
Is Seel Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Trade-only Water. Seel evolves into Dewgong at 34 with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice damage. Water/Ice handles Drake's Dragon E4 well. The Ice coverage is valuable for the endgame. Import if you need Dragon answers and don't have native Ice options.
Roxanne's typing presses Seel's defenses.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Seel's weaknesses hard.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Seel's defenses.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Juan's typing presses Seel's defenses.
Sidney's team hits Seel's weaknesses hard.
Seel trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Glacia's typing presses Seel's defenses.
Drake's typing presses Seel's defenses.
Wallace's Pokemon outpace and outclass Seel here.
Trade
Seel cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- 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
- LV 41IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10
- 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
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Juan
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Seel in Emerald
Hoenn leaves Seel out, so a transfer starts the line. No wild pup hauls out on any local beach, making the import the only entry point.
How to Obtain Seel in E
Step 1Seel ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom FireRed & LeafGreenAvailableCatch in FireRed & LeafGreen via Surfing · Seafoam Islands, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Red & BlueNot TradeableAppears in Red & Blue via Walking · Seafoam Islands. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom YellowNot TradeableAppears in Yellow via Walking · Seafoam Islands. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Gold & SilverNot TradeableAppears in Gold & Silver via Walking · Whirl Islands. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom CrystalNot TradeableAppears in Crystal via Walking · Whirl Islands. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
Step 2Evolve into Dewgong
How to Get Shiny Seel in Emerald
Seel doesn't swim in Emerald's waters, so bring one from FireRed or LeafGreen, where it drifts through the frozen depths of Icefall Cave and the Seafoam Islands; chase the shine in either version before importing it. See every game where Shiny Seel can be hunted
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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Seel Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Seel
Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Sunflora Grass | 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 | |
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 102 breeding partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Disable, Encore, Fake Out and 5 more to offspring.
E Seel Best Moveset
Water pre-evolution with AbilityThick Fat cutting Fire and Ice damage in half. The moveset needs Dewgong's bulk to use that ability competitively.
Best Build
Seel best EVs are HP and Speed
Bulky Support Moveset
- Encore
- Thief
- Perish Song
- Icy Wind
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 Surf and Dive. 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
All 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
SEEL hunt for prey in frigid, ice-covered seas. When it needs to breathe, it punches a hole through the ice with the sharply protruding section of its head.
Seel Emerald Guide
No. Seel isn't catchable in Emerald. Catch one in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it over.
In Emerald, 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

Winds & Waves
Explore
Where to go next after Seel.
