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Pokémon Emerald Nuzlocke Guide

This guide contains useful information for a Emerald Nuzlocke. Lists of all of the available Pokémon, the number of encounters, and detailed overviews of all Boss battles.

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Emerald Encounters

A fun aspect of Nuzlocke runs is the variety of encounters forcing you to try out new Pokémon you've never used before. That is why it's important to know which Pokémon will be available during a run. We've compiled a list of every encounter for Pokémon Emerald so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Emerald has 70 different encounter locations with 149 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

3 Dragon Pokémon encounters

3 Ice Pokémon encounters

4 Fighting Pokémon encounters

4 Ghost Pokémon encounters

7 Fire Pokémon encounters

8 Steel Pokémon encounters

8 Dark Pokémon encounters

11 Electric Pokémon encounters

11 Poison Pokémon encounters

13 Grass Pokémon encounters

13 Psychic Pokémon encounters

13 Rock Pokémon encounters

13 Bug Pokémon encounters

16 Ground Pokémon encounters

19 Flying Pokémon encounters

24 Normal Pokémon encounters

36 Water Pokémon encounters

3Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

3Ice Pokémon
ICE

4Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

4Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

7Fire Pokémon
FIRE

8Steel Pokémon
STEEL

8Dark Pokémon
DARK

11Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

11Poison Pokémon
POISON

13Grass Pokémon
GRASS

13Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

13Rock Pokémon
ROCK

13Bug Pokémon
BUG

16Ground Pokémon
GROUND

19Flying Pokémon
FLYING

24Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

36Water Pokémon
WATER

Emerald Boss Battles

In order to complete a Emerald Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 29 Boss battles throughout the Hoenn region - ranging from bickering Rival & Evil team fights, to Gym Leaders & ultimately the Elite Four.

These can be a challenge, especially when your dear nicknamed nuzlocke mons are at risk. So below we've listed detailed overviews of all these fights! Giving you all the information you'll need to face everything from May's Mudkip to Drake's Salamence.

8 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

8 Rival fights

8 Evil Team fights

Starter-dependent boss data

Some boss teams change depending on your starter. The static guide below uses the default fire-starter path so the page can be served as plain HTML for search engines and readers.

Gym Leader fights

  • Roxanne - Rustboro Gym

    Roxanne has a team of 3, made up of a level 12 geodude, a level 12 geodude & a level 15 nosepass. The level cap for this fight is level 15.

  • Brawly - Dewford Gym

    Brawly has a team of 3, made up of a level 16 machop, a level 16 meditite & a level 19 makuhita. The level cap for this fight is level 19.

  • Wattson - Mauville City Gym

    Wattson has a team of 4, made up of a level 20 voltorb, a level 20 electrike, a level 22 magneton & a level 24 manectric. The level cap for this fight is level 24.

  • Flannery - Lavaridge Gym

    Flannery has a team of 4, made up of a level 24 numel, a level 24 slugma, a level 26 camerupt & a level 29 torkoal. The level cap for this fight is level 29.

  • Norman - Petalburg Gym

    Norman has a team of 4, made up of a level 27 spinda, a level 27 vigoroth, a level 29 linoone & a level 31 slaking. The level cap for this fight is level 31.

  • Winona - Fortree City Gym

    Winona has a team of 5, made up of a level 29 swablu, a level 29 tropius, a level 30 pelipper, a level 31 skarmory & a level 33 altaria. The level cap for this fight is level 33.

  • Tate & Liza - Mossdeep City Gym

    Tate & Liza has a team of 4, made up of a level 41 claydol, a level 41 xatu, a level 42 lunatone & a level 42 solrock. The level cap for this fight is level 42.

  • Juan - Sootopolis Gym

    Juan has a team of 5, made up of a level 41 luvdisc, a level 41 whiscash, a level 43 sealeo, a level 43 crawdaunt & a level 46 kingdra. The level cap for this fight is level 46.

Elite Four fights

  • Sidney - Pokémon League

    Sidney has a team of 5, made up of a level 46 mightyena, a level 48 shiftry, a level 46 cacturne, a level 48 crawdaunt & a level 49 absol. The level cap for this fight is level 49.

