Is Igglybuff Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Baby Normal stage with AbilityCute Charm. Igglybuff needs friendship for Jigglypuff, then a Moon Stone for Wigglytuff. Two evolution steps and a trade for a Pokemon that still doesn't contribute meaningfully to any boss fight in Emerald.
Roxanne's Pokemon outpace and outclass Igglybuff here.
Brawly's team hits Igglybuff's weaknesses hard.
Wattson's typing presses Igglybuff's defenses.
Igglybuff trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Igglybuff's defenses.
Igglybuff trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's typing presses Igglybuff's defenses.
Igglybuff trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Igglybuff trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Phoebe's typing presses Igglybuff's defenses.
Igglybuff trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Drake's typing presses Igglybuff's defenses.
Igglybuff trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Trade
Igglybuff cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 180Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Igglybuff in Emerald
Igglybuff comes from the Day Care, not the wild. Jigglypuff roams the Safari Zone in Emerald, so catch one there and breed it to hatch Igglybuff locally with no trading required.
Catch Jigglypuff at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Igglybuff.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Igglybuff
- 2
- 3
Badge 4How to Obtain Igglybuff in E
- Step 1Igglybuff ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave Jigglypuff with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Igglybuff egg.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Jigglypuffor evolve from Igglybuff (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into Wigglytuff
How to Get Shiny Igglybuff in Emerald
Igglybuff only hatches from an egg, so leave a Jigglypuff or Wigglytuff with a Ditto at the Day Care and hatch eggs, eyeing each baby through the same long full-odds hunt. Compare Shiny Igglybuff odds across every game
Shiny Igglybuff Evolution
3 Forms
Emerald Shiny Igglybuff Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Breeding, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
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 Igglybuff in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Igglybuff Weakness
Type-wise, Igglybuff takes extra damage from Fighting. Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Only 1 weakness makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 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 Igglybuff Weak Against
Good
Igglybuff Evolutions
Igglybuff is the baby form here. It evolves into Jigglypuff by leveling up, but you can't breed it directly. Hatch one by breeding the evolved forms instead. Evolving adds up to 225 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
E Igglybuff Best Moveset
Normal type in Gen 3 with 90 HP offset by 15 Defense and 15 Speed. AbilityCute Charm on baby pre-evolution stats. The moveset cannot compete at any level.
Best Build
Igglybuff best EVs are Sp. Def and Attack
Screens Setter Moveset
- Perish Song
- Counter
- Thunder Wave
- Light Screen
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Fake Tears and Feint Attack give Igglybuff options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 11 types already covers a decent range on top of Double-Edge and Mega Kick. The egg moves push it further.
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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its soft and pliable body is very bouncy. When it sings continuously with all its might, its body steadily turns a deepening pink color.
Igglybuff Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Igglybuff has 210 BST and evolves into Jigglypuff. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Igglybuff first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 18 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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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