Is Seel Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Diamond-exclusive on postgame routes. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage. Dewgong at 34 adds Ice, but by postgame the team is long finalized. Sinnoh has Floatzel and Gastrodon for Water during the story.
Seel resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's typing presses Seel's defenses.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Seel has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Candice's team hits Seel's weaknesses hard.
Volkner's team hits Seel's weaknesses hard.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Dewgong trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Dewgong resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Dewgong has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Dewgong trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Seel on Route 226 (Surf, Lv 35-45, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 35)
- LV 35WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Fantina
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- LV 41WaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 43WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 47IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Seel to Dewgong
Seel evolves into Dewgong at Level 34. You get it at Level 35 or higher, past Level 34, so it evolves into Dewgong the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- LV 41WaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 43WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 47IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Seel in Diamond & Pearl
Seel is Diamond-exclusive in the wild, surfing two routes common at level 35 plus. Pearl players see none and must trade one in, since there is no Pearl encounter to fall back on.
2 locations to catch Seel
Encountered via Surfing
Badge 8Where To Catch Seel in DP
Seel is where the line starts, caught through surfing encounters at Lv. 35-45. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Dewgongor evolve from Seel (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Seel catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Seel in Diamond & Pearl
Seel starts in the Day Care, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent for 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Seel odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Seel 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 Seel in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Seel Weakness
Type-wise, Seel takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread.
| 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 Seel Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Seel
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
Seel Evolutions
Seel is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Dewgong. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 150 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Seel easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Disable, Encore, Fake Out and 6 more to offspring.
DP Seel Best Moveset
Pure Water typing with no standout stats. There's no competitive reason to build a moveset here when Dewgong improves on everything. Evolve first.
Best Build
Seel best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Rest
- Surf
- Rain Dance
- Stockpile
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Disable and Encore give Seel options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Ice coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Aqua Tail and Surf. The egg moves push it further.
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
26 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
A Pokémon that lives on icebergs. It swims in the sea using the point on its head to break up ice.
Seel Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Seel has 325 BST and evolves into Dewgong. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Seel appears in 19 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Seel 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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