Is Shellos Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Shellos appears wild in Hoenn. Water with AbilityStorm Drain drawing Water moves and boosting Special Attack. Evolves to Gastrodon at 30 for Water/Ground. Swampert fills the same typing from the start, but Gastrodon's Storm Drain gives it a different niche.
Shellos resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Shellos has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Shellos has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Shellos resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Shellos trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Gastrodon trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Gastrodon trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Gastrodon trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Gastrodon trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Gastrodon trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Gastrodon has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Drake's typing presses Gastrodon's defenses.
Gastrodon has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Catch Shellos on Route 103 (walking, Lv 3, rare). DexNav.
Your Shellos should hit Level 30 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Shellos in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Shellos sits at moderate rates across 4 spots in early-game routes. Pick one from the sorted list and commit to it. Jumping between areas wastes more time than waiting in the right location.
Where To Catch Shellos in ORAS
To get Shellos, start by catching Shellos through walking encounters at Lv. 3-13. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
Step 1Shellos ✓Route 103Lv.3GrassRate 5%DexNav chainRoute 110Lv.13GrassRate 5%DexNav chain
Step 2Evolve into Gastrodon
Shellos Weakness
Type-wise, Shellos takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Storm Drain grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
What is Shellos Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Shellos
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Rotom's Volt Switch hits Shellos for 56-67%.
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemLeftovers NatureCalm Moves
Damage vs Shellos View Rotom builds →Volt Switch 2x56-67% Shadow Ball32-38% | ||
Shellos Evolutions
Shellos is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Gastrodon. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are average hatch time. Evolving adds up to 150 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Shellos easily with 49 breeding partners from the Indeterminate and Water1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Acid Armor, Amnesia, Brine and 13 more to offspring.
ORAS Shellos Best Moveset
Water at 57 Sp. Atk. AbilityStorm Drain absorbs Water for Sp. Atk boost. AbilitySand Force as a hidden ability boosts Ground/Rock/Steel moves in sand. The moveset fires at pre-evolution power. Gastrodon one evolution away adds 111 HP and Storm Drain utility.
Best Build
Shellos best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Surf
- Muddy Water
- Protect
- Dive
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Acid Armor and Amnesia give Shellos options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 8 types already covers a decent range on top of Muddy Water and Surf. The egg moves push it further.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Beware of pushing strongly on its squishy body, as it makes a mysterious purple fluid ooze out.
Its shape and coloration vary, depending on its habitat.
Shellos Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, For a casual playthrough, Shellos works as a placeholder. Water coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Gastrodon. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Shellos appears in 13 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of 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 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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 7LGPE
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