Is Medicham Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
AbilityPure Power doubles the Attack stat. Medicham hits as hard as Pokemon with 130+ base Attack despite its modest numbers. Fighting/Psychic coverage handles Norman, Sidney, and Tate and Liza. The doubled Attack makes every physical move threatening. A mid-to-late game catch that earns its place.
Meditite has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Meditite resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Meditite trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Winona's team hits Meditite's weaknesses hard.
Medicham trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Medicham trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Medicham has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Medicham trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Medicham trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catch Meditite
Catch Meditite in Mt. Pyre (walking, Lv 27-29, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- TM08FightingBulk UpPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Brawly
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- LV 32FightingHigh Jump KickPower 128Accuracy 90%PP 20
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
Evolve Meditite to Medicham
Meditite evolves into Medicham at Level 37. Your Meditite should hit Level 37 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 37)
- LV 37FightingHigh Jump KickPower 128Accuracy 90%PP 20
- LV 37PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
How to Get Medicham in Ruby & Sapphire
Up on the same mountain as its base form, Medicham appears uncommon at levels 40 to 44 across four encounters. Taking a Meditite to level 37 lands one well before the wild ones get that strong, though.
1 location to catch Medicham2 locations to catch Meditite
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Meditite at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 37 — it evolves into Medicham.
Badge 6
Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Medicham in RS
Meditite gets you Medicham sooner: catch it (before Badge 7) and evolve it at Lv 37. Wild Medicham first appears at Victory Road (after Badge 8).
- Step 2Medicham ✓or evolve from Meditite (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Ruby & Sapphire for Medicham.
How to Get Shiny Medicham in Ruby & Sapphire
Medicham shows up as an uncommon wild encounter in Victory Road, so work through the caves and study each one for the shiny tint. Compare Shiny Medicham odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Medicham 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 Medicham.
Medicham Weakness
Medicham is weak to Flying and Ghost. Not many exploitable gaps in the Fighting/Psychic typing defensive chart. Medicham's Fighting/Psychic typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Ghost |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Rock |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Medicham Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Medicham
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Altaria builds →Sky Attack 2x111-131%KO Astonish 2x17-21% | ||
 Banette Ghost | C | |
 Salamence Dragon | S | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Xatu builds →Fly 2x61-71% Shadow Ball 2x46-54% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Dodrio Normal | B | |
 Dusclops Ghost | B | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Ninjask builds →Aerial Ace 2x59-70% Shadow Ball 2x52-62% | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Swellow Normal | C | |
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Masquerain builds →Aerial Ace 2x44-52% Shadow Ball 2x38-45% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Medicham View Golbat builds →Wing Attack 2x54-63% Shadow Ball 2x48-56% | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing | ||
Medicham Evolutions
Medicham is what Meditite becomes. Breed it for Meditite eggs (average hatch time). A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Meditite pushed Medicham to 410 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +30. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Medicham to get Meditite eggs easily using 28 partners from the Human-Like egg group. Notable egg moves include Baton Pass, Dynamic Punch, Fake Out and 4 more.
RS Medicham Best Moveset
Doubled Attack through AbilityPure Power creates an effective 120 from modest base stats. Fighting/Psychic dual TermStab covers most of the format. MoveHigh Jump Kick for Fighting power, MovePsychic for Psychic, MoveRock Slide for Flying types. Held ItemChoice Band stacks. Top-tier physical threat.
Best Build
Medicham best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Shadow Ball
- Brick Break
- Rock Slide
- Focus Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Medicham gets Baton Pass and Dynamic Punch exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Normal and Fire coverage and more rounds out the picture alongside Focus Punch and High Jump Kick.
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 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is said that through meditation, MEDICHAM heightens energy inside its body and sharpens its sixth sense. This POKéMON hides its presence by merging itself with fields and mountains.
Through the power of meditation, MEDICHAM developed its sixth sense. It gained the ability to use psychokinetic powers. This POKéMON is known to meditate for a whole month without eating.
Medicham Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Medicham can be caught in the wild at Hoenn Victory Road in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Available since Ruby & Sapphire, Medicham appears in 15 games spanning 7 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Mega form in Generation 6.
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 6ORASMega
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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