Is Meditite Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Mt. Pyre and Victory Road. AbilityPure Power doubles Attack, making Medicham one of the hardest-hitting Fighting-types in RS. The ability turns average Attack into devastating power. Medicham at 37 handles Norman, Sidney, and Steven's Aggron. One of the best abilities in the game on a solid body.
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.
Catchable
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 Meditite in Ruby & Sapphire
Four spots over two areas, common in one and rare in the other, levels 27 to 38. Meditite lives up on a mountain, so reaching its grass means a real hike before you can start looking.
2 locations to catch Meditite
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Meditite in RS
The line opens with Meditite at Lv. 27-38 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Medichamor evolve from Meditite (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Meditite catch odds in the Ruby & Sapphire Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Meditite in Ruby & Sapphire
Meditite trains on the slopes of Mt. Pyre, so battle every wild one you find and keep an eye out for a shiny. Compare Shiny Meditite odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Meditite 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Meditite in the Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Meditite Weakness
Meditite's Fighting/Psychic typing leaves it vulnerable to Flying and Ghost. Few weaknesses and 2 resistances make the typing clean. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| 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 Meditite Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Meditite
 Banette Ghost | C | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Xatu builds →Fly 2x98-115%KO Shadow Ball 2x74-88% | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Altaria builds →Fly 2x94-112%KO Astonish 2x27-33% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Dusclops Ghost | B | |
 Dodrio Normal | B | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Ninjask builds →Aerial Ace 2x98-115%KO Shadow Ball 2x86-102%KO | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Swellow Normal | C | |
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Masquerain builds →Aerial Ace 2x73-87% Shadow Ball 2x63-74% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Golbat builds →Wing Attack 2x88-105%KO Shadow Ball 2x79-93% | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meditite View Beautifly builds →Aerial Ace 2x79-94% Shadow Ball 2x71-84% | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing | ||
Meditite Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Meditite grows into Medicham through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 130 total stats over Meditite. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Meditite easily with 28 breeding partners from the Human-Like egg group. Pass egg moves like Baton Pass, Dynamic Punch, Fake Out and 4 more to offspring.
RS Meditite Best Moveset
Fighting/Psychic pre-evolution where AbilityPure Power doubles Attack, turning a weak base into competitive power even at this stage. Medicham takes the doubled Attack to devastating levels.
Best Build
Meditite best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Shadow Ball
- Bulk Up
- Recover
- High Jump Kick
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Baton Pass and Dynamic Punch on Meditite. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Focus Punch and High Jump Kick, they expand what Meditite can actually threaten in practice.
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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
MEDITITE undertakes rigorous mental training deep in the mountains. However, whenever it meditates, this POKéMON always loses its concentration and focus. As a result, its training never ends.
MEDITITE heightens its inner energy through meditation. It survives on just one berry a day. Minimal eating is another aspect of this POKéMON’s training.
Meditite Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Meditite can be caught in the wild at Hoenn Mt Pyre and Hoenn Victory Road in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Meditite spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline 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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