Is Dustox Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Bug/Poison with AbilityShield Dust blocking secondary effects. Dustox survives longer than Beautifly thanks to better Special Defense. Contributes through a few more gym battles before falling behind. Neither early Bug lasts deep into Emerald.
Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
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Beautifly resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
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Wattson's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
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Drake's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
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Catch Wurmple
Catch Wurmple on Route 101 (walking, Lv 2-3, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 2)
- LV 2NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- LV 5PoisonPoison StingPower 15Accuracy 100%PP 35
Breed Beautifly
Beautifly can be obtained by breeding (post-game).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- LV 34BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Breed Dustox
Dustox can be obtained by breeding (post-game).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- LV 34BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 38PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Dustox in Emerald
Dustox is the dark mirror of Beautifly, hatching from a Cascoon at level 10. No wild Dustox exists in Emerald, so it depends entirely on which cocoon your Wurmple turned into or which one you caught.
Wild Dustox may be holding when caught:
Silver Powder (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of BUG-type moves.Catch Wurmple or Cascoon at any of these 4 spots to eventually evolve into Dustox.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1How to Obtain Dustox in E
The path to Dustox starts with Wurmple at Lv. 2-6 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 3Dustox ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Wurmple egg.
How to Get Shiny Dustox in Emerald
Dustox never spawns in the wild, so catch a shiny Cascoon in Petalburg Woods, or evolve the Wurmple that becomes it, and level that sparkling cocoon to 10. Compare Shiny Dustox odds across every game
Shiny Dustox Evolution
Multi-Path
Emerald Shiny Dustox 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Dustox in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Dustox Weakness
Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock moves hit Dustox for super-effective damage. The Bug/Poison typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Dustox Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Dustox
 Aron SteelRock | C | |
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
 Taillow Normal | C | |
Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Torchic Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dustox View Torchic builds →Ember 2x30-37% Rock Tomb 2x30-35% Peck 2x19-25% | ||
 Cyndaquil Fire | D | |
Obtain MethodLittleroot Town Gift | ||
 Zubat Poison | D | |
 Wingull Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing | ||
 Ralts Psychic | C | |
Dustox Evolutions
You get Dustox from Wurmple at level 10. It's one of 2 possible evolutions in this branching family, each requiring its own method. Breed through Wurmple to get eggs. The evolution from Wurmple pushed Dustox to 385 total stats. Sp.Def saw the largest single gain at +60. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Dustox to get Wurmple eggs easily using 37 partners from the Bug egg group.
E Dustox Best Moveset
Bug/Poison typing and 90 base Sp. Def give Dustox some special bulk, but the offensive stats are too weak to threaten anything. The moveset can run MoveToxic and AbilityShield Dust prevents additional effects on incoming moves, though better Poison types exist.
Best Build
Dustox best EVs are Sp. Def and HP
Wall Moveset
- Toxic
- Moonlight
- Thief
- Sunny Day
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Dustox's Psychic and Flying coverage and more all comes from technical machines, built on top of Sludge Bomb and Silver Wind for same-type damage. Hyper Beam and Psychic are the payoff moves.
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 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It is a nocturnal POKéMON that flies from fields and mountains to the attraction of streetlights at night. It looses highly toxic powder from its wings.
Dustox Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Dustox has niche appeal at best. The E-Tier rating means you're fighting uphill by mid-game. There are better Bug/Poison Pokemon available.
In Emerald, use Dustox as a support. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest,
For Emerald, run Calm on Dustox. +Sp. Def is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Dustox appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
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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