Is Spheal Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Ice/Water caught by surfing on Routes 226 and 230 after the Hall of Fame, Pearl only. Walrein at 44 is the target. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage. AbilityIce Body heals in hail, new in Gen 4.
Spheal has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Spheal has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Maylene's team hits Spheal's weaknesses hard.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Volkner's team hits Spheal's weaknesses hard.
Walrein has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Walrein has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Walrein has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Walrein has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Walrein resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Walrein has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Spheal on Route 226 (Surf, Lv 35-45, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 35)
- LV 35IceAurora BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Fantina
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 43IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Spheal to Walrein
Sealeo evolves into Walrein at Level 44. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- LV 52IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Spheal in Diamond & Pearl
Spheal is a Pearl-side surf catch on two late routes, common at level 35 to 45. Diamond players find none on the water and have to trade, since the clap Pokemon swims only in Pearl.
2 locations to catch Spheal
Encountered via Surfing
Badge 8Where To Catch Spheal in DP
Spheal is where the line starts, caught through surfing encounters at Lv. 35-45. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Sealeoor evolve from Spheal (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into WalreinBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Spheal egg.
Not landing the catch? Calculate Spheal catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Spheal in Diamond & Pearl
Spheal starts in the Day Care, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign-language parent and hatch away. Compare Shiny Spheal odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Spheal Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
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 | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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 Spheal preloaded.
Spheal Weakness
Spheal's Ice/Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Rock. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Fighting, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Ice |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Spheal Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Spheal
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x234-276%KO Stone Edge 2x105-124%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x243-286%KO Stone Edge 2x108-128%KO | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x213-250%KO Stone Edge 2x94-112%KO | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x252-297%KO Seed Bomb 2x136-160%KO Stone Edge 2x113-133%KO | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x201-237%KO Rock Slide 2x67-79% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x148-175%KO Focus Punch 2x101-119%KO | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x151-178%KO Focus Punch 2x125-148%KO Rock Slide 2x63-74% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x209-246%KO Solar Beam 2x112-132%KO Stone Edge 2x93-110%KO | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x182-214%KO Focus Punch 2x151-178%KO | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Vileplume builds →Solar Beam 2x175-207%KO Drain Punch 2x45-53% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x174-205%KO Stone Edge 2x96-114%KO Rock Smash 2x39-46% | ||
Spheal Evolutions
Spheal is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Sealeo first, then eventually reaches Walrein. For breeding, average hatch time with a massive partner pool via two egg groups. The evolved forms gain up to 240 total stats over Spheal. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Spheal easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Curse, Fissure, Rock Slide and 6 more to offspring.
DP Spheal Best Moveset
Ice/Water with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice damage, but stats in the 25-70 range can't support a moveset. Sealeo, then Walrein.
Best Build
Spheal best EVs are Defense and Sp. Def
Bulky Support Moveset
- Protect
- Surf
- Blizzard
- Encore
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Curse and Fissure on Spheal. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Blizzard and Ice Beam, they expand what Spheal can actually threaten in practice.
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
29 of 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It rolls across ice floes to reach shore because its body is poorly shaped for swimming.
Spheal Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Spheal has 290 BST and evolves into Sealeo. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Spheal first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 15 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form 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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