Is Luvdisc Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Route 128 fishing. Water with AbilitySwift Swim and the lowest base stats of any Water-type. Doesn't evolve. The only value is farming Heart Scales from wild Luvdisc with MoveThief. Don't put Luvdisc on your team. It exists to be robbed.
Luvdisc resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Luvdisc resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Luvdisc has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Juan's typing presses Luvdisc's defenses.
Sidney's team hits Luvdisc's weaknesses hard.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Glacia's typing presses Luvdisc's defenses.
Luvdisc trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Wallace's team hits Luvdisc's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Luvdisc on Route 128 (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- LV 24NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Juan
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Emerald Luvdisc Locations
Luvdisc bites on the rods near Ever Grande and Route 128, common on the Super Rod and uncommon on the Good Rod. The heart fish schools in that southeastern sea by the league, an easy catch for anyone fishing the route to the Pokemon League.
Wild Luvdisc may be holding when caught:
Heart Scale (50% chance) A lovely scale. It is coveted by collectors.2 locations to catch Luvdisc
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 7
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Luvdisc in Emerald
Bring Good Rod and Super Rod for Luvdisc. There are 4 fishing encounters from Lv. 10-35 with no walking alternatives. Pick the spot with the best rate and settle in.
How to Get Shiny Luvdisc in Emerald
Luvdisc bites readily on the Super Rod cast into the water at Ever Grande City and Route 128; settle in, reel in cast after cast, and release each pink heart-fish until one surfaces shiny. Compare Shiny Luvdisc odds across every game
Shiny Luvdisc Evolution
Does Not EvolveEmerald Shiny Luvdisc 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Emerald shiny odds calculator with Luvdisc already selected.
Luvdisc Weakness
Type-wise, Luvdisc takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| 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 Luvdisc Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Luvdisc
 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 | |
Luvdisc Evolutions
Luvdisc doesn't evolve, so breeding's where the action is. You'll find a decent partner pool across one egg group, and eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 4 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Luvdisc easily with 17 breeding partners from the Water 2 egg group. Pass egg moves like Mud Sport, Splash, Supersonic and 1 more to offspring.
E Luvdisc Best Moveset
97 base Speed is Luvdisc's only passable stat, and nothing in the movepool converts that Speed into real damage. AbilitySwift Swim doubles it in rain, but 40 Sp. Atk can't threaten anything regardless.
Best Build
Luvdisc best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power Grass
- Rain Dance
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Mud Sport and Splash aren't available any other way for Luvdisc, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Surf and Dive for solid options.
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 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
LUVDISC make the branches of CORSOLA their nests. There is a custom from long ago of giving a LUVDISC as a gift to express one’s feelings of love.
Luvdisc Emerald Guide
Yes. Wild Luvdisc in Emerald can hold Heart Scale (50%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Heart Scale.
Honestly, in Emerald Luvdisc is a tough sell. It rates just F-Tier, and stronger Water options exist. Fun pick, not a practical one.
In Emerald, Luvdisc plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Emerald, Modest is the go-to nature for Luvdisc. That's +Sp. Atk / -Attack. Pair it with 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Luvdisc spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of 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 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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