Is Gorebyss Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Deep Sea Scale trade from Clamperl. Water with AbilitySwift Swim for rain Speed. Unlike Huntail, Gorebyss leans Special, which works since Water is Special in Gen 3. The better Clamperl evolution by far. Handles Flannery and contributes through the endgame.
Clamperl resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Clamperl resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Huntail has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Tate & Liza:
Huntail trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Juan:
Huntail trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Sidney:
Huntail has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Phoebe:
Huntail trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Glacia:
Huntail trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Drake:
Wallace's team hits Huntail's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Wallace:
Catch Clamperl
Catch Clamperl on Route 124 (Surf, Lv 20-35, common).
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
- 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
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Clamperl to Gorebyss
Clamperl evolves into Gorebyss 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 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 36PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- 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
- LV 50WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Clamperl to Huntail
Clamperl evolves into Huntail when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Tate & Liza.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- 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
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- 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
- LV 50WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Gorebyss in Emerald
Gorebyss is the other half of the Clamperl split, reached by trading one that holds the Deep Sea Scale. Like its counterpart Huntail, the pink deep-sea fish never appears wild and needs a trade partner to complete.
Catch Clamperl at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Gorebyss.
Encountered via Surfing
- 1Catch Clamperl
- 2Evolve Gorebyssby trading
Badge 7
Badge 8How to Obtain Gorebyss in E
- Step 2Gorebyss ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Clamperl egg.
How to Get Shiny Gorebyss in Emerald
Gorebyss branches off the same shell, so hunt a shiny Clamperl while Surfing Route 124 and Route 126, attach the Deep Sea Scale, and trade it off; the shine carries over cleanly as it evolves. Compare Shiny Gorebyss odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Gorebyss 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 Gorebyss in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Gorebyss Weakness
Gorebyss is weak to Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Gorebyss's physical bulk (base 105 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| 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 Gorebyss Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Gorebyss
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
Gorebyss Evolutions
Clamperl's line splits into 2 evolutions, and Gorebyss is the trade route. Each sibling form needs a different method to obtain. Breed through Clamperl to get eggs. Gorebyss and Huntail share the same 485 total stats, but they're distributed differently. Check the comparison below to see where each one specializes. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Gorebyss to get Clamperl eggs easily using 58 partners from the Water 1 egg group. Notable egg moves include Barrier, Body Slam, Confuse Ray and 3 more.
E Gorebyss Best Moveset
114 base Sp. Atk makes Gorebyss the harder-hitting deep-sea evolution, and AbilitySwift Swim in rain doubles the middling Speed to outrun entire teams. The moveset runs special Water TermStab through MoveSurf with MoveIce Beam to hit the Grass and Dragon types that resist Water.
Best Build
Gorebyss best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Rain Dance
- Surf
- Hydro Pump
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Gorebyss. Barrier and Body Slam come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Hydro Pump and Surf and Psychic and Ice coverage and more.
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 22 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
A GOREBYSS siphons the body fluids of prey through its thin, tubular mouth. Its light pink body color turns vivid when it finishes feeding.
Gorebyss Emerald Guide
Gorebyss is obtained by trade-evolving Clamperl. Catch a Clamperl first, then trade. Trade needs a Game Boy Advance link cable and a second GBA running another Gen 3 game (FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald). Trade Clamperl 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 Deep Sea Scale must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
In Emerald, Gorebyss plays as a attacker. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Emerald, Modest is the go-to nature for Gorebyss. That's +Sp. Atk / -Attack. Pair it with 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the attacker role.
Game Availability
Since Ruby & Sapphire, Gorebyss has been in 13 games. Requiring a trade evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
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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