Is Sentret Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn. AbilityRun Away guarantees escape from wild battles. Zigzagoon fills the same early Normal slot with AbilityPickup for free items. No reason to import when the local filler is better.
Roxanne's Pokemon outpace and outclass Sentret here.
Sentret trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Sentret's defenses.
Sentret trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's team hits Sentret's weaknesses hard.
Sentret trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's typing presses Sentret's defenses.
Sentret trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Sentret trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Phoebe's typing presses Sentret's defenses.
Sentret trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Sentret has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Steven's typing presses Sentret's defenses.
Trade
Sentret 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
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
How to Get Sentret in Ruby & Sapphire
Sentret does not appear in Hoenn, where Zigzagoon takes the scout-rodent slot. A trade is the only way to get the lookout Pokemon.
How to Obtain Sentret in RS
- Step 1Sentret ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom FireRed & LeafGreenAvailableCatch in FireRed & LeafGreen via Walking · Canyon Entrance, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Gold & SilverNot TradeableAppears in Gold & Silver via Walking · Route 29. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom CrystalNot TradeableAppears in Crystal via Walking · Route 29. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Diamond & PearlNot TradeableAppears in Diamond & Pearl via Pokeradar · Route 202. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom PlatinumNot TradeableAppears in Platinum via Pokeradar · Route 202. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in HeartGold & SoulSilver via Walking · Route 29. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Black & WhiteNot TradeableAppears in Black & White via Swarm · Route 7 · Swarm active. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
- Step 2Evolve into Furret
How to Get Shiny Sentret in Ruby & Sapphire
Sentret is a no-show in Ruby & Sapphire, so find a shiny along the Water Path in FireRed or LeafGreen and trade it over. See every game where Shiny Sentret can be hunted
Sentret Weakness
Fighting moves hit Sentret for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Sentret's Normal typing only leaves 1 gap to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Sentret Weak Against
Good
Sentret Evolutions
Sentret is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Furret. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 200 total stats over Sentret. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Sentret easily with 102 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Assist, Double-Edge, Focus Energy and 5 more to offspring.
RS Sentret Best Moveset
Normal pre-evolution with nothing competitive. AbilityKeen Eye prevents accuracy drops. Furret barely improves the picture.
Best Build
Sentret best EVs are Attack
Utility Moveset
- Quick Attack
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Sentret can hit 10 types beyond STAB, including Fighting and Ground. The offense anchors on Double-Edge and Slam while TMs handle everything else.
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 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When SENTRET sleeps, it does so while another stands guard. The sentry wakes the others at the first sign of danger. When this POKéMON becomes separated from its pack, it becomes incapable of sleep due to fear.
Sentret Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Sentret isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Catch one in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it to Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Sentret appears in 16 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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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