Is Ralts Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Route 102, rare encounter. Ralts is Psychic-only in Gen 3 with AbilitySynchronize or AbilityTrace. Gardevoir at 30 is one of Emerald's best Pokemon. The catch window is tight since Ralts is uncommon. Invest immediately if you find one. Handles Brawly, contributes against Phoebe, and the Special power lasts all game.
Level 13 Ralts faces Roxanne's level 15 ace, with Geodude's MoveRock Throw and MoveRock Tomb, Nosepass's Rock Tomb, and Ralts's Psychic attacks all landing at neutral. That two-level gap makes this a fair fistfight, not a typing win.
Ralts cuts Brawly's Fighting pressure to half strength. Machop brings MoveKarate Chop, Meditite brings MoveFocus Punch, and Makuhita uses MoveArm Thrust and MoveVital Throw. Machop and Makuhita both crumble to double-damage Psychic hits; Meditite's own Psychic half blunts them to neutral.
Magneton resists Kirlia's Psychic attacks at half strength, and no available move exploits its four-times Ground weakness. MoveMud-Slap unlocks only after this badge, while Voltorb carries a 200-power MoveSelf-Destruct. Lead a Ground-type instead.
MoveOverheat deals neutral damage to Kirlia, whether it comes from Numel, Slugma, Camerupt, or Torkoal. Now unlocked, MoveMud-Slap doubles into Numel and Camerupt, though its 20 power keeps the payoff small.
Kirlia takes double damage when Vigoroth or Slaking uses MoveFeint Attack. Psychic attacks chip Spinda, Vigoroth, Linoone, and Slaking at neutral, so the matchup hinges on avoiding that Dark coverage.
Gardevoir's MoveThunderbolt hits Winona's Pelipper for four-times damage. The same Thunderbolt catches Swablu and Skarmory for double damage, turning three separate targets into one attacking plan.
Half-strength MovePsychic attacks give Gardevoir room against Tate and Liza, though Claydol's MoveEarthquake and Solrock's MoveFlamethrower remain neutral. MoveShadow Ball enters the pool at this badge and breaks Claydol, Xatu, Lunatone, and Solrock alike for double damage.
Whiscash shrugs Electric off entirely and Kingdra caps both MoveThunderbolt and Psychic attacks at neutral, but Gardevoir's Thunderbolt still carves double damage out of Luvdisc, Sealeo, and Crawdaunt.
Sidney's Mightyena, Shiftry, Cacturne, Crawdaunt, and Absol are immune to MoveFuture Sight, while Mightyena's MoveCrunch and Cacturne's MoveFeint Attack return double damage. One live target remains: Crawdaunt takes double damage from MoveThunderbolt.
Expect double damage from every member of Phoebe's team: one Dusclops uses MoveShadow Punch, while the other Dusclops, both Banette, and Sableye carry MoveShadow Ball. Gardevoir's Shadow Ball punishes Dusclops and Banette for double damage, but Psychic attacks cannot affect Sableye.
Glacia's Ice attacks never rise above neutral on Gardevoir, and MoveThunderbolt drops both Sealeo and Walrein for double damage. Watch the two Glalie: one swings MoveCrunch, the other MoveShadow Ball, and both hit twice as hard.
Against Drake, Gardevoir's MoveFuture Sight lands clean neutral damage across Shelgon, Altaria, Kingdra, Flygon, and Salamence. MoveIce Punch remains post-game only, leaving the four-times Ice weakness on three of his dragons out of reach. Stick with Future Sight while respecting MoveCrunch, the double-damage answer Flygon and Salamence throw back.
On Wallace's team, Whiscash nullifies Gardevoir's MoveThunderbolt through its Ground typing. Redirect Thunderbolt toward Gyarados for four-times damage, or toward Wailord, Tentacruel, and Milotic for double damage.
Catchable
Catch Ralts on Route 102 (walking, Lv 4, rare).
Recommended Moves
- LV 6PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- LV 26PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- LV 36PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 46PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Ralts to Kirlia
Ralts evolves into Kirlia at Level 20. Your Ralts should hit Level 20 before you reach Wattson, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- LV 26PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- LV 40PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 54PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Kirlia to Gardevoir
Kirlia evolves into Gardevoir at Level 30. Your Kirlia should hit Level 30 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 30PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 42PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 60PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Ralts in Emerald
One thin slot on Route 102 is the only Ralts in Emerald, and its spawn rate is low enough that you can walk the grass for a while before it shows. Patience near Oldale early on is the whole hunt for the Gardevoir line.
1 location to catch Ralts
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Where To Catch Ralts in E
- Step 1Ralts ✓
- Step 3Evolve into Gardevoir
Bring the right balls: check Ralts catch odds in the Emerald Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Ralts in Emerald
Ralts hides in the grass on Route 102, appearing only rarely, so expect long stretches of empty encounters as you comb that early route waiting for the shiny to finally break the pattern. Compare Shiny Ralts odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Ralts 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Ralts in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Ralts Weakness
Ralts is weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Standard number of weaknesses for the Psychic typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
Ralts Evolutions
Three stages ahead. Ralts grows into Kirlia, then pushes on to Gardevoir. Check the evolution methods below. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. Evolving adds up to 320 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Ralts easily with 22 breeding partners from the Amorphous and Human-Like egg groups. Pass egg moves like Destiny Bond, Disable, Mean Look and 2 more to offspring.
E Ralts Best Moveset
Pure Psychic typing with terrible base stats makes Ralts dead weight on any competitive team. The moveset should focus on special Psychic moves while leveling toward Kirlia.
Best Build
Ralts best EVs are Defense and HP
Screens Setter Moveset
- Memento
- Growl
- Reflect
- Icy Wind
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Ralts. Destiny Bond and Disable come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Future Sight and Dream Eater and coverage across 7 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
25 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A RALTS has the power to sense the emotions of people and POKéMON with the horns on its head. It takes cover if it senses any hostility.
Ralts Emerald Guide
For Emerald, you can run Ralts through the first few routes without issues. 198 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Kirlia as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Ralts spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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
Winds & Waves
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