Is Staryu Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn. Trade from FireRed or LeafGreen. AbilityNatural Cure heals status on switch-out, same as Chansey. Starmie needs a Water Stone after import. The status healing is valuable but RS doesn't offer a direct path to this without trading.
Roxanne's typing presses Staryu's defenses.
Staryu has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Staryu's weaknesses hard.
Staryu has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
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 Wallace'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 Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Staryu in Lilycove City (Super Rod fishing, Lv 25-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- LV 28WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
- 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 10Abandoned Ship
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
How to Get Staryu in Ruby & Sapphire
Staryu only bites on a Super Rod, and only off Lilycove City, around the high 20s. That one coastal spot is the whole story in Hoenn.
Wild Staryu 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.1 location to catch Staryu
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 6Where To Catch Staryu in RS
- Step 1Staryu ✓
- Step 2Evolve into StarmieBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Staryu egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Ruby & Sapphire for Staryu.
How to Get Shiny Staryu in Ruby & Sapphire
Staryu bites the Super Rod off the shores of Lilycove City, so keep casting until one lands shiny. Compare Shiny Staryu odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Staryu 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 Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds for Staryu.
Staryu Weakness
Staryu is weak to Electric and Grass. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Only 2 weaknesses makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| 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 Staryu Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Staryu
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Lombre WaterGrass | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
 Plusle Electric | C | |
Staryu Evolutions
Evolving Staryu into Starmie takes an evolution item. It's not a simple level-up, so check the chain details below. Evolving adds up to 180 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Staryu is genderless and can only breed with Ditto. Part of the Water 3 egg group.
Ditto onlyRS Staryu Best Moveset
Status clearing on every switch-out through AbilityNatural Cure, an excellent defensive ability even on a pre-evolution. MoveSurf and MoveThunderbolt preview Starmie's coverage. Stats limit damage. One evolution from a top-tier threat.
Best Build
Staryu best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Recover
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
- Hydro Pump
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Staryu develops a solid moveset just through leveling. Hydro Pump and Blizzard show up naturally, and the progression handles both STAB and utility without leaning on TMs for the core attacks.
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 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
STARYU’s center section has an organ called the core that shines bright red. If you go to a beach toward the end of summer, the glowing cores of these POKéMON look like the stars in the sky.
STARYU apparently communicates with the stars in the night sky by flashing the red core at the center of its body. If parts of its body are torn, this POKéMON simply regenerates the missing pieces and limbs.
Staryu Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Yes. Wild Staryu in Ruby & Sapphire can hold Stardust (50%) or Star Piece (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Stardust.
Game Availability
Staryu has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 20 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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
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