Is Skarmory Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Wild catch on Route 113. Skarmory with AbilityKeen Eye is a Steel/Flying defensive fortress. Resists most attack types and handles Tate and Liza, Sidney, and Glacia through sheer durability. Won't deal much damage but almost nothing breaks through. One of Emerald's best defensive options.
Roxanne's typing presses Skarmory's defenses.
Skarmory resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Wattson's team hits Skarmory's weaknesses hard.
Skarmory trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Skarmory has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Skarmory trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Skarmory trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Skarmory trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Skarmory has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Skarmory trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Skarmory has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Skarmory trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Skarmory trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Skarmory on Route 113 (walking, Lv 16, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 29FlyingAir CutterPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Given by your rival after you defeat them on Route 119
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 32SteelSteel WingPower 105Accuracy 90%PP 25
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
Emerald Skarmory Locations
Skarmory is a rare Route 113 walker, oddly enough at level 16 in the ash near Fallarbor. The steel bird skips the Safari entirely, so patience on that one ashy route is the whole catch, no pass required.
1 location to catch Skarmory
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Best Locations to Catch Skarmory in Emerald
How to Get Shiny Skarmory in Emerald
Skarmory patrols Route 113, the ash-covered stretch below Fallarbor, where it shows up as a rare steel bird in the drifting grass; wade through that ashy field encounter after encounter until the shiny one wings in. Compare Shiny Skarmory odds across every game
Shiny Skarmory Evolution
Does Not EvolveEmerald Shiny Skarmory 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Emerald shiny odds calculator with Skarmory already selected.
Skarmory Weakness
Skarmory's Steel/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire and Electric. It shrugs off Poison and Ground-type attacks completely. It resists 9 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. Skarmory's physical bulk (base 140 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Electric |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Flying, Psychic, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison, Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Skarmory Weak Against
Fortress
Skarmory Evolutions
Skarmory is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through one egg group with a decent partner pool. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 5 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Skarmory easily with 25 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Curse, Drill Peck, Pursuit and 2 more to offspring.
E Skarmory Best Moveset
Steel/Flying typing and 140 base Defense make Skarmory the premier physical tank in Emerald, shutting down physical attackers while setting MoveSpikes for the team. The moveset needs no offensive investment because MoveWhirlwind forces switches that rack up hazard damage over time.
Best Build
Skarmory best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Spikes
- Roar
- Toxic
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Curse and Drill Peck on Skarmory. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Sky Attack and Fly, they expand what Skarmory 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 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A POKéMON that has a body and wings of steel. People in the past used feathers fallen from SKARMORY to make swords and knives.
Skarmory Emerald Guide
In Emerald, use Skarmory as a hazard setter. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling,
For Emerald, run Careful on Skarmory. +Sp. Def is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the hazard setter role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Skarmory appears in 18 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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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