Is Spheal Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Shoal Cave catch. Ice/Water with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice damage. Walrein at 44 is the target. The line arrives late but the Ice/Water coverage handles Drake and most of the E4. Thick Fat removes two common offensive types as threats. Strong defensive profile for the finish.
Spheal has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Spheal's weaknesses hard.
Spheal has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Walrein has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Walrein trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Spheal in Shoal Cave (walking, Lv 26-32, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 26)
- LV 26IceAurora BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 43IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORIceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
Evolve Spheal to Walrein
Sealeo evolves into Walrein at Level 44. Your Spheal should hit Level 44 before you reach Juan, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 44)
- LV 44IceAurora BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 50IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORIceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
How to Get Spheal in Emerald
Spheal packs into Shoal Cave, common on foot and uncommon while surfing the inner water, between levels 25 and 35. Seven encounters fill that one tidal cavern, so the clapping seal is an easy grab once you work through the cave.
1 location to catch Spheal
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Badge 7Where To Catch Spheal in E
Spheal is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking and surfing encounters from Lv. 25-35 across 7 total spots in the chain.
- Step 3Evolve into Walrein
Not landing the catch? Calculate Spheal catch rates for Emerald by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Spheal in Emerald
Spheal packs the frozen halls of Shoal Cave as a common find, turning up both in the grass and while Surfing its flooded rooms; work the ice and reset each battle until the clapping seal rolls up shiny. Compare Shiny Spheal odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Spheal 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 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Spheal Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Spheal
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x230-271%KO Rock Tomb 2x51-61% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x237-280%KO Rock Tomb 2x54-64% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x245-289%KO Solar Beam 2x106-125%KO | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x230-271%KO Rock Tomb 2x51-61% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x198-233%KO Rock Tomb 2x46-54% | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Ampharos builds →Thunderbolt 2x143-168%KO Focus Punch 2x105-124%KO | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x146-172%KO Focus Punch 2x99-116%KO | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x163-193%KO Focus Punch 2x115-136%KO Rock Tomb 2x39-46% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x178-210%KO Focus Punch 2x148-175%KO | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 2x133-157%KO Rock Tomb 2x57-67% Rock Smash 2x16-19% | ||
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spheal View Raichu builds →Focus Punch 2x122-143%KO Thunderbolt 2x116-137%KO | ||
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 102 breeding partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Curse, Fissure, Rock Slide and 5 more to offspring.
E Spheal Best Moveset
Ice/Water typing with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice damage gives Spheal defensive value, but the stats are too low for competition. The moveset should level toward Sealeo.
Best Build
Spheal best EVs are Sp. Atk and HP
Special Tank Moveset
- Surf
- Swagger
- Hidden Power Grass
- Ice Beam
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
All 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is completely covered with plushy fur. As a result, it never feels the cold even when it is rolling about on ice floes or diving in the sea.
Spheal Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Spheal does the job early-game if you need a Ice/Water type on your team. Evolve it into Sealeo before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
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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