Is Girafarig Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Safari Zone catch. Girafarig with AbilityInner Focus prevents flinching. Normal/Psychic with decent balanced stats. Handles Brawly through Psychic power and contributes against Phoebe. No trade required, which gives it an edge over other Psychic imports.
Girafarig has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Girafarig resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Girafarig has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Girafarig has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Girafarig has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Girafarig has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Girafarig has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Girafarig has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Girafarig in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 25-27, uncommon). Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, 500-step limit.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by the Tunnel Man in Rusturf Tunnel
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Tate & Liza
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Emerald Girafarig Locations
An uncommon level 25 to 27 walker, Girafarig keeps to the Safari Zone grass and shows nowhere else in Emerald. Two encounter slots there give you a couple of shots per visit before the step counter runs out.
Wild Girafarig may be holding when caught:
Persim Berry (5% chance) A hold item that heals confusion in battle.1 location to catch Girafarig
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Girafarig in Emerald
How to Get Shiny Girafarig in Emerald
Girafarig grazes the Hoenn Safari Zone grass, so wander the tall grass of its extension zones and inspect each long-necked encounter, since a shiny is the only reward for the patient walk. Compare Shiny Girafarig odds across every game
Shiny Girafarig Evolution
Does Not EvolveEmerald Shiny Girafarig 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 Girafarig already selected.
Girafarig Weakness
Girafarig's Normal/Psychic typing leaves it vulnerable to Bug and Dark. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. Girafarig leans toward special offense (base 90 Sp.Atk) instead of trying to wall anything.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Psychic |
| 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 Girafarig Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Girafarig
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Girafarig View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 2x67-79% Thief 2x19-22% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Girafarig View Cacturne builds →Feint Attack 2x77-92% Pin Missile 2x13-15% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
 Absol Dark | C | |
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Girafarig View Beautifly builds →Silver Wind 2x52-61% Thief 2x31-37% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Mightyena Dark | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Girafarig View Ninjask builds →Leech Life 2x24-28% Thief 2x19-22% | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
 Illumise Bug | C | |
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
 Ledian Bug | C | |
 Ariados BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Girafarig View Ariados builds →Leech Life 2x24-28% Thief 2x21-25% | ||
Girafarig Evolutions
Breeding is the whole story for Girafarig. A massive partner pool through one egg group, eggs take an average time to hatch, and you won't need to evolve anything. It's got 8 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Girafarig easily with 102 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Beat Up, Foresight and 5 more to offspring.
E Girafarig Best Moveset
Normal/Psychic dual typing gives Girafarig a Ghost immunity that pure Psychic Pokemon lack, and the moveset can run both physical Normal and special Psychic TermStab to cover different threats. Decent speed at 85 keeps it from being dead weight against faster teams.
Best Build
Girafarig best EVs are HP and Defense
Pivot Moveset
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Baton Pass
- Thunderbolt
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Amnesia and Beat Up on Girafarig. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Future Sight and Double-Edge, they expand what Girafarig can actually threaten in practice.
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 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A GIRAFARIG is an herbivore--it eats grass and tree shoots. While it is eating, its tail makes chewing and swallowing motions as if it were also eating.
Girafarig Emerald Guide
- Where in the Emerald Safari Zone can I find Girafarig?
See the Locations section above for where to find Girafarig in Emerald.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Girafarig from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Girafarig 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 Girafarig in Emerald can hold Persim Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Persim Berry.
In Emerald, Girafarig has 455 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Emerald, use Girafarig as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling, Psychic is the primary attack.
For Emerald, run Bold on Girafarig. +Defense is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Girafarig appears in 16 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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
Winds & Waves
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