Is Seviper Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Sapphire only, Route 114. AbilityShed Skin has a chance to heal status each turn. Pure Poison with decent Attack. Seviper is the Sapphire counterpart to Zangoose but the Poison typing and lower Speed make it the weaker exclusive. Contributes through mid-game but falls off by the E4.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with 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 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.
Phoebe's team hits Seviper's weaknesses hard.
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 Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Seviper on Route 114 (walking, Lv 15-17, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 16PoisonPoison TailPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- LV 28DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- LV 34PoisonPoison FangPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- After Wallace
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
Ruby & Sapphire Seviper Locations
Sapphire's mirror to Zangoose, Seviper holds a lone uncommon grass spot at levels 15 to 17 on one route. Ruby carts skip the snake entirely, so completing the pair there means linking with a Sapphire game.
1 location to catch Seviper
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Best Locations to Catch Seviper in Ruby & Sapphire
How to Get Shiny Seviper in Ruby & Sapphire
Seviper slithers through the grass of Route 114 in Sapphire, so battle its wild encounters until a shiny appears. Compare Shiny Seviper odds across every game
Shiny Seviper Evolution
Does Not EvolveRuby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire 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 | |
 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 2x55-66% Dig 2x38-45% | ||
 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.
RS Seviper Best Moveset
100 Attack with MoveSludge Bomb for Poison TermStab and MoveEarthquake for coverage. AbilityShed Skin has a chance to cure status each turn. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Decent Attack behind types that don't threaten the top tier.
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 8 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 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 Ruby & Sapphire Guide
- Is Seviper exclusive to Sapphire or Ruby?
Seviper is exclusive to Pokemon Sapphire. Ruby players have to trade for one.
See the Locations section above for where to find Seviper in Sapphire.
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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