Is Porygon2 Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Trade Porygon with Up-Grade, plus import from FRLG. AbilityTrace copies the opponent's ability. Two trade barriers. Porygon2's balanced stats and Trace ability create interesting matchups but the import requirements make this impractical for an RS story run.
Porygon2 trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Porygon2 has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Porygon2's defenses.
Porygon2 has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Norman's team hits Porygon2's weaknesses hard.
Porygon2 has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Porygon2 trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Porygon2 has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Porygon2 has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Porygon2 trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Porygon2 has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Porygon2 resists most of Drake's coverage and hits back hard.
Porygon2 trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Trade
Porygon2 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.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- LV 36NormalTri AttackPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Porygon2 in Ruby & Sapphire
Porygon2 needs an Up-Grade on a traded Porygon, and with Porygon absent from Hoenn the whole line is trade-fed. The upgraded program starts with that trade.
How to Obtain Porygon2 in RS
- Step 1Obtain PorygonCARTRIDGE TRADEfrom FireRed & LeafGreenAvailableCatch in FireRed & LeafGreen via Gift · Celadon City · 9,999 Coins, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Red & BlueNot TradeableAppears in Red & Blue via Gift · Celadon City · 9,999 Coins. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom YellowNot TradeableAppears in Yellow via Gift · Celadon City · 9,999 Coins. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Gold & SilverNot TradeableAppears in Gold & Silver via Gift · Celadon City · 9,999 Coins. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom CrystalNot TradeableAppears in Crystal via Gift · Celadon City · 5,555 Coins. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Diamond & PearlNot TradeableAppears in Diamond & Pearl via Walking · Trophy Garden · Post-National Dex. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom PlatinumNot TradeableAppears in Platinum via Gift · Veilstone City. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
- Step 2Porygon2 ✓
How to Get Shiny Porygon2 in Ruby & Sapphire
No Hoenn method builds a Porygon2, so a shiny must arrive by trade from a game that can raise the Porygon line. See every game where Shiny Porygon2 can be hunted
Porygon2 Weakness
Fighting moves hit Porygon2 for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. With 85 HP and balanced defenses, Porygon2 can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Porygon2 Weak Against
Good
Porygon2 Evolutions
Porygon2 evolved from Porygon's chain using a trade. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Porygon eggs (average hatch time). The evolution from Porygon pushed Porygon2 to 515 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +20. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Porygon2 is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Porygon eggs. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyRS Porygon2 Best Moveset
Ability theft on a versatile special tank: AbilityTrace copies the opponent's ability on switch-in, potentially stealing AbilityLevitate or AbilityIntimidate. 105 Sp. Atk with MoveIce Beam and MoveThunderbolt for coverage. MoveRecover sustains. Held ItemLeftovers adds recovery.
Best Build
Porygon2 best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Recover
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Porygon2's coverage across 8 types all comes from technical machines, built on top of Hyper Beam and Tri Attack for same-type damage. Zap Cannon and Blizzard 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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
PORYGON2 was created by humans using the power of science. The man-made POKéMON has been endowed with artificial intelligence that enables it to learn new gestures and emotions on its own.
Porygon2 Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Porygon2 isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Obtain one in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it to Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Since Gold & Silver, Porygon2 has been in 19 games. Requiring a trade evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
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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