Is Kyogre Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Marine Cave roaming encounter after the E4. Water with AbilityDrizzle summoning permanent rain. In Emerald, both Kyogre and Groudon appear in the story, but you catch them postgame at level 70. Rain boosts Water and enables Swift Swim. One of the most powerful Pokemon ever made. Battle Frontier trivializer.
Kyogre resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Kyogre resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Kyogre resists most of Winona's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre resists most of Tate & Liza's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Kyogre in Marine Cave (interact, Lv 70, limited). Appears in Marine Cave after becoming Champion — location rotates between underwater routes.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 70)
- LV 70WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 70NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 70PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 75WaterWater SpoutPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Kyogre in Emerald
Kyogre cannot be caught when you first see it in the Cave of Origin, since Rayquaza arrives to calm it. The catchable one waits at Marine Cave, which opens on a weather-shifted route only once you become Champion. Level 70, catch rate 3, one shot.
1 location to catch Kyogre
Badge 8How to Get Kyogre in Emerald
How to Get Shiny Kyogre in Emerald
Kyogre lurks at the bottom of the Marine Cave, which surfaces only when you chase the abnormal weather roaming Hoenn after the league. Save before the level-70 whale and soft-reset the encounter until it shimmers. Compare Shiny Kyogre odds across every game
Shiny Kyogre Evolution
Does Not EvolveEmerald Shiny Kyogre Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Soft Reset, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Emerald shiny odds for Kyogre.
Kyogre Weakness
Type-wise, Kyogre takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Kyogre's special bulk (base 140 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Kyogre Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Kyogre
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
Kyogre Evolutions
No breeding, no evolution. Kyogre is a Water legendary with 670 base stat total that you obtain once and build around. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
E Kyogre Best Moveset
AbilityDrizzle sets permanent rain on switch-in, boosting Water TermStab by 50%% while weakening opposing Fire moves simultaneously. 150 base Sp. Atk behind rain-boosted MoveWater Spout at full health is one of the most devastating attacks in the entire game. The moveset defines weather offense in Emerald.
Best Build
Kyogre best EVs are HP and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Calm Mind
- Surf
- Thunder
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs carry this one. Kyogre learns Water Spout and Hydro Pump naturally for STAB, but the offensive range comes almost entirely from technical machines. Rock and Normal and beyond give it real matchup play.
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 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
KYOGRE has appeared in mythology as the creator of the sea. After long years of feuding with GROUDON, it took to sleep at the bottom of the sea.
Kyogre Emerald Guide
Kyogre is a static encounter at Marine Cave in Emerald. Kyogre appears at level 70. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
Yes. Kyogre is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Kyogre becomes available after the main story is complete in Emerald.
In Emerald, Kyogre plays as a pivot. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Emerald, Kyogre pairs best with Latios, Deoxys Attack, and Mewtwo. Latios has Good synergy and covers what Kyogre can't handle on its own.
In Emerald, Modest is the go-to nature for Kyogre. That's +Sp. Atk / -Attack. Pair it with 236 HP / 220 Def / 16 SpA / 36 Spe EVs. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
First obtainable in Ruby & Sapphire, Kyogre has been featured in 16 titles across 7 generations. Legendary status means a single encounter per playthrough in most 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 6ORASPrimal
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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