Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire/Route 116

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Route 116

Follow the Aqua/Magma Grunt here to reach Route 116, which introduces you to new Pokémon to both find and fight.

[edit] Pokémon Found

Pokémon found (grass)
Sapphire	Encounter Rate	Ruby	Encounter Rate	Emerald	Encounter Rate
Nincada	20%	Nincada	20%	Nincada	20%
Zigzagoon	29%	Zigzagoon	29%	Poochyena	28%
Skitty	1%	Skitty	1%	Skitty	1%
Taillow	20%	Taillow	20%	Taillow	20%
Whismur	30%	Whismur	30%	Whismur	30%
	N/A		N/A	Abra	1%

#63 Abra	#290 Nincada
Abra, the very powerful Psychic Pokémon. Abras seem to be a pain to Rookie trainers and impatient trainers. In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire you can find Abra in the Granite Cave on the island of Dewford. Abra has a five percent chance of holding a TwistedSpoon, which in some cases is advised for the trainer to catch several Abras. Abra is very hard to catch, as being a Psychic it has the attack of Teleport that lets him run from battle. Most of the time you'll need to throw a Poké Ball and hope you catch it. Abras only learned attack will be at level 16 when he evolves into Kadabra, with the new attack being Confusion. By the time you have evolved him, you may evolve him again to raise his stats without making it take longer to learn new attacks. As soon as your Abra evolves, take him to the Poké Center and that's when you will trade it with any Pokémon and then trade your Alakazam back. On the first trade your Kadabra will become a Alakazam.	The Pokémon with extremely strong defense. A great Pokémon to make learn cut, Nincada's attacks make it a late in the game Pokémon as it learns weak Normal, Ground and Bug type attacks. At the level of 25, Nincada picks up the attack False Swipe. This attack lets you attack a Pokémon and no matter how many attacks of False Swipe you use, the Pokémon will remain with 1Hp. Then Nincada learns the Attack Metal Claw (Level 38) and Dig (level 45). Nincada evolves into a fast bug-flying Pokémon named Ninjask at the level of 20 and if you have a open slot plus an extra Poké Ball, you will get the little surprise of Shedinja the Bug-Ghost Pokémon which learns attacks such as Shadow Ball and Grudge. The problem you are faced with is if you evolve your Nincada at Level 20, you will lose out on the attacks Dig, Metal Claw and False Swipe which are replaced with Slash, Baton Pass and Swords Dance.
#293 Whismur	#300 Skitty
Whismur the Whisper Pokémon. Again, another Normal type Pokémon with not great attacks. The best selection of attacks that Whismur can learn are the attacks Stomp (Level 25) and Hyper Voice (Level 45). Whismur gets put to good use later when you evolve it at Level 20. It evolves into a Loudred and at Level 40 into a Exploud, which are not too great other than Exploud's new attack, Hyper Beam (Level 71). The ability of Whismur is one called Soundproof, which prevents all sound-based moves from hurting your Whismur due to its deafness. Some attacks that are stopped are GrassWhistle, Growl and Perish Song. Another downfall is that when two Whismurs, Loudreds or Explouds battle, a number of their attacks are canceled due to Soundproof, like Uproar and Hyper Voice.	Skitty the Kitten Pokémon has the amazing ability of Cute Charm. The only place where this Pokémon can be found is on Route 116. Skitty starts with attacks that are okay. Once some time has been put into training Skitty, it will learn attacks like DoubleSlap (Level 15). Skitty will learn the powerful attack for double battles called Assist (Level 19), the strong Dark attack Faint Attack (Level 27), and the extremely powerful normal attack Double-edge (Level 39). Skitty is a mid-to-late Pokémon, but can only be found at low levels which comes as a downfall. Skitty evolves into Delcatty while using a Moonstone, but another downfall is once evolved, Delcatty will not learn any new attacks. It would be better to use the Pokémon Zigzagoon, which is much stronger and a good, well-rounded Pokémon compared to Skitty.

[edit] Trainers

There are two trainers in the first part of the path. Take the low road and grab the Repel, then go for the Bug Catcher.

Bug Catcher Jose
- Wurmple (lvl. 8, 91 EXP)
- Silcoon (lvl. 8, 121 EXP)
- Nincada (lvl. 9, 111 EXP)
- 128

Youngster Joey
- Zigzagoon (lvl. 8, 102 EXP)
- Machop (lvl. 10, 187 EXP)
- 160

Head east for,

Lass Janice
- Marill (lvl. 10, 123 EXP)
- 160

Hiker Clark
- Geodude (lvl. 8, 147 EXP)
- Geodude (lvl. 8, 147 EXP)
- Geodude (lvl. 8, 147 EXP)
- 320

Head up, and use your Cut skill to move through the trees.

School Kid Jerry
- Ralts (lvl. 10, 150 EXP)
- 200

School Kid Karen
- Shroomish (lvl. 9, 124 EXP)
- Whismur (lvl. 9, 130 EXP)
- 180

On the western end of this tree path is a grove full of Berries (Chesto and Pinap), as well as an Ether. East of the house, you'll find Mr Briney at the entrance to a cave. He's lost Peeko, his Wingull, and needs help. Enter the cave to find Peeko.