Is Shelgon Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
The tank stage between Bagon and Salamence. Shelgon's 100 Defense survives hits while leveling, but the low Speed makes fights slow. Level 50 for Salamence is the target. Stay the course.
Bagon has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Bagon has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Bagon's defenses.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Shelgon trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
DragonPsychicImmune to 11% of Gym 6 attacksLatios becomes yours at Southern Island once Steven Stone... (Omega Ruby only)
DragonPsychicSuper-effective Dragon on AltariaLatias becomes yours at Southern Island once Steven Stone... (Alpha Sapphire only)
RockPsychicMeteor Falls (Omega Ruby only)
ElectricHits Pelipper for 4x with ElectricRoute 110
Shelgon trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Shelgon trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Salamence has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Salamence has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Salamence has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Salamence has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Salamence has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Catch Bagon
Catch Bagon on Meteor Falls (horde, Lv 20, rare). Horde encounter.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 112
- LV 25DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 29DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Winona
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 110Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 44FireFlamethrowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 49NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Bagon to Shelgon
Bagon evolves into Shelgon at Level 30. Your Bagon should hit Level 30 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 30DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 30DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 112
- After Winona
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 110Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 49FireFlamethrowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 56NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Shelgon to Salamence
Shelgon evolves into Salamence at Level 50. Your Shelgon should hit Level 50 before you reach Sidney, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 50DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Brawly
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mauville City Poké Mart
- After Winona
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 110Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 63NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Shelgon in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
No wild encounters for Shelgon. The 3-stage chain runs through Bagon, which you can catch at solid rates from the locations below. Evolve at level 50 once you've got the levels.
How to Obtain Shelgon in ORAS
Bagon is your first catch on the way to Shelgon. You'll find walking and special encounters from Lv. 20-40 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Shelgon ✓
- Step 3Evolve into Salamence
How to Get Shiny Shelgon in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Shelgon sits between Bagon and Salamence, so DexNav Meteor Falls for a shiny and evolve it once. Compare Shiny Shelgon odds across every game
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Shiny Shelgon Calculator
4 MethodsThe best route is DexNav Search at full boosts, about 1 in 37 on each try. Tune it below.
DexNav Search: Sneak up on hidden Pokemon to raise the species Search Level toward 999, then keep a chain going. Every 5th link and the 50 and 100 catch milestones stack extra shiny checks.
Horde Encounter: Every horde throws five Pokemon at you at once, so each battle rolls five shiny chances in one encounter.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 4 |
| 25%one in four | 11 |
| 50%coin flip | 26 |
| 90%very likely | 85 |
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire shiny odds for Shelgon.
Shelgon Weakness
Shelgon is weak to Ice, Dragon, and Fairy. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Shelgon's physical bulk (base 100 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Dragon, Fairy |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Electric, Grass |
What is Shelgon Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Shelgon
 Druddigon Dragon | C | |
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Shelgon View Gardevoir builds →Draining Kiss 2x86-102%KO | ||
 Wigglytuff NormalFairy | C | |
 Gabite DragonGround | C | |
 Azumarill WaterFairy | C | |
Obtain MethodPetalburg City Surfing | ||
 Axew Dragon | C | |
 Clefable Fairy | A | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Shelgon View Clefable builds →Disarming Voice 2x58-68% | ||
 Klefki SteelFairy | C | |
Bagon Dragon | D | |
 Glaceon Ice | C | |
 Whimsicott GrassFairy | C | |
 Mawile SteelFairy | C | |
 Deino DarkDragon | D | |
Shelgon Evolutions
Shelgon is the middle stage between Bagon and Salamence. It's a three-stage line with one more evolution to go. For breeding, takes forever to hatch with a decent partner pool via one egg group. Defense has grown the most so far (+40), but there's still another 180 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Shelgon to get Bagon eggs using 50 partners from the Dragon egg group. Notable egg moves include Defense Curl, Dragon Dance, Dragon Pulse and 7 more.
ORAS Shelgon Best Moveset
Dragon at 95 Attack and 100 Defense. AbilityRock Head removes recoil. AbilityOvercoat as a hidden ability blocks powder and weather damage. The moveset fires at mid-stage power with solid physical bulk. Mega Salamence one evolution away reshapes the entire line.
Best Build
Shelgon best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Bulky Support Moveset
- Dragon Rush
- Outrage
- Dragon Dance
- Draco Meteor
Moves List
Flamethrower and Double-Edge bring the raw damage. But Shelgon also picks up coverage across 11 types from TMs, making it tough to find a safe switch. You're not locked into one angle here.
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
30 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Inside Shelgon’s armor-like shell, cells are in the midst of transformation to create an entirely new body. This Pokémon’s shell is extremely heavy, making its movements sluggish.
Covering Shelgon’s body are outgrowths much like bones. The shell is very hard and bounces off enemy attacks. When awaiting evolution, this Pokémon hides away in a cavern.
Shelgon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Shelgon does the job early-game if you need a Dragon type on your team. Evolve it into Salamence before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Shelgon's hidden ability is Overcoat. It protects against damage from weather. Situational compared to Rock Head.
Game Availability
Shelgon first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 16 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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 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
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