Is Cradily Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Rock/Grass with AbilitySuction Cups. Cradily resists Water, Electric, Normal, and Poison while absorbing hits on the special side. Steven's team member. Handles Wallace and Glacia through type resistance. The late evolution at 40 means Cradily arrives late, but the unique defensive typing justifies the wait.
Lileep resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Lileep's defenses.
Lileep has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Norman's team hits Lileep's weaknesses hard.
Lileep trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Cradily has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Cradily trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Lileep can be revived from a fossil obtained on Rustboro City. Revive Root Fossil. Revive from the Root Fossil at the Devon Corporation in Rustboro City. Choose the Root Fossil in the Mirage Tower on Route 111
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20PoisonAcid40100%30
- After Brawly
- TM36PoisonSludge Bomb90100%10
- TM43NormalSecret Power70100%20
- TM10NormalHidden Power60100%15
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
- After Winona
- TM22GrassSolar Beam180100%10
- TM19GrassGiga Drain113100%10
- LV 43RockAncient Power90100%5
Your Lileep should hit Level 40 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
- After Roxanne
- TM39RockRock Tomb9095%15
- HM04NormalStrength80100%15
- After Brawly
- TM36PoisonSludge Bomb90100%10
- After Winona
- TM22GrassSolar Beam180100%10
- TM19GrassGiga Drain113100%10
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquake100100%10
- LV 48RockAncient Power90100%5
How to Get Cradily in Ruby & Sapphire
You're catching Lileep first, not Cradily. Lileep appears but it's a rare spawn in the encounters below. The step cards map the full 2-stage line with evolution methods between each stage.
How to Obtain Cradily in RS
Step 1Catch LileepRustboro City - Devon CorporationLv.20Gift from NPCLimitedRevive Root Fossil
Step 2Cradily ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Cradily egg.
Cradily Weakness
Type-wise, Cradily takes extra damage from Ice, Fighting, Bug, and Steel. Storm Drain grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Cradily's overall bulk (86/97/107) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Fighting, Bug, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Electric |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Cradily Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Cradily
 Nincada BugGround | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x134-158%KO Iron Tail 2x61-72% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Skarmory builds →Steel Wing 2x44-53% Rock Smash 2x10-12% | ||
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x136-160%KO Iron Tail 2x60-72% | ||
Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Machoke Fighting | C | |
Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) | ||
Skarmory Steel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Skarmory builds →Steel Wing 2x44-52% Rock Smash 2x10-12% | ||
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x138-162%KO Iron Tail 2x62-73% | ||
Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Machoke Fighting | C | |
Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) | ||
Skarmory Steel | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Skarmory builds →Steel Wing 2x47-55% Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x134-158%KO Iron Tail 2x60-71% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x130-153%KO Megahorn 2x105-123%KO | ||
Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) | ||
Machoke Fighting | C | |
In Ruby & Sapphire, Starmie deals 38-45% with Ice Beam.
A | ||
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Zapdos builds →Thunderbolt11-13% | ||
A | ||
Recommended Build AbilityVoltabsorb ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Jolteon builds →Thunderbolt10-12% | ||
A | ||
Recommended Build AbilityNatural Cure ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Starmie builds →Rapid Spin3-4% Ice Beam 2x38-45% Thunderbolt9-11% Surf19-22% | ||
B | ||
Recommended Build AbilityMarvelscale ItemLeftovers NatureBold Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Milotic builds →Surf15-18% | ||
B | ||
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Cradily View Moltres builds →Flamethrower22-26% | ||
Cradily Evolutions
Evolved from Lileep. Cradily is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are slow to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+40 over Lileep), and Cradily peaks at 495 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Cradily to get Lileep eggs using 19 partners from the Water3 egg group. Notable egg moves include Barrier, Mirror Coat, Recover and 1 more.
RS Cradily Best Moveset
Rock/Grass with high Sp. Def that can't be forced off the field. AbilitySuction Cups prevents MoveRoar and MoveWhirlwind from breaking the stall. MoveRecover sustains, MoveToxic poisons the target. Held ItemLeftovers stacks with Recover. Anti-phazing stall tank.
Best Build
Cradily best EVs are HP and Attack
Wall Moveset
- Recover
- Rest
- Toxic
- Earthquake
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Barrier and Mirror Coat aren't available any other way for Cradily, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Solar Beam and Giga Drain for solid options.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
CRADILY roams around the ocean floor in search of food. This POKéMON freely extends its tree trunk-like neck and captures unwary prey using its eight tentacles.
CRADILY’s body serves as an anchor, preventing it from being washed away in rough seas. This POKéMON secretes a strong digestive fluid from its tentacles.
Cradily Ruby & Sapphire Guide
In Ruby & Sapphire, Storm Drain changes the entire equation for Cradily. The 495 BST doesn't tell the full story. Ranked C-Tier as a support. Recover with Leftovers is the standard set.
Suction Cups is the go-to ability for Cradily. It prevents being forced out of battle by other Pokémon's moves. It's Cradily's only ability.
Base 43 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go. On offense, Cradily is a mixed attacker with base 81 Attack and 81 Sp. Atk. Defensively? Tanky enough to absorb a few hits. Best used as a support.
For Ruby & Sapphire, the core moveset is Recover, Rest, Toxic, and Earthquake. Recover leads at 0% usage. This set covers the support role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Cradily spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
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 7LGPE
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
Winds & Waves