Is Sealeo Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Ice/Water mid-stage with AbilityThick Fat. Sealeo contributes against late-game Water and Dragon trainers. Evolves into Walrein at 44, right before Victory Road. The timing works if you grab a Spheal from Shoal Cave. Solid for the E4 stretch.
Spheal has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Spheal's weaknesses hard.
Spheal has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Walrein has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Spheal
Catch Spheal in Shoal Cave (walking, Lv 26-32, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 26)
- LV 26IceAurora BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 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
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 43IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORIceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
Evolve Spheal to Walrein
Sealeo evolves into Walrein at Level 44. Your Spheal should hit Level 44 before you reach Juan, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 44)
- LV 44IceAurora BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 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
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 50IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORIceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
How to Get Sealeo in Emerald
Sealeo has no wild encounters in Emerald. A Spheal caught in Shoal Cave evolves at level 32, and the ball seal only comes from raising that cavern catch. Nothing in the wild offers a shortcut to the middle stage.
Catch Spheal at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Sealeo.
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Badge 7How to Obtain Sealeo in E
The path to Sealeo starts with Spheal at Lv. 25-35 via walking and surfing encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
How to Get Shiny Sealeo in Emerald
Sealeo builds from a shiny Spheal hunted in Shoal Cave and leveled to 32; the whiskered seal carries its sparkle intact when it grows into this bigger form. Compare Shiny Sealeo odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Sealeo 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Sealeo in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Sealeo Weakness
Sealeo is weak to Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Rock. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread.
| 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
What is Sealeo Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Sealeo
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x163-192%KO Rock Tomb 2x37-44% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x158-186%KO Rock Tomb 2x37-43% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x168-198%KO Solar Beam 2x73-86% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x158-186%KO Rock Tomb 2x37-43% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x137-161%KO Rock Tomb 2x31-37% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x100-118%KO Focus Punch 2x69-81% | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Ampharos builds →Thunderbolt 2x98-116%KO Focus Punch 2x72-85% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x113-133%KO Focus Punch 2x80-94% Rock Tomb 2x27-33% | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Raichu builds →Focus Punch 2x83-98% Thunderbolt 2x80-94% | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 2x93-110%KO Rock Smash 2x12-14% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x123-145%KO Focus Punch 2x102-120%KO | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Sealeo Evolutions
Partway through Spheal's chain. Sealeo still has another evolution ahead before reaching Walrein. For breeding, average hatch time with a massive partner pool via two egg groups. HP has grown the most so far (+20), but there's still another 120 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Sealeo to get Spheal eggs easily using 102 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Curse, Fissure, Rock Slide and 5 more.
E Sealeo Best Moveset
Fire and Ice resistance from AbilityThick Fat carries over from Spheal, but Sealeo's middling stats keep it off competitive teams. The moveset runs special Water and Ice TermStab while building toward Walrein.
Best Build
Sealeo best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Encore
- Hidden Power Grass
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Sealeo gets Curse and Fissure exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Normal and Ground coverage and more rounds out the picture alongside Blizzard and Ice Beam.
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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
SEALEO live in herds on ice floes. Using its powerful flippers, it shatters ice. It dives into the sea to hunt prey five times a day.
Sealeo Emerald Guide
For Emerald, you can run Sealeo through the first few routes without issues. 410 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Walrein as fast as you can.
In Emerald, Sealeo plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Emerald, Timid is the go-to nature for Sealeo. That's +Speed / -Attack. Pair it with 236 SpA / 48 SpD / 224 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Sealeo spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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