Is Spoink Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Jagged Pass catch. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage and AbilityOwn Tempo prevents confusion. Grumpig at 32 is a Psychic-type with good Special stats. Handles Brawly and contributes against Tate and Liza. A mid-game Psychic option that's easier to find than Ralts.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Spoink resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Wattson's typing presses Spoink's defenses.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Norman's team hits Spoink's weaknesses hard.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Spoink on Jagged Pass (walking, Lv 18-20, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 18)
- LV 18PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 34PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 43FlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5
- After Wallace
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
Evolve Spoink to Grumpig
Spoink evolves into Grumpig at Level 32. Your Spoink should hit Level 32 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- LV 37PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Tate & Liza
- After Wallace
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
- LV 55FlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5
How to Get Spoink in Ruby & Sapphire
Uncommon at a lone mountain route, two spots, levels 18 to 22. Spoink bounces around one elevated patch only, so the climb up is most of the effort in getting one.
1 location to catch Spoink
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 4Where To Catch Spoink in RS
- Step 2Evolve into GrumpigBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Spoink egg.
Bring the right balls: check Spoink catch odds in the Ruby & Sapphire Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Spoink in Ruby & Sapphire
Spoink bounces around Jagged Pass, so battle each wild one you meet in hopes of a shiny. Compare Shiny Spoink odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Spoink 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 Spoink in the Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Spoink Weakness
Bug, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Spoink for super-effective damage. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. Spoink's special bulk (base 80 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Spoink Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Spoink
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 2x105-124%KO Thief 2x19-23% | ||
 Mightyena Dark | C | |
 Nuzleaf GrassDark | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Ninjask builds →Leech Life 2x38-45% Thief 2x19-23% | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Illumise Bug | C | |
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
Spoink Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Spoink grows into Grumpig through a straightforward two-stage chain. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 140 total stats over Spoink. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Spoink easily with 102 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Extrasensory, Future Sight, Substitute and 1 more to offspring.
RS Spoink Best Moveset
Psychic pre-evolution heading toward Grumpig. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage and AbilityOwn Tempo blocks confusion. Stats below competitive thresholds.
Best Build
Spoink best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Reflect
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Spoink misses out on Extrasensory and Future Sight. That's 4 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Future Sight and Psychic, with Normal and Flying coverage and more rounding things out.
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
24 of 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
SPOINK bounces around on its tail. The shock of its bouncing makes its heart pump. As a result, this POKéMON cannot afford to stop bouncing - if it stops, its heart will stop.
SPOINK keeps a pearl on top of its head. The pearl functions to amplify this POKéMON’s psychokinetic powers. It is therefore on a constant search for a bigger pearl.
Spoink Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Spoink can be caught in the wild at Hoenn Jagged Pass in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Spoink spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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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