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Pokémon Sinking Sapphire Nuzlocke Guide

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

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

Pokémon Sinking Sapphire has 80 different encounter locations with 581 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

26 Ghost Pokémon encounters

27 Ice Pokémon encounters

30 Dragon Pokémon encounters

31 Fighting Pokémon encounters

32 Steel Pokémon encounters

35 Fairy Pokémon encounters

35 Dark Pokémon encounters

37 Electric Pokémon encounters

39 Fire Pokémon encounters

43 Ground Pokémon encounters

49 Poison Pokémon encounters

49 Rock Pokémon encounters

55 Bug Pokémon encounters

56 Grass Pokémon encounters

65 Psychic Pokémon encounters

76 Flying Pokémon encounters

81 Normal Pokémon encounters

101 Water Pokémon encounters

26Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

27Ice Pokémon
ICE

30Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

31Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

32Steel Pokémon
STEEL

35Fairy Pokémon
FAIRY

35Dark Pokémon
DARK

37Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

39Fire Pokémon
FIRE

43Ground Pokémon
GROUND

49Poison Pokémon
POISON

49Rock Pokémon
ROCK

55Bug Pokémon
BUG

56Grass Pokémon
GRASS

65Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

76Flying Pokémon
FLYING

81Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

101Water Pokémon
WATER

Sinking Sapphire Boss Battles

In order to complete a Sinking Sapphire Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 27 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

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 6, made up of a level 14 archen, a level 14 omanyte, a level 14 tyrunt, a level 14 anorith, a level 14 lileep & a level 16 nosepass. The level cap for this fight is level 16.

  • Brawly - Dewford Gym

    Brawly has a team of 6, made up of a level 17 machop, a level 17 meditite, a level 17 pancham, a level 17 scraggy, a level 17 mienfoo & a level 19 hariyama. The level cap for this fight is level 19.

  • Wattson - Mauville Gym

    Wattson has a team of 6, made up of a level 26 electrode, a level 26 magneton, a level 26 flaaffy, a level 26 rotom, a level 26 luxio & a level 28 manectric. The level cap for this fight is level 28.

  • Flannery - Lavaridge Gym

    Flannery has a team of 6, made up of a level 36 ninetales, a level 36 houndoom, a level 36 delphox, a level 36 magcargo, a level 36 camerupt & a level 38 torkoal. The level cap for this fight is level 38.

  • Norman - Petalburg Gym

    Norman has a team of 6, made up of a level 40 ambipom, a level 40 exploud, a level 40 staraptor, a level 40 sawsbuck, a level 40 bouffalant & a level 42 slaking. The level cap for this fight is level 42.

  • Winona - Fortree Gym

    Winona has a team of 6, made up of a level 48 skarmory, a level 48 honchkrow, a level 48 sigilyph, a level 48 gyarados, a level 48 talonflame & a level 50 altaria. The level cap for this fight is level 50.

  • Tate & Liza - Mossdeep Gym

    Tate & Liza has a team of 6, made up of a level 60 solrock, a level 60 lunatone, a level 60 bronzong, a level 60 slowking, a level 62 gallade & a level 62 gardevoir. The level cap for this fight is level 62.

  • Wallace - Sootopolis Gym

    Wallace has a team of 6, made up of a level 65 politoed, a level 65 ludicolo, a level 65 kingdra, a level 65 starmie, a level 67 milotic & a level 67 swampert. The level cap for this fight is level 67.

Elite Four fights

  • Sidney - Pokémon League

    Sidney has a team of 6, made up of a level 70 weavile, a level 70 scrafty, a level 70 bisharp, a level 70 tyranitar, a level 70 greninja & a level 72 absol. The level cap for this fight is level 72.

  • Phoebe - Pokémon League

    Phoebe has a team of 6, made up of a level 71 mismagius, a level 71 gengar, a level 71 gourgeist, a level 71 chandelure, a level 71 dusknoir & a level 73 sableye. The level cap for this fight is level 73.

  • Glacia - Pokémon League

    Glacia has a team of 6, made up of a level 72 aurorus, a level 72 froslass, a level 72 jynx, a level 72 mamoswine, a level 72 walrein & a level 74 glalie. The level cap for this fight is level 74.

  • Drake - Pokémon League

    Drake has a team of 6, made up of a level 73 hydreigon, a level 73 flygon, a level 73 haxorus, a level 73 kingdra, a level 73 dragalge & a level 75 salamence. The level cap for this fight is level 75.

  • Steven - Pokémon Champion

    Steven has a team of 6, made up of a level 77 skarmory, a level 77 aggron, a level 77 claydol, a level 77 aerodactyl, a level 77 diancie & a level 79 metagross. The level cap for this fight is level 79.

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 4, made up of a level 22 swellow, a level 22 shroomish, a level 22 ponyta & a level 24 marshtomp. The level cap for this fight is level 24.

  • Wally - Mauville City

    Wally has a team of 4, made up of a level 23 fletchinder, a level 23 gible, a level 23 marill & a level 25 kirlia. The level cap for this fight is level 25.

  • Rival - Route 119

    Rival has a team of 5, made up of a level 47 swellow, a level 47 raichu, a level 47 breloom, a level 47 rapidash & a level 49 swampert. The level cap for this fight is level 49.

  • Rival - Lilycove City

    Rival has a team of 6, made up of a level 53 swellow, a level 53 raichu, a level 53 sylveon, a level 53 breloom, a level 53 rapidash & a level 55 swampert. The level cap for this fight is level 55.

  • Wally - Victory Road

    Wally has a team of 6, made up of a level 70 roserade, a level 70 talonflame, a level 70 azumarill, a level 70 magnezone, a level 70 garchomp & a level 72 gallade. The level cap for this fight is level 72.

Evil Team fights

  • Shelly - Meteor Falls

    Shelly has a team of 3, made up of a level 33 liepard, a level 33 muk & a level 35 jellicent. The level cap for this fight is level 35.

  • Shelly - Mt. Chimney

    Shelly has a team of 4, made up of a level 33 liepard, a level 33 muk, a level 33 lapras & a level 35 jellicent. The level cap for this fight is level 35.

  • Archie - Mt. Chimney

    Archie has a team of 5, made up of a level 34 golbat, a level 34 tentacruel, a level 34 dragonair, a level 34 eelektrik & a level 36 sharpedo. The level cap for this fight is level 36.

  • Matt - Southern Island

    Matt has a team of 3, made up of a level 42 golduck, a level 42 barbaracle & a level 44 blastoise. The level cap for this fight is level 44.

  • Shelly - Weather Institute

    Shelly has a team of 6, made up of a level 46 liepard, a level 46 muk, a level 46 lapras, a level 46 roserade, a level 46 sharpedo & a level 48 jellicent. The level cap for this fight is level 48.

  • Matt - Mt. Pyre Summit

    Matt has a team of 4, made up of a level 53 golduck, a level 53 barbaracle, a level 53 ferrothorn & a level 55 blastoise. The level cap for this fight is level 55.

  • Matt - Magma Hideout B1F

    Matt has a team of 6, made up of a level 55 golduck, a level 55 barbaracle, a level 55 ferrothorn, a level 55 sharpedo, a level 55 nidoqueen & a level 57 blastoise. The level cap for this fight is level 57.

  • Archie - Seafloor Cavern

    Archie has a team of 6, made up of a level 63 crobat, a level 63 tentacruel, a level 63 walrein, a level 63 dragonite, a level 63 eelektross & a level 65 sharpedo. The level cap for this fight is level 65.

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