  • Phoebe - Pokémon League

    Phoebe has a team of 5, made up of a level 48 dusclops, a level 49 banette, a level 50 sableye, a level 49 banette & a level 51 dusclops. The level cap for this fight is level 51.

  • Glacia - Pokémon League

    Glacia has a team of 5, made up of a level 50 sealeo, a level 50 glalie, a level 52 sealeo, a level 52 glalie & a level 53 walrein. The level cap for this fight is level 53.

  • Drake - Pokémon League

    Drake has a team of 5, made up of a level 52 shelgon, a level 54 altaria, a level 53 kingdra, a level 53 flygon & a level 55 salamence. The level cap for this fight is level 55.

  • Wallace - Pokémon League Champion

    Wallace has a team of 6, made up of a level 57 wailord, a level 55 tentacruel, a level 56 ludicolo, a level 56 whiscash, a level 56 gyarados & a level 58 milotic. The level cap for this fight is level 58.

Rival fights

  • May - Route 103

    May has a team of 1, made up of a level 5 mudkip. The level cap for this fight is level 5.

  • May - Rustboro City

    May has a team of 2, made up of a level 13 torkoal & a level 15 mudkip. The level cap for this fight is level 15.

  • May - Route 110

    May has a team of 3, made up of a level 18 lombre, a level 18 slugma & a level 20 marshtomp. The level cap for this fight is level 20.

  • Wally - Mauville City

    Wally has a team of 1, made up of a level 16 ralts. The level cap for this fight is level 16.

  • May - Weather Institute

    May has a team of 3, made up of a level 29 lombre, a level 29 slugma & a level 31 marshtomp. The level cap for this fight is level 31.

  • May - Lilycove City

    May has a team of 4, made up of a level 31 tropius, a level 32 ludicolo, a level 32 slugma & a level 34 marshtomp. The level cap for this fight is level 34.

  • Wally - Victory Road

    Wally has a team of 5, made up of a level 44 altaria, a level 43 delcatty, a level 44 roselia, a level 41 magneton & a level 45 gardevoir. The level cap for this fight is level 45.

  • Steven - Meteor Falls Champion

    Steven has a team of 6, made up of a level 77 skarmory, a level 75 claydol, a level 76 aggron, a level 76 cradily, a level 76 armaldo & a level 78 metagross. The level cap for this fight is level 78.

Evil Team fights

  • Tabitha - Mt. Chimney

    Tabitha has a team of 4, made up of a level 18 numel, a level 20 poochyena, a level 22 numel & a level 22 zubat. The level cap for this fight is level 22.

  • Shelly - Weather Institute

    Shelly has a team of 2, made up of a level 28 carvanha & a level 28 mightyena. The level cap for this fight is level 28.

  • Tabitha - Team Magma Hideout

    Tabitha has a team of 4, made up of a level 26 numel, a level 28 mightyena, a level 33 camerupt & a level 30 zubat. The level cap for this fight is level 33.

  • Maxie - Team Magma Hideout

    Maxie has a team of 3, made up of a level 37 mightyena, a level 38 crobat & a level 39 camerupt. The level cap for this fight is level 39.

  • Matt - Team Aqua Hideout

    Matt has a team of 3, made up of a level 37 sharpedo, a level 34 mightyena & a level 34 golbat. The level cap for this fight is level 37.

  • Maxie & Tabitha - Mossdeep Space Center

    Maxie & Tabitha has a team of 6, made up of a level 42 mightyena, a level 43 crobat, a level 44 camerupt, a level 36 camerupt, a level 38 mightyena & a level 40 golbat. The level cap for this fight is level 44.

  • Shelly - Seafloor Cavern

    Shelly has a team of 2, made up of a level 37 sharpedo & a level 37 mightyena. The level cap for this fight is level 37.

  • Archie - Seafloor Cavern

    Archie has a team of 3, made up of a level 41 mightyena, a level 41 golbat & a level 43 sharpedo. The level cap for this fight is level 43.

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