Is Remoraid Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Fishing in several Crystal areas. Octillery evolves at 25 with high Attack and Special. Better than it looks, but the Water slot competition in Crystal makes it hard to justify over Starmie, Gyarados, or Lanturn.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Remoraid has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Remoraid's weaknesses hard.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Sabrina's typing presses Remoraid's defenses.
Erika's team hits Remoraid's weaknesses hard.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Misty's typing presses Remoraid's defenses.
Remoraid has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Remoraid has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Will's typing presses Remoraid's defenses.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Trade
Remoraid 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 Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- LV 22WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 22IceAurora BeamPower 65Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 22PsychicPsybeamPower 65Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 44IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- LV 55NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Remoraid in Crystal
Remoraid only nibbles the Super Rod on Route 44 most days, an uncommon level 40 catch. But when its phone-call swarm hits that same route, every rod reels one in, turning a rare find into an easy one.
How to Obtain Remoraid in C
- Step 1Remoraid ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom Gold & SilverAvailableCatch in Gold & Silver via Super rod · Route 44 · the Remoraid swarm on Route 44 that Fisher Wilton, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom EmeraldNot TradeableAppears in Emerald via Super rod · Safari Zone · Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom FireRed & LeafGreenNot TradeableAppears in FireRed & LeafGreen via Super rod · Water Path. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Diamond & PearlNot TradeableAppears in Diamond & Pearl via Good rod · Pokémon League. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom PlatinumNot TradeableAppears in Platinum via Good rod · Route 212. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in HeartGold & SoulSilver via Super rod · Route 44 · Swarm active. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
- Step 2Evolve into Octillery
How to Get Shiny Remoraid in Crystal
Remoraid is best pursued through eggs in Crystal; leave a pair at the Route 34 Day Care and keep hatching until the shiny finally snaps out. Compare Shiny Remoraid odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Remoraid Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Crystal with Remoraid preloaded.
Remoraid Weakness
Remoraid's Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Remoraid Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Remoraid
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Celebi PsychicGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Interact Encounter | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Raikou Electric | S | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodCeladon City Gift | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Remoraid View Electabuzz builds →Thunderbolt 2x208-245%KO | ||
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter | ||
 Jumpluff Grass | C | |
Remoraid Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Remoraid grows into Octillery through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Remoraid. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Remoraid easily with 37 breeding partners from the Water 1 and Water 2 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Aurora Beam, Haze, Octazooka and 2 more to offspring.
C Remoraid Best Moveset
Water pre-evolution. MoveSurf from low Sp. Atk at small damage levels. Octillery at the next stage provides the Sp. Atk for wide special coverage.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Surf
- Octazooka
- Hyper Beam
- Bubble Beam
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Aurora Beam and Haze from the egg pool give Remoraid something extra.
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.
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
16 of 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
To escape from an attacker, it may shoot water out of its mouth, then use that force to swim backward.
Remoraid Crystal Guide
Remoraid isn't catchable in Crystal. Catch one in Gold or Silver, then trade it to Crystal.
In Crystal, Remoraid has 300 BST and evolves into Octillery. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Remoraid spans 8 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 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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