Is Rayquaza Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Sky Pillar after the E4, level 70. Dragon/Flying with AbilityAir Lock which negates all weather. 680 BST makes Rayquaza the strongest non-event Pokemon in RS. Available postgame only. Nothing in the game challenges it. A victory lap Pokemon with the stats to back up the legendary title.
Rayquaza has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Rayquaza resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Rayquaza has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Rayquaza has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Rayquaza has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Rayquaza resists most of Winona's coverage and hits back hard.
Rayquaza resists most of Tate & Liza's coverage and hits back hard.
Rayquaza resists most of Wallace's coverage and hits back hard.
Rayquaza resists most of Sidney's coverage and hits back hard.
Rayquaza has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Rayquaza has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Rayquaza resists most of Drake's coverage and hits back hard.
Rayquaza has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Rayquaza in Sky Pillar (interact, Lv 70, limited). Found at the top of Sky Pillar on Route 131 after becoming Champion. Requires the Mach Bike to navigate cracked floors.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 70)
- LV 70DragonOutragePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 70DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 70FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Flannery
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Prize for defeating Flannery
- After Norman
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 75NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Rayquaza in Ruby & Sapphire
Both versions share Rayquaza, perched at the top of Sky Pillar at level 70, the highest-level catch in the game. Its catch rate of 45 is kinder than the cover pair, but there is still only one to claim.
1 location to catch Rayquaza
Badge 8How to Get Rayquaza in Ruby & Sapphire
How to Get Shiny Rayquaza in Ruby & Sapphire
Rayquaza rests atop the Sky Pillar, so save in front of it and soft reset the battle until it appears shiny. Compare Shiny Rayquaza odds across every game
Shiny Rayquaza Evolution
Does Not EvolveRuby & Sapphire Shiny Rayquaza Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Soft Reset, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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 Rayquaza in the Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Rayquaza Weakness
Rayquaza is weak to Ice, Rock, and Dragon. Watch out for Ice attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Ground-type moves entirely. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Rayquaza's overall bulk (105/90/90) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Rock, Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Fighting, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Rayquaza Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Rayquaza
 Latios DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rayquaza View Latios builds →Ice Beam 4x110-129%KO Dragon Claw 2x69-81% | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rayquaza View Latias builds →Ice Beam 4x94-111%KO Dragon Claw 2x59-70% | ||
 Walrein IceWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Spheal (Shoal Cave Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rayquaza View Walrein builds →Ice Beam 4x125-148%KO Rock Tomb 2x20-23% | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rayquaza View Regice builds →Ice Beam 4x131-155%KO Ancient Power 2x16-19% | ||
 Glalie Ice | C | |
 Aggron SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rayquaza View Aggron builds →Ice Beam 4x59-69% Rock Tomb 2x38-45% Dragon Claw 2x25-29% | ||
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rayquaza View Altaria builds →Ice Beam 4x66-77% Dragon Claw 2x42-50% | ||
 Regirock Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 111 Interact Encounter Available Move Moves
Damage vs Rayquaza View Regirock builds →Ancient Power 2x42-50% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Salamence Dragon | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rayquaza View Salamence builds →Dragon Claw 2x59-70% Rock Tomb 2x30-35% | ||
 Flygon GroundDragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rayquaza View Flygon builds →Dragon Claw 2x46-54% Rock Tomb 2x23-27% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rayquaza View Rhydon builds →Rock Tomb 2x44-52% Ice Beam 4x48-56% | ||
 Magcargo FireRock | C | |
Rayquaza Evolutions
Rayquaza is a powerhouse with 680 total stats as a Dragon/Flying legendary. Can't breed it, so you're locked to whatever you catch or receive. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
RS Rayquaza Best Moveset
150 Attack and 150 Sp. Atk hit from both sides at the highest available stats, and AbilityAir Lock negates all weather to cancel both Drizzle and Drought. MoveDragon Dance boosts Attack and Speed. MoveEarthquake, MoveExtreme Speed, MoveFire Blast cover everything. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Anti-weather legendary that dominates regardless.
Best Build
Rayquaza best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Extreme Speed
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power Flying
- Dragon Dance
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 11 types means almost nothing walls Rayquaza cleanly, with Outrage and Fly anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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 36 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
RAYQUAZA lived for hundreds of millions of years in the earth’s ozone layer, never descending to the ground. This POKéMON appears to feed on water and particles in the atmosphere.
RAYQUAZA is said to have lived for hundreds of millions of years in the earth’s ozone layer, above the clouds. Its existence had been completely unknown because it lived so high in the sky.
Rayquaza Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Rayquaza is a static encounter at Sky Pillar in Ruby & Sapphire. Rayquaza appears at level 70. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
Yes. Rayquaza is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Rayquaza becomes available after the main story is complete in Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Rayquaza has appeared in 16 games since Ruby & Sapphire, spanning 7 generations. As a Legendary, it's typically a one-per-save encounter tied to the story or post-game content.
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 6ORASMega
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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