Is Grovyle Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Fast enough to outspeed most mid-game trainers in Hoenn. Grovyle handles the Water and Ground trainers on Route 119 and 120. Evolves into Sceptile at 36. The Grass typing struggles against Flannery and Winona but contributes against Wallace.
Treecko has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Grovyle has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Grovyle trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Flannery's team hits Grovyle's weaknesses hard.
Grovyle trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Winona's team hits Grovyle's weaknesses hard.
Sceptile resists most of Tate & Liza's coverage and hits back hard.
Sceptile resists most of Wallace'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 resists most of Glacia's coverage and hits back hard.
Sceptile trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Sceptile trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Starter
Treecko is available as a starter.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Wallace
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
- LV 46GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
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
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- 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
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Wallace
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
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 Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- 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
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- After Wallace
- TM02DragonDragon ClawPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Meteor Falls
How to Get Grovyle in Ruby & Sapphire
Your Treecko starter becomes Grovyle at level 16, and that is the lone way to one. Nothing in the wild grass will hand you a Grovyle in either version.
Catch Treecko at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Grovyle.
How to Obtain Grovyle in RS
How to Get Shiny Grovyle in Ruby & Sapphire
Grovyle starts as the shiny Treecko handed to you by Professor Birch on Route 101, so secure that starter shiny and evolve it up from there. Compare Shiny Grovyle odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire 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
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Combusken builds →Overheat 2x158-186%KO Peck 2x36-43% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x127-150%KO Wing Attack 2x85-101%KO Leech Life 2x20-24% | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Torkoal builds →Overheat 2x158-186%KO Sludge Bomb 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Masquerain builds →Ice Beam 2x82-97% Gust 2x47-57% | ||
 Swalot Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Swalot builds →Sludge Bomb 2x120-142%KO Ice Beam 2x64-76% | ||
 Dustox BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Dustox builds →Sludge Bomb 2x92-109%KO Gust 2x30-35% | ||
 Gloom GrassPoison | C | |
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Grimer Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Grimer builds →Sludge Bomb 2x127-150%KO Flamethrower 2x43-51% | ||
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Grovyle View Slugma builds →Overheat 2x134-158%KO Smog 2x14-16% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Numel FireGround | C | |
 Swellow Normal | 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.
RS Grovyle Best Moveset
Middle-stage Grass improving toward Sceptile. AbilityOvergrow for emergency Grass boosts. MoveLeaf Blade provides Grass TermStab with a high critical hit rate. Sceptile completes the Speed tier.
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
Without breeding, Grovyle misses out on Crunch and Crush Claw. That's 6 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Solar Beam and Leaf Blade, with coverage across 9 types 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 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The leaves growing out of GROVYLE’s body are convenient for camouflaging it from enemies in the forest. This POKéMON is a master at climbing trees in jungles.
This POKéMON adeptly flies from branch to branch in trees. In a forest, no POKéMON can ever hope to catch a fleeing GROVYLE however fast they may be.
Grovyle Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Grovyle is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Treecko under specific conditions.
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
Winds & Waves
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