Is Ninjask Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Ninjask with AbilitySpeed Boost gains Speed every turn. After two rounds, nothing in Emerald outspeeds it. Average Attack with compounding Speed creates situations where Ninjask hits multiple times before the opponent moves. A ramp-up Pokemon that rewards patient setup.
Nincada trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Nincada trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Wattson:
Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Flannery:
Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Norman:
Winona's team hits Ninjask's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Winona:
Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Tate & Liza:
Ninjask has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Juan:
Ninjask has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Sidney:
Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Phoebe:
Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Glacia:
Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Drake:
Ninjask trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Wallace:
Catch Nincada
Catch Nincada on Route 116 (walking, Lv 6-7, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 45GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Nincada to Ninjask
Nincada evolves into Ninjask at Level 20. Your Nincada should hit Level 20 before you reach Wattson, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 31NormalSlashPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%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 Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Nincada to Shedinja
Nincada evolves into Shedinja at Level 20. Your Nincada should hit Level 20 before you reach Wattson, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 38GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Ninjask in Emerald
Ninjask has no wild spawns. Evolve a Route 116 Nincada at level 20 and you get the speedy cicada, plus a hidden bonus: an empty party slot and a spare Poke Ball leave a Shedinja behind too.
Catch Nincada at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Ninjask.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Nincada
- 2Evolve Ninjaskat Lv.20
Badge 1How to Obtain Ninjask in E
- Step 1Catch Nincada
- Step 2Ninjask ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Nincada egg.
How to Get Shiny Ninjask in Emerald
Ninjask evolves straight out of Nincada, so catch a shiny Nincada on Route 116 and level it to 20; the evolution keeps the shine as it speeds into Ninjask. Compare Shiny Ninjask odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Ninjask 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Emerald with Ninjask preloaded.
Ninjask Weakness
Ninjask's Bug/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying. Rock hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Ground-type attacks completely. At base 160 Speed, Ninjask outspeeds most threats and doesn't need to tank what it can outrun.
| 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 Ninjask Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Ninjask
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Combusken builds →Flamethrower 2x119-141%KO Rock Tomb 4x89-106%KO Peck 2x33-39% | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Graveler builds →Rock Tomb 4x147-173%KO Flamethrower 2x51-60% | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Solrock builds →Rock Tomb 4x147-173%KO Flamethrower 2x57-67% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Aron SteelRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Aron builds →Rock Tomb 4x116-137%KO Shock Wave 2x30-36% | ||
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninjask View Pelipper builds →Ice Beam 2x86-101%KO Shock Wave 2x54-65% Wing Attack 2x54-65% | ||
 Swellow Normal | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
Ninjask Evolutions
Out of 2 evolutions from Nincada, Ninjask comes from the level-up path. The method you use determines which form you end up with. Breed through Nincada to get eggs. Stat-wise, Ninjask comes out 220 points ahead of Shedinja, mostly thanks to a bigger Speed gain. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Ninjask to get Nincada eggs easily using 37 partners from the Bug egg group. Notable egg moves include Endure, Feint Attack, Gust and 1 more.
E Ninjask Best Moveset
AbilitySpeed Boost raises Speed every turn, and 160 base Speed means Ninjask outruns everything in Emerald even before the first boost. The moveset uses MoveSwords Dance and MoveBaton Pass to hand Attack and Speed boosts to a teammate, making Ninjask one of the best setup passers in the game.
Best Build
Ninjask best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Silver Wind
- Shadow Ball
- Hidden Power Rock
- Aerial Ace
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Endure and Feint Attack on Ninjask. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Leech Life and Aerial Ace, they expand what Ninjask 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 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Because it darts about vigorously at high speed, it is very difficult to see. Hearing its distinctive cries for too long induces a headache.
Ninjask Emerald Guide
In Emerald, use Ninjask as a pivot. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats,
For Emerald, run Adamant on Ninjask. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Ninjask 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
Winds & Waves
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