Is Seaking Good in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Playthrough?
Seaking has physical Attack going for it, but Water-type competition in Kanto is brutal. Starmie, Lapras, Gyarados, Vaporeon, and your partner all do the Water job better.
Not available yet. You cannot get Goldeen before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Goldeen before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Goldeen before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Goldeen before this fight.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Seaking 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 Seaking on Route 6 (Surf, Lv 11-16).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 11)
- LV 11NormalSkull BashPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Misty
- TMWaterScaldPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 24WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- TMNormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Erika
- HMWaterSurfPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- TMPoisonPoison JabPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Sabrina
- TMIceIce BeamPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 50BugMegahornPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 10
Catch Goldeen
Catch Goldeen on Route 6 (Surf, Lv 11-16).
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TMWaterScaldPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 24WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Erika
- HMWaterSurfPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- TMGroundDrill RunPower 80Accuracy 95%PP 10
- TMPoisonPoison JabPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 40BugMegahornPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Sabrina
- TMIceIce BeamPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMIceBlizzardPower 110Accuracy 70%PP 5
How to Get Seaking in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
Seaking starts showing up in early-game water routes at moderate rates across 1 encounter spot. The list below is sorted so you can pick what fits your current progress without scrolling through everything.
1 location to catch Seaking1 location to catch Goldeen
Encountered via Surfing
Encountered via Surfing
Badge 2Catch Goldeen at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 33, and it evolves into Seaking.
Badge 2Where To Catch Seaking in Let's Go
Goldeen is your first catch on the way to Seaking. You'll find surfing encounters from Lv. 11+ across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Catch Goldeen
How to Get Shiny Seaking in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
In Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee, the strongest route to a Shiny Seaking 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 Seaking odds across every game
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Seaking 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee 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 |
Seaking Evolutions
Seaking is what Goldeen becomes, and it doesn't evolve any further. 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
Let's Go Seaking Best Moveset
92 Attack at 68 Speed behind Water typing. Without AbilitySwift Swim doubling Speed in rain or AbilityLightning Rod absorbing Electric moves, the moveset runs physical Water TermStab at middling numbers. Outclassed by everything else on the Water-type roster.
Best Build
Goldeen Candy
Mighty Candy+ATKLonely raises Attack and lowers Defense. Madam Celadon sets this nature when you pick Red, then Yellow. It costs 10,000 Pokedollars and lasts for the rest of the day.
Candy for Seaking
- Goldeen Candy
- Mighty Candy
Mighty Candy L
Mighty Candy XL
Goldeen Candy raises every stat, but only Goldeen and Seaking can eat it. The stat candy that goes with Seaking is Mighty Candy (Attack), and any Pokemon can eat it; Mighty Candy L needs level 30 and Mighty Candy XL needs level 60 or higher.
Master Trainer
Arianna battles with one level 75 Seaking that knows Skull Bash, Scald and Protect. It takes extra damage from Electric and Grass moves. Win to earn the Seaking Master title. Find Arianna on Route 13.
Moves List
The level-up pool tells the story here. Seaking learns Skull Bash and Megahorn naturally, plus enough variety that TMs feel like bonuses. Coverage across 7 types extends the reach beyond that.
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
14 of 15 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is the male’s job to make a nest by carving out boulders in a stream using the horn on its head.
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
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