Is Seviper Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Alpha Sapphire exclusive (breed-only in Omega Ruby). Pure Poison with 100 Attack and AbilityShed Skin for healing status. No gym matchups favor Poison in Hoenn, but Seviper hits hard enough to contribute through the mid-game.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Seviper's weaknesses hard.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catch Seviper on Route 114 (walking, Lv 17-19, uncommon).
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Seviper Locations
decent spawn rates across 1 locations for Seviper in mid-game routes. Scroll the sorted list below and pick whichever spot sits closest to your current route. The rate differences between locations are worth comparing.
Best Locations to Catch Seviper in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Seviper Weakness
Seviper is weak to Ground and Psychic. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Only 2 weaknesses makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug, Fairy |
What is Seviper Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Seviper
 Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Latios builds →Psychic 2x131-154%KO Bulldoze 2x44-51% | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Latias builds →Psychic 2x113-134%KO Bulldoze 2x40-48% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Latios builds →Psychic 2x131-154%KO Bulldoze 2x44-52% | ||
 Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Metagross builds →Zen Headbutt 2x122-143%KO Bulldoze 2x60-72% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Latias builds →Psychic 2x114-134%KO Bulldoze 2x40-48% | ||
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x169-199%KO | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Bronzong builds →Future Sight 2x118-139%KO Bulldoze 2x44-52% | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Latios builds →Psychic 2x128-151%KO Earthquake 2x70-83% | ||
Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Metagross builds →Zen Headbutt 2x117-138%KO Earthquake 2x98-115%KO | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Latias builds →Psychic 2x112-131%KO Earthquake 2x63-74% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x164-193%KO | ||
Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Bronzong builds →Future Sight 2x113-134%KO Earthquake 2x69-82% | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Latios builds →Dream Eater 2x143-169%KO Earthquake 2x71-83% | ||
 Excadrill GroundSteel | S | |
 Deoxys Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter | ||
Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Metagross builds →Zen Headbutt 2x119-140%KO Earthquake 2x99-117%KO | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Latias builds →Dream Eater 2x125-147%KO Earthquake 2x64-75% | ||
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Garchomp can KO Seviper with Earthquake (146-171%). Alakazam threatens a KO with Psychic (146-171%).
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Recommended Build AbilityRough Skin ItemRocky Helmet NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x146-171%KO | ||
 Alakazam Psychic | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityMagic Guard ItemFocus Sash NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Alakazam builds →Psychic 2x146-171%KO Focus Blast32-38% Shadow Ball43-51% Dazzling Gleam22-25% | ||
Seviper Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Seviper is a standalone Pokemon with a decent partner pool for breeding through two egg groups. Eggs come out average hatch time. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Seviper easily with 50 breeding partners from the Dragon and Ground egg groups. Pass egg moves like Assurance, Body Slam, Final Gambit and 9 more to offspring.
ORAS Seviper Best Moveset
Poison at 100 Attack and 100 Sp. Atk firing mixed from both sides. AbilityInfiltrator as a hidden ability bypasses screens. The moveset fires Poison TermStab at moderate power but 65 Speed goes second and pure Poison limits offensive coverage to Fairy matchups.
Best Build
Seviper best EVs are Speed and Attack
Utility Moveset
- Glare
- Poison Jab
- Dragon Tail
- Sucker Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 11 types means almost nothing walls Seviper cleanly, with Belch and Sludge Wave anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Seviper shares a generations-long feud with Zangoose. The scars on its body are evidence of vicious battles. This Pokémon attacks using its sword-edged tail.
Seviper’s swordlike tail serves two purposes—it slashes foes and douses them with secreted poison. This Pokémon will not give up its long-running blood feud with Zangoose.
Seviper Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Seviper has a 458 base stat total and ranks as C-Tier: a niche pick in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire's meta. It works best as an attacker. Glare with Salacberry is the standard set.
Shed Skin is the go-to ability for Seviper. It has a 33% chance of curing any major status ailment after each turn. Its hidden ability Infiltrator can work in specific setups.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Seviper fills the attacker role. It's a mixed attacker with base 100 Attack and 100 Sp. Atk. At base 65 Speed, it won't be moving first often.
For Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, the core moveset is Glare, Poisonjab, Dragontail, and Sucker Punch. Glare leads at 0% usage. This set covers the attacker role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Seviper first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 15 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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 7LGPE
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