Is Shiftry Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Grass/Dark with AbilityChlorophyll for sun Speed. Shiftry handles Phoebe's Ghost E4 through Dark and covers Juan plus Wallace through Grass. Sidney uses a Shiftry himself, which confirms the archetype works at the E4 level. Dual coverage across two endgame fights is the draw.
Seedot has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Nuzleaf trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Shiftry trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Shiftry trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Shiftry resists most of Juan's coverage and hits back hard.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Shiftry trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Shiftry has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catch Seedot
Catch Seedot on Route 102 (walking, Lv 3, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 43NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Seedot to Nuzleaf
Seedot evolves into Nuzleaf at Level 14. Your Seedot should hit Level 14 before you reach Brawly, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- LV 31DarkFeint AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TUTORNormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Pacifidlog Town
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Nuzleaf to Shiftry
Nuzleaf evolves into Shiftry with a Leaf Stone. You can pick up the Leaf Stone in Route 119.
Recommended Moves
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TUTORNormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Pacifidlog Town
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Shiftry in Emerald
A Leaf Stone on Nuzleaf brings out Shiftry, the end of the Seedot line, since it never shows up wild. Leaf Stones are limited in Emerald, so plan the one you spend rather than evolving on impulse.
Catch Seedot or Nuzleaf at any of these 5 spots to eventually evolve into Shiftry.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 6How to Obtain Shiftry in E
The path to Shiftry starts with Seedot at Lv. 3-25 via walking and trade encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 3Shiftry ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Seedot egg.
How to Get Shiny Shiftry in Emerald
Shiftry arrives only by evolving, so track down a shiny Nuzleaf in the tall grass of Route 114, then hand it a Leaf Stone to finish the hunt. Compare Shiny Shiftry odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Shiftry 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 Shiftry in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Shiftry Weakness
Shiftry's Grass/Dark typing leaves it vulnerable to Bug, Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, and Flying. Bug hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Psychic-type attacks completely. It resists 6 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. Shiftry leans offensive (base 100 Atk) rather than trying to tank its weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Bug |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground, Ghost, Dark |
| 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 Shiftry Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Shiftry
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shiftry View Heracross builds →Megahorn 4x299-352%KO Focus Punch 2x186-219%KO | ||
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodNavel Rock Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shiftry View Ho-Oh builds →Overheat 2x156-184%KO Fly 2x91-107%KO Rock Smash 2x18-21% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shiftry View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x180-211%KO Overheat 2x156-184%KO Aerial Ace 2x48-57% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shiftry View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x193-227%KO Sludge Bomb 2x78-92% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shiftry View Rayquaza builds →Overheat 2x136-160%KO Fly 2x103-122%KO Ice Beam 2x93-109%KO Brick Break 2x73-86% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shiftry View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x156-184%KO Sludge Bomb 2x57-67% Rock Smash 2x13-16% | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shiftry View Regice builds →Ice Beam 2x99-116%KO Focus Punch 2x60-70% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shiftry View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x154-181%KO Fire Blast 2x48-56% | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shiftry View Typhlosion builds →Overheat 2x155-182%KO Focus Punch 2x89-105%KO Aerial Ace 2x37-43% | ||
 Muk Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shiftry View Muk builds →Focus Punch 2x107-126%KO Sludge Bomb 2x96-114%KO Fire Blast 2x58-69% | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shiftry View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 4x121-143%KO Focus Punch 2x79-93% Aerial Ace 2x32-38% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shiftry View Camerupt builds →Eruption 2x160-189%KO Rock Smash 2x15-18% | ||
Shiftry Evolutions
Shiftry evolved from Seedot's chain using an evolution item. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Seedot eggs (quick to hatch). The evolution from Seedot pushed Shiftry to 480 total stats. Attack saw the largest single gain at +60. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Shiftry to get Seedot eggs easily using 102 partners from the Field and Grass egg groups. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, False Swipe, Leech Seed and 3 more.
E Shiftry Best Moveset
Sun teams appreciate AbilityChlorophyll doubling Shiftry's Speed, and the Grass/Dark moveset covers Water, Psychic, and Ghost types that other sun attackers miss. 100 base Attack and 90 Sp. Atk allow mixed sets, though the physical/special split ties Dark moves to Sp. Atk.
Best Build
Shiftry best EVs are Speed and Attack
Utility Moveset
- Explosion
- Shadow Ball
- Brick Break
- Sunny Day
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Amnesia and False Swipe on Shiftry. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Solar Beam and Giga Drain, they expand what Shiftry can actually threaten in practice.
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
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It is said to arrive on chilly, wintry winds. Feared from long ago as the guardian of forests, this POKéMON lives in a deep forest where people do not venture.
Shiftry Emerald Guide
In Emerald, use Shiftry as an attacker. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling,
For Emerald, run Jolly on Shiftry. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the attacker role.
Game Availability
Since Ruby & Sapphire, Shiftry has been in 15 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
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
Winds & Waves
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