Lotad in Emerald.
Lotad appears in 4 places in Pokemon Emerald. The best odds are Route 114 (walking in grass or caves, 20% at level 16).
Where to find Lotad
odds are the game's slot tablesEvolution
3 stages
Lotad
Lombre
LudicoloEvolves into Lombre at level 14.
Evolve now or wait
from the game's learnsets and the relearner ruleLotad evolves at level 14. Evolving then forfeits 3 moves that Lotad would still learn: Mist at 21, Rain Dance at 31, Mega Drain at 43. Lombre learns 6 moves of its own after that: Fake Out at 19, Fury Swipes at 25, Water Sport at 31, Thief at 37, Uproar at 43, Hydro Pump at 49.
| Move you would forfeit | Level | Can you get it back? |
|---|---|---|
| Mist | 21 | No. The Move Relearner only teaches moves from the current form's own level-up list, so once it is Lombre this move is gone. |
| Rain Dance | 31 | Yes: TM18 Rain Dance teaches Lombre. |
| Mega Drain | 43 | No. The Move Relearner only teaches moves from the current form's own level-up list, so once it is Lombre this move is gone. |
Rule the game applies: the Move Relearner in Fallarbor Town (he takes a Heart Scale) teaches only the level-up moves of the form you hand him, at or below its current level. Delaying an evolution costs the evolved form's higher base stats for every level you wait; a move you barely use is not worth that.
Lotad learnset in Emerald
7 level-up moves · 22 machinesBy level
Lombre by level
TMs and HMs it can learn (22)
HM03 Surf, HM05 Flash, TM03 Water Pulse, TM06 Toxic, TM07 Hail, TM09 Bullet Seed, TM10 Hidden Power, TM11 Sunny Day, TM13 Ice Beam, TM14 Blizzard, TM17 Protect, TM18 Rain Dance, TM19 Giga Drain, TM21 Frustration, TM22 Solar Beam, TM27 Return, TM32 Double Team, TM42 Facade, TM43 Secret Power, TM44 Rest, TM45 Attract, TM46 Thief