Is Mankey Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn. Trade from FireRed or LeafGreen. AbilityVital Spirit prevents sleep in Gen 3. Primeape's Fighting-type attacks are useful against Roxanne, Norman, and Sidney, but Hoenn has Breloom and Blaziken locally for Fighting coverage.
Roxanne's typing presses Mankey's defenses.
Mankey has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Mankey trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Mankey has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Mankey trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Winona's team hits Mankey's weaknesses hard.
Tate & Liza's team hits Mankey's weaknesses hard.
Mankey trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Mankey has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Phoebe's team hits Mankey's weaknesses hard.
Mankey has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Mankey's weaknesses hard.
Mankey trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Trade
Mankey cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Flannery
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Prize for defeating Flannery
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- LV 39FightingCross ChopPower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 51NormalThrashPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
How to Get Mankey in Ruby & Sapphire
The Fighting niche in Hoenn goes to Machop and Makuhita, leaving Mankey out of the wild. A trade from another game is the only way to add it.
How to Obtain Mankey in RS
- Step 1Mankey ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom FireRed & LeafGreenAvailableCatch in FireRed & LeafGreen via Walking · Route 22, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Red & BlueNot TradeableAppears in Red & Blue via Walking · Route 8. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom YellowNot TradeableAppears in Yellow via Walking · Route 23. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Gold & SilverNot TradeableAppears in Gold & Silver via Walking · Route 42. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Diamond & PearlNot TradeableAppears in Diamond & Pearl via Pokeradar · Route 225. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom PlatinumNot TradeableAppears in Platinum via Pokeradar · Route 226. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in HeartGold & SoulSilver via Walking · Route 42. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
- Step 2Evolve into Primeape
How to Get Shiny Mankey in Ruby & Sapphire
Because no Hoenn grass hides Mankey, hunt a shiny along Route 22 in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it home to Ruby & Sapphire. See every game where Shiny Mankey can be hunted
Mankey Weakness
Mankey is weak to Flying and Psychic. Not many exploitable gaps in the Fighting typing defensive chart. Mankey's Fighting typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Mankey Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Mankey
 Latios DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mankey View Latios builds →Psychic 2x208-245%KO Fly 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mankey View Latias builds →Psychic 2x180-212%KO Fly 2x85-101%KO | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mankey View Xatu builds →Future Sight 2x211-248%KO Fly 2x122-143%KO | ||
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Mankey View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x266-313%KO | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
 Salamence Dragon | S | |
 Grumpig Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mankey View Grumpig builds →Psychic 2x152-180%KO Bounce 2x67-79% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Chimecho Psychic | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
 Metagross SteelPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mankey View Metagross builds →Psychic 2x159-187%KO Aerial Ace 2x113-134%KO | ||
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
Mankey Evolutions
Mankey is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Primeape. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 150 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Mankey easily with 102 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Beat Up, Counter, Foresight and 5 more to offspring.
RS Mankey Best Moveset
Fighting pre-evolution with AbilityVital Spirit preventing sleep. Stats too low to contribute competitively. Primeape improves the numbers for the physical Fighting role.
Best Build
Mankey best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Earthquake
- Frustration
- Rock Slide
- Brick Break
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Mankey. Beat Up and Counter come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Focus Punch and Cross Chop and coverage across 8 types.
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 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When MANKEY starts shaking and its nasal breathing turns rough, it’s a sure sign that it is becoming angry. However, because it goes into a towering rage almost instantly, it is impossible for anyone to flee its wrath.
Mankey Ruby & Sapphire Guide
No. Mankey isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Catch one in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it over.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Mankey appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Mankey have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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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