Is Nuzleaf Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Grass/Dark mid-stage with AbilityChlorophyll. Nuzleaf contributes Grass against Water trainers and Dark against Psychic. Shiftry waits behind a Leaf Stone. The dual coverage handles the back half of Emerald well. Find the stone to unlock the full package.
Seedot has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Nuzleaf trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Shiftry trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Shiftry trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Shiftry resists most of Juan's coverage and hits back hard.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Shiftry trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catch Seedot
Catch Seedot on Route 102 (walking, Lv 3, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 43NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Seedot to Nuzleaf
Seedot evolves into Nuzleaf at Level 14. Your Seedot should hit Level 14 before you reach Brawly, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- LV 31DarkFeint AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TUTORNormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Pacifidlog Town
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Nuzleaf to Shiftry
Nuzleaf evolves into Shiftry with a Leaf Stone. You can pick up the Leaf Stone in Route 119.
Recommended Moves
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TUTORNormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Pacifidlog Town
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Nuzleaf in Emerald
Nuzleaf hides as a rare level 15 catch on Route 114, the one spot it walks wild in Emerald. If the odds frustrate you, a Seedot evolves into Nuzleaf at level 14 instead, which is often the calmer path.
1 location to catch Nuzleaf4 locations to catch Seedot
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Catch Seedot at any of the 4 locations below, then level it up to 14 — it evolves into Nuzleaf.
Badge 1
Badge 2 Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6Where To Catch Nuzleaf in E
Seedot gets you Nuzleaf sooner: catch it at the very start and evolve it at Lv 14. Wild Nuzleaf first appears at Route 114 (after Badge 3).
- Step 3Evolve into ShiftryBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Seedot egg.
Not landing the catch? Calculate Nuzleaf catch rates for Emerald by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Nuzleaf in Emerald
Nuzleaf is a rare find in the grass of Route 114, though its occasional swarms flood that route with them, so hunt during a swarm to churn through the full-odds shiny faster. Compare Shiny Nuzleaf odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Nuzleaf 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 Nuzleaf preloaded.
Nuzleaf Weakness
Type-wise, Nuzleaf takes extra damage from Bug, Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, and Flying. Watch out for Bug attacks, those deal 4x damage. Psychic moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Bug |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground, Ghost, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Nuzleaf Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Nuzleaf
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nuzleaf View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x275-324%KO Sludge Bomb 2x111-132%KO | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nuzleaf View Combusken builds →Focus Punch 2x197-232%KO Flamethrower 2x127-150%KO Peck 2x32-39% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nuzleaf View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x219-259%KO Flamethrower 2x58-68% | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nuzleaf View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 4x180-211%KO Focus Punch 2x117-139%KO | ||
 Swalot Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nuzleaf View Swalot builds →Sludge Bomb 2x107-126%KO Ice Beam 2x75-89% Rock Smash 2x17-20% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nuzleaf View Skarmory builds →Air Cutter 2x72-85% Rock Smash 2x19-23% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nuzleaf View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x113-133%KO Wing Attack 2x77-92% Leech Life 4x39-45% | ||
 Seviper Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nuzleaf View Seviper builds →Sludge Bomb 2x133-157%KO Flamethrower 2x94-111%KO Rock Smash 2x20-25% | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nuzleaf View Quilava builds →Flamethrower 2x122-143%KO Focus Punch 2x106-125%KO | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nuzleaf View Torkoal builds →Flamethrower 2x127-150%KO Sludge Bomb 2x78-93% Rock Smash 2x19-23% | ||
 Illumise Bug | C | |
 Dustox BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nuzleaf View Dustox builds →Sludge Bomb 2x81-95% Gust 2x25-30% | ||
 Grimer Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nuzleaf View Grimer builds →Sludge Bomb 2x113-133%KO Flamethrower 2x50-59% | ||
Nuzleaf Evolutions
Sitting between Seedot and Shiftry, Nuzleaf is part of a chain that requires an evolution item. Not your typical level-up setup. HP has grown the most so far (+30), but there's still another 140 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Nuzleaf to get Seedot eggs easily using 102 partners from the Field and Grass egg groups. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, False Swipe, Leech Seed and 3 more.
E Nuzleaf Best Moveset
Grass/Dark typing arrives at this stage with AbilityChlorophyll for sun teams, but Nuzleaf's stats are middling. The moveset should run Grass and Dark moves while building toward Shiftry.
Best Build
Nuzleaf best EVs are Speed and Sp. Atk
Utility Moveset
- Thief
- Cut
- Rock Tomb
- Giga Drain
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Amnesia and False Swipe aren't available any other way for Nuzleaf, 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 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
A forest-dwelling POKéMON that is skilled at climbing trees. Its long and pointed nose is its weak point. It loses power if the nose is gripped.
Nuzleaf Emerald Guide
For Emerald, you can run Nuzleaf through the first few routes without issues. 340 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Shiftry as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Obtainable through an item-based evolution, Nuzleaf appears in 15 titles across 7 generations since Ruby & Sapphire. The evolution method adds a barrier that wild-catchable Pokemon don't have.
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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Where to go next after Nuzleaf.
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