Is Wingull Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Route 104 alongside Taillow. Water/Flying with AbilityKeen Eye. Pelipper evolves at 25 and provides early Surf access. The Water sub-typing gives it coverage that Swellow doesn't have. A utility pick that contributes through mid-game.
Wingull has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Wingull has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Wingull's weaknesses hard.
Pelipper resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Norman's typing presses Pelipper's defenses.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Pelipper trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Pelipper trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Pelipper trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Pelipper has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Wingull on Route 103 (walking, Lv 2-4, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 13FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Route 119
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
Evolve Wingull to Pelipper
Wingull evolves into Pelipper at Level 25. Your Wingull should hit Level 25 before you reach Flannery, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Route 119
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
- LV 61WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Wingull in Ruby & Sapphire
The biggest footprint in the whole batch. Seventy-eight encounters across thirty-two water areas, common everywhere you surf, levels 2 to 30. Once you have Surf, Wingull is impossible to miss on almost any coast.
32 locations to catch Wingull
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Wingull in RS
Wingull is where the line starts, caught through surfing and walking encounters at Lv. 2-30. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Wingull ✓Route 104Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 95%Dewford TownLv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Ever Grande CityLv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Lilycove CityLv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Mossdeep CityLv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Pacifidlog TownLv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 103Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 105 - OutsideLv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 106Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 107Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 108Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 109Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 110Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 115Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 118Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 119Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 121Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 122Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 123Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 124Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 125Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 126Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 127Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 128Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 129Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 130Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 131Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 132Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 133Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 134Lv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Slateport CityLv.10-30Surfing on waterRate 35%Route 103Lv.2-4GrassRate 10%Route 104Lv.3-5GrassRate 10%Route 110Lv.12GrassRate 8%Route 118Lv.25-27GrassRate 19%Route 115Lv.24-26GrassRate 10%Mt. Pyre - OutsideLv.26-28CaveRate 10%Route 121Lv.26-28GrassRate 9%Route 123Lv.26-28GrassRate 9%
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into PelipperDewford TownLv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Ever Grande CityLv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Lilycove CityLv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Mossdeep CityLv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Pacifidlog TownLv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 103Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 104Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 105 - OutsideLv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 106Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 107Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 108Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 109Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 110Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 115Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 118Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 119Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 121Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 122Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 123Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 124Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 125Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 126Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 127Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 128Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 130Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 131Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 132Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 133Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 134Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Slateport CityLv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 5%Route 129Lv.25-30Surfing on waterRate 4%or evolve from Wingull (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Wingull catch odds in the Ruby & Sapphire Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Wingull in Ruby & Sapphire
Wingull appears often as you Surf off routes such as 103 and 104, so keep churning through water encounters until a shiny shows. Compare Shiny Wingull odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Wingull 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Wingull in the Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
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
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 take an average time to hatch. 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 Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Agility, Gust, Mist and 2 more to offspring.
RS Wingull Best Moveset
Water/Flying pre-evolution heading toward Pelipper. AbilityKeen Eye prevents accuracy drops. Stats too low for any format.
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
All 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
WINGULL has the habit of carrying prey and valuables in its beak and hiding them in all sorts of locations. This POKéMON rides the winds and flies as if it were skating across the sky.
WINGULL rides updrafts rising from the sea by extending its long and narrow wings to glide. This POKéMON’s long beak is useful for catching prey.
Wingull Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Wingull can be caught in the wild at Hoenn Route 103, Hoenn Route 104, Hoenn Dewford Town, and Hoenn Evergrande City in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Wingull appears in 15 games across 7 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 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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