Is Tropius Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Route 119 catch. Grass/Flying with AbilityChlorophyll for doubled Speed in sun and AbilitySolar Power for boosted Special. Under Ruby's sun, Tropius becomes fast. The base stats are below average though. A Grass/Flying option for Wallace that doesn't hit hard enough to compete with RS's better Grass options.
Tropius resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Flannery's team hits Tropius's weaknesses hard.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Winona's team hits Tropius's weaknesses hard.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Tropius has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Tropius's weaknesses hard.
Tropius trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Tropius on Route 119 (walking, Lv 25-27, rare).
Recommended Moves
- LV 31GrassMagical LeafPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Route 119
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- LV 37NormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 41GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
Ruby & Sapphire Tropius Locations
This leafy dinosaur sticks to one grassy route and nowhere else, rare at levels 25 to 27. With just two encounter slots in that single stretch, finding Tropius is mostly a waiting game.
1 location to catch Tropius
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Tropius in Ruby & Sapphire
How to Get Shiny Tropius in Ruby & Sapphire
Tropius grazes only rarely in the tall grass of Route 119, so hunt patiently and inspect every one you flush out for a shiny. Compare Shiny Tropius odds across every game
Shiny Tropius Evolution
Does Not EvolveRuby & Sapphire Shiny Tropius 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds calculator with Tropius already selected.
Tropius Weakness
Ice, Fire, Poison, Flying, and Rock moves hit Tropius for super-effective damage. Ice hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The upside? Ground-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Poison, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Tropius Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Tropius
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Combusken builds →Overheat 2x92-109%KO Aerial Ace 2x29-34% Rock Tomb 2x24-29% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Camerupt builds →Overheat 2x110-130%KO Rock Slide 2x40-47% | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Torkoal builds →Overheat 2x92-109%KO Sludge Bomb 2x42-49% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Swalot Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Swalot builds →Ice Beam 4x75-88% Sludge Bomb 2x56-66% | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Pelipper builds →Ice Beam 4x92-108%KO Fly 2x34-41% | ||
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Masquerain builds →Ice Beam 4x97-115%KO Aerial Ace 2x32-38% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x60-71% Wing Attack 2x41-48% | ||
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Slugma builds →Overheat 2x80-94% Rock Throw 2x14-17% Smog 2x7-8% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Grimer Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Grimer builds →Sludge Bomb 2x60-71% Flamethrower 2x25-31% Rock Tomb 2x23-27% | ||
 Swellow Normal | C | |
 Koffing Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Tropius View Koffing builds →Sludge Bomb 2x52-61% Flamethrower 2x33-39% | ||
Tropius Evolutions
Tropius is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through two egg groups with a decent partner pool. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 5 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Tropius easily with 35 breeding partners from the Grass and Monster egg groups. Pass egg moves like Headbutt, Leech Seed, Nature Power and 2 more to offspring.
RS Tropius Best Moveset
Grass/Flying with MoveSolar Beam in sun, and AbilityChlorophyll doubles Speed while AbilitySolar Power boosts Sp. Atk at HP cost. 72 Sp. Atk even boosted can't break through top threats. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Sun synergy on a frame that can't exploit it.
Best Build
Tropius best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Leech Seed
- Earthquake
- Substitute
- Toxic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Tropius misses out on Headbutt and Leech Seed. That's 5 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Solar Beam and Fly, with Normal and Ground coverage and more rounding things out.
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
Base Stats
The bunches of fruit around TROPIUS’s neck are very popular with children. This POKéMON loves fruit, and eats it continuously. Apparently, its love for fruit resulted in its own outgrowth of fruit.
Children of the southern tropics eat as snacks the fruit that grows in bunches around the neck of TROPIUS. This POKéMON flies by flapping the leaves on its back as if they were wings.
Tropius Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Tropius can be caught in the wild at Hoenn Route 119 in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Tropius first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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
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