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Pokémon Sapphire Nuzlocke Guide

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

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Sapphire 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 Sapphire so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Sapphire has 67 different encounter locations with 116 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

2 Dragon Pokémon encounters

3 Fighting Pokémon encounters

3 Ghost Pokémon encounters

3 Ice Pokémon encounters

5 Dark Pokémon encounters

6 Fire Pokémon encounters

7 Ground Pokémon encounters

7 Steel Pokémon encounters

8 Grass Pokémon encounters

9 Rock Pokémon encounters

9 Bug Pokémon encounters

11 Electric Pokémon encounters

11 Poison Pokémon encounters

11 Psychic Pokémon encounters

12 Flying Pokémon encounters

20 Normal Pokémon encounters

31 Water Pokémon encounters

2Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

3Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

3Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

3Ice Pokémon
ICE

5Dark Pokémon
DARK

6Fire Pokémon
FIRE

7Ground Pokémon
GROUND

7Steel Pokémon
STEEL

8Grass Pokémon
GRASS

9Rock Pokémon
ROCK

9Bug Pokémon
BUG

11Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

11Poison Pokémon
POISON

11Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

12Flying Pokémon
FLYING

20Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

31Water Pokémon
WATER

Sapphire Boss Battles

In order to complete a Sapphire Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 25 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 Rival's Mudkip to Drake's Salamence.

8 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

6 Rival fights

6 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 2, made up of a level 14 geodude & a level 15 nosepass. The level cap for this fight is level 15.

  • Brawly - Dewford Gym

    Brawly has a team of 2, made up of a level 17 machop & a level 18 makuhita. The level cap for this fight is level 18.

  • Wattson - Mauville City Gym

    Wattson has a team of 3, made up of a level 22 magnemite, a level 20 voltorb & a level 23 magneton. The level cap for this fight is level 23.

  • Flannery - Lavaridge Gym

    Flannery has a team of 3, made up of a level 26 slugma, a level 26 slugma & a level 28 torkoal. The level cap for this fight is level 28.

  • Norman - Petalburg Gym

    Norman has a team of 3, made up of a level 28 slaking, a level 30 vigoroth & a level 31 slaking. The level cap for this fight is level 31.

  • Winona - Fortree City Gym

    Winona has a team of 4, made up of a level 31 swellow, a level 30 pelipper, a level 32 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 2, made up of a level 42 lunatone & a level 42 solrock. The level cap for this fight is level 42.

  • Wallace - Sootopolis Gym

    Wallace has a team of 5, made up of a level 40 luvdisc, a level 42 whiscash, a level 40 sealeo, a level 42 seaking & a level 43 milotic. The level cap for this fight is level 43.

Elite Four fights

  • Sidney - Pokémon League

    Sidney has a team of 5, made up of a level 46 mightyena, a level 46 cacturne, a level 48 shiftry, a level 48 sharpedo & 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 49 banette, a level 50 sableye & 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 glalie, a level 50 sealeo, 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 flygon, a level 53 flygon & a level 53 salamence. The level cap for this fight is level 54.

  • Steven - Pokémon League Champion

    Steven has a team of 6, made up of a level 52 skarmory, a level 55 claydol, a level 56 aggron, a level 56 cradily, a level 56 armaldo & a level 58 metagross. The level cap for this fight is level 58.

Rival fights

  • Rival - Route 103

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

  • Rival - Route 110

    Rival has a team of 3, made up of a level 18 shroomish, a level 18 numel & 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 17 ralts. The level cap for this fight is level 17.

  • Rival - Weather Institute

    Rival has a team of 3, made up of a level 29 shroomish, a level 29 numel & a level 31 marshtomp. The level cap for this fight is level 31.

  • Rival - Lilycove City

    Rival has a team of 4, made up of a level 31 swellow, a level 32 shroomish, a level 32 numel & 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.

Evil Team fights

  • Matt - Mt. Chimney

    Matt has a team of 3, made up of a level 20 carvanha, a level 20 poochyena & a level 20 carvanha. The level cap for this fight is level 20.

  • Archie - Mt. Chimney

    Archie has a team of 3, made up of a level 24 mightyena, a level 24 golbat & a level 25 sharpedo. The level cap for this fight is level 25.

  • 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.

  • Matt - Team Magma Hideout

    Matt has a team of 3, made up of a level 32 carvanha, a level 32 mightyena & a level 32 sharpedo. The level cap for this fight is level 32.

  • Shelly - Seafloor Cavern

    Shelly has a team of 2, made up of a level 38 mightyena & a level 38 sharpedo. The level cap for this fight is level 38.

  • Archie - Seafloor Cavern

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

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