Is Surskit Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Route 102 surface water, rare. Bug/Water is unique but AbilitySwift Swim on a Pokemon with low stats doesn't help. Masquerain loses the Water typing at evolution and becomes Bug/Flying. A gimmick that gets worse when it evolves.
Surskit has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Surskit has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Surskit's weaknesses hard.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Masquerain's defenses.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Masquerain's weaknesses hard.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Masquerain has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Masquerain trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Surskit on Route 102 (walking, Lv 3, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- LV 25WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
Evolve Surskit to Masquerain
Surskit evolves into Masquerain at Level 22. Your Surskit should hit Level 22 before you reach Flannery, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- LV 40GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- LV 47BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Surskit in Ruby & Sapphire
Eighteen rare encounters spread over five areas, mixing grass and surf, levels 3 to 30. Surskit is never common, so expect to work for it whether you're walking or on the water.
5 locations to catch Surskit
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
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Badge 6Where To Catch Surskit in RS
Surskit is the chain's first catch. You'll find surfing and walking encounters from Lv. 3-30 across 18 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Evolve into MasquerainBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Surskit egg.
Not landing the catch? Calculate Surskit catch rates for Ruby & Sapphire by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Surskit in Ruby & Sapphire
Surskit surfaces rarely in the grass and water on routes like 102, 114, and 117, so keep at those wild encounters for a shiny. Compare Shiny Surskit odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Surskit 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Ruby & Sapphire with Surskit preloaded.
Surskit Weakness
Surskit's Bug/Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Flying, and Rock. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Standard number of weaknesses for the Bug/Water typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Surskit Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Surskit
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Surskit View Pelipper builds →Shock Wave 2x64-75% Wing Attack 2x81-96% | ||
 Swellow Normal | C | |
Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Aron SteelRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Surskit View Aron builds →Rock Tomb 2x84-100%KO Shock Wave 2x36-43% | ||
 Swablu Normal | D | |
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
Surskit Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Surskit grows into Masquerain through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 185 total stats over Surskit. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Surskit easily with 37 breeding partners from the Bug and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Foresight, Hydro Pump, Mind Reader and 2 more to offspring.
RS Surskit Best Moveset
Bug/Water pre-evolution with stats too low to exploit rain. AbilitySwift Swim doubles Speed in rain. Masquerain loses Swift Swim on evolution, making the pre-evolution's ability potentially more useful.
Best Build
Surskit best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Giga Drain
- Haze
- Toxic
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Foresight and Hydro Pump on Surskit. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Hydro Pump and Bubble Beam, they expand what Surskit can actually threaten in practice.
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 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
From the tips of its feet, SURSKIT secretes an oil that enables it to walk on water as if it were skating. This POKéMON feeds on microscopic organisms in ponds and lakes.
If SURSKIT senses danger, it secretes a thick, sugary syrup from the tip of its head. There are some POKéMON that love eating this syrup.
Surskit Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Surskit can be caught in the wild at Hoenn Route 102, Hoenn Route 117, Hoenn Route 114, and Hoenn Route 111 in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Surskit spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in a solid number of 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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