Is Shuppet Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Mt. Pyre catch. Ghost-type with AbilityInsomnia blocking sleep. Banette at 37 hits hard physically for a Ghost, which is unusual. Handles Phoebe by using Ghost offense against Ghost opponents. The Special side is the standard Ghost path; Banette takes the physical route.
Roxanne's Pokemon outpace and outclass Shuppet here.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Shuppet's defenses.
Flannery's typing presses Shuppet's defenses.
Norman's team hits Shuppet's weaknesses hard.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Sidney's team hits Banette's weaknesses hard.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Shuppet on Route 121 (walking, Lv 26-28, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Norman
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 37DarkFeint AttackPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 44GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Shuppet to Banette
Shuppet evolves into Banette at Level 37. Your Shuppet should hit Level 37 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 37)
- LV 37FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 48GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Shuppet in Ruby & Sapphire
Fourteen grass spots across three areas, common to uncommon, levels 22 to 30. Shuppet only comes out after dark in-game lore, but here it shows reliably wherever you walk those spooky routes.
Wild Shuppet may be holding when caught:
Spell Tag (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of GHOST-type moves.3 locations to catch Shuppet
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Where To Catch Shuppet in RS
Shuppet is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 22-56 across 17 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Shuppet ✓Mt. Pyre - 1FLv.22-29CaveSapphireRate 100%Mt. Pyre - 2FLv.22-29CaveSapphireRate 100%Mt. Pyre - 3FLv.22-29CaveSapphireRate 100%Mt. Pyre - 4FLv.22-29CaveSapphireRate 90%Mt. Pyre - 5FLv.22-29CaveSapphireRate 90%Mt. Pyre - 6FLv.22-29CaveSapphireRate 90%Mt. Pyre - SummitLv.24-30CaveSapphireRate 85%Mt. Pyre - OutsideLv.27-29CaveSapphireRate 40%Route 121Lv.26-28GrassSapphireRate 30%Route 123Lv.26-28GrassSapphireRate 30%Mt. Pyre - SummitLv.26-30CaveRubyRate 13%Mt. Pyre - 4FLv.25-29CaveRubyRate 10%Mt. Pyre - 5FLv.25-29CaveRubyRate 10%Mt. Pyre - 6FLv.25-29CaveRubyRate 10%
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into BanetteSky Pillar - 1FLv.48-50FloorSapphireRate 15%Sky Pillar - 3FLv.51-53FloorSapphireRate 15%Sky Pillar - 5FLv.54-56FloorSapphireRate 15%or evolve from Shuppet (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Ruby & Sapphire for Shuppet.
How to Get Shiny Shuppet in Ruby & Sapphire
Shuppet haunts the floors of Mt. Pyre, so roam its halls and battle each one you meet until a shiny appears. Compare Shiny Shuppet odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Shuppet 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds for Shuppet.
Shuppet Weakness
Ghost and Dark moves hit Shuppet for super-effective damage. The upside? Normal and Fighting-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Normal, Fighting |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Shuppet Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Shuppet
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Absol builds →Shadow Ball 2x138-163%KO Bite 2x105-124%KO | ||
Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Banette builds →Shadow Ball 2x187-220%KO Feint Attack 2x75-89% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Shiftry builds →Shadow Ball 2x111-132%KO Thief 2x81-96% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Cacturne builds →Feint Attack 2x146-173%KO | ||
 Mightyena Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Mightyena builds →Shadow Ball 2x101-120%KO Bite 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Dusclops Ghost | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Dusclops builds →Shadow Ball 2x126-148%KO Pursuit 2x40-47% | ||
 Shedinja BugGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Shuppet View Shedinja builds →Shadow Ball 2x152-179%KO Thief 2x26-31% | ||
Shuppet Evolutions
Shuppet is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Banette. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 160 total stats over Shuppet. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Shuppet easily with 22 breeding partners from the Amorphous egg group. Pass egg moves like Astonish, Destiny Bond, Disable and 2 more to offspring.
RS Shuppet Best Moveset
Ghost pre-evolution heading toward Banette. AbilityInsomnia blocks sleep moves and AbilityFrisk reveals the opponent's held item. Stats too low for competitive play.
Best Build
Shuppet best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Shadow Ball
- Body Slam
- Curse
- Knock Off
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Shuppet picks up Astonish and Destiny Bond only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Shadow Ball and Astonish while Dark and Normal coverage and more adds range.
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
23 of 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
SHUPPET is attracted by feelings of jealousy and vindictiveness. If someone develops strong feelings of vengeance, this POKéMON will appear in a swarm and line up beneath the eaves of that person’s home.
SHUPPET grows by feeding on dark emotions, such as vengefulness and envy, in the hearts of people. It roams through cities in search of grudges that taint people.
Shuppet Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Yes. Wild Shuppet in Ruby & Sapphire can hold Spell Tag (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Spell Tag.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Shuppet appears in 15 games across 7 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 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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