Is Sudowoodo Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn. Trade from Colosseum or breeding. AbilityRock Head negates recoil and AbilitySturdy prevents one-hit KOs. Rock-type with the same Water and Grass weaknesses. RS has Golem natively for the Rock role. The import adds nothing unique.
Roxanne's typing presses Sudowoodo's defenses.
Brawly's team hits Sudowoodo's weaknesses hard.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Sudowoodo resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Sudowoodo's weaknesses hard.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Trade
Sudowoodo 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 Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 25RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 57NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Sudowoodo in Ruby & Sapphire
Unlike Johto, where a Sudowoodo blocks a route until you water it, Hoenn stages no such event and has no wild one. You will need to trade it over.
Sudowoodo cannot be caught in the wild in Ruby & Sapphire, but you can still get it via these paths:
Obtain and trade from these games:
Then trade to Ruby & Sapphire.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
How to Get Shiny Sudowoodo in Ruby & Sapphire
Sudowoodo falls outside the Hoenn Pokedex, so bring a shiny over by trade from a game that offers it. See every game where Shiny Sudowoodo can be hunted
Shiny Sudowoodo Evolution
Does Not EvolveSudowoodo Weakness
Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, and Steel moves hit Sudowoodo for super-effective damage. The Rock typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Sudowoodo's physical bulk (base 115 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Sudowoodo Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Sudowoodo
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x122-143%KO Earthquake 2x54-64% Surf 2x35-41% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x131-154%KO Solar Beam 2x88-104%KO Iron Tail 2x58-68% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x125-148%KO Earthquake 2x56-66% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x122-143%KO Earthquake 2x54-64% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x104-122%KO Earthquake 2x47-55% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Rhydon builds →Earthquake 2x87-103%KO Focus Punch 2x87-103%KO Iron Tail 2x58-68% Surf 2x38-45% | ||
 Aggron SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Aggron builds →Focus Punch 2x75-88% Iron Tail 2x75-89% Earthquake 2x50-59% Solar Beam 2x59-69% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x82-96% Iron Tail 2x54-64% Rock Smash 2x12-14% | ||
 Metagross SteelPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Metagross builds →Meteor Mash 2x82-96% Earthquake 2x60-70% Brick Break 2x45-53% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Swampert builds →Earthquake 2x75-89% Focus Punch 2x75-88% Surf 2x92-109%KO Iron Tail 2x50-59% | ||
 Registeel Steel | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 120 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Registeel builds →Focus Punch 2x55-65% Earthquake 2x37-44% Metal Claw 2x29-35% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Sandslash builds →Earthquake 2x70-83% Focus Punch 2x69-81% Iron Tail 2x47-55% | ||
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
 Flygon GroundDragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Flygon builds →Earthquake 2x70-83% Solar Beam 2x73-86% Iron Tail 2x47-55% Rock Smash 2x10-12% | ||
Sudowoodo Evolutions
Sudowoodo doesn't evolve, so breeding's where the action is. You'll find a decent partner pool across one egg group, and eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 1 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Sudowoodo easily with 23 breeding partners from the Mineral egg group. Pass egg moves like Self-Destruct to offspring.
RS Sudowoodo Best Moveset
115 Attack behind Rock TermStab and MoveEarthquake. AbilitySturdy blocks OHKO moves. MoveExplosion for the nuclear trade. Held ItemChoice Band boosts physical output. Hard-hitting Rock attacker with limited Speed and special bulk.
Best Build
Sudowoodo best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Rock Slide
- Double Edge
- Body Slam
- Psych Up
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Sudowoodo's Normal and Fighting coverage and more all comes from technical machines, built on top of Rock Slide and Rock Tomb for same-type damage. Double-Edge and Earthquake are the payoff moves.
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 22 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
SUDOWOODO camouflages itself as a tree to avoid being attacked by enemies. However, because the forelegs remain green throughout the year, the POKéMON is easily identified as a fake during the winter.
Sudowoodo Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Sudowoodo isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Find it in Emerald, then trade it to Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Sudowoodo 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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