Is Ludicolo Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Water/Grass with AbilitySwift Swim for doubled Speed in rain. Sapphire's Kyogre makes Ludicolo one of the best options in the game: fast under rain with coverage against most types. In Ruby without rain, it's still a solid Water/Grass option for Wattson, Flannery, and Wallace. Sapphire only.
Lotad has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Lombre has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Lombre's defenses.
Ludicolo trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Ludicolo trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Ludicolo trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Ludicolo resists most of Tate & Liza's coverage and hits back hard.
Ludicolo resists most of Wallace's coverage and hits back hard.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Ludicolo has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Catch Lotad
Catch Lotad on Route 102 (walking, Lv 3-4, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
Evolve Lotad to Lombre
Lotad evolves into Lombre at Level 14. Your Lotad should hit Level 14 before you reach Brawly, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
- LV 49WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Lombre to Ludicolo
Lombre evolves into Ludicolo with a Water Stone. You can pick up the Water Stone in Abandoned Ship.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
How to Get Ludicolo in Ruby & Sapphire
A Water Stone turns Lombre into Ludicolo, with no wild ones to skip the step. The Lotad family is Sapphire-side, so Ruby owners have to trade the whole group in before reaching this point.
Catch Lotad or Lombre at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Ludicolo.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 3How to Obtain Ludicolo in RS
Lotad is your first catch on the way to Ludicolo. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 3-18 across 3 total spots in the chain.
- Step 3Ludicolo ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Lotad egg.
How to Get Shiny Ludicolo in Ruby & Sapphire
Ludicolo evolves from Lombre, so hunt a shiny Lombre on Route 114 in Sapphire and raise it into Ludicolo. Compare Shiny Ludicolo odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Ludicolo 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds for Ludicolo.
Ludicolo Weakness
Ludicolo is weak to Poison, Flying, and Bug. Ludicolo's special bulk (base 100 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ground, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Water |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Ludicolo Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Ludicolo
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
 Salamence Dragon | S | |
 Muk Poison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Dodrio Normal | B | |
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ludicolo View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 2x57-68% Aerial Ace 2x31-37% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ludicolo View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x74-87% Wing Attack 2x50-59% Leech Life 2x12-14% | ||
 Swalot Poison | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ludicolo View Ninjask builds →Aerial Ace 2x55-65% Leech Life 2x19-23% | ||
 Weezing Poison | C | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Ludicolo Evolutions
Ludicolo evolved from Lotad's chain using an evolution item. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Lotad eggs (quick to hatch). The evolution from Lotad pushed Ludicolo to 480 total stats. Sp.Atk saw the largest single gain at +50. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Ludicolo to get Lotad eggs easily using 35 partners from the Grass and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Flail, Leech Seed, Razor Leaf and 3 more.
RS Ludicolo Best Moveset
Rain makes everything work: AbilitySwift Swim doubles Speed for sweeping, or AbilityRain Dish heals HP for sustained play. MoveSurf boosted by rain, MoveGiga Drain for Grass TermStab with recovery, MoveIce Beam for coverage. Held ItemLeftovers stacks with Rain Dish. Rain attacker or sustain tank.
Best Build
Ludicolo best EVs are Sp. Atk and HP
Special Attacker Moveset
- Rain Dance
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Leech Seed
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Ludicolo. Flail and Leech Seed come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Solar Beam and Surf and Ghost and Ice coverage and more.
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
LUDICOLO begins dancing as soon as it hears cheerful, festive music. This POKéMON is said to appear when it hears the singing of children on hiking outings.
Upon hearing an upbeat and cheerful rhythm, the cells in LUDICOLO’s body become very energetic and active. Even in battle, this POKéMON will exhibit an amazing amount of power.
Ludicolo Ruby & Sapphire Guide
- Is Ludicolo exclusive to Sapphire or Ruby?
Ludicolo is exclusive to Pokemon Sapphire. Ruby players have to trade for one.
See the Locations section above for where to find Ludicolo in Sapphire.
Game Availability
Since Ruby & Sapphire, Ludicolo has been in 15 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
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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