
Is Squirtle Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Trade-only. Hoenn's Water roster is one of the deepest in the series: Mudkip, Tentacruel, Gyarados, Pelipper, and Walrein are all available locally. AbilityTorrent boosts Water moves when HP is low. Importing Squirtle into this field is unnecessary.
Squirtle has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Squirtle has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Squirtle's weaknesses hard.
Squirtle has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Squirtle's defenses.
Squirtle trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Squirtle trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Wallace's typing presses Squirtle's defenses.
Squirtle trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Squirtle trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Squirtle trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Squirtle trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Squirtle trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Trade
Squirtle cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- LV 40NormalSkull BashPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
- LV 47WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Squirtle in Ruby & Sapphire
Hoenn gives you Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip to start, never Squirtle, and it has no wild spawn here. Trading one in from another game is the only way to own it.
How to Obtain Squirtle in RS
Step 1Squirtle ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom FireRed & LeafGreenAvailableCatch in FireRed & LeafGreen via Gift · Pallet Town · Starter Pokémon, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Red & BlueNot TradeableAppears in Red & Blue via Gift · Pallet Town · Starter Pokémon. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom YellowNot TradeableAppears in Yellow via Gift · Vermilion City · Defeat Lt. Surge. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in HeartGold & SoulSilver via Gift · Pallet Town · Gift from Professor Oak (post-Red). Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom X & YNot TradeableAppears in X & Y via Gift · Lumiose City · Gift from Professor Sycamore. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon via Walking · Seaward Cave · Island Scan; Monday. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee via Walking · Route 25 · Special. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
Step 2Evolve into Wartortle
Step 3Evolve into Blastoise
How to Get Shiny Squirtle in Ruby & Sapphire
Squirtle isn't native to Hoenn, so pick the shiny starter in Pallet Town in FireRed or LeafGreen, soft resetting before you accept it, then trade it over. See every game where Shiny Squirtle can be hunted
Squirtle Weakness
Squirtle's Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Squirtle Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Squirtle
Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
Tropius Grass | C | |
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
Manectric Electric | C | |
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Plusle Electric | C | |
Electrode Electric | B | |
Squirtle Evolutions
Three stages ahead. Squirtle grows into Wartortle, then pushes on to Blastoise. Check the evolution methods below. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. The evolved forms gain up to 216 total stats over Squirtle. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Squirtle easily with 49 breeding partners from the Monster and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Flail, Foresight, Haze and 5 more to offspring.
RS Squirtle Best Moveset
Water pre-evolution with AbilityTorrent boosting Water at low HP. MoveSurf from weak Sp. Atk can't threaten. Blastoise's MoveRapid Spin role is the eventual destination.
Best Build
Squirtle best EVs are Sp. Def and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Counter
- Hydro Pump
- Surf
- Flail
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Flail and Foresight from the egg pool give Squirtle something extra. Pair those with Hydro Pump and Surf for STAB and coverage across 7 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
SQUIRTLE’s shell is not merely used for protection. The shell’s rounded shape and the grooves on its surface help minimize resistance in water, enabling this POKéMON to swim at high speeds.
Squirtle Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Squirtle isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Pick it as your starter in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it to Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Squirtle has appeared in 21 games: nearly every mainline game. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut

Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS

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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