Is Minun Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Route 110. AbilityMinus is the counterpart to Plus, boosting in double battles alongside Plusle. Same problem: the singles-focused story mode makes the ability irrelevant. Weaker than Manectric in every meaningful way. A doubles gimmick in a singles game.
Roxanne's typing presses Minun's defenses.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Minun's defenses.
Minun has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Minun has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Minun has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Minun has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Minun's weaknesses hard.
Minun trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Minun on Route 110 (walking, Lv 13, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- LV 19ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Wattson
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 37ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- After Wallace
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
Ruby & Sapphire Minun Locations
Two grass spots at one route, levels 12 to 13, sitting between rare and uncommon. Minun has no trade offer like its partner Plusle, so the grass is the only way to land it.
1 location to catch Minun
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Best Locations to Catch Minun in Ruby & Sapphire
How to Get Shiny Minun in Ruby & Sapphire
Minun appears in the grass of Route 110, so work the route and watch each wild encounter for the shiny sheen. Compare Shiny Minun odds across every game
Shiny Minun Evolution
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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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds calculator with Minun already selected.
Minun Weakness
Minun is weak to Ground. Its Electric typing keeps the defensive matchups simple. Minun's special bulk (base 85 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Flying, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Minun Weak Against
Good
Minun Evolutions
Minun is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through one egg group with a decent partner pool. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 2 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Minun easily with 27 breeding partners from the Fairy egg group. Pass egg moves like Substitute, Wish to offspring.
RS Minun Best Moveset
Similar to Plusle with slightly different stat distribution. AbilityMinus boosts Sp. Atk in doubles with a Plus/Minus partner. MoveThunderbolt and MoveBaton Pass for the same Electric support role. Outclassed by stronger Electric options in singles.
Best Build
Minun best EVs are HP and Speed
Bulky Support Moveset
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power Ice
- Protect
- Toxic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs define Minun's movepool. The natural moves cover basics with Thunder and Thunderbolt, but the real versatility comes from technical machines giving it Normal and Steel coverage. That's where the options open up.
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 17 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
MINUN is more concerned about cheering on its partners than its own safety. It shorts out the electricity in its body to create brilliant showers of sparks to cheer on its teammates.
MINUN loves to cheer on its partner in battle. It gives off sparks from its body while it is doing so. If its partner is in trouble, this POKéMON gives off increasing amounts of sparks.
Minun Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Minun can be caught in the wild at Hoenn Route 110 in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Minun first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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
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