Is Seadra Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Decent Water-type if you can't trade for Kingdra. Seadra's special stats handle the Water role through Kanto, but Crystal gives you Starmie and Lanturn locally. The Kingdra evolution is the only reason to pick Seadra over those.
Horsea has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Horsea has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Horsea trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Horsea trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Horsea's defenses.
Horsea has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Horsea trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Seadra trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Kingdra trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Kingdra trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Kingdra trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Kingdra resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingdra resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catch Horsea
Catch Horsea on Whirl Islands (Surf, Lv 15-19, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM24DragonDragon BreathPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Clair
- LV 43WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
Evolve Horsea to Seadra
Horsea evolves into Seadra at Level 32. Your Horsea should hit Level 32 before you reach Clair, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
- LV 51WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Seadra to Kingdra
Seadra evolves into Kingdra when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Lt. Surge.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Clair
- TM24DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Clair
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- LV 51WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Seadra in Crystal
Most players just raise a Horsea to level 32 for their Seadra, well before the islands. Wild ones do turn up uncommon in the Whirl Islands by Super Rod or surf, if you'd rather catch.
Wild Seadra may be holding when caught:
Dragon Scale (2% chance) A rare dragon-type item.1 location to catch Seadra1 location to catch Horsea
Encountered via fishing with a Rod, Surfing
Encountered via fishing with a Rod, Surfing
Badge 6Catch Horsea at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 32 — it evolves into Seadra.
Badge 6Where To Catch Seadra in C
Horsea is your first catch on the way to Seadra. You'll find fishing and surfing encounters from Lv. 15-40 across 16 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Catch HorseaWhirl Islands - B2FLv.15-24Surfing on waterRate 90%Whirl Islands - SWLv.15-19Surfing on waterRate 30%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.20-24Surfing on waterRate 60%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.20Good RodRate 10%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.20Good RodRate 10%Whirl Islands - SELv.20Good RodRate 10%Whirl Islands - SWLv.20Good RodRate 10%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.40Super RodRate 30%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.40Super RodRate 30%Whirl Islands - SELv.40Super RodRate 30%Whirl Islands - SWLv.40Super RodRate 30%
- Step 3Evolve into KingdraBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Horsea egg.
Not landing the catch? Calculate Seadra catch rates for Crystal by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Seadra in Crystal
Seadra cruises the Whirl Islands as an uncommon surf encounter at level 20, with Super Rod pulls at 40; fishing the same pools covers both methods at once. Compare Shiny Seadra odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Seadra 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Crystal with Seadra preloaded.
Seadra Weakness
Electric and Grass moves hit Seadra for super-effective damage. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Seadra's physical bulk (base 95 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- 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 Seadra Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Seadra
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
 Raikou Electric | S | |
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Pichu Electric | D | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift | ||
 Skiploom Grass | C | |
Seadra Evolutions
Seadra is partway through a three-stage line between Horsea and Kingdra. The chain involves a trade, so it's not a straightforward grind. So far, HP got the biggest boost (+25 from Horsea). The final form adds another 100 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Seadra to get Horsea eggs easily using 13 partners from the Dragon and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aurora Beam, Disable, Dragon Rage and 3 more.
C Seadra Best Moveset
MoveSurf and MoveIce Beam from moderate Sp. Atk with decent Speed. Kingdra evolves from Seadra now, adding Dragon typing that removes almost every weakness. The evolution is the competitive draw, not the current stats.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Hidden Power Ground
- Toxic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Seadra misses out on Aurora Beam and Disable. That's 6 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Hydro Pump and Surf, with Dragon and Ice coverage rounding things out.
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
18 of 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The male raises the young. If it is approached, it uses its toxic spikes to fend off the intruder.
Seadra Crystal Guide
No. Seadra only evolves into Kingdra through a real trade. There is no in-game alternative in Crystal. The Dragon Scale must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
Yes. Wild Seadra in Crystal can hold Dragon Scale (2%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Dragon Scale.
In Crystal, Seadra does the job early-game if you need a Water type on your team. Evolve it into Kingdra before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
In Crystal, use Seadra as a balanced. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Surf is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Seadra has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 20 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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