path to Delcatty, since it never appears wild. Moon Stones are scarce in Emerald, so weigh this evolution against any other that wants the same stone.
Wild Delcatty may be holding when caught:
Leppa Berry (5% chance) A hold item that restores 10 PP in battle.Catch Skitty at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Delcatty.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Skitty
- 2Evolve DelcattyUse Moon Stone
Badge 1How to Obtain Delcatty in E
- Step 1Catch Skitty
- Step 2Delcatty ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Skitty egg.
How to Get Shiny Delcatty in Emerald
Delcatty owes itself to evolution, so chase a shiny Skitty in the grass of Route 116, then evolve it the instant it sparkles by using a Moon Stone. Compare Shiny Delcatty odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Delcatty 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 Delcatty already selected.
Delcatty Weakness
Fighting moves hit Delcatty for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Just 1 weak spot to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Delcatty Weak Against
Good
Delcatty Evolutions
Getting Delcatty requires an evolution item, not just grinding levels. The chain starts at Skitty. Breed this form to get Skitty eggs (quick to hatch). HP grew the most through evolution (+20 over Skitty), and Delcatty peaks at 380 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Delcatty to get Skitty eggs easily using 27 partners from the Fairy and Field egg groups. Notable egg moves include Baton Pass, Fake Tears, Helping Hand and 5 more.
E Delcatty Best Moveset
Contact moves have a chance to infatuate through AbilityCute Charm, but Delcatty's stats are too low across the board to compete. The moveset offers nothing that stronger Normal types like Slaking or Ursaring cannot do better.
Best Build
Delcatty best EVs are HP and Speed
Pivot Moveset
- Substitute
- Baton Pass
- Shadow Ball
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Delcatty's movepool delivers. Coverage across 11 types plus STAB from Hyper Beam and Double-Edge gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
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 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Rather than keeping a permanent lair, it habitually seeks comfortable spots and sleeps there. It is nocturnal and becomes active at dusk.
Delcatty Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Delcatty has niche appeal at best. The E-Tier rating means you're fighting uphill by mid-game. There are better Normal Pokemon available.
In Emerald, use Delcatty as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling,
For Emerald, run Jolly on Delcatty. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
For Emerald, build your team around Gyarados, Tyranitar, and Wigglytuff. These have the highest co-usage rates with Delcatty in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
Game Availability
Obtainable through an item-based evolution, Delcatty appears in 13 titles across 7 generations since Ruby & Sapphire. The evolution method adds a barrier that wild-catchable Pokemon don't have.
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 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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