Is Seaking Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Seaking with AbilitySwift Swim doubles Speed in rain. Decent Attack for physical Normal moves. Handles Flannery and not much else with distinction. Swampert, Gyarados, and Tentacruel all do the Water role better in Emerald. Forgettable in a deep Water roster.
Roxanne's typing presses Goldeen's defenses.
Goldeen trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Goldeen's weaknesses hard.
Goldeen trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Goldeen's defenses.
Goldeen trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Glacia's typing presses Seaking's defenses.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Wallace's team hits Seaking's weaknesses hard.
Catch Goldeen
Catch Goldeen on Route 102 (Surf, Lv 20-30, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 38WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Juan
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Goldeen to Seaking
Goldeen evolves into Seaking at Level 33. Your Goldeen should hit Level 33 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 41WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Juan
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Seaking in Emerald
Seaking only turns up on the Safari Zone Super Rod, uncommon at levels 25 to 40. One fishing spot holds every wild catch, so evolving a Goldeen at level 33 is usually the simpler route.
1 location to catch Seaking9 locations to catch Goldeen
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Encountered via fishing with a Rod, Surfing
Badge 6Catch Goldeen at any of the 9 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 E
Goldeen gets you Seaking sooner: catch it (before Badge 2) and evolve it at Lv 33. Wild Seaking needs the Super Rod (after Badge 6).
- Step 1Catch GoldeenSafari Zone - NorthwestLv.10-30Good RodRate 40%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari BallsSafari Zone - SouthwestLv.10-30Good RodRate 40%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari BallsMeteor Falls - 1F Room 1Lv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Meteor Falls - 1F Room 2Lv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 1Lv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 2Lv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Petalburg CityLv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Route 102Lv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Route 111 - SouthLv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Route 114Lv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Route 117Lv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Route 120Lv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Safari Zone - NorthwestLv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari BallsSafari Zone - SouthwestLv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari BallsVictory Road - B2FLv.5-10Old RodRate 30%Meteor Falls - 1F Room 1Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Meteor Falls - 1F Room 2Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 1Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 2Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Petalburg CityLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 102Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 111 - SouthLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 114Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 117Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 120Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Victory Road - B2FLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Safari Zone - NorthwestLv.25-35Super RodRate 80%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari BallsSafari Zone - SouthwestLv.25-35Super RodRate 80%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari BallsSafari Zone - South ExtensionLv.25-30Super RodRate 40%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari BallsSafari Zone - South ExtensionLv.25-30Old RodRate 30%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari BallsSafari Zone - South ExtensionLv.25-30Good RodRate 20%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari BallsRoute 102Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 1%Route 111 - SouthLv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 1%Route 114Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 1%Route 117Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 1%Route 120Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 1%
- Step 2Seaking ✓Safari Zone - NorthwestLv.25-40Super RodRate 20%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari BallsSafari Zone - SouthwestLv.25-40Super RodRate 20%Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Ballsor evolve from Goldeen (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Emerald for Seaking.
How to Get Shiny Seaking in Emerald
Seaking rises to the Super Rod in the Safari Zone's water, so bring plenty of Safari time and fish those ponds at full odds until the horned fish shines gold. Compare Shiny Seaking odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Seaking Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Emerald 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Seaking Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Seaking
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Pikachu 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 17 partners from the Water 2 egg group. Notable egg moves include Haze, Hydro Pump, Mud Sport and 2 more.
E Seaking Best Moveset
Seaking cannot reconcile its strongest stat with its typing: 92 Attack wants physical Water TermStab that the format classifies as special. AbilitySwift Swim doubles Speed in rain, but the moveset still lacks the power to break through defenders even at doubled tempo.
Best Build
Seaking best EVs are Attack and Sp. Atk
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Surf
- Rain Dance
- Flail
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Haze and Hydro Pump from the egg pool give Seaking something extra.
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
All 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It punches holes in boulders on streambeds. This is a clever innovation that prevents its eggs from being attacked or washed away by the current.
Seaking Emerald Guide
- Where in the Emerald Safari Zone can I find Seaking?
See the Locations section above for where to find Seaking in Emerald.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Seaking from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Seaking easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In Emerald, use Seaking as a balanced. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest, Surf is the primary attack.
For Emerald, 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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