
Is Wingull Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Water/Flying from Hoenn, trade-only. AbilityKeen Eye prevents accuracy drops. Pelipper at 25 is a basic Water/Flying. Kanto has Gyarados and Lapras natively covering Water and Flying roles better.
Wingull has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Misty's typing presses Wingull's defenses.
Lt. Surge's team hits Wingull's weaknesses hard.
Wingull trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Wingull trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Wingull trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Wingull has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Wingull has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Wingull trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Wingull has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Wingull trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Wingull trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Wingull trades roughly evenly with Terry's team.
Wingull cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. On GBA, cross-region trading unlocks post-game after Celio's Sevii Islands Ruby & Sapphire quest. The Switch re-release supports only one-way transfers out to Pokemon HOME.
- LV 13FlyingWing Attack90100%35
- After Misty
- TM03WaterWater Pulse90100%20
- After Lt. Surge
- HM02FlyingFly13595%15
- After Erika
- TM40FlyingAerial Ace90100%20
- TM14IceBlizzard11070%5
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Wingull in FireRed & LeafGreen
No Wingull in FRLG encounter data. Hoenn water routes like Route 103 and 104 are the wild source, so a trade from Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald supplies the seagull.
How to Obtain Wingull in FRLG
Step 1Wingull ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom Ruby & SapphireAvailableCatch in Ruby & Sapphire via Surfing · Route 104, then trade to the current game via link cable.HOME TRANSFERNot TradeablePokemon HOME on Switch FireRed & LeafGreen is permanently deposit-only — once it launches, Wingull can be sent from this game into HOME, but never transferred in.
Step 2Evolve into Pelipper
Wingull Weakness
Type-wise, Wingull takes extra damage from Electric and Rock. Watch out for Electric attacks, those deal 4x damage. Ground moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. The Water/Flying typing picks up 5 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Electric |
| 2x (Weak) | Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Fighting, Bug, Steel |
| 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 Wingull Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Wingull
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Wingull View Pikachu builds →Thunder Shock 4x114-136%KO | ||
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Wingull View Pikachu builds →Thunder Shock 4x119-140%KO | ||
Geodude RockGround | C | |
Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
Raichu Electric | C | |
Electrode Electric | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wingull View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 4x364-429%KO Rollout 2x28-33% | ||
Aerodactyl Rock | A | |
Obtain MethodCinnabar Island Gift Available Move Moves
Damage vs Wingull View Aerodactyl builds →Ancient Power 2x145-171%KO | ||
Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodCinnabar Island Gift | ||
Zapdos Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodPower Plant Interact Encounter | ||
Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
Raichu Electric | C | |
Electrode Electric | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Wingull View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 4x377-443%KO Rollout 2x30-35% | ||
Wingull Evolutions
Wingull is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Pelipper. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are average hatch time. Evolving adds up to 170 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Wingull easily with 25 breeding partners from the Flying and Water1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Agility, Gust, Mist and 2 more to offspring.
FRLG Wingull Best Moveset
Water/Flying pre-evolution with AbilityKeen Eye preventing accuracy drops. Stats too low for competitive play. One evolution from Pelipper.
Best Build
Wingull best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Water Pulse
- Shock Wave
- Thief
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Agility and Gust give Wingull options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Dark coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Fly and Wing Attack. The egg moves push it further.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It rides upon ocean winds as if it were a glider. In the winter, it hides food around its nest.
Wingull FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
No. Wingull isn't catchable in FireRed & LeafGreen. Catch one in Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, then trade it over.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Wingull appears in 16 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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 7LGPE

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