Is Typhlosion Good in Emerald Playthrough?
AbilityBlaze Fire with strong Special Attack and Speed. Typhlosion from the postgame Birch gift can't contribute to the story you already finished. Steven's Steel rematch at Meteor Falls is the one postgame fight where Fire actually earns its place. Battle Frontier handles the rest.
Roxanne's team hits Cyndaquil's weaknesses hard.
Cyndaquil has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Cyndaquil trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Cyndaquil trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Cyndaquil trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Cyndaquil trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Cyndaquil's weaknesses hard.
Juan's team hits Cyndaquil's weaknesses hard.
Typhlosion has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Typhlosion has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Typhlosion has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Typhlosion's weaknesses hard.
Wallace's team hits Typhlosion's weaknesses hard.
Gift Cyndaquil
Cyndaquil is given to you as a gift in Littleroot Town at Lv 5. From Professor Birch after completing Hoenn Pokédex. Gift from Professor Birch in Littleroot Town after completing the Hoenn Pokedex.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 27FireFlame WheelPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Flannery
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Prize for defeating Flannery
- After Norman
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 46FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Cyndaquil to Typhlosion
Quilava evolves into Typhlosion at Level 36. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Wallace.
Recommended Moves
- After Flannery
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Prize for defeating Flannery
- After Norman
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 60FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Typhlosion in Emerald
Quilava evolves into Typhlosion at level 36, the end of a Cyndaquil line that only opens once the Hoenn Pokedex is full. Nothing in the wild gives you a shortcut to the final stage.
Catch Cyndaquil at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Typhlosion.
Badge 8How to Obtain Typhlosion in E
- Step 2Evolve into QuilavaBREEDINGAvailableLeave Typhlosion with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Cyndaquil egg.
- Step 3Typhlosion ✓
How to Get Shiny Typhlosion in Emerald
Typhlosion appears only through evolution, so secure a shiny Cyndaquil by soft-resetting the Littleroot Town gift, raise it into Quilava, and evolve at level 36 keeping the shiny colors. Compare Shiny Typhlosion odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Typhlosion Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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 Typhlosion.
Typhlosion Weakness
Water, Ground, and Rock moves hit Typhlosion for super-effective damage. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. With 78 HP and balanced defenses, Typhlosion can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Ground, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Typhlosion Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Typhlosion
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Feraligatr builds →Surf 2x68-81% Dig 2x38-46% | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing | ||
 Azumarill Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Azurill (Petalburg City Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Azumarill builds →Surf 2x56-66% Dig 2x24-29% Rollout 2x13-15% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Camerupt builds →Dig 2x59-69% Rock Slide 2x47-56% | ||
 Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Marshtomp builds →Surf 2x56-66% Dig 2x51-61% Rock Tomb 2x29-35% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x59-69% Rock Tomb 2x33-38% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Graveler builds →Dig 2x56-66% Rock Tomb 2x46-55% | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Trapinch Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Trapinch builds →Dig 2x59-69% Rock Tomb 2x33-38% | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Anorith builds →Rock Tomb 2x46-55% Dig 2x38-44% Water Gun 2x13-15% | ||
 Lairon SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Lairon builds →Rock Tomb 2x43-52% Dig 2x36-42% | ||
 Baltoy GroundPsychic | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Typhlosion View Baltoy builds →Dig 2x32-38% Ancient Power 2x21-25% | ||
 Nincada BugGround | C | |
Typhlosion Evolutions
End of the line. Typhlosion caps a three-stage chain that started at Cyndaquil. Breeding produces the base form, and eggs take an average time to hatch. Sp.Atk grew the most through evolution (+49 over Cyndaquil), and Typhlosion peaks at 534 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Typhlosion to get Cyndaquil eggs using 102 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Covet, Crush Claw, Foresight and 5 more.
E Typhlosion Best Moveset
Typhlosion competes for the best non-legendary Fire attacker slot, matching Charizard's 109/100 Sp. Atk and Speed without the crippling 4x Rock weakness. Pure Fire means the moveset only fears Water, Ground, and Rock coverage. MoveFlamethrower for reliable Fire TermStab and Thunderpunch for Water-type coverage both hit from the strong special side.
Best Build
Typhlosion best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Flamethrower
- Thunder Punch
- Hidden Power Grass
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Typhlosion misses out on Covet and Crush Claw. That's 8 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Overheat and Fire Blast, with coverage across 7 types 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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It can hide behind a shimmering heat haze that it creates using its intense flames. TYPHLOSION create blazing explosive blasts that burn everything to cinders.
Typhlosion Emerald Guide
Yes. Typhlosion is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Typhlosion becomes available after the main story is complete in Emerald.
In Emerald, use Typhlosion as a sweeper. Special attacks are the main output. It outspeeds most threats, Flamethrower is the primary attack.
Typhlosion has a Hisuian form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 8. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
For Emerald, run Hasty on Typhlosion. +Speed is what matters, and the -Defense cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the sweeper role.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Gold & Silver, Typhlosion has appeared in 17 titles over 8 generations. Along the way, it received a Hisuian form in Generation 8, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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 8PLAHisuian
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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