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How to beat May or Brendan (Treecko start) in Ruby & Sapphire

May or Brendan’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
  • WailmerLv 29Water typeMoves: Rock, Water and Ghost. It also stops you switching out, with a move like Wrap or Mean Look (the binding moves also chip each turn).
  • ShroomishLv 29Grass typeMoves: Grass and Normal. It also poisons (Toxic or a poison powder), whatever your types; Poison and Steel types can’t be poisoned and drains with Leech Seed; Grass types are immune.
  • CombuskenLv 31Fire and Fighting typeMoves: Fighting and Flying

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 3 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Flying2× · 2/3Fire2× · 1/3Water2× · 1/3Electric2× · 1/3

+6 more

Grass2× · 1/3Ice2× · 1/3Poison2× · 1/3Ground2× · 1/3Psychic2× · 1/3Bug2× · 1/3

Good to catch

Catchable before May or Brendan in Ruby & Sapphire.

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

  • SwellowNormalFlyinghits 2× with Flying · 2/3Wing Attack · Lv 13switch out against WailmerCatch Taillow · Route 104 · evolves at 22 Add
  • GolbatPoisonFlyinghits 2× with Flying · 2/3Wing Attack · Lv 21switch out against WailmerCatch Zubat · Granite Cave · evolves at 22 Add
  • TentacruelWaterPoisonhits 2× with Poison or Water · 2/3Bubble Beam · Lv 25takes 1×Catch Tentacool · Route 103 (Old Rod) · evolves at 30 Add
  • ManectricElectrichits 2× with Electric · 1/3Spark · Lv 20takes 1×Catch Manectric · Route 118 Add
  • SkarmorySteelFlyinghits 2× with Flying · 2/3Air Cutter · Lv 29takes 1×Catch Skarmory · Route 113 · rare Add
  • WhiscashWaterGroundhits 2× with Ground · 1/3Magnitude · Lv 16switch out against ShroomishCatch Barboach · Meteor Falls (Good Rod) · evolves at 30 Add

Slot by slot

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

  • WailmerLv 29Beat it withManectrichits 2×Spark · Lv 20WallNo catch resists all of its moves.
  • ShroomishLv 29Beat it withSkarmoryhits 2×Air Cutter · Lv 29 watch out: Leech SeedWallMawile takes ½× watch out: Leech SeedCatch Mawile · Granite Cave · Ruby only
  • CombuskenLv 31Beat it withTentacruelhits 2×Bubble Beam · Lv 25WallNo catch resists all of its moves.

Other bosses in Ruby & Sapphire

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

Quick picks for Ruby & Sapphire

Up nextWinonaFortree, FortreeLv 33. Team types: Normal, Flying, Water, Steel and Dragon. Swellow, Pelipper, Skarmory and Altaria.

Gyms and story battles

  1. 01RoxanneRustboroLv 15. Team types: Rock and Ground. Geodude and Nosepass.
  2. 02BrawlyDewfordLv 18. Team types: Fighting. Machop and Makuhita.
  3. 03WattsonMauvilleLv 23. Team types: Electric and Steel. Magnemite, Voltorb and Magneton.
  4. 04FlanneryLavaridgeLv 28. Team types: Fire. Slugma, Slugma and Torkoal.
  5. 05NormanPetalburgLv 31. Team types: Normal. Slaking, Vigoroth and Slaking.
  6. 06May or BrendanTreecko startLv 31. Team types: Water, Grass, Fire and Fighting. Wailmer, Shroomish and Combusken.
  7. 06May or BrendanTorchic startLv 31. Team types: Grass, Fire, Ground and Water. Shroomish, Numel and Marshtomp.
  8. 06May or BrendanMudkip startLv 31. Team types: Fire, Ground, Water and Grass. Numel, Wailmer and Grovyle.
  9. 07WinonaFortreeLv 33, up next. Team types: Normal, Flying, Water, Steel and Dragon. Swellow, Pelipper, Skarmory and Altaria.
  10. 08Tate & LizaMossdeepLv 42. Team types: Rock and Psychic. Lunatone and Solrock.
  11. 09Maxiein RubyLv 43. Team types: Dark, Poison, Flying, Fire and Ground. Mightyena, Crobat and Camerupt.
  12. 09Archiein SapphireLv 43. Team types: Dark, Poison, Flying and Water. Mightyena, Crobat and Sharpedo.
  13. 10WallaceSootopolisLv 43. Team types: Water, Ground and Ice. Luvdisc, Whiscash, Sealeo, Seaking and Milotic.

Before the Elite Four

  1. 01WallyVictory RoadLv 45. Team types: Dragon, Flying, Normal, Grass, Poison, Electric, Steel and Psychic. Altaria, Delcatty, Roselia, Magneton and Gardevoir.

Elite Four and Champion

  1. 01SidneyElite FourLv 49. Team types: Dark, Grass and Water. Mightyena, Shiftry, Cacturne, Sharpedo and Absol.
  2. 02PhoebeElite FourLv 51. Team types: Ghost and Dark. Dusclops, Banette, Sableye, Banette and Dusclops.
  3. 03GlaciaElite FourLv 53. Team types: Ice and Water. Glalie, Sealeo, Sealeo, Glalie and Walrein.
  4. 04DrakeElite FourLv 55. Team types: Dragon, Flying and Ground. Shelgon, Altaria, Flygon, Flygon and Salamence.
  5. 05StevenChampionLv 58. Team types: Steel, Flying, Ground, Psychic, Rock, Grass and Bug. Skarmory, Claydol, Aggron, Cradily, Armaldo and Metagross.