Is Seviper Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Available alongside Zangoose in Emerald without version lock. Seviper with AbilityShed Skin has a chance to heal status each turn. Pure Poison with decent Attack. Contributes through mid-game but Poison doesn't threaten Emerald's late bosses. Zangoose is the stronger pick of the pair.
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 trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Seviper's weaknesses hard.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Seviper on Route 114 (walking, Lv 15-17, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by the Tunnel Man in Rusturf Tunnel
- LV 28DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- After Juan
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Emerald Seviper Locations
Seviper is a rare Route 114 catch in the mid-teens, slithering through the grass toward the desert. Emerald keeps Seviper wild but leaves its rival Zangoose to a trade, so only one of the pair actually roams here.
1 location to catch Seviper
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Best Locations to Catch Seviper in Emerald
How to Get Shiny Seviper in Emerald
Seviper coils through the grass of Route 114 as a rare spawn, so work that stretch methodically, resetting each encounter and hoping the next one slides in wearing its rare shiny recolor. Compare Shiny Seviper odds across every game
Shiny Seviper Evolution
Does Not EvolveEmerald Shiny Seviper Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Emerald 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Seviper Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Seviper
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
 Kirlia Psychic | D | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Spoink Psychic | C | |
 Trapinch Ground | C | |
 Baltoy GroundPsychic | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Baltoy builds →Psychic 2x57-67% Dig 2x39-47% | ||
 Numel FireGround | C | |
 Nincada BugGround | C | |
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 27 breeding partners from the Dragon and Field egg groups. Pass egg moves like Body Slam, Spit Up, Stockpile and 1 more to offspring.
E Seviper Best Moveset
100 base Attack is decent, but Poison typing lacks strong physical TermStab in Gen III and the rest of Seviper's stats offer little team value. The moveset struggles to find a role when better Poison types exist.
Best Build
Seviper best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Giga Drain
- Flamethrower
- Sludge Bomb
- Hidden Power Ice
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Seviper. Body Slam and Spit Up come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Sludge Bomb and Poison Tail 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
22 of 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
SEVIPER and ZANGOOSE are eternal rivals. It counters a ZANGOOSE’s dazzling agility with its swordlike tail, which also oozes a horrible poison.
Seviper Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Seviper plays as a attacker. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In Emerald, 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
Winds & Waves
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