Is Kirlia Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Psychic-type mid-stage with AbilitySynchronize or AbilityTrace. Kirlia handles Brawly and the Fighting trainers through mid-Hoenn. Evolves into Gardevoir at 30. Worth keeping in the lead despite the low Defense.
Ralts trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Ralts has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Kirlia's defenses.
Kirlia trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's team hits Kirlia's weaknesses hard.
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Sidney's team hits Gardevoir's weaknesses hard.
Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catch Ralts
Catch Ralts on Route 102 (walking, Lv 4, rare).
Recommended Moves
- LV 6PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 26PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 36PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 46PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Ralts to Kirlia
Ralts evolves into Kirlia at Level 20. Your Ralts should hit Level 20 before you reach Wattson, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 26PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 40PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 54PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Kirlia to Gardevoir
Kirlia evolves into Gardevoir at Level 30. Your Kirlia should hit Level 30 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 30PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 30PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- LV 42PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 60PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Kirlia in Ruby & Sapphire
Raise that rare Ralts to level 20 and it becomes Kirlia. No wild ones turn up, so the patience you spent finding Ralts is the price of admission here too.
Catch Ralts at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Kirlia.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
How to Obtain Kirlia in RS
How to Get Shiny Kirlia in Ruby & Sapphire
Kirlia evolves from Ralts, so hunt a shiny Ralts on Route 102 and raise it into Kirlia. Compare Shiny Kirlia odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Kirlia 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Ruby & Sapphire with Kirlia preloaded.
Kirlia Weakness
Bug, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Kirlia for super-effective damage. Not too many gaps in the chart, 3 weaknesses to account for.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Kirlia Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Kirlia
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kirlia View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 2x125-148%KO Thief 2x27-33% | ||
 Mightyena Dark | C | |
 Nuzleaf GrassDark | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kirlia View Ninjask builds →Leech Life 2x45-54% Thief 2x27-33% | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Illumise Bug | C | |
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
Kirlia Evolutions
Kirlia sits between Ralts and Gardevoir in this three-stage line. Not the final form yet. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. So far, Sp.Atk got the biggest boost (+20 from Ralts). The final form adds another 240 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Kirlia to get Ralts eggs easily using 22 partners from the Amorphous and Human-Like egg groups. Notable egg moves include Destiny Bond, Disable, Mean Look and 2 more.
RS Kirlia Best Moveset
Middle-stage Psychic improving toward Gardevoir's 125 Sp. Atk. AbilitySynchronize or AbilityTrace for ability copying. MovePsychic at moderate power. One evolution from competitive stats.
Best Build
Kirlia best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Bulky Support Moveset
- Memento
- Taunt
- Fire Punch
- Torment
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Kirlia picks up Destiny Bond and Disable only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Future Sight and Dream Eater while Normal and Ghost coverage and more adds range.
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
25 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is said that a KIRLIA that is exposed to the positive emotions of its TRAINER grows beautiful. This POKéMON controls psychokinetic powers with its highly developed brain.
KIRLIA uses the horns on its head to amplify its psychokinetic power. When the POKéMON uses its power, the air around it becomes distorted, creating mirages of nonexistent scenery.
Kirlia Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Kirlia is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Ralts under specific conditions.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Kirlia appears in 17 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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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