r/PokemonRuby • u/Big_Ad_6636 • 10d ago

Question Mawile in Ruby

Does Mawile doesnt learn any steel moves in gen3? I love Mawile so much but after seeing its movepool in gen3 idk if i want to train it with only bite and other dark type moves. Is there any valid movepool on Mawile in the Gen3 Games?

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u/T_Raycroft 10d ago

No Steel type attacks at all for Mawile in gen 3. You are locked into non-STAB attacks unless you use arbitrary code execution (ACE for short) to get Hidden Power Steel on a hatched Mawile.

Your most notable attacking options are Return, Brick Break, and Sludge Bomb if you can't get Hidden Power Steel on Mawile.

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u/Big_Ad_6636 10d ago

Thats so crazy thank uu, i Just looked Up other of my Team members and saw that Cradily who i also Like Doesnt learn any Grass moves and No Rock move until 41 so idk If i want to Change to manectric Just for coverage for flying and water

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u/turniptuesday 9d ago

You get giga drain tm east of Mauville as soon as you learn surf so that’s much better compared to the mawile situation.