Is Makuhita Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Granite Cave, available before Brawly's gym. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage, which is a defensive bonus on a Fighting-type. Hariyama at 24 is a physical powerhouse. Handles Roxanne, Norman, and Sidney. The early Fighting option that competes with Breloom.
Makuhita has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Makuhita trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Makuhita trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Hariyama resists most of Sidney's coverage and hits back hard.
Phoebe's team hits Hariyama's weaknesses hard.
Hariyama resists most of Glacia's coverage and hits back hard.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Makuhita can be received through an in-game trade on Rustboro City. Trade Slakoth. Trade a Slakoth to a boy in a house in Rustboro City
- LV 13FightingVital Throw105100%10
- After Roxanne
- HM04NormalStrength80100%15
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDig80100%10
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus Punch225100%20
- HM03WaterSurf90100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquake100100%10
- After Wallace
- TM31FightingBrick Break113100%15
Your Makuhita should hit Level 24 before you reach Flannery, at typical leveling pace.
- STARTING (Lv 24)
- LV 24FightingVital Throw105100%10
- After Roxanne
- HM04NormalStrength80100%15
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDig80100%10
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus Punch225100%20
- HM03WaterSurf90100%15
- After Winona
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquake100100%10
- After Wallace
- TM31FightingBrick Break113100%15
How to Get Makuhita in Ruby & Sapphire
high spawn rates in early-game routes across 10 locations. Makuhita's one of the easier catches on the list. Knock it out fast and save your time for harder targets.
Where To Catch Makuhita in RS
Makuhita is your first catch on the way to Makuhita. You'll find walking and trade encounters from Lv. 6-42 across 14 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Makuhita ✓Granite Cave - 1FLv.6-10CaveRate 50%Granite Cave - 1F Room 2Lv.6-10CaveRate 50%Granite Cave - B1FLv.10-11CaveRate 10%Victory Road - 1FLv.36CaveRate 10%Rustboro City - HouseIn-game tradeLimitedTrade for (give Slakoth)
Step 2Catch or Evolve into HariyamaVictory Road - B1FLv.38-42CaveRate 35%Victory Road - 1FLv.38-40CaveRate 25%or evolve from Makuhita (Step 1)
Makuhita Weakness
Makuhita is weak to Flying and Psychic. Not many exploitable gaps in the Fighting typing defensive chart. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Makuhita Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Makuhita
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x246-291%KO | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Beautifly builds →Psychic 2x107-126%KO Gust 2x56-66% | ||
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Xatu builds →Future Sight 2x210-248%KO Fly 2x103-123%KO | ||
Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x257-303%KO | ||
 Chimecho Psychic | C | |
 Grumpig Psychic | C | |
Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x261-307%KO | ||
Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Xatu builds →Future Sight 2x209-246%KO Fly 2x102-120%KO | ||
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x252-298%KO | ||
Chimecho Psychic | C | |
Grumpig Psychic | C | |
 Latios DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Latios builds →Psychic 2x210-248%KO Fly 2x80-94% | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Latias builds →Psychic 2x182-214%KO Fly 2x73-86% | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter | ||
Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Xatu builds →Future Sight 2x214-252%KO Fly 2x103-122%KO | ||
Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x270-318%KO | ||
In Ruby & Sapphire, Porygon's Psychic hits Makuhita for 65-76%.
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityTrace ItemLeftovers NatureBrave Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Porygon builds →Psychic 2x65-76% Facade34-40% | ||
Makuhita Evolutions
Makuhita is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Hariyama. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. Evolving adds up to 237 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Makuhita easily with 28 breeding partners from the Humanshape egg group. Pass egg moves like Counter, Cross Chop, Detect and 5 more to offspring.
RS Makuhita Best Moveset
Fighting pre-evolution heading toward Hariyama. AbilityGuts boosts Attack when statused and AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage. Stats below competitive thresholds.
Best Build
Makuhita best EVs are Attack and Sp. Def
Bulky Support Moveset
- Fake Out
- Brick Break
- Earthquake
- Bulk Up
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Makuhita. Counter and Cross Chop come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Focus Punch and Cross Chop and Normal and Dark coverage and more.
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
MAKUHITA is tenacious - it will keep getting up and attacking its foe however many times it is knocked down. Every time it gets back up, this POKéMON stores more energy in its body for evolving.
MAKUHITA has a tireless spirit - it will never give up hope. It eats a lot of food, gets plenty of sleep, and it trains very rigorously. By living that way, this POKéMON packs its body with energy.
Makuhita Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Trade a Slakoth to a boy in a house in Rustboro City. This is an NPC trade, so the Makuhita you receive is yours immediately, no transfer cable needed.
In Ruby & Sapphire, For a casual playthrough, Makuhita works as a placeholder. Fighting coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Hariyama. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Makuhita appears in 14 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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