Is Rhydon Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Rhydon with AbilityRock Head for recoil-free attacks or AbilityLightning Rod drawing Electric moves. Enormous Attack and Defense handle Wattson, Winona, and Sidney. The 4x Water weakness against Juan and Wallace's endgame is the reason Rhydon can't close out Emerald.
Rhyhorn trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Rhyhorn trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Rhyhorn trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Rhyhorn has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Rhyhorn trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Rhyhorn trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Rhyhorn's weaknesses hard.
Rhydon trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Rhydon trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Rhydon trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Rhydon has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Rhydon trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Rhydon trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Rhyhorn
Catch Rhyhorn in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 27-29, common). Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, 500-step limit.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- After Norman
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 52GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 57BugMegahornPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Rhyhorn to Rhydon
Rhyhorn evolves into Rhydon at Level 42. Your Rhyhorn should hit Level 42 before you reach Juan, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 58GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 66BugMegahornPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Rhydon in Emerald
Rhydon will not appear wild in Emerald. Catch a Safari Zone Rhyhorn and raise it to level 42, a steep climb for the drill rhino. No shortcut exists.
Catch Rhyhorn at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Rhydon.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Rhyhorn
- 2Evolve Rhydonat Lv.42
Badge 6How to Obtain Rhydon in E
- Step 2Rhydon ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Rhyhorn egg.
How to Get Shiny Rhydon in Emerald
Rhydon never spawns in the wild, so hunt a shiny Rhyhorn in the Safari Zone and evolve it at level 42; its color is fixed from the Rhyhorn encounter onward. Compare Shiny Rhydon odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Rhydon 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 Rhydon in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Rhydon Weakness
Rhydon is weak to Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Ground, and Steel. Watch out for Water and Grass attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Electric-type moves entirely. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Lightning Rod grants an additional Electric immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Rhydon's physical bulk (base 120 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Water, Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Flying, Rock |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Rhydon Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Rhydon
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhydon View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x103-121%KO Solar Beam 4x188-222%KO Iron Tail 2x47-55% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhydon View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x97-115%KO Surf 4x77-90% Dig 2x27-32% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhydon View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x99-117%KO Dig 2x27-33% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhydon View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x314-370%KO Focus Punch 2x62-74% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhydon View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 4x293-345%KO Focus Punch 2x49-58% Iron Tail 2x34-40% Dig 2x21-25% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhydon View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 4x240-284%KO Iron Tail 2x32-38% Rock Smash 2x8-10% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhydon View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x97-115%KO Dig 2x27-32% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhydon View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 4x258-304%KO Surf 4x205-242%KO Focus Punch 2x42-49% Ice Beam 2x68-81% | ||
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhydon View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 4x258-304%KO Dig 2x23-27% Rock Smash 2x9-11% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhydon View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 4x237-279%KO Rock Smash 2x8-10% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhydon View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x84-99% Dig 2x23-27% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rhydon View Swampert builds →Surf 4x195-230%KO Focus Punch 2x60-71% Dig 2x38-45% Iron Tail 2x40-48% | ||
Rhydon Evolutions
Evolved from Rhyhorn. Rhydon is the final form in this two-stage line. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+45 over Rhyhorn), and Rhydon peaks at 485 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Rhydon to get Rhyhorn eggs easily using 102 partners from the Field and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Counter, Crunch, Crush Claw and 5 more.
E Rhydon Best Moveset
Rhydon protects Electric-weak teammates by drawing every Electric attack in the format through AbilityLightning Rod, absorbing them harmlessly via Ground immunity. The moveset then retaliates with 130 Attack MoveEarthquake and MoveRock Slide for devastating dual TermStab. Teams stacking Water or Grass coverage can exploit the 4x weaknesses, but without those types on the field, Rhydon dominates.
Best Build
Rhydon best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Megahorn
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Rhydon. Counter and Crunch come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Earthquake and Dig and coverage across 9 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
All 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its horn, which rotates like a drill, destroys tall buildings with one strike. It stands on its hind legs, and its brain is well developed.
Rhydon Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Rhydon has 485 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Emerald, Rhydon plays as a wallbreaker. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully. Earthquake is the primary attack.
In Emerald, Adamant is the go-to nature for Rhydon. That's +Attack / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spe EVs. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Rhydon has appeared in 21 games: nearly every mainline game. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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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