Is Mantine Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Water/Flying import with AbilitySwift Swim for rain Speed. Mantine has high Special Defense and decent Special Attack. Handles Flannery and covers Brawly with Flying. Competes with native Pelipper for the Water/Flying slot, and Pelipper doesn't need a trade.
Mantine resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Mantine resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Mantine has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Mantine trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Trade
Mantine 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
- LV 15WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Mantine in Emerald
Mantine glides through no catchable Emerald water. The roster lists it breed-only, but its line has no wild presence in Hoenn, so the kite ray must be traded in before you can hatch any more of it.
Mantine cannot be caught in the wild in Emerald, but you can still get it via these paths:
Catch in the wild and trade from these games:
Then trade to Emerald.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
How to Get Shiny Mantine in Emerald
Mantine has no shiny path native to Emerald; raise a shiny one over in LeafGreen instead, then send it across the link cable, since a Pokemon's shine carries over untouched through a trade. See every game where Shiny Mantine can be hunted
Shiny Mantine Evolution
Does Not EvolveMantine Weakness
Type-wise, Mantine takes extra damage from Electric and Rock. Watch out for Electric attacks, those deal 4x damage. Ground moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Water Absorb grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Mantine's special bulk (base 140 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Electric |
| 2x (Weak) | Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Fighting, Bug, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Mantine Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Mantine
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mantine View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 4x98-116%KO Rollout 2x13-16% | ||
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodBattle Frontier Interact Encounter | ||
 Regirock Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 111 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mantine View Regirock builds →Thunderbolt 4x46-54% Ancient Power 2x66-78% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Aggron SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mantine View Aggron builds →Thunderbolt 4x53-63% Rock Tomb 2x59-70% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mantine View Rhydon builds →Rock Tomb 2x69-81% Thunderbolt 4x42-50% | ||
Mantine Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Mantine is a standalone Pokemon with plenty of partners for breeding through one egg group. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Mantine easily with 58 breeding partners from the Water 1 egg group. Pass egg moves like Haze, Hydro Pump, Mud Sport and 3 more to offspring.
E Mantine Best Moveset
Water/Flying with 140 base Sp. Def makes Mantine one of the best special tanks available for Emerald teams that need a Water-type answer. The moveset absorbs special hits while AbilityWater Absorb turns incoming Water moves into free recovery.
Best Build
Mantine best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Haze
- Toxic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Haze and Hydro Pump aren't available any other way for Mantine, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Hydro Pump and Surf 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 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
On sunny days, schools of MANTINE can be seen elegantly leaping over the waves. It is not bothered by the REMORAID that hitches rides.
Mantine Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Mantine plays as a support. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Emerald, Calm is the go-to nature for Mantine. That's +Sp. Def / -Attack. Pair it with 252 HP / 108 Def / 140 SpD / 8 Spe EVs. Fits the support role.
No. Mantine isn't catchable in Emerald. Catch one in LeafGreen, then trade it over.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Mantine spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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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