
Is Skitty Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Skitty with AbilityCute Charm is a Route 116 catch. Moon Stone evolves it into Delcatty with AbilityNormalize turning all moves Normal. That removes type coverage entirely. The infatuation gimmick is unreliable. Not a team option.
Roxanne's typing presses Skitty's defenses.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Delcatty trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Delcatty has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catch Skitty on Route 116 (walking, Lv 7-8, rare).
- After Brawly
- TM43NormalSecret Power105100%20
- TM10NormalHidden Power90100%15
- After Wattson
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- TM24ElectricThunderbolt90100%15
- LV 31NormalCovet90100%25
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacade105100%20
- After Winona
- TM22GrassSolar Beam120100%10
- LV 39NormalDouble-Edge180100%15
You can pick up the Moon Stone in Meteor Falls.
- After Roxanne
- HM04NormalStrength120100%15
- After Brawly
- TM43NormalSecret Power105100%20
- TM10NormalHidden Power90100%15
- After Wattson
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacade105100%20
- After Winona
- TM15NormalHyper Beam22590%5
- TM22GrassSolar Beam120100%10
- After Juan
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge180100%15
How to Get Skitty in Emerald
low spawn rates is the best you'll get on Skitty in early-game routes. Use the sort toggle below. Best shows where the odds peak, Earliest shows where you can access it soonest in your playthrough.
1 location to catch Skitty
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Where To Catch Skitty in E
Step 1Skitty ✓Route 116Lv.7-8GrassRate 2%
Step 2Evolve into DelcattyBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Delcatty egg.
Skitty Weakness
Skitty is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Only 1 weakness makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Skitty Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Skitty
Makuhita Fighting | C | |
In Emerald, Machamp's Rock Slide hits Skitty for 58-69%.
Machamp Fighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityGuts ItemLeftovers NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Skitty View Machamp builds →Rock Slide58-69% | ||
Skitty Evolutions
Evolving Skitty into Delcatty takes an evolution item. It's not a simple level-up, so check the chain details below. Evolving adds up to 140 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Skitty easily with 27 breeding partners from the Fairy and Ground egg groups. Pass egg moves like Baton Pass, Fake Tears, Helping Hand and 5 more to offspring.
E Skitty Best Moveset
Normal type with base stats too low for competitive play. The moveset should focus on physical Normal moves while working toward evolving into Delcatty.
Best Build
Skitty best EVs are Attack and HP
Support Moveset
- Heal Bell
- Return
- Thunder Wave
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Double-Edge and Blizzard bring the raw damage. But Skitty also picks up coverage across 10 types from TMs, making it tough to find a safe switch. You're not locked into one angle here.
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
A SKITTY’s adorably cute behavior makes it highly popular. In battle, it makes its tail puff out. It threatens foes with a sharp growl.
Skitty Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Skitty does the job early-game if you need a Normal type on your team. Evolve it into Delcatty before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Skitty has been available in 13 games since Ruby & Sapphire, though obtaining it requires an item-based evolution. This extra step makes it less common than Pokemon found through standard wild encounters.
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