Is Masquerain Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Bug/Flying with AbilityIntimidate, which is a strong ability on a Pokemon with mediocre stats. Masquerain lowers Attack on switch-in but can't capitalize offensively. The Intimidate support helps teammates more than Masquerain helps itself.
Surskit has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Surskit has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Surskit's weaknesses hard.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Masquerain's defenses.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Masquerain's weaknesses hard.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catch Surskit
Catch Surskit on Route 102 (walking, Lv 3, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- LV 25WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
Evolve Surskit to Masquerain
Surskit evolves into Masquerain at Level 22. Your Surskit should hit Level 22 before you reach Flannery, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- LV 40GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- LV 47BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Masquerain in Ruby & Sapphire
Surskit evolves into Masquerain at level 22, and there's no wild version to chase instead. Tracking down the rare base form is the real work; the level-up is the easy part.
Wild Masquerain may be holding when caught:
Silver Powder (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of BUG-type moves.Catch Surskit at any of these 5 spots to eventually evolve into Masquerain.
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Surskit
- 2Evolve Masquerainat Lv.22
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To get Masquerain, start by catching Surskit through surfing and walking encounters at Lv. 3-30. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Masquerain ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Surskit egg.
How to Get Shiny Masquerain in Ruby & Sapphire
Masquerain is an evolution of Surskit, so hunt a shiny Surskit on a route such as 117 and raise it into Masquerain. Compare Shiny Masquerain odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Masquerain 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 Masquerain.
Masquerain Weakness
Masquerain is weak to Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying. Watch out for Rock attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Ground-type moves entirely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Rock |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Electric, Ice, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
| 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 Masquerain Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Masquerain
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Combusken builds →Overheat 2x116-138%KO Rock Tomb 4x72-85% Peck 2x26-31% | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Graveler builds →Rock Tomb 4x113-134%KO Flamethrower 2x33-40% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Aron SteelRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Aron builds →Rock Tomb 4x95-113%KO Shock Wave 2x21-26% | ||
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Numel FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Numel builds →Overheat 2x95-113%KO Rock Tomb 4x55-66% | ||
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Slugma builds →Overheat 2x101-120%KO Rock Throw 4x44-52% | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Masquerain View Pelipper builds →Ice Beam 2x58-68% Shock Wave 2x38-45% Wing Attack 2x45-53% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Swellow Normal | C | |
Masquerain Evolutions
Masquerain is what Surskit becomes. Breed it for Surskit eggs (quick to hatch). A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolution from Surskit pushed Masquerain to 414 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +30. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Masquerain to get Surskit eggs easily using 37 partners from the Bug and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Foresight, Hydro Pump, Mind Reader and 2 more.
RS Masquerain Best Moveset
Bug/Flying with 80 Sp. Atk and MoveIce Beam plus MoveHydro Pump for coverage. AbilityIntimidate cuts opponent Attack on switch-in for physical defense utility. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Intimidate on a moderate special coverage frame.
Best Build
Masquerain best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Attacker Moveset
- Hydro Pump
- Rain Dance
- Stun Spore
- Blizzard
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Masquerain gets Foresight and Hydro Pump exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Coverage across 8 types rounds out the picture alongside Silver Wind and Aerial Ace.
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 22 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
MASQUERAIN intimidates enemies with the eyelike patterns on its antennas. This POKéMON flaps its four wings to freely fly in any direction - even sideways and backwards - as if it were a helicopter.
MASQUERAIN’s antennas have eyelike patterns that usually give it an angry look. If the “eyes” are droopy and appear sad, it is said to be a sign that a heavy rainfall is on its way.
Masquerain Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Masquerain is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Surskit under specific conditions.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Masquerain appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
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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