Is Skarmory Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Route 113 in Hoenn, native to RS. Steel/Flying with AbilityKeen Eye or AbilitySturdy. One of the best defensive Pokemon in Gen 3. Resists most attack types and takes physical hits from Norman, Steven, and most trainers without flinching. A Hoenn staple that earns its spot on any team.
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.
Flannery's team hits Skarmory's weaknesses hard.
Skarmory trades roughly evenly with 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 Wallace's team.
Skarmory has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Skarmory has the type edge here and should clean up 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 Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Skarmory on Route 113 (walking, Lv 16, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- LV 29FlyingAir CutterPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Norman
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Route 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
Ruby & Sapphire Skarmory Locations
Skarmory is a rare find on Route 113, the ash-covered road below Mt. Chimney, catchable at level 16. No other route in Hoenn turns one up.
1 location to catch Skarmory
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Best Locations to Catch Skarmory in Ruby & Sapphire
How to Get Shiny Skarmory in Ruby & Sapphire
Skarmory appears only rarely in the tall grass of Route 113, so comb the area patiently until a wild one finally turns up shiny. Compare Shiny Skarmory odds across every game
Shiny Skarmory Evolution
Does Not EvolveRuby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire 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.
RS Skarmory Best Moveset
Steel/Flying resists nine types with Ground immunity. MoveSpikes sets hazards, MoveRoar forces switches through them, and MoveRest plus MoveSleep Talk sustains indefinitely. AbilityKeen Eye prevents accuracy drops, or AbilitySturdy blocks OHKOs. Held ItemLeftovers recovers. The format's premier physical tank and phazing engine.
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
SKARMORY is entirely encased in hard, protective armor. This POKéMON flies at close to 190 mph. It slashes foes with its wings that possess swordlike cutting edges.
SKARMORY’s steel wings become tattered and bashed in from repeated battles. Once a year, the battered wings grow back completely, restoring the cutting edges to their pristine state.
Skarmory Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Skarmory can be caught in the wild at Hoenn Route 113 in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
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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