Is Starmie Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Water/Psychic with AbilityNatural Cure clearing status every time it switches. Starmie is fast with strong Special Attack. Handles Flannery, contributes against Phoebe, and puts in work through the E4. Status conditions never stick. One of Emerald's best if you find a Water Stone.
Roxanne's typing presses Staryu's defenses.
Staryu trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Staryu trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Staryu resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Staryu trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Staryu has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Starmie trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Starmie trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Starmie has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catch Staryu
Catch Staryu in Lilycove City (Super Rod fishing, Lv 25-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- LV 28WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 46WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Staryu to Starmie
Staryu evolves into Starmie with a Water Stone. You can pick up the Water Stone in Abandoned Ship.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Starmie in Emerald
No wild Starmie spins through Emerald. Hook a Lilycove Staryu, then hand it a Water Stone. That stone is in demand across several lines, so weigh where yours goes.
Wild Starmie may be holding when caught:
Stardust (50% chance) Beautiful red sand. Can be sold at a high price.
Star Piece (5% chance) A red gem shard. It would sell for a very high price.Catch Staryu at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Starmie.
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
- 1Catch Staryu
- 2Evolve StarmieUse Water Stone
Badge 6How to Obtain Starmie in E
- Step 1Catch Staryu
- Step 2Starmie ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Staryu egg.
How to Get Shiny Starmie in Emerald
Starmie needs a Water Stone rather than a rod, so hook a shiny Staryu off Lilycove City and raise it with that stone; the color set at the Staryu catch stays through the evolution. Compare Shiny Starmie odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Starmie 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 Emerald shiny odds for Starmie.
Starmie Weakness
Electric, Grass, Bug, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Starmie for super-effective damage. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. 5 weaknesses means you'll want teammates that can handle the coverage gaps.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Fighting, Psychic, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Starmie Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Starmie
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Heracross builds →Megahorn 2x139-164%KO Thief 2x14-16% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x129-152%KO Feint Attack 2x66-78% Pin Missile 2x11-13% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x106-125%KO Shadow Ball 2x51-61% Thief 2x37-44% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x119-141%KO Pursuit 2x28-32% Fury Cutter 2x7-9% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x106-125%KO Thief 2x24-29% Astonish 2x15-18% | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 2x98-115%KO Astonish 2x17-21% | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Bellossom Grass | C | |
 Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Banette builds →Shadow Ball 2x86-102%KO Thunderbolt 2x52-62% Feint Attack 2x34-40% | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Starmie View Manectric builds →Thunderbolt 2x96-114%KO Bite 2x40-48% | ||
Starmie Evolutions
Getting Starmie requires an evolution item, not just grinding levels. The chain starts at Staryu. Breed this form to get Staryu eggs (average hatch time). HP grew the most through evolution (+30 over Staryu), and Starmie peaks at 520 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Starmie is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Staryu eggs. Part of the Water 3 egg group.
Ditto onlyE Starmie Best Moveset
Starmie compresses multiple team roles into one slot: 115 Speed outspeeds the majority of threats, MoveRapid Spin clears TermEntry Hazards, and AbilityNatural Cure makes it immune to lasting status. The moveset fires MoveSurf, MovePsychic, MoveThunderbolt, and MoveIce Beam for nearly perfect coverage from 100 Sp. Atk. Few Pokemon answer this many team needs simultaneously.
Best Build
Starmie best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Rapid Spin
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Surf
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Level-up moves are just the starting point for Starmie. TMs unlock Normal and Ice coverage and turn a straightforward STAB kit around Hydro Pump and Dream Eater into something with actual 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
All 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
People in ancient times imagined that STARMIE were transformed from the reflections of stars that twinkled on gentle waves at night.
Starmie Emerald Guide
In Emerald, use Starmie as a sweeper. Special attacks are the main output. It outspeeds most threats, Surf is the primary attack.
For Emerald, run Timid on Starmie. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the sweeper role.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Starmie has appeared in 20 games: most mainline games. 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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