Is Regice Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Island Cave puzzle. Pure Ice with AbilityClear Body. Massive Special Defense. Regice absorbs special attacks and provides Ice coverage for Drake. The puzzle catch is involved but the payoff is one of the highest Special Defense stats in any Pokemon game. Battle Frontier staple.
Regice resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Regice resists most of Winona's coverage and hits back hard.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Regice trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Regice trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Regice trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Regice has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Regice trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Regice on Route 105 (interact, Lv 40, limited). Requires opening door from Sealed Chamber. Inside Island Cave on Route 105 — solve the Sealed Chamber puzzle in Route 134 first.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 40FightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 65NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORIceIce 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
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Regice in Emerald
Regice lies frozen in the Island Cave off Route 105, the second of the three golems unlocked by the Sealed Chamber braille. It is a single static level 40 encounter with a catch rate of 3, so save before the battle and bring plenty of balls.
1 location to catch Regice
Badge 2How to Get Regice in Emerald
How to Get Shiny Regice in Emerald
Regice slumbers in the Island Cave off Route 105, its door yielding only to the braille ritual. Save facing the level-40 golem and soft-reset each encounter until the ice runs shiny. Compare Shiny Regice odds across every game
Shiny Regice Evolution
Does Not EvolveEmerald Shiny Regice 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Emerald shiny odds calculator with Regice already selected.
Regice Weakness
Type-wise, Regice takes extra damage from Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel. Regice's special bulk (base 200 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Regice Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Regice
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x129-153%KO Rock Tomb 2x30-36% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x139-164%KO Iron Tail 2x62-74% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x112-133%KO Flamethrower 2x17-21% Rock Tomb 2x26-32% | ||
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Combusken builds →Focus Punch 2x98-116%KO Overheat 2x53-62% Rock Tomb 2x24-28% | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Quilava builds →Overheat 2x50-59% Focus Punch 2x53-62% | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Torkoal builds →Overheat 2x53-62% Iron Tail 2x44-53% Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Camerupt builds →Overheat 2x62-74% Rock Slide 2x38-45% Rock Smash 2x12-15% | ||
 Lairon SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Lairon builds →Iron Tail 2x69-82% Rock Tomb 2x36-42% Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Slugma builds →Overheat 2x45-54% Rock Throw 2x14-17% Rock Smash 2x8-9% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Graveler builds →Focus Punch 2x70-83% Rock Tomb 2x38-45% Flamethrower 2x16-19% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Skarmory builds →Steel Wing 2x45-54% Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Solrock builds →Overheat 2x25-30% Rock Tomb 2x38-45% | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Regice View Anorith builds →Rock Tomb 2x38-45% Metal Claw 2x25-30% Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
Regice Evolutions
No breeding, no evolution. Regice is a Ice legendary with 580 base stat total that you obtain once and build around. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
E Regice Best Moveset
200 base Sp. Def absorbs special attacks that would KO most other Pokemon twice over, and the moveset runs special Ice TermStab through MoveIce Beam while tanking hits from the strongest special attackers in Emerald. AbilityClear Body prevents stat drops from undermining the defensive anchor.
Best Build
Regice best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Bulky Support Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Explosion
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs define Regice's movepool. The natural moves cover basics with Blizzard and Ice Beam, but the real versatility comes from technical machines giving it Normal and Fighting coverage and more. That's where the options open up.
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 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its entire body is made of Antarctic ice. After extensive studies, researchers believe the ice was formed during an ice age.
Regice Emerald Guide
Regice is a static encounter at Route 105 in Emerald. Regice appears at level 40. Prerequisite: Requires opening door from Sealed Chamber. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
In Emerald, Regice plays as a tank. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In Emerald, Quiet is the go-to nature for Regice. That's +Sp. Atk / -Speed. Pair it with 252 HP / 104 Atk / 152 SpA EVs. Fits the tank role.
Game Availability
Regice has appeared in 15 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 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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