Is Latias Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Roaming Hoenn in Sapphire after the E4. Dragon/Psychic with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. Latias is faster and bulkier on the special side than most available options. The roaming catch is frustrating but the Dragon/Psychic coverage with Levitate makes Latias one of the strongest postgame catches.
Latias has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Latias resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Latias trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Latias has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Latias has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Latias resists most of Winona's coverage and hits back hard.
Latias trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Latias resists most of Wallace's coverage and hits back hard.
Latias has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Latias has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Latias has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Latias resists most of Drake's coverage and hits back hard.
Latias trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Latias on Roaming Hoenn (walking, Lv 40, limited). After defeating Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 40PsychicMist BallPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- After Wallace
- TM02DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Meteor Falls
Ruby & Sapphire Latias Locations
In Sapphire, Latias roams the region at level 40 once you beat the Elite Four, drifting between routes. Ruby players instead reach it at level 50 on Southern Island, gated behind the Eon Ticket event item.
1 location to catch Latias
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Latias in Ruby & Sapphire
Before you go hunting for Latias, check which of the 3 spots belong to your version. Sapphire and Ruby each have different walking, surfing, and more encounters at Lv. 40-50.
How to Get Shiny Latias in Ruby & Sapphire
Latias starts roaming Hoenn in Sapphire after you become Champion, and its shininess is fixed the moment it is released, so save before that point and reset until it turns up shiny. Compare Shiny Latias odds across every game
Southern Island: static Latias via Eon Ticket event (Ruby). Lv50, holds Soul Dew. Uses CreateScriptedWildMon (otIdType=0), NOT roamer struct — no IV bug. 1/8192 shiny odds, soft-resettable. Island cannot be revisited after leaving in R/S.
Shiny Latias Evolution
Does Not EvolveRuby & Sapphire Shiny Latias 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.
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 Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds for Latias.
Latias Weakness
Latias is weak to Ice, Bug, Ghost, Dragon, and Dark. It resists 6 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Latias's special bulk (base 130 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Bug, Ghost, Dragon, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, 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 Latias Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Latias
 Latios DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latias View Latios builds →Dragon Claw 2x60-70% Ice Beam 2x47-55% Shadow Ball 2x40-47% | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latias View Rayquaza builds →Outrage 2x75-89% Ice Beam 2x53-62% Crunch 2x45-53% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latias View Heracross builds →Megahorn 2x116-137%KO Thief 2x8-10% | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter | ||
 Walrein IceWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Spheal (Shoal Cave Surfing) | ||
 Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latias View Banette builds →Shadow Ball 2x73-86% Feint Attack 2x21-24% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latias View Absol builds →Shadow Ball 2x53-63% Ice Beam 2x29-35% Bite 2x29-34% | ||
 Glalie Ice | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latias View Glalie builds →Ice Beam 2x46-55% Crunch 2x26-31% Shadow Ball 2x36-42% | ||
 Salamence Dragon | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latias View Salamence builds →Dragon Claw 2x51-61% Crunch 2x34-40% | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latias View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 2x46-55% Shadow Ball 2x33-39% Thief 2x9-11% | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latias View Altaria builds →Dragon Claw 2x36-42% Ice Beam 2x28-33% Thief 2x13-15% Astonish 2x13-15% | ||
 Dusclops Ghost | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latias View Dusclops builds →Shadow Ball 2x49-58% Ice Beam 2x25-30% Pursuit 2x11-13% | ||
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latias View Ninjask builds →Shadow Ball 2x40-47% Leech Life 2x16-20% Thief 2x10-12% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latias View Cacturne builds →Feint Attack 2x40-48% Pin Missile 2x9-11% | ||
Latias Evolutions
Latias is a powerhouse with 600 total stats as a Dragon/Psychic legendary. Can't breed it, so you're locked to whatever you catch or receive. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
RS Latias Best Moveset
Dragon/Psychic with 110 Sp. Atk and 130 Sp. Def for a special tank that attacks back hard. AbilityLevitate provides Ground immunity. MoveCalm Mind boosts both special stats while MoveDragon Claw and MovePsychic deliver dual TermStab. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Calm Mind tank with elite special bulk.
Best Build
Latias best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Recover
- Calm Mind
- Dragon Claw
- Refresh
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Most of Latias's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Mist Ball and Psychic, but Flying and Normal and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
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 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
LATIAS is highly sensitive to the emotions of people. If it senses any hostility, this POKéMON ruffles the feathers all over its body and cries shrilly to intimidate the foe.
LATIAS is highly intelligent and capable of understanding human speech. It is covered with a glass-like down. The POKéMON enfolds its body with its down and refracts light to alter its appearance.
Latias Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Latias is a static encounter at Southern Island. Latias appears at level 50. Prerequisite: Requires Eon Ticket event item. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
Yes. Latias is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Latias becomes available after the main story is complete in Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Since Ruby & Sapphire, Latias has appeared in 16 games. Legendary Pokemon like Latias are usually found through story events or special post-game areas rather than random encounters.
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 6ORASMega
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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