Is Zigzagoon Good in Emerald Playthrough?
First encounter on Route 101 alongside Poochyena. Zigzagoon's AbilityPickup collects free items after every battle, which adds up fast. Linoone at 20 keeps Pickup and adds decent Speed. Most players keep one on the team for the item economy, not the fights.
Roxanne's typing presses Zigzagoon's defenses.
Zigzagoon trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Linoone has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Linoone trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Zigzagoon on Route 101 (walking, Lv 2-3, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 9NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Zigzagoon to Linoone
Zigzagoon evolves into Linoone at Level 20. Your Zigzagoon should hit Level 20 before you reach Wattson, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by the Tunnel Man in Rusturf Tunnel
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 41NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Zigzagoon in Emerald
Zigzagoon scurries across five early routes between levels 2 and 27, common on the first few and showing up again near Fortree. It is one of the first things you meet, and its item-finding knack makes it worth a slot anyway.
Wild Zigzagoon may be holding when caught:
Oran Berry (5% chance) A hold item that restores 10 HP in battle.5 locations to catch Zigzagoon
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 6Where To Catch Zigzagoon in E
Zigzagoon is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 2-27 across 7 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Linooneor evolve from Zigzagoon (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Zigzagoon catch odds in the Emerald Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Zigzagoon in Emerald
Zigzagoon scurries through the grass on Route 101 and Route 103, one of Hoenn's most common catches, so stack encounters in a single patch and grind out the full-odds hunt. Compare Shiny Zigzagoon odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Zigzagoon 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 Zigzagoon in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Zigzagoon Weakness
Zigzagoon's Normal typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. Zigzagoon's Normal typing only leaves 1 gap to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Zigzagoon Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Zigzagoon
 Makuhita Fighting | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Zigzagoon View Makuhita builds →Vital Throw 2x90-107%KO | ||
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) | ||
Zigzagoon Evolutions
Zigzagoon is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Linoone. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Zigzagoon. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Zigzagoon easily with 102 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Charm, Pursuit, Substitute and 2 more to offspring.
E Zigzagoon Best Moveset
AbilityPickup collects useful items outside of battle. 60 Speed and 30 Attack mean the Normal-type moves in the moveset tickle rather than threaten. Linoone's 100 Speed and AbilityPickup make it the strictly better option for the team slot.
Best Build
Zigzagoon best EVs are Sp. Def and Speed
Support Moveset
- Trick
- Toxic
- Thunder Wave
- Sand Attack
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Zigzagoon won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 10 types means it always has an effective option. Double-Edge and Body Slam anchor the STAB core.
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
Rubbing its nose against the ground, it always wanders about back and forth in search of something. It is distinguished by the zigzag footprints it leaves.
Zigzagoon Emerald Guide
Yes. Wild Zigzagoon in Emerald can hold Oran Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Oran Berry.
In Emerald, for a casual playthrough, Zigzagoon works as a placeholder. Normal coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Linoone. That's where the stats start mattering.
Zigzagoon has a Galarian form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 8. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
Game Availability
Available since Ruby & Sapphire, Zigzagoon appears in 14 games spanning 7 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Galarian form in Generation 8.
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 8SwShGalarian
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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