Is Kyogre Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Embedded Tower static encounter at level 50 in HeartGold with the Blue Orb. Water with AbilityDrizzle setting permanent rain on entry. One of the strongest Pokemon in the franchise. Handles everything in the Battle Frontier.
Kyogre resists most of Falkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre resists most of Whitney's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Kyogre resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Kyogre resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Kyogre trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Kyogre trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Kyogre resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Kyogre in Embedded Tower (interact, Lv 50, limited). Encounter at the Embedded Tower on Route 47 using the Blue Orb.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50WaterWater SpoutPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 50WaterMuddy WaterPower 143Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 65WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 80NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 90WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Kyogre in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Kyogre is a fixed encounter, not a random spawn. Walk up to it, interact, and the battle starts immediately. Head to Embedded Tower when your team is ready for the fight.
1 location to catch Kyogre
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How to Get Shiny Kyogre in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Kyogre waits in the Embedded Tower in HeartGold, so save in front of it and soft-reset until it shines. Compare Shiny Kyogre odds across every game
Shiny Kyogre Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Kyogre Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Kyogre
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Silph Co Gift) | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kyogre View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x63-75% Shock Wave 2x22-26% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Raikou Electric | B | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
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
HGSS Kyogre Best Moveset
Permanent rain through AbilityDrizzle boosts Water attacks to absurd power from 150 Sp. Atk while weakening opposing Fire moves. The moveset warps teambuilding around weather control. 100 HP and 140 Sp. Def absorb special hits. Banned from standard play.
Best Build
Kyogre best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Thunder
- Surf
- Water Spout
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Leveling does the heavy lifting. Kyogre picks up Muddy Water and Ice Beam along the way, building toward a complete offensive set. TMs add coverage across 8 types, but the foundation's already strong by then.
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 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A mythical Pokémon said to have swelled the seas with rain and tidal waves. It battled with GROUDON.
Kyogre HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Kyogre is a static encounter at Johto Embedded Tower. Kyogre appears at level 50. 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Kyogre plays as a wallbreaker. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Kyogre pairs best with Dialga, Giratina Origin, and Darkrai. Dialga has Good synergy and covers what Kyogre can't handle on its own.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Timid is the go-to nature for Kyogre. That's +Speed / -Attack. Pair it with 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the wallbreaker 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
Winds & Waves
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