Is Wailord Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
170 base HP is the highest in Hoenn. AbilityWater Veil prevents burns. Wailord takes hits through massive HP rather than Defense. Handles Flannery and contributes against the E4 through attrition. Not the hardest hitter but almost impossible to knock out quickly.
Wailmer resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Wailmer has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Wailmer's weaknesses hard.
Wailmer has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Wailmer's defenses.
Wailmer trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Wailord has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Wallace's typing presses Wailord's defenses.
Wailord trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Wailord trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Wailord trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Wailord has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Wailord trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catch Wailmer
Catch Wailmer on Route 103 (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- LV 28WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- LV 41WaterWater SpoutPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 50WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Wailmer to Wailord
Wailmer evolves into Wailord at Level 40. Your Wailmer should hit Level 40 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- 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
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 44WaterWater SpoutPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 59WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Wailord in Ruby & Sapphire
Oddly, no fishing here. Wailord's only two spots are rare surf encounters, levels 25 to 40, or you evolve a Wailmer at 40. Given how common Wailmer is to fish, the evolution route is the obvious one.
1 location to catch Wailord30 locations to catch Wailmer
Encountered via Surfing
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 8Catch Wailmer at any of the 30 locations below, then level it up to 40 — it evolves into Wailord.
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Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Wailord in RS
Wailmer gets you Wailord sooner: catch it (before Badge 5) and evolve it at Lv 40. Wild Wailord first appears at Route 129 (after Badge 8).
- Step 1Catch WailmerDewford TownLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Ever Grande CityLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Lilycove CityLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Mossdeep CityLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Pacifidlog TownLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 103Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 105 - OutsideLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 106Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 107Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 108Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 109Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 110Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 115Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 121Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 122Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 123Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 124Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 125Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 126Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 127Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 128Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 129Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 130Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 131Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 132Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 133Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 134Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Seafloor Cavern - EntranceLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Seafloor Cavern - Room 6Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Seafloor Cavern - Room 7Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Shoal Cave - 1F Room 1, High TideLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Shoal Cave - 1F Room 2, High TideLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Slateport CityLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Dewford TownLv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 105 - OutsideLv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 106Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 107Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 108Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 109Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 110Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 115Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 121Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 123Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Seafloor Cavern - EntranceLv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Seafloor Cavern - Room 6Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Seafloor Cavern - Room 7Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Shoal Cave - 1F Room 1, High TideLv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Shoal Cave - 1F Room 2, High TideLv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Slateport CityLv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Lilycove CityLv.25-45Super RodRate 85%Mossdeep CityLv.25-45Super RodRate 60%Pacifidlog TownLv.25-45Super RodRate 60%Route 103Lv.25-45Super RodRate 60%Route 122Lv.25-45Super RodRate 60%Route 124Lv.25-45Super RodRate 60%Route 125Lv.25-45Super RodRate 60%Route 126Lv.25-45Super RodRate 60%Route 127Lv.25-45Super RodRate 60%Route 129Lv.25-45Super RodRate 60%Route 130Lv.25-45Super RodRate 60%Route 131Lv.25-45Super RodRate 60%Ever Grande CityLv.30-45Super RodRate 45%Route 128Lv.30-45Super RodRate 45%Route 132Lv.30-45Super RodRate 45%Route 133Lv.30-45Super RodRate 45%Route 134Lv.30-45Super RodRate 45%
- Step 2Wailord ✓or evolve from Wailmer (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Ruby & Sapphire for Wailord.
How to Get Shiny Wailord in Ruby & Sapphire
Wailord rises while you Surf across Route 129, and though the encounter is rare, patient searching can still land a shiny. Compare Shiny Wailord odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Wailord 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 Wailord.
Wailord Weakness
Electric and Grass moves hit Wailord for super-effective damage. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. With 170 HP and balanced defenses, Wailord can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| 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 Wailord Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Wailord
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Wailord Evolutions
Wailord is the evolved form of Wailmer. Breeding produces Wailmer eggs, and they take forever to hatch. Evolving from Wailmer gave Wailord the biggest boost in HP (+40), bringing the total to 500 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Wailord to get Wailmer eggs easily using 102 partners from the Field and Water 2 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Curse, Double-Edge, Fissure and 5 more.
RS Wailord Best Moveset
170 HP is the largest in the format. AbilityWater Veil prevents burns, protecting the physical side. MoveSurf from 90 Sp. Atk and MoveEarthquake for coverage. Held ItemLeftovers recovers a massive chunk each turn. Bulk defined by raw HP rather than defensive stats.
Best Build
Wailord best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Self Destruct
- Ice Beam
- Water Spout
- Hydro Pump
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Wailord picks up Curse and Double-Edge only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Water Spout and Hydro Pump while Rock and Ghost coverage and more adds range.
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
WAILORD is the largest of all identified POKéMON up to now. This giant POKéMON swims languorously in the vast open sea, eating massive amounts of food at once with its enormous mouth.
When chasing prey, WAILORD herds them by leaping out of the water and making a humongous splash. It is breathtaking to see this POKéMON leaping out of the sea with others in its pod.
Wailord Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Wailord can be found while surfing at Hoenn Route 129 in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Wailord 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
Winds & Waves
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