Is Primeape Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
AbilityVital Spirit blocks sleep, which is helpful against Grass-types and their MoveSleep Powder. Trade-only in RS. Primeape handles Roxanne, Norman, and Sidney well, but Breloom does the same job natively with a Grass sub-typing that adds coverage.
Roxanne's typing presses Primeape's defenses.
Primeape has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Primeape has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Primeape has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Primeape has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Primeape trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Primeape trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Primeape has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Primeape resists most of Sidney's coverage and hits back hard.
Phoebe's team hits Primeape's weaknesses hard.
Primeape resists most of Glacia's coverage and hits back hard.
Primeape trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Primeape has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Trade
Primeape 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 28.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Flannery
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Prize for defeating Flannery
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 45FightingCross ChopPower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 63NormalThrashPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
How to Get Primeape in Ruby & Sapphire
Raise a traded Mankey to level 28 for Primeape. The angry monkey line has no presence on the Hoenn map.
How to Obtain Primeape in RS
- Step 1Obtain MankeyCARTRIDGE TRADEfrom FireRed & LeafGreenAvailableCatch in FireRed & LeafGreen via Walking · Route 22, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Red & BlueNot TradeableAppears in Red & Blue via Walking · Route 8. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom YellowNot TradeableAppears in Yellow via Walking · Route 23. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Gold & SilverNot TradeableAppears in Gold & Silver via Walking · Route 42. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Diamond & PearlNot TradeableAppears in Diamond & Pearl via Pokeradar · Route 225. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom PlatinumNot TradeableAppears in Platinum via Pokeradar · Route 226. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in HeartGold & SoulSilver via Walking · Route 42. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
- Step 2Primeape ✓
How to Get Shiny Primeape in Ruby & Sapphire
Primeape lives nowhere in Ruby & Sapphire, so climb to Victory Road's 2F in FireRed or LeafGreen for a shiny, or evolve a shiny Mankey, then trade it over. See every game where Shiny Primeape can be hunted
Primeape Weakness
Flying and Psychic moves hit Primeape for super-effective damage. Its Fighting typing keeps the defensive matchups simple. Primeape leans offensive (base 105 Atk) rather than trying to tank its weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Primeape Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Primeape
 Latios DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Primeape View Latios builds →Psychic 2x122-144%KO Fly 2x53-63% | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Primeape View Latias builds →Psychic 2x106-125%KO Fly 2x47-56% | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Primeape View Xatu builds →Future Sight 2x124-147%KO Fly 2x69-81% | ||
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Primeape View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x156-184%KO | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Primeape View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x151-178%KO | ||
 Salamence Dragon | S | |
 Grumpig Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Primeape View Grumpig builds →Psychic 2x90-106%KO Bounce 2x38-45% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Chimecho Psychic | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
 Metagross SteelPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Primeape View Metagross builds →Psychic 2x94-111%KO Aerial Ace 2x64-75% | ||
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
Primeape Evolutions
Primeape is the evolved form of Mankey. Breeding produces Mankey eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Mankey gave Primeape the biggest boost in HP (+25), bringing the total to 455 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Primeape to get Mankey eggs easily using 102 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Beat Up, Counter, Foresight and 5 more.
RS Primeape Best Moveset
105 Attack and 95 Speed behind MoveCross Chop for Fighting TermStab and MoveEarthquake for coverage. AbilityVital Spirit blocks sleep moves entirely, shutting down MoveSpore and MoveSleep Powder users. Held ItemChoice Band boosts damage. Sleep immunity on a fast physical attacker.
Best Build
Primeape best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Cross Chop
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Aerial Ace
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Primeape picks up Beat Up and Counter only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Focus Punch and Cross Chop while coverage across 8 types adds range.
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 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When PRIMEAPE becomes furious, its blood circulation is boosted. In turn, its muscles are made even stronger. However, it also becomes much less intelligent at the same time.
Primeape Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Primeape isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Catch one in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it to Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Primeape has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 20 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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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