Is Sealeo Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Route 230 surfing at level 35, postgame. Ice/Water evolving into Walrein at level 44. AbilityThick Fat is solid. The postgame timing and competition from native Ice-types limit the whole chain.
Sealeo resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Sealeo has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Sealeo trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Sealeo trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Sealeo trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Sealeo has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Sealeo trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Sealeo trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Walrein has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Walrein resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Walrein resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Walrein has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Walrein has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Sealeo on Route 230 (Surf, Lv 35-55, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 35)
- LV 35IceAurora BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- LV 47IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Sealeo to Walrein
Sealeo evolves into Walrein at Level 44. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15From Jasmine in Sunyshore City
- LV 52IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Sealeo in Platinum
Sealeo can be surfed up on Route 230 in the southern sea, common across a wide level band. That single deep-water stretch is its only wild spot, so most players evolve a Spheal instead of hunting the surf.
1 location to catch Sealeo
Encountered via Surfing
Badge 8Where To Catch Sealeo in Pt
- Step 1Obtain SphealBREEDINGAvailableLeave Sealeo with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Spheal egg.
- Step 3Evolve into Walrein
Bring the right balls: check Sealeo catch odds in the Platinum Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Sealeo in Platinum
Sealeo hauls out onto the Surf at Route 230, but breeding one with a foreign Ditto is the surer shiny. Compare Shiny Sealeo odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Sealeo 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Sealeo in the Platinum 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Sealeo Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Sealeo
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x165-194%KO Leaf Blade 2x67-78% Stone Edge 2x74-87% Thunderbolt 2x41-48% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x165-194%KO Stone Edge 2x74-87% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x159-188%KO Stone Edge 2x71-84% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x144-170%KO Stone Edge 2x64-76% | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x211-248%KO Focus Punch 2x141-166%KO Thunderbolt 2x41-48% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x170-201%KO Seed Bomb 2x92-108%KO Stone Edge 2x76-90% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x101-119%KO Focus Punch 2x69-81% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x137-161%KO Rock Slide 2x46-55% | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x103-122%KO Focus Punch 2x85-100%KO Rock Slide 2x43-51% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x141-167%KO Solar Beam 2x75-89% Stone Edge 2x63-75% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sealeo View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x123-145%KO Focus Punch 2x102-121%KO | ||
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 131 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Curse, Fissure, Rock Slide and 6 more.
Pt Sealeo Best Moveset
Better bulk at 90 HP, and 75 Sp. Atk fires decent special Water and Ice attacks. 45 Speed is too slow for the moveset to act before most threats. Evolve to Walrein.
Best Build
Sealeo best EVs are Sp. Atk and Sp. Def
Special Tank Moveset
- Surf
- Roar
- Ice Beam
- Encore
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
30 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It habitually spins things on its nose. By doing so, it learns textures and odors.
Sealeo Platinum Guide
Yes. Sealeo is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Sealeo becomes available after the main story is complete in Platinum.
In Platinum, Sealeo has 410 BST and evolves into Walrein. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
In Platinum, Sealeo plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Platinum, Relaxed is the go-to nature for Sealeo. That's +Defense / -Speed. Pair it with 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpD 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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