Is Meganium Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Meganium with AbilityOvergrow arrives from the postgame Birch gift. Defensive Grass bulk with decent Special. Too late for the story, but the Battle Frontier gives it Water matchups to handle. Useful for facility challenges and Steven's Meteor Falls rematch.
Chikorita resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Chikorita trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Chikorita's defenses.
Flannery's team hits Chikorita's weaknesses hard.
Chikorita trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Winona's team hits Chikorita's weaknesses hard.
Chikorita trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Chikorita has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Meganium has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Meganium has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Meganium has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Meganium's weaknesses hard.
Meganium has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Gift Chikorita
Chikorita is given to you as a gift in Littleroot Town at Lv 5. From Professor Birch after completing Hoenn Pokédex. Gift from Professor Birch in Littleroot Town after completing the Hoenn Pokedex.
Recommended Moves
- LV 8GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 29NormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Norman
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Juan
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
- LV 50GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Chikorita to Meganium
Bayleef evolves into Meganium at Level 32. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Wallace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- LV 32NormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by the Tunnel Man in Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 61GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Meganium in Emerald
Meganium only exists in Emerald if you raised the Chikorita gift. Bayleef becomes Meganium at level 32, capping a starter line you cannot get until after the credits roll.
Catch Chikorita at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Meganium.
Badge 8How to Obtain Meganium in E
- Step 2Evolve into BayleefBREEDINGAvailableLeave Meganium with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Chikorita egg.
- Step 3Meganium ✓
How to Get Shiny Meganium in Emerald
Meganium comes only from evolution, so hunt a shiny Chikorita by soft-resetting the Littleroot Town gift, raise it through Bayleef, and evolve at level 32 with the shiny intact. Compare Shiny Meganium odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Meganium Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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 Emerald shiny odds for Meganium.
Meganium Weakness
Type-wise, Meganium takes extra damage from Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Meganium's overall bulk (80/100/100) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Meganium Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Meganium
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Combusken builds →Overheat 2x91-108%KO Peck 2x17-20% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x58-69% Wing Attack 2x40-48% Leech Life 2x10-12% | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Torkoal builds →Overheat 2x91-108%KO Sludge Bomb 2x40-48% | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Swalot Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Swalot builds →Sludge Bomb 2x53-63% Ice Beam 2x37-44% | ||
 Seviper Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Seviper builds →Sludge Bomb 2x68-81% Flamethrower 2x47-56% | ||
 Dustox BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Dustox builds →Sludge Bomb 2x40-48% Gust 2x13-16% | ||
 Gloom GrassPoison | C | |
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Grimer Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Grimer builds →Sludge Bomb 2x58-69% Flamethrower 2x25-30% | ||
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Meganium View Slugma builds →Overheat 2x79-93% Smog 2x6-8% | ||
 Numel FireGround | C | |
 Swellow Normal | C | |
Meganium Evolutions
End of the line. Meganium caps a three-stage chain that started at Chikorita. Breeding produces the base form, and eggs take an average time to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+35 over Chikorita), and Meganium peaks at 525 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Meganium to get Chikorita eggs easily using 35 partners from the Grass and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Counter, Flail and 5 more.
E Meganium Best Moveset
Meganium supports teammates through MoveReflect and MoveLight Screen, cutting incoming damage in half from both sides. The moveset pairs this with MoveLeech Seed for passive drain and MoveSynthesis for self-recovery. 100/100 defenses give Meganium the bulk to set up screens reliably, but 83 Sp. Atk and pure Grass typing limit what it threatens offensively.
Best Build
Meganium best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Synthesis
- Reflect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Ancient Power and Counter aren't available any other way for Meganium, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Solar Beam and Giga Drain 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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The fragrance of a MEGANIUM’s flower soothes and calms emotions. In battle, it gives off more of its becalming scent to blunt the foe’s fighting spirit.
Meganium Emerald Guide
Yes. Meganium is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Meganium becomes available after the main story is complete in Emerald.
In Emerald, Meganium plays as a support. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Emerald, Calm is the go-to nature for Meganium. That's +Sp. Def / -Attack. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD EVs. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Meganium 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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