Is Dewgong Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Ice coverage for Lance is the main draw, same as Gen 1. Dewgong handles the three Dragonite and Aerodactyl. But Lapras does the same thing and is easier to obtain. A backup option if Lapras isn't available.
Seel has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Seel has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Seel's defenses.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Dewgong trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Dewgong trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Dewgong trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Dewgong trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Dewgong resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Dewgong trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catch Seel
Catch Seel on Whirl Islands (walking, Lv 22-24, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 22IceAurora BeamPower 65Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- LV 32NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 37IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Seel to Dewgong
Seel evolves into Dewgong at Level 34. Your Seel should hit Level 34 before you reach Clair, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 34)
- LV 34IceAurora BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- TM16IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15Prize for defeating Pryce
- LV 43IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
How to Get Dewgong in Gold & Silver
Dewgong has no wild presence in Gold or Silver. The route to one runs through Seel, which evolves at level 34, and Seel itself only lives in a single cold-water location.
Catch Seel at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Dewgong.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Seel
- 2Evolve Dewgongat Lv.34
Badge 6How to Obtain Dewgong in GS
The path to Dewgong starts with Seel at Lv. 22-26 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Dewgong ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Seel egg.
How to Get Shiny Dewgong in Gold & Silver
Dewgong only comes from Seel, and Seel surfaces nowhere but the Whirl Islands, so land a shiny one in that maze and raise it to level 34 to complete the evolution. Compare Shiny Dewgong odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Dewgong Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Gold & Silver shiny odds for Dewgong.
Dewgong Weakness
Dewgong's Water/Ice typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Rock. 4 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Fighting, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Ice |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Dewgong Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Dewgong
 Raikou Electric | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewgong View Raikou builds →Thunder 2x96-114%KO Rock Smash 2x10-12% | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewgong View Ampharos builds →Thunder 2x96-114%KO Dynamic Punch 2x43-51% | ||
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewgong View Jolteon builds →Thunder 2x93-110%KO Double Kick 2x12-15% | ||
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewgong View Electabuzz builds →Thunderbolt 2x66-78% Dynamic Punch 2x47-56% | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Dewgong View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x82-96% | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewgong View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 2x74-87% Rock Smash 2x10-12% | ||
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewgong View Magneton builds →Thunder 2x100-118%KO Rollout 2x12-14% | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewgong View Tyranitar builds →Rock Slide 2x80-94% Dynamic Punch 2x71-84% | ||
 Raichu Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewgong View Raichu builds →Thunderbolt 2x63-74% Dynamic Punch 2x51-60% Rollout 2x15-19% | ||
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dewgong View Primeape builds →Cross Chop 2x86-102%KO Thunder 2x38-45% | ||
Dewgong Evolutions
Dewgong is the evolved form of Seel. Breeding produces Seel eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Seel gave Dewgong the biggest boost in HP (+25), bringing the total to 475 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Dewgong to get Seel eggs easily using 66 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Disable, Encore, Lick and 3 more.
GS Dewgong Best Moveset
Water/Ice coverage from MoveSurf and MoveIce Beam with decent bulk across the stats. MoveRest plus MoveSleep Talk provides reliable recovery without sacrificing turns. Held ItemLeftovers adds passive healing on top. Mid-tier bulk that outlasts through recovery stacking.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Toxic
- Surf
- Rest
- Blizzard
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Disable and Encore from the egg pool give Dewgong something extra. Pair those with Blizzard and Ice Beam for STAB and Normal and Ghost coverage for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- 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, Egg, 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, Egg, 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
16 of 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its streamlined body has little drag in water. The colder the temperature, the friskier it gets.
It loves frigid seas with ice floes. It uses its long tail to change swimming direction quickly.
Dewgong Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, use Dewgong as a balanced. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Surf is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Dewgong has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 19 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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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