Is Octillery Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Water with AbilitySuction Cups preventing forced switches by Roar or Whirlwind. Available postgame. The stats are decent but every Water slot is already filled by Starmie, Lapras, or Gyarados.
Remoraid resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Misty's typing presses Remoraid's defenses.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's team hits Remoraid's weaknesses hard.
Remoraid has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Remoraid has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Remoraid has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Agatha's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Terry's team.
Catch Remoraid on Water Labyrinth (Super Rod fishing, Lv 15-25, common).
- LV 22WaterBubble Beam98100%20
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Sabrina
- TM29PsychicPsychic90100%10
- LV 44IceIce Beam90100%10
- After Blaine
- TM38FireFire Blast11085%5
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 55NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- Post-Game
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
Your Remoraid should hit Level 25 before you reach Lorelei, at typical leveling pace.
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25WaterBubble Beam98100%20
- After Erika
- TM35FireFlamethrower90100%15
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Blaine
- TM38FireFire Blast11085%5
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 54IceIce Beam90100%10
- LV 70NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- Post-Game
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Octillery in FireRed & LeafGreen
Octillery evolves from a LeafGreen-caught Remoraid at level 25. FireRed players need a trade to start the chain since Remoraid is locked to LeafGreen Super Rod encounters.
Catch Remoraid at any of these 9 spots to eventually evolve into Octillery.
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
- 1Catch Remoraid
- 2Evolve Octilleryat Lv.25
Badge 8How to Obtain Octillery in FRLG
Remoraid is your first catch on the way to Octillery. You'll find fishing encounters from Lv. 15-25 across 9 total spots in the chain.
Step 2Octillery ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Four Island Pokemon Day Care to receive a Octillery egg. Requires the Rainbow Pass to access Four Island.
Octillery Weakness
Octillery is weak to Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. With 75 HP and balanced defenses, Octillery can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Octillery Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Octillery
In FireRed & LeafGreen, Jolteon threatens a KO with Thunderbolt (94-111%). Venusaur deals 70-83% with Giga Drain.
A | ||
Recommended Build AbilityKeeneye ItemLeftovers NatureCareful Moves View Skarmory builds →
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 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityVoltabsorb ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Octillery View Jolteon builds →Thunderbolt 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Recommended Build AbilityOvergrow ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Octillery View Venusaur builds →Giga Drain 2x70-83% Sludge Bomb27-32% | ||
Octillery Evolutions
Octillery is what Remoraid becomes. Breed it for Remoraid eggs (average hatch time). Plenty of partners for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are average hatch time. The evolution from Remoraid pushed Octillery to 480 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +40. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Octillery to get Remoraid eggs easily using 58 partners from the Water1 and Water2 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aurora Beam, Haze, Octazooka and 4 more.
FRLG Octillery Best Moveset
105 Attack and 105 Sp. Atk hit evenly from both sides. AbilitySuction Cups prevents forced switches from MoveRoar and MoveWhirlwind. All Water moves use the Special stat, so the 105 Sp. Atk powers MoveSurf. The moveset fires special Water TermStab and mixed physical coverage, though 45 Speed leaves Octillery acting last.
Best Build
Octillery best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Flamethrower
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Octillery. Aurora Beam and Haze come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Surf and Dive and coverage across 9 types.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It instinctively sneaks into rocky holes. If it gets sleepy, it steals the nest of a fellow OCTILLERY.
It traps enemies with its suction-cupped tentacles, then smashes them with its rock-hard head.
Octillery FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
- Is Octillery exclusive to LeafGreen or FireRed?
Octillery is exclusive to Pokemon LeafGreen. FireRed players have to trade for one.
See the Locations section above for where to find Octillery in LeafGreen.
How to trade in FireRed and LeafGreen
GBA cartridges: You need a Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable and both players' FireRed/LeafGreen cartridges. Trade at the Cable Club on the 2nd floor of any Pokemon Center, which opens up shortly after Oak gives you the Pokedex.Nintendo Switch (2026 release): Trading uses local wireless only. There is no online play, and no Nintendo Switch Online subscription is required. Both players head to the Pokemon Wireless Club on the 2nd floor of any Pokemon Center, then step into a Union Room. Up to four other players can join. Available once you have the Pokedex from Professor Oak.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Octillery appears in 17 games across 9 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
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 7LGPE
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