Is Delcatty Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
AbilityCute Charm for infatuation or AbilityNormalize which turns every attack into Normal-type, eliminating super-effective damage entirely. Delcatty's stats don't support any combat role. Moon Stone wasted. One of the weakest fully evolved Pokemon in RS.
Roxanne's typing presses Delcatty's defenses.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Delcatty's defenses.
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.
Tate & Liza's typing presses Delcatty's defenses.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Phoebe's typing presses Delcatty's defenses.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Steven's typing presses Delcatty's defenses.
Catch Skitty
Catch Skitty on Route 116 (walking, Lv 7-8, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- LV 39NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Delcatty in Ruby & Sapphire
Delcatty won't appear on the map. A Moon Stone evolves Skitty, so grab the cat by trade or its rare grass spot first, then save a stone for the upgrade.
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 2 spots to eventually evolve into Delcatty.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Skitty
- 2Evolve DelcattyUse Moon Stone
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The path to Delcatty starts with Skitty at Lv. 7-8 via trade and walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Delcatty ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Skitty egg.
How to Get Shiny Delcatty in Ruby & Sapphire
Delcatty comes from Skitty, so track down a shiny Skitty and evolve it into Delcatty. Compare Shiny Delcatty odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire 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.
RS Delcatty Best Moveset
Low stats across the board without a niche worth choosing over better Normal-types. AbilityCute Charm infatuates on contact occasionally. MoveThunder Wave and MoveSing for status, MoveReturn for modest Normal damage. Held ItemLeftovers sustains.
Best Build
Delcatty best EVs are HP and Speed
Pivot Moveset
- Substitute
- Baton Pass
- Shadow Ball
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Delcatty misses out on Baton Pass and Fake Tears. That's 8 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Hyper Beam and Uproar, with coverage across 8 types rounding things out.
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
Base Stats
DELCATTY prefers to live an unfettered existence in which it can do as it pleases at its own pace. Because this POKéMON eats and sleeps whenever it decides, its daily routines are completely random.
DELCATTY sleeps anywhere it wants without keeping a permanent nest. If other POKéMON approach it as it sleeps, this POKéMON will never fight - it will just move away somewhere else.
Delcatty Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Delcatty is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Skitty using a Moon Stone.
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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