
Is Remoraid Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn. Trade from Colosseum. AbilityHustle boosts Attack at accuracy cost. Octillery evolves at 25 with strong mixed offense but low Speed. RS already has too many Water-types competing for the slot.
Remoraid resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Remoraid has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Remoraid has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Remoraid's defenses.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Wallace's typing presses Remoraid's defenses.
Sidney's team hits Remoraid's weaknesses hard.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Glacia's typing presses Remoraid's defenses.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Remoraid trades roughly evenly with Steven'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 Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- LV 22WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- LV 44IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 55NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Remoraid in Ruby & Sapphire
Remoraid is absent from Hoenn, where the jet-fish skips the region's seas. A trade is the only way to start the Octillery line.
How to Obtain Remoraid in RS
Step 1Remoraid ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom EmeraldAvailableCatch in Emerald via Super rod · Safari Zone · Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, then trade to the current game via link cable.CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom FireRed & LeafGreenAvailableCatch in FireRed & LeafGreen via Super rod · Water Path, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Gold & SilverNot TradeableAppears in Gold & Silver via Super rod · Route 44 · the Remoraid swarm on Route 44 that Fisher Wilton. 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 Ruby & Sapphire
Remoraid lands in Hoenn strictly by trade, so hook a shiny at Five Isle Meadow in LeafGreen and carry it home. See every game where Shiny Remoraid can be hunted
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
What is Remoraid Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Remoraid
Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
Tropius Grass | C | |
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Manectric Electric | C | |
Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Plusle Electric | C | |
Electrode Electric | B | |
Remoraid Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Remoraid grows into Octillery through a straightforward two-stage chain. Plenty of partners 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 58 breeding partners from the Water 1 and Water 2 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Aurora Beam, Haze, Octazooka and 4 more to offspring.
RS Remoraid Best Moveset
Water pre-evolution with AbilityHustle boosting Attack by 50% at an accuracy cost. Octillery improves Sp. Atk for the wide special coverage role.
Best Build
Remoraid best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Surf
- Fire Blast
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Aurora Beam and Haze from the egg pool give Remoraid something extra. Pair those with Surf and Dive for STAB and Ice and Psychic coverage and more for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
REMORAID sucks in water, then expels it at high velocity using its abdominal muscles to shoot down flying prey. When evolution draws near, this POKéMON travels downstream from rivers.
Remoraid Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Remoraid isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Catch one in Emerald or LeafGreen, then trade it to Ruby & Sapphire.
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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Where to go next after Remoraid.
