Is Hariyama Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Hariyama's 144 HP and 120 Attack make it the bulkiest Fighting-type in Hoenn. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage, which matters against Flannery and Glacia. Handles Roxanne, Norman, Sidney, and Steven's Aggron. A reliable brawler all game.
Makuhita has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Makuhita trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Makuhita trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Phoebe's team hits Hariyama's weaknesses hard.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Hariyama's weaknesses hard.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Makuhita can be received through an in-game trade on Rustboro City. LIMITED; Trade Slakoth. Trade a Slakoth to a boy in a house in Rustboro City
Your Makuhita should hit Level 24 before you reach Flannery, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Hariyama in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
6 encounter spots for Hariyama at decent spawn rates starting from late-game routes. Best and Earliest sort options below help narrow down your approach based on odds vs. Accessibility.
Where To Catch Hariyama in ORAS
To get Hariyama, start by catching Makuhita through walking and trade encounters at Lv. 6-40. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
Step 1Catch MakuhitaGranite Cave - Area 1Lv.9-12CaveRate 40%Granite Cave - Area 1Lv.6CaveRate 35%Horde battleGranite Cave - Area 2Lv.10-12CaveRate 20%Rustboro City - HouseLv.9In-game tradeOne-timeTrade for (give Slakoth)
Step 2Hariyama ✓Victory Road - Area 1Lv.38-40CaveRate 15%Victory Road - Area 2Lv.38-40CaveRate 15%Victory Road - Area 3Lv.38-40CaveRate 15%or evolve from Makuhita (Step 1)
Hariyama Weakness
Flying, Psychic, and Fairy moves hit Hariyama for super-effective damage. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. With 144 HP and balanced defenses, Hariyama can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic, Fairy |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
What is Hariyama Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Hariyama
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Archen Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Chatot Normal | C | |
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodPetalburg City Surfing | ||
Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Gardevoir builds →Psychic 2x86-101%KO Draining Kiss 2x49-58% | ||
Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodPetalburg City Surfing | ||
Golbat Poison | C | |
Kadabra Psychic | A | |
Ninjask Bug | B | |
 Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Latios builds →Psychic 2x89-105%KO Fly 2x45-53% | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Latias builds →Psychic 2x77-91% Fly 2x41-49% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Gardevoir builds →Psychic 2x86-101%KO Draining Kiss 2x48-57% | ||
Golbat Poison | C | |
Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodPetalburg City Surfing | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Latios builds →Psychic 2x88-105%KO Fly 2x43-52% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x114-135%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x77-91% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Latias builds →Psychic 2x77-91% Fly 2x40-47% | ||
 Gothitelle Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Gothitelle builds →Future Sight 2x91-108%KO | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Xatu builds →Psychic 2x69-82% Air Slash 2x58-68% Dazzling Gleam 2x41-48% | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Latios builds →Psychic 2x87-102%KO Fly 2x43-50% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x111-131%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x74-88% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Latias builds →Psychic 2x76-89% Fly 2x39-46% | ||
Gothitelle Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Gothitelle builds →Future Sight 2x88-104%KO | ||
Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Xatu builds →Psychic 2x67-79% Air Slash 2x55-65% Dazzling Gleam 2x39-47% | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Latios builds →Dream Eater 2x96-113%KO Fly 2x42-50% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Latias builds →Dream Eater 2x83-98% Fly 2x38-45% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x112-131%KO Moonblast 2x89-104%KO | ||
 Deoxys Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Deoxys builds →Psycho Boost 2x152-179%KO Aerial Ace 2x44-52% | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter | ||
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Clefable's Moonblast hits Hariyama for 63-75%. Salamence's Outrage hits Hariyama for 71-84%. Alakazam's Psychic also KOs at 97-115%.
 Clefable Fairy | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityMagic Guard ItemLeftovers NatureBold Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Clefable builds →Moonblast 2x63-75% | ||
 Salamence Dragon | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityMoxie ItemLum Berry NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Salamence builds →Earthquake40-47% Outrage71-84% | ||
 Alakazam Psychic | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityMagic Guard ItemFocus Sash NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Hariyama View Alakazam builds →Psychic 2x97-115%KO Focus Blast43-51% Shadow Ball29-34% Dazzling Gleam 2x58-68% | ||
Hariyama Evolutions
Hariyama is the evolved form of Makuhita. Breeding produces Makuhita eggs, and they're average hatch time. Evolving from Makuhita gave Hariyama the biggest boost in HP (+72), bringing the total to 474 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Hariyama to get Makuhita eggs easily using 56 partners from the Humanshape egg group. Notable egg moves include Bullet Punch, Chip Away, Counter and 11 more.
ORAS Hariyama Best Moveset
144 HP anchors enormous physical bulk. 120 Attack fires Fighting TermStab hard. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage. AbilityGuts boosts Attack through status. The moveset has the HP and power for lower-tier competitive play but 50 Speed means going last against everything.
Best Build
Hariyama best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Bullet Punch
- Heavy Slam
- Knock Off
- Close Combat
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Hariyama can hit 10 types beyond STAB, including Water and Normal. The offense anchors on Focus Punch and Close Combat while TMs handle everything else.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Hariyama practices its straight-arm slaps in any number of locations. One hit of this Pokémon’s powerful, openhanded, straight-arm punches could snap a telephone pole in two.
Hariyama’s thick body may appear fat, but it is actually a hunk of solid muscle. If this Pokémon bears down and tightens all its muscles, its body becomes as hard as a rock.
Hariyama Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Don't let Hariyama's 474 base stat total fool you. Sheer Force is what makes it tick. It punches way above its weight class. We rate it B-Tier as a wallbreaker. Bullet Punch with Flame Orb is the standard set.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Run Sheer Force on Hariyama. It's the ability that defines how you build around it and the main reason it holds a competitive niche. Hariyama also gets Thick Fat and Guts, but they don't compare.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Hariyama fills the wallbreaker role. It's a physical attacker with base 120 Attack. Base 50 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go. And it's enough bulk to take a hit or two.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, run Bullet Punch, Heavyslam, Knock Off, and Close Combat on Hariyama. Bullet Punch is the most common pick at 0% usage. This set covers the wallbreaker role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Hariyama first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 8 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 7LGPE
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