Is Grovyle Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Grass mid-stage with AbilityOvergrow. Grovyle is fast with growing Special Attack. The Speed lets it outpace most mid-game trainers. Building toward Sceptile at 36 for the Water-heavy endgame. Grass coverage against Juan and Wallace makes the evolution grind worth rushing.
Treecko resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Grovyle has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Grovyle trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Grovyle trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Grovyle trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Grovyle trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Sceptile has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Sceptile resists most of Juan's coverage and hits back hard.
Sceptile has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Sceptile has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Sceptile has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Sceptile trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Sceptile has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Starter
Treecko is available as a starter.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by the Tunnel Man in Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 46GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Treecko to Grovyle
Treecko evolves into Grovyle at Level 16. Your Treecko should hit Level 16 before you reach Brawly, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- LV 29GrassLeaf BladePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- LV 35PsychicAgilityPower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Grovyle to Sceptile
Grovyle evolves into Sceptile at Level 36. Your Grovyle should hit Level 36 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 36)
- LV 36GrassLeaf BladePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Grovyle in Emerald
No grass or route holds Grovyle in Emerald. It comes purely from the Treecko starter, which evolves into Grovyle at level 16 once you commit to the grass gecko at the start.
Catch Treecko at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Grovyle.
How to Obtain Grovyle in E
How to Get Shiny Grovyle in Emerald
Grovyle begins as Professor Birch's Treecko, so soft-reset that Route 101 gift for the shiny starter, then evolve it at level 16 to carry the shine into Grovyle. Compare Shiny Grovyle odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Grovyle Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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 Grovyle in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Grovyle Weakness
Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug moves hit Grovyle for super-effective damage. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. 5 weaknesses means you'll want teammates that can handle the coverage gaps.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Grovyle Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Grovyle
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x124-146%KO Wing Attack 2x83-99% Leech Life 2x20-24% | ||
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Combusken builds →Flamethrower 2x107-126%KO Peck 2x36-42% | ||
 Seviper Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Seviper builds →Sludge Bomb 2x143-170%KO Flamethrower 2x80-95% | ||
 Swalot Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Swalot builds →Sludge Bomb 2x113-134%KO Ice Beam 2x64-76% | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
 Gloom GrassPoison | C | |
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Torkoal builds →Flamethrower 2x107-126%KO Sludge Bomb 2x84-100%KO | ||
 Dustox BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Dustox builds →Sludge Bomb 2x87-103%KO Gust 2x26-32% | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Grimer Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Grimer builds →Sludge Bomb 2x124-146%KO Flamethrower 2x42-50% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Swellow Normal | C | |
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Slugma builds →Flamethrower 2x93-111%KO Smog 2x13-16% | ||
 Numel FireGround | C | |
Grovyle Evolutions
Partway through Treecko's chain. Grovyle still has another evolution ahead before reaching Sceptile. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. So far, Speed got the biggest boost (+25 from Treecko). The final form adds another 125 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Grovyle to get Treecko eggs easily using 27 partners from the Dragon and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Crunch, Crush Claw, Dragon Breath and 3 more.
E Grovyle Best Moveset
Better Speed than most mid-stage Pokemon, but Grovyle still lacks the power to threaten competitive teams. The moveset runs special Grass TermStab while building toward Sceptile.
Best Build
Grovyle best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Leaf Blade
- Substitute
- Agility
- Hidden Power Water
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Grovyle's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Solar Beam and Leaf Blade gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
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 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Leaves grow out of this POKéMON’s body. They help obscure a GROVYLE from the eyes of its enemies while it is in a thickly overgrown forest.
Grovyle Emerald Guide
For Emerald, you can run Grovyle through the first few routes without issues. 405 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Sceptile as fast as you can.
In Emerald, use Grovyle as a pivot. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Set up with Agility when you get a free turn.
For Emerald, run Modest on Grovyle. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Available in 16 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Grovyle 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
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