Is Doduo Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Safari Zone in Hoenn, available mid-to-late game. AbilityRun Away is useless in trainer battles. Dodrio evolves at 31 with strong Attack and Speed. A viable Flying-type but Swellow is available much earlier and does the same job.
Roxanne's team hits Doduo's weaknesses hard.
Doduo has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Doduo's weaknesses hard.
Doduo trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Doduo's defenses.
Doduo trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's typing presses Dodrio's defenses.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Dodrio has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Dodrio trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Steven's team hits Dodrio's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Doduo in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 27-29, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27NormalTri AttackPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- 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
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Route 119
- LV 33NormalUproarPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- LV 37FlyingDrill PeckPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
Evolve Doduo to Dodrio
Doduo evolves into Dodrio at Level 31. Your Doduo should hit Level 31 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 31)
- LV 31NormalTri AttackPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Route 119
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- LV 47FlyingDrill PeckPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
How to Get Doduo in Ruby & Sapphire
The Safari Zone grass is the one place Doduo turns up, an uncommon catch in the high 20s. You need the entry fee and the gated area to reach it.
Wild Doduo may be holding when caught:
Sharp Beak (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of FLYING-type moves.1 location to catch Doduo
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Where To Catch Doduo in RS
Doduo is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 25-29. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Dodrioor evolve from Doduo (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Ruby & Sapphire for Doduo.
How to Get Shiny Doduo in Ruby & Sapphire
Doduo struts through the Hoenn Safari Zone grass, so comb the tall grass on foot until a shiny one shows. Compare Shiny Doduo odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Doduo 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds for Doduo.
Doduo Weakness
Doduo is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock. On the flip side, it's immune to Ground and Ghost-type moves entirely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Doduo Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Doduo
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Regirock Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 111 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Doduo View Regirock builds →Ancient Power 2x116-137%KO Thunderbolt 2x84-100%KO | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Doduo View Regice builds →Ice Beam 2x212-250%KO Thunderbolt 2x141-167%KO Ancient Power 2x47-56% | ||
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
 Lairon SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Doduo View Lairon builds →Rock Tomb 2x90-107%KO Shock Wave 2x54-64% | ||
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Doduo View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 2x178-210%KO Rollout 2x24-29% | ||
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Armaldo RockBug | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Rustboro City Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Doduo View Armaldo builds →Ancient Power 2x138-163%KO | ||
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Sealeo IceWater | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Spheal (Shoal Cave Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Doduo View Sealeo builds →Ice Beam 2x170-200%KO Rock Tomb 2x44-53% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Doduo View Rhyhorn builds →Rock Tomb 2x84-100%KO Ice Beam 2x62-73% Thunderbolt 2x62-73% | ||
 Snorunt Ice | C | |
Doduo Evolutions
Doduo evolves into Dodrio. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 160 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Doduo easily with 25 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Endeavor, Feint Attack, Flail and 3 more to offspring.
RS Doduo Best Moveset
Stats too low for competitive play. AbilityEarly Bird wakes from sleep faster, a niche defensive perk. Dodrio's 110 Attack is the actual destination.
Best Build
Doduo best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Drill Peck
- Double Edge
- Quick Attack
- Hidden Power Fighting
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Doduo gets Endeavor and Feint Attack exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Dark and Steel coverage rounds out the picture alongside Uproar and Fly.
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 15 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
DODUO’s two heads never sleep at the same time. Its two heads take turns sleeping, so one head can always keep watch for enemies while the other one sleeps.
DODUO’s two heads contain completely identical brains. A scientific study reported that on rare occasions, there will be examples of this POKéMON possessing different sets of brains.
Doduo Ruby & Sapphire Guide
- How do I catch Doduo in the Ruby & Sapphire Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Doduo in Ruby & Sapphire.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Doduo from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Doduo easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Doduo in Ruby & Sapphire can hold Sharp Beak (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Sharp Beak.
Game Availability
Doduo has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 19 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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
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