Is Feebas Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Route 119 fishing on specific random tiles. Finding Feebas is one of the hardest catches in Emerald. Max Beauty condition for Milotic evolution. Wallace uses Milotic as his Champion ace. Getting your own Milotic before the Championship fight means bringing the Champion's best weapon against him.
Roxanne's typing presses Feebas's defenses.
Brawly's typing presses Feebas's defenses.
Wattson's Pokemon outpace and outclass Feebas here.
Flannery's typing presses Feebas's defenses.
Norman's typing presses Feebas's defenses.
Winona's team hits Feebas's weaknesses hard.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Wallace's team hits Milotic's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Feebas on Route 119 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 20-25, common). Only found in 6 random squares.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Juan
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Feebas to Milotic
Feebas evolves into Milotic when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Tate & Liza.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 40WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Feebas in Emerald
Feebas is the famous needle in a haystack, fishable on any rod but only in six random tiles of Route 119 water. Every other tile on that long river turns up Magikarp or Carvanha, so finding the right squares is the entire challenge.
1 location to catch Feebas
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 6Where To Catch Feebas in E
Feebas is where the line starts, caught through fishing encounters at Lv. 20-25. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Evolve into MiloticBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Feebas egg.
To plan your throws, open the Emerald catch rate calculator with Feebas preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Feebas in Emerald
Feebas hides on just a handful of fishing tiles on Route 119, so once you find a spot where it bites, cast the Super Rod there over and over, releasing each until a shiny rises. Compare Shiny Feebas odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Feebas 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 Feebas already selected.
Feebas Weakness
Electric and Grass moves hit Feebas for super-effective damage. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Feebas's special bulk (base 55 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Feebas Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Feebas
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Grovyle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
Feebas Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Feebas grows into Milotic through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 340 total stats over Feebas. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Feebas easily with 27 breeding partners from the Dragon and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Confuse Ray, Dragon Breath, Hypnosis and 3 more to offspring.
E Feebas Best Moveset
Statistically one of the worst Pokemon in the game, and Feebas exists only to reach Milotic. Max out the Beauty condition and the moveset transforms entirely.
Best Build
Feebas best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Splash
- Protect
- Light Screen
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Feebas misses out on Confuse Ray and Dragon Breath. That's 6 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Surf and Dive, with Normal and Ice coverage and more 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 18 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
FEEBAS live in ponds that are heavily infested with weeds. Because of its hopelessly shabby appearance, it seems as if few TRAINERS raise it.
Feebas Emerald Guide
No. Feebas only evolves into Milotic through a real trade. There is no in-game alternative in Emerald. Trade needs a Game Boy Advance link cable and a second GBA running another Gen 3 game (FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald). Trade Feebas to a friend, then have them trade it back. The 2026 Switch re-release supports the same trade through local wireless on the Pokemon Center 2F Wireless Club, with no cables required. The Prism Scale must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
For Emerald, you can run Feebas through the first few routes without issues. 200 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Milotic as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 16 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Feebas spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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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