
Is Octillery Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
AbilitySuction Cups prevents forced switches. Trade-only in RS. Octillery has strong offense from both sides but the Speed is terrible. In Hoenn's speed-focused meta, getting outsped by everything limits how much damage you actually get to deal.
Octillery resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Octillery resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Octillery trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Octillery has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Trade
Octillery cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four. Alternatively, transfer the pre-evolution and level it up to Lv 25.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- LV 22WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- LV 54IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 70NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Octillery in Ruby & Sapphire
A traded Remoraid evolves into Octillery at level 25, the only route to the jet octopus here.
How to Obtain Octillery in RS
Step 1Obtain RemoraidCARTRIDGE TRADEfrom EmeraldAvailableCatch in Emerald via Super rod · Safari Zone · Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, then trade to the current game via link cable.CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom FireRed & LeafGreenAvailableCatch in FireRed & LeafGreen via Super rod · Water Path, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Gold & SilverNot TradeableAppears in Gold & Silver via Super rod · Route 44 · the Remoraid swarm on Route 44 that Fisher Wilton. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Diamond & PearlNot TradeableAppears in Diamond & Pearl via Good rod · Pokémon League. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom PlatinumNot TradeableAppears in Platinum via Good rod · Route 212. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in HeartGold & SoulSilver via Super rod · Route 44 · Swarm active. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
Step 2Octillery ✓
How to Get Shiny Octillery in Ruby & Sapphire
Octillery never surfaces in Sapphire's seas, so hook a shiny in Emerald's Safari Zone South Extension and trade it back. See every game where Shiny Octillery can be hunted
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
Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
Tropius Grass | C | |
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Manectric Electric | C | |
Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Plusle Electric | C | |
Electrode Electric | B | |
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 take an average time to hatch. 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 Water 1 and Water 2 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aurora Beam, Haze, Octazooka and 4 more.
RS Octillery Best Moveset
105 Sp. Atk fires MoveSurf, MoveIce Beam, and MoveFire Blast for wide coverage. AbilitySuction Cups prevents forced switches from MoveRoar and phazing. 45 Speed goes last against everything. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Slow but powerful special attacker that stays in when others get roared out.
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 8 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
All 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
OCTILLERY grabs onto its foe using its tentacles. This POKéMON tries to immobilize it before delivering the finishing blow. If the foe turns out to be too strong, OCTILLERY spews ink to escape.
Octillery Ruby & Sapphire Guide
No. Octillery isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Catch one in Emerald or LeafGreen, then trade it over.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Octillery appears in 17 games across 8 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 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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