Is Seaking Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilitySwift Swim for rain Speed and AbilityWater Veil preventing burns. Seaking doesn't threaten any Gym Leader or E4 member. The Water roster in Sinnoh runs too deep for Seaking to justify a team slot.
Roark's typing presses Goldeen's defenses.
Goldeen trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Goldeen trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's typing presses Goldeen's defenses.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Goldeen
Catch Goldeen in Twinleaf Town (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10-25, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 17WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Fantina
- TM84PoisonPoison JabPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 212
- LV 37WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 51BugMegahornPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Goldeen to Seaking
Goldeen evolves into Seaking at Level 33. Your Goldeen should hit Level 33 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- LV 40WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 63BugMegahornPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Seaking in Diamond & Pearl
Seaking spreads as wide as Goldeen, common off the Super Rod at 11 spots from level 20 up. Swap to the bigger rod at any of those rivers and the adult bites instead of the juvenile.
11 locations to catch Seaking11 locations to catch Goldeen
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Goldeen at any of the 11 locations below, then level it up to 33 — it evolves into Seaking.
Badge 1 Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Seaking in DP
Goldeen gets you Seaking sooner: catch it (before Badge 3) and evolve it at Lv 33. Wild Seaking needs the Super Rod (after Badge 8).
- Step 2Seaking ✓Lake Acuity - CaveLv.20-50Super RodRate 45%Lake ValorLv.20-50Super RodRate 45%Lake VerityLv.20-50Super RodRate 45%Resort AreaLv.20-50Super RodRate 45%or evolve from Goldeen (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Seaking.
How to Get Shiny Seaking in Diamond & Pearl
Seaking follows the same breeding route, hatching a shiny Goldeen the Masuda way at 1 in 1,638 and raising it up. Compare Shiny Seaking odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Seaking Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
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 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Seaking.
Seaking Weakness
Seaking's Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. With 80 HP and balanced defenses, Seaking can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Seaking Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Seaking
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Seaking View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x114-134%KO | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Seaking Evolutions
Seaking is what Goldeen becomes. Breed it for Goldeen eggs (average hatch time). A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Goldeen pushed Seaking to 450 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +35. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Seaking to get Goldeen eggs easily using 19 partners from the Water 2 egg group. Notable egg moves include Aqua Tail, Haze, Hydro Pump and 4 more.
DP Seaking Best Moveset
Rain doubles Speed through AbilitySwift Swim, giving Seaking a genuine sweeping window. 92 Attack pairs with physical MoveWaterfall as the moveset's main hit. Outside rain, 68 Speed is too slow and the power too low to justify a slot.
Best Build
Seaking best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Megahorn
- Waterfall
- Rain Dance
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Aqua Tail and Haze from the egg pool give Seaking something extra. Pair those with Hydro Pump and Surf for STAB and coverage across 7 types 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. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
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
25 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It makes its nest by hollowing out boulders in streams with its horn. It defends its eggs with its life.
To protect its family, it will fight with its drill-sharp horn. It lives in hollowed rocks in streams.
Seaking Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Seaking as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Not the fastest, Waterfall is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Naughty on Seaking. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Def cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Seaking appears in 19 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Seaking 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
Winds & Waves
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