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Ruby & Sapphire Rival: Every May, Brendan and Wally Battle

Your rival is Professor Birch’s child: May if you play as Brendan, Brendan if you play as May. They always pick the starter strong against yours. Here are all four rival battles with the team for each starter you could have chosen, plus Wally’s two battles.

Rival battles
4
Wally battles
2

Battle 1 Route 103

If you chose Treecko Rival May or Brendan · prize ¥300

TorchicTorchic 5

If you chose Torchic Rival May or Brendan · prize ¥300

MudkipMudkip 5

If you chose Mudkip Rival May or Brendan · prize ¥300

TreeckoTreecko 5

Battle 2 Route 110

If you chose Treecko Rival May or Brendan · prize ¥1,200

WailmerWailmer 18ShroomishShroomish 18CombuskenCombusken 20

If you chose Torchic Rival May or Brendan · prize ¥1,200

ShroomishShroomish 18NumelNumel 18MarshtompMarshtomp 20

If you chose Mudkip Rival May or Brendan · prize ¥1,200

WailmerWailmer 18NumelNumel 18GrovyleGrovyle 20

Battle 3 Route 119

If you chose Treecko Rival May or Brendan · prize ¥1,860

WailmerWailmer 29ShroomishShroomish 29CombuskenCombusken 31

If you chose Torchic Rival May or Brendan · prize ¥1,860

ShroomishShroomish 29NumelNumel 29MarshtompMarshtomp 31

If you chose Mudkip Rival May or Brendan · prize ¥1,860

NumelNumel 29WailmerWailmer 29GrovyleGrovyle 31

Battle 4 Lilycove City

If you chose Treecko Rival May or Brendan · prize ¥2,040

SwellowSwellow 31WailmerWailmer 32ShroomishShroomish 32CombuskenCombusken 34

If you chose Torchic Rival May or Brendan · prize ¥2,040

SwellowSwellow 31ShroomishShroomish 32NumelNumel 32MarshtompMarshtomp 34

If you chose Mudkip Rival May or Brendan · prize ¥2,040

SwellowSwellow 31NumelNumel 32WailmerWailmer 32GrovyleGrovyle 34

Wally

Mauville City Mauville City · prize ¥960

RaltsRalts 16

Victory Road 1F · prize ¥2,880

AltariaAltaria 47DelcattyDelcatty 46RoseliaRoselia 47MagnetonMagneton 44GardevoirGardevoir 48

Wally battles you once at Mauville City with the Ralts you helped him catch, and again at the end of Victory Road.

FAQ

Which starter does the rival use?

The one with a type advantage over yours: Torchic if you chose Treecko, Mudkip if you chose Torchic, Treecko if you chose Mudkip.

Is the rival May or Brendan?

Whichever character you did not pick. Their teams are the same.

Sources & picture credits

Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Bulbapedia and the game data. Wild Pokémon and encounter chances for both versions, items, trainers, gifts, trades and shops come from the pret/pokeruby decompilation (pret/pokeruby 5784633ce4). Maps and sprites © Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK, archived from the Bulbagarden Archives; the Hoenn map is drawn from the game’s own PokéNav map graphics.