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How to beat Tate & Liza in Ruby & Sapphire

Tate & Liza’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
  • LunatoneLv 42Rock and Psychic typeLevitateMoves: Psychic. It also puts you to sleep with a move like Hypnosis or Sleep Powder.
  • SolrockLv 42Rock and Psychic typeLevitateMoves: Grass, Psychic and Fire

Hit it with

Best hit · how many of their 2 Pokémon it hits super effectively.

Water2× · 2/2Grass2× · 2/2Bug2× · 2/2Ghost2× · 2/2

+2 more

Dark2× · 2/2Steel2× · 2/2

Good to catch

Catchable before Tate & Liza in Ruby & Sapphire.

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

  • AggronSteelRockhits 2× with Steel · 2/2Iron Tail · Lv 29takes 1×Catch Aron · Granite Cave · evolves at 42 Add
  • GyaradosWaterFlyinghits 2× with Water · 2/2Hydro Pump · Lv 40takes 1×Catch Magikarp · Route 104 (Old Rod) · evolves at 20 Add
  • SableyeDarkGhosthits 2× with Ghost · 2/2Shadow Ball · Lv 41takes 1×Catch Sableye · Granite CaveSapphire only Add
  • CacturneGrassDarkhits 2× with Dark · 2/2Feint Attack · Lv 29switch out against SolrockCatch Cacnea · Route 111 · evolves at 32 Add
  • CrawdauntWaterDarkhits 2× with Water · 2/2Crabhammer · Lv 39switch out against SolrockCatch Corphish · Petalburg City (Good Rod) · evolves at 30 Add
  • SharpedoWaterDarkhits 2× with Dark · 2/2Crunch · Lv 22switch out against SolrockCatch Carvanha · Route 118 (Good Rod) · evolves at 30 Add

Slot by slot

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

  • LunatoneLv 42Beat it withCacturnehits 2×Feint Attack · Lv 29WallCrawdaunt takes 0×
  • SolrockLv 42Beat it withGyaradoshits 2×Hydro Pump · Lv 40WallNo 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 nextMaxiein Ruby, in RubyLv 43. Team types: Dark, Poison, Flying, Fire and Ground. Mightyena, Crobat and Camerupt.

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. 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, up next. 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.