Is Plusle Good in Emerald Playthrough?
AbilityPlus boosts Special Attack in double battles when a Minus partner is present. Emerald has more doubles than RS, including Tate and Liza, but the story is still mostly singles. Plusle is a weaker Electric-type than Manectric with a gimmick that rarely activates.
Roxanne's typing presses Plusle's defenses.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Plusle's defenses.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Plusle has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Plusle has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Plusle has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Plusle trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Plusle has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Plusle's weaknesses hard.
Plusle has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Plusle on Route 110 (walking, Lv 12-13, rare).
Recommended Moves
- LV 19ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- After Wattson
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wattson
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- LV 37ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Emerald Plusle Locations
Plusle is a rare Route 110 catch in the low teens, the cheering partner to Minun on the same patch of grass. There is also an in-game trade for one elsewhere, handy since the wild slot is thin enough to test your patience.
2 locations to catch Plusle
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Plusle in Emerald
How to Get Shiny Plusle in Emerald
Plusle bounces rarely through the grass of Route 110; comb that stretch beside the Cycling Road over and over until the cheer Pokemon turns up in its shiny shade. Compare Shiny Plusle odds across every game
Shiny Plusle Evolution
Does Not EvolveEmerald Shiny Plusle 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 Plusle preloaded.
Plusle Weakness
Plusle's Electric typing leaves it vulnerable to Ground. Not many exploitable gaps in the Electric typing defensive chart. Plusle's special bulk (base 75 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 Plusle Weak Against
Good
Plusle Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Plusle is a standalone Pokemon with a decent partner pool for breeding through one egg group. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Plusle easily with 27 breeding partners from the Fairy egg group. Pass egg moves like Substitute, Wish to offspring.
E Plusle Best Moveset
Doubles teams pair Plusle's AbilityPlus with a AbilityMinus partner for boosted Sp. Atk, but the 85 base stats leave it outclassed in Singles. The moveset runs special Electric TermStab with support moves like MoveEncore.
Best Build
Plusle best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power Ice
- Protect
- Toxic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Plusle's Normal and Steel coverage and more all comes from technical machines, built on top of Thunder and Thunderbolt for same-type damage. Thunder and Iron Tail are the payoff moves.
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
It has the trait of cheering on its fellow POKéMON. By shorting out the electricity it releases from its paws, it creates pom-poms for cheering.
Plusle Emerald Guide
Trade a Volbeat to the boy in the house northeast of the Fortree City Pokemon Center. This is an NPC trade, so the Plusle you receive is yours immediately, no transfer cable needed.
For Emerald, it depends on your team. Plusle rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Electric coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In Emerald, use Plusle as a pivot. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Thunderbolt is the primary attack.
For Emerald, run Timid on Plusle. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot role.
For Emerald, build your team around Wailord, Hitmonchan, and Metang. These have the highest co-usage rates with Plusle in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Plusle appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
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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