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Battle plan · Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

How to beat Archie in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Archie’s team, what hits it hard, and what you can catch before the fight. Add your own team to see who to lead with.

Plan with your team

Their team

Other bosses
  • MightyenaLv 41Dark typeMoves: Normal
  • MukLv 41Poison typeMoves: Poison
  • CrobatLv 41Poison and Flying typeMoves: Poison and Flying
  • SharpedoLv 43Water and Dark typeMoves: Normal, Poison and Dark

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 4 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Electric2× · 2/4Fighting2× · 2/4Psychic2× · 2/4Bug2× · 2/4Fairy2× · 2/4Grass2× · 1/4Ice2× · 1/4Ground2× · 1/4Rock2× · 1/4

Good to catch

Catchable before Archie in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire.

4 take normal hits from their moves. 2 are weak to part of their team: switch out where the card says.

  • RhydonGroundRockhits 2× with Fighting, Ground or Rock · 4/4Drill Run · Lv 33takes 1×Catch Rhyhorn · Safari Zone · evolves at 42 Add
  • ArmaldoRockBughits 2× with Bug or Rock · 3/4Bug Bite · Lv 25takes 1×Get Anorith · Rustboro City (fossil from the Route 111 desert) · one of Cradily or Armaldo · evolves at 40 Add
  • LanturnWaterElectrichits 2× with Bug or Electric · 3/4Discharge · Lv 37takes 1×Catch Lanturn · Route 107 (Dive) Add
  • ClaydolGroundPsychichits 2× with Ground or Psychic · 2/4Extrasensory · Lv 31switch out against SharpedoCatch Baltoy · Route 111 · evolves at 36 Add
  • LunatoneRockPsychichits 2× with Psychic · 2/4Future Sight · Lv 41switch out against SharpedoCatch Lunatone · Meteor FallsAlpha Sapphire only Add
  • MagnetonElectricSteelhits 2× with Electric · 2/4Spark · Lv 19later: Discharge at 43takes 1×Catch Magnemite · New Mauville · evolves at 30 Add

Slot by slot

What to send against each of their Pokémon, and what takes its moves best.

  • MightyenaLv 41Beat it withArmaldohits 2×Bug Bite · Lv 25WallSableye takes 0×Catch Sableye · Granite Cave · Alpha Sapphire only
  • MukLv 41Beat it withRhydonhits 2×Drill Run · Lv 33WallAggron takes 0×Catch Aron · Granite Cave · evolves at 42
  • CrobatLv 41Beat it withMagnetonhits 2×Spark · Lv 19later: Discharge at 43WallAggron takes ¼×Catch Aron · Granite Cave · evolves at 42
  • SharpedoLv 43Beat it withArmaldohits 2×Bug Bite · Lv 25WallMawile takes ½×Catch Mawile · Granite Cave · Omega Ruby only

Other bosses in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Every boss, in the order you meet them. All Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire bosses

Quick picks for Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Up nextWallaceSootopolis, SootopolisLv 46. Team types: Water, Ground and Ice. Luvdisc, Whiscash, Sealeo, Seaking and Milotic.

Gyms and story battles

  1. 01RoxanneRustboroLv 14. Team types: Rock and Ground. Geodude and Nosepass.
  2. 02BrawlyDewfordLv 16. Team types: Fighting. Machop and Makuhita.
  3. 03WattsonMauvilleLv 21. Team types: Electric and Steel. Magnemite, Voltorb and Magneton.
  4. 04FlanneryLavaridgeLv 28. Team types: Fire and Ground. Slugma, Numel and Torkoal.
  5. 05NormanPetalburgLv 30. Team types: Normal. Slaking, Vigoroth and Slaking.
  6. 06WinonaFortreeLv 35. Team types: Normal, Flying, Water, Steel and Dragon. Swellow, Pelipper, Skarmory and Altaria.
  7. 07May or BrendanTreecko startLv 39. Team types: Normal, Flying, Water, Grass, Fighting and Fire. Swellow, Wailord, Breloom and Blaziken.
  8. 07May or BrendanTorchic startLv 39. Team types: Normal, Flying, Grass, Fighting, Fire, Rock, Water and Ground. Swellow, Breloom, Magcargo and Swampert.
  9. 07May or BrendanMudkip startLv 39. Team types: Normal, Flying, Fire, Rock, Water and Grass. Swellow, Magcargo, Wailord and Sceptile.
  10. 08Tate & LizaMossdeepLv 45. Team types: Rock and Psychic. Lunatone and Solrock.
  11. 09Maxiein Omega RubyLv 43. Team types: Dark, Poison, Flying, Fire and Ground. Mightyena, Weezing, Crobat and Camerupt.
  12. 09Archiein Alpha SapphireLv 43. Team types: Dark, Poison, Flying and Water. Mightyena, Muk, Crobat and Sharpedo.
  13. 10WallaceSootopolisLv 46, up next. Team types: Water, Ground and Ice. Luvdisc, Whiscash, Sealeo, Seaking and Milotic.

Before the Elite Four

  1. 01WallyVictory RoadLv 48. Team types: Dragon, Flying, Normal, Grass, Poison, Electric, Steel, Psychic and Fighting. Altaria, Delcatty, Roselia, Magneton and Gallade.

Elite Four and Champion

  1. 01SidneyElite FourLv 52. Team types: Dark, Grass and Water. Mightyena, Shiftry, Cacturne, Sharpedo and Absol.
  2. 02PhoebeElite FourLv 53. Team types: Ghost and Dark. Dusclops, Banette, Sableye, Banette and Dusknoir.
  3. 03GlaciaElite FourLv 54. Team types: Ice, Ghost and Water. Glalie, Froslass, Glalie, Froslass and Walrein.
  4. 04DrakeElite FourLv 55. Team types: Dragon, Flying, Ground and Water. Altaria, Flygon, Kingdra, Flygon and Salamence.
  5. 05StevenChampionLv 59. Team types: Steel, Flying, Ground, Psychic, Rock, Grass and Bug. Skarmory, Claydol, Aggron, Cradily, Armaldo and Metagross.