Rising Ruby / Sinking Sapphire

What it does to a run

• ·ORAS difficulty hack: gym leaders and rivals run expanded, competitive sets with Mega Evolution in play.
• ·Important trainers are documented in the community sheet — use it for caps and ace checks.
• ·Say which version (Rising / Sinking) and any difficulty toggles in your run notes.

Where runs die

• ⚠️Roxanne's fossil line-up
• ⚠️Norman's Slaking
• ⚠️Steven / Wallace

Official documentation

• Important Trainer list

Trainer order follows Ruby / Sapphire, but this hack rebuilds every team — the ace tells you who you're fighting, not what they bring, and the base game's level caps don't apply.

Trainers you have to beat in Rising Ruby / Sinking Sapphire, in order

Stage	Trainer	Type	Ace
Gym 1	Roxanne	rock	Nosepass
Gym 2	Brawly	fighting	Makuhita
Gym 3	Wattson	electric	Magneton
Gym 4	Flannery	fire	Torkoal
Gym 5	Norman	normal	Slaking
Gym 6	Winona	flying	Altaria
Gym 7	Tate & Liza	psychic	Solrock & Lunatone
Gym 8	Wallace	water	Milotic
Elite Four	Sidney	dark	Absol
Elite Four	Phoebe	ghost	Dusclops
Elite Four	Glacia	ice	Walrein
Elite Four	Drake	dragon	Salamence
Champion	Steven	steel	Metagross