Is Seel Good in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Playthrough?
Seel from the Seafoam Islands arrives late in the story. Evolve it for Dewgong if you need Water/Ice coverage for the Elite Four, but your team is mostly built by then.
Seel resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Misty's typing presses Seel's defenses.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's team hits Seel's weaknesses hard.
Koga's typing presses Seel's defenses.
Sabrina's typing presses Seel's defenses.
Dewgong trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Lorelei's typing presses Dewgong's defenses.
Bruno's team hits Dewgong's weaknesses hard.
Dewgong trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Dewgong trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Dewgong trades roughly evenly with Trace's team.
This is the Let's Go Pikachu team. In Let's Go Eevee, Trace brings Raichu Lv 57 in place of Jolteon Lv 57.
Catchable
Catch Seel in Seafoam Islands (walking, Lv 39-44).
Evolve Seel to Dewgong
Seel evolves into Dewgong at Level 34. Your Seel should hit Level 34 before you reach Blaine, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Seel in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
A few locations for Seel with decent spawn rates across late-game routes. The sort toggle below swaps between best odds and earliest access, so you can approach it based on where you are in the game.
1 location to catch Seel
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Where To Catch Seel in Let's Go
Seel is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 39+. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into DewgongSeafoam Islands - Area 3Lv.39-44GrassRate 10%Seafoam Islands - Area 1Lv.39-44GrassRate 5%Seafoam Islands - Area 2Lv.39-44GrassRate 5%or evolve from Seel (Step 1)
How to Get Shiny Seel in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
In Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee, the strongest route to a Shiny Seel is Catch Combo, which reaches about 1 in 274 at full boosts. Pick a method and tune your setup below to see live odds. Compare Shiny Seel odds across every game
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Seel Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Catch Combo at full boosts, about 1 in 274 on each try. Tune it below.
Catch Combo: Catch one species back-to-back. A Lure stacks on top of a 31-plus combo.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 29 |
| 25%one in four | 79 |
| 50%coin flip | 190 |
| 90%very likely | 630 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Seel in the Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Seel Weakness
Type-wise, Seel takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Seel's Water typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
Seel Evolutions
Seel is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Dewgong. Check the evolution method below. Evolving adds up to 150 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Let's Go Seel Best Moveset
Water at 45 Attack and 70 Sp. Def. The moveset can't compete on these numbers. Evolve to Dewgong for the Water/Ice TermStab and 90/70/80/95 bulk that at least survives some exchanges on the special side.
Best Build
Seel Candy
Courage CandyCalm raises Sp. Def and lowers Attack. Madam Celadon sets this nature when you pick Green, then Red. It costs 10,000 Pokedollars and lasts for the rest of the day.
Candy for Seel
Courage Candy L
Courage Candy XLSeel Candy raises every stat, but only Seel and Dewgong can eat it. The stat candy that goes with Seel is Courage Candy (Sp. Def), and any Pokemon can eat it; Courage Candy L needs level 30 and Courage Candy XL needs level 60 or higher.
Master Trainer
Aina battles with one level 70 Seel that knows Double-Edge and Encore. It takes extra damage from Electric and Grass moves. Win to earn the Seel Master title. Find Aina in Seafoam Islands.
Moves List
Most of Seel's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Surf and Waterfall, but Normal and Ice and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Loves freezing-cold conditions. Relishes swimming in a frigid climate of around 14 degrees Fahrenheit.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Seel appears in 19 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Seel have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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