Is Sharpedo Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
AbilityRough Skin damages anything that makes contact. Water/Dark coverage handles Phoebe, Tate and Liza, and most of the E4 through Speed. Sharpedo dies to one strong hit but outspeeds everything. The attack-first-or-die playstyle works if you commit to it.
Carvanha trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Brawly's team hits Carvanha's weaknesses hard.
Wattson's team hits Carvanha's weaknesses hard.
Carvanha trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's team hits Carvanha's weaknesses hard.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Sharpedo trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Sharpedo trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Catch Carvanha
Catch Carvanha on Route 118 (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 10)
- LV 10DarkBitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- LV 22DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
Evolve Carvanha to Sharpedo
Carvanha evolves into Sharpedo at Level 30. Your Carvanha should hit Level 30 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 30DarkBitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 48NormalSkull BashPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Sharpedo in Ruby & Sapphire
Once the Super Rod is in hand, Sharpedo is everywhere, common across fifteen separate stretches of open sea at levels 30 to 35. Its pre-evolution Carvanha is the harder fish of the two.
15 locations to catch Sharpedo2 locations to catch Carvanha
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Carvanha at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 30 — it evolves into Sharpedo.
Badge 5 Badge 6Where To Catch Sharpedo in RS
Carvanha gets you Sharpedo sooner: catch it (before Badge 5) and evolve it at Lv 30. Wild Sharpedo needs the Super Rod (after Badge 6).
- Step 2Sharpedo ✓Mossdeep CityLv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Pacifidlog TownLv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 103Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 118Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 122Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 124Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 125Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 126Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 127Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 129Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 130Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 131Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 132Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 133Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 134Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%or evolve from Carvanha (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Sharpedo catch rates for Ruby & Sapphire by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Sharpedo in Ruby & Sapphire
Sharpedo takes the Super Rod off routes like Route 124 or Mossdeep City, so keep reeling them in and checking each catch for shiny colors. Compare Shiny Sharpedo odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Sharpedo 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Ruby & Sapphire with Sharpedo preloaded.
Sharpedo Weakness
Sharpedo's Water/Dark typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Bug. It shrugs off Psychic-type attacks completely. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Sharpedo leans offensive (base 120 Atk) rather than trying to tank its weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Sharpedo Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Sharpedo
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x288-339%KO Mega Drain 2x43-52% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Cacturne builds →Focus Punch 2x173-204%KO Absorb 2x38-45% Pin Missile 2x18-22% | ||
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Volbeat builds →Focus Punch 2x121-143%KO Signal Beam 2x92-109%KO Thunderbolt 2x57-67% | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Shiftry builds →Rock Smash 2x22-26% Bullet Seed 2x17-21% | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sharpedo View Tropius builds →Magical Leaf 2x74-88% Rock Smash 2x17-20% | ||
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Sharpedo Evolutions
Evolved from Carvanha. Sharpedo is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+30 over Carvanha), and Sharpedo peaks at 460 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Sharpedo to get Carvanha eggs easily using 17 partners from the Water 2 egg group. Notable egg moves include Double-Edge, Hydro Pump, Thrash.
RS Sharpedo Best Moveset
120 Attack and 95 Sp. Atk hit from both sides with Water/Dark TermStab. AbilityRough Skin damages physical attackers on contact, punishing every hit. MoveEarthquake and MoveCrunch from the physical side. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Hard-hitting mixed attacker with contact punishment.
Best Build
Sharpedo best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Crunch
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Taunt
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Double-Edge and Hydro Pump from the egg pool give Sharpedo 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. 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 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Nicknamed “the bully of the sea,” SHARPEDO is widely feared. Its cruel fangs grow back immediately if they snap off. Just one of these POKéMON can thoroughly tear apart a supertanker.
SHARPEDO can swim at speeds of up to 75 mph by jetting seawater out of its backside. This POKéMON’s drawback is its inability to swim long distances.
Sharpedo Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Sharpedo can be fished up at Hoenn Mossdeep City, Hoenn Pacifidlog Town, Hoenn Route 103, and Hoenn Route 118 in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Sharpedo has appeared in 15 titles over 7 generations. Along the way, it received a Mega form in Generation 6, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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 6ORASMega
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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