Is Flygon Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Ground/Dragon with AbilityLevitate negating the Ground weakness. Flygon is fast with mixed offense and handles most of the E4. Drake's team resists Dragon moves, but the Ground coverage handles Steven's Steel-types. One of RS's best native options if you have the patience for the level 45 evolution.
Trapinch trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Brawly's typing presses Trapinch's defenses.
Trapinch trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Trapinch has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Trapinch trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Winona's team hits Trapinch's weaknesses hard.
Vibrava trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Vibrava has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Flygon has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Flygon has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Flygon trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Flygon has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Flygon has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Catch Trapinch
Catch Trapinch on Route 111 (walking, Lv 19-21, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 33DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 41GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 57NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
Evolve Trapinch to Vibrava
Trapinch evolves into Vibrava at Level 35. Your Trapinch should hit Level 35 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 35)
- LV 35DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 35DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 114
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 57NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
Evolve Vibrava to Flygon
Vibrava evolves into Flygon at Level 45. Your Vibrava should hit Level 45 before you reach Sidney, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 114
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- After Wallace
- TM02DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Meteor Falls
- LV 65NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Flygon in Ruby & Sapphire
The desert antlion Trapinch is the seed for every Flygon, since the dragon itself never shows on the map. Expect a long grind: Vibrava only finishes evolving at level 45.
Catch Trapinch at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Flygon.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3How to Obtain Flygon in RS
How to Get Shiny Flygon in Ruby & Sapphire
Flygon caps the Trapinch line and has no encounter of its own, so hunt a shiny Trapinch and raise it through Vibrava into Flygon. Compare Shiny Flygon odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Flygon 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 Flygon in the Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Flygon Weakness
Type-wise, Flygon takes extra damage from Ice and Dragon. Watch out for Ice attacks, those deal 4x damage. Electric moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. With 80 HP and balanced defenses, Flygon can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Flygon Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Flygon
Flygon Evolutions
Flygon is the final form in a three-stage chain from Trapinch through Vibrava. Breeding this form produces Trapinch eggs (average hatch time). Evolving from Trapinch gave Flygon the biggest boost in Speed (+90), bringing the total to 520 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Flygon to get Trapinch eggs easily using 37 partners from the Bug and Dragon egg groups. Notable egg moves include Focus Energy, Gust, Quick Attack.
RS Flygon Best Moveset
Ground/Dragon that ignores Ground moves entirely through AbilityLevitate, dodging its own type's biggest weakness. MoveEarthquake for Ground TermStab, MoveFire Blast for coverage, MoveDragon Claw for Dragon damage. Held ItemChoice Band amplifies. Unique defensive profile on a competent attacker.
Best Build
Flygon best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Toxic
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Focus Energy and Gust aren't available any other way for Flygon, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Earthquake and Dig for solid options.
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 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
FLYGON is nicknamed “the elemental spirit of the desert.” Because its flapping wings whip up a cloud of sand, this POKéMON is always enveloped in a sandstorm while flying.
FLYGON whips up a sandstorm by flapping its wings. The wings create a series of notes that sound like singing. Because the “singing” is the only thing that can be heard in a sandstorm, this POKéMON is said to be the desert spirit.
Flygon Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Flygon is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Vibrava under specific conditions.
Game Availability
Flygon first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 15 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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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