Is Seviper Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Poison from Hoenn. AbilityShed Skin for status recovery. Seviper doesn't add anything new. Toxicroak and Drapion handle Poison natively in Sinnoh.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Seviper resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Seviper on Route 208 (walking, Lv 18, rare). Pokémon Sapphire in GBA slot.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- LV 28DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- LV 52PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Diamond & Pearl Seviper Locations
Seviper takes the same two routes Zangoose does, except a Sapphire cartridge unlocks it where Zangoose needs Ruby. Slot Sapphire in and the eternal rival to Zangoose appears rare at level 18 and 26.
2 locations to catch Seviper
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Best Locations to Catch Seviper in Diamond & Pearl
How to Get Shiny Seviper in Diamond & Pearl
Seviper coils through those same Route 208 and Route 210, where a PokeRadar chain lands its shiny at 1 in 200. Compare Shiny Seviper odds across every game
Shiny Seviper Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Seviper Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Seviper preloaded.
Seviper Weakness
Seviper is weak to Ground and Psychic. It resists 4 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 type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Seviper Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Seviper
 Marowak Ground | C | |
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
 Bronzor SteelPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Bronzor builds →Psychic 2x43-52% Earthquake 2x30-37% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Donphan Ground | B | |
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
 Gabite DragonGround | C | |
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Lunatone builds →Psychic 2x101-119%KO Earthquake 2x51-60% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Solrock builds →Earthquake 2x74-88% Psychic 2x68-81% | ||
 Chingling Psychic | D | |
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. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Seviper easily with 30 breeding partners from the Dragon and Field egg groups. Pass egg moves like Assurance, Body Slam, Night Slash and 4 more to offspring.
DP Seviper Best Moveset
100 in both Attack and Sp. Atk give mixed options, and AbilityShed Skin has a 30% chance to cure status each turn. The moveset can go physical Poison or special coverage, but 65 Speed and 60 in both defenses leave it vulnerable.
Best Build
Seviper best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Flamethrower
- Earthquake
- Sucker Punch
- Sludge Bomb
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Seviper. Assurance and Body Slam come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Sludge Bomb and Poison Jab and coverage across 9 types.
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
32 of 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
For many generations, it has feuded with ZANGOOSE. It whets its bladed tail on rocks for battle.
Seviper Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Seviper plays as a attacker. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Mild is the go-to nature for Seviper. That's +Sp. Atk / -Defense. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpA EVs. Fits the attacker role.
Game Availability
Seviper first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 15 games across 7 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 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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