Is Latios Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Roaming Hoenn in Ruby after the E4. Dragon/Psychic with AbilityLevitate. Latios hits harder than Latias on the Special side. The roaming mechanic makes catching it a project, but the payoff is one of the fastest and strongest Dragon-types in Gen 3. Ruby's marquee postgame legendary.
Latios has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Latios resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Latios has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Latios has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Latios has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Latios resists most of Winona's coverage and hits back hard.
Latios trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Latios resists most of Wallace's coverage and hits back hard.
Latios has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Latios has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Latios has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Latios resists most of Drake's coverage and hits back hard.
Latios trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Latios on Roaming Hoenn (walking, Lv 40, limited). After defeating Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 40PsychicLuster PurgePower 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
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- After Wallace
- TM02DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Meteor Falls
Ruby & Sapphire Latios Locations
Ruby is where Latios becomes the post-Champion roamer, drifting the region at level 40 with a brutal catch rate. Sapphire instead parks it on Southern Island at level 50, reachable only through the Eon Ticket event.
1 location to catch Latios
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Latios in Ruby & Sapphire
Latios's encounter pool splits between Ruby and Sapphire. You've got 3 walking, surfing, and more spots at Lv. 40-50 total, but your version determines which ones actually show up.
How to Get Shiny Latios in Ruby & Sapphire
Latios begins roaming Hoenn in Ruby once you enter the Hall of Fame, and its shiny state locks the instant it is released, so save beforehand and reset until the roamer first appears shiny. Compare Shiny Latios odds across every game
Southern Island: static Latios via Eon Ticket event (Sapphire). 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 Latios Evolution
Does Not EvolveRuby & Sapphire Shiny Latios 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Ruby & Sapphire with Latios preloaded.
Latios Weakness
Ice, Bug, Ghost, Dragon, and Dark moves hit Latios for super-effective damage. 6 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Latios's special bulk (base 110 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 Latios Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Latios
 Latias DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latios View Latias 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 Latios View Rayquaza builds →Outrage 2x86-101%KO Ice Beam 2x61-71% Crunch 2x51-60% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latios View Heracross builds →Megahorn 2x127-149%KO Thief 2x9-11% | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter | ||
 Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latios View Banette builds →Shadow Ball 2x80-94% Feint Attack 2x24-28% | ||
 Walrein IceWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Spheal (Shoal Cave Surfing) | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latios View Absol builds →Shadow Ball 2x59-69% Ice Beam 2x34-40% Bite 2x33-39% | ||
 Glalie Ice | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latios View Glalie builds →Ice Beam 2x54-63% Crunch 2x30-36% Shadow Ball 2x40-47% | ||
 Salamence Dragon | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latios View Salamence builds →Dragon Claw 2x60-70% Crunch 2x40-47% | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latios View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 2x51-61% Shadow Ball 2x37-43% Thief 2x11-13% | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latios View Altaria builds →Dragon Claw 2x42-49% Ice Beam 2x32-38% Thief 2x14-17% Astonish 2x14-17% | ||
 Dusclops Ghost | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latios View Dusclops builds →Shadow Ball 2x54-63% Ice Beam 2x29-34% Pursuit 2x13-15% | ||
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latios View Ninjask builds →Shadow Ball 2x43-51% Leech Life 2x18-21% Thief 2x11-13% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Latios View Cacturne builds →Feint Attack 2x46-55% Pin Missile 2x10-12% | ||
Latios Evolutions
A Dragon/Psychic-type legendary, Latios doesn't evolve or breed. At 600 total stats, it's meant to stand on its own. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
RS Latios Best Moveset
Dragon/Psychic with 130 Sp. Atk and 110 Speed for immediate special sweeping without setup. AbilityLevitate gives Ground immunity. MoveDragon Claw and MovePsychic for dual TermStab, MoveCalm Mind for boosting when time allows. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Faster and harder-hitting than Latias, less bulk.
Best Build
Latios best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Thunder
- Ice Beam
- Recover
- Dragon Claw
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without TMs, Latios's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get coverage across 9 types on top of Luster Purge and Psychic for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.
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
LATIOS has the ability to make its foe see an image of what it has seen or imagines in its head. This POKéMON is intelligent and understands human speech.
LATIOS will only open its heart to a TRAINER with a compassionate spirit. This POKéMON can fly faster than a jet plane by folding its forelegs to minimize air resistance.
Latios Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Latios is a static encounter at Southern Island. Latios 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. Latios is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Latios becomes available after the main story is complete in Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Latios has appeared in 16 games since Ruby & Sapphire, spanning 7 generations. As a Legendary, it's typically a one-per-save encounter tied to the story or post-game content.
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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