Is Walrein Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Ice/Water with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice damage. In Pearl only, surf for Spheal on Routes 226 and 230 after the Hall of Fame. Walrein tanks hits and brings Ice attacks. One of the best Ice-types available.
Sealeo has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Sealeo trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Sealeo trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Sealeo trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Sealeo has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Sealeo has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Sealeo trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Sealeo trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
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.
Catch Sealeo
Catch Sealeo on Route 226 (Surf, Lv 40-55, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40IceAurora 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 47IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Sealeo 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 Walrein in Diamond & Pearl
Walrein has no wild spot in Diamond or Pearl. Level a Pearl-side Sealeo to 44, the top of a Spheal line that Diamond players can only start through a trade.
Catch Spheal or Sealeo at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Walrein.
Encountered via Surfing
Badge 8How to Obtain Walrein in DP
The path to Walrein starts with Spheal at Lv. 35-45 via surfing encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Sealeoor evolve from Spheal (Step 1)
- Step 3Walrein ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Spheal egg.
How to Get Shiny Walrein in Diamond & Pearl
Walrein tops the Spheal line, so breed that base Masuda-style at 1 in 1,638 and raise it all the way up. Compare Shiny Walrein odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Walrein 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 Walrein preloaded.
Walrein Weakness
Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Rock moves hit Walrein for super-effective damage. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. Walrein's overall bulk (110/90/90) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| 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 Walrein Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Walrein
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x121-142%KO Stone Edge 2x54-64% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x116-136%KO Stone Edge 2x52-61% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x105-124%KO Stone Edge 2x47-56% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x125-147%KO Seed Bomb 2x67-79% Stone Edge 2x56-66% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x74-87% Focus Punch 2x50-59% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x100-118%KO Rock Slide 2x34-40% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x103-121%KO Solar Beam 2x55-65% Stone Edge 2x46-54% | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x75-88% Focus Punch 2x62-73% Rock Slide 2x31-37% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x90-106%KO Focus Punch 2x75-88% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Jolteon builds →Thunderbolt 2x69-81% Rock Smash 2x13-16% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Vileplume builds →Solar Beam 2x87-102%KO Drain Punch 2x22-27% | ||
Walrein Evolutions
The three-stage chain from Spheal through Sealeo ends here at Walrein. Want more? Breed for Spheal eggs. A massive partner pool available via two egg groups. The evolution from Spheal pushed Walrein to 530 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +40. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Walrein to get Spheal eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Curse, Fissure, Rock Slide and 6 more.
DP Walrein Best Moveset
110 HP and AbilityThick Fat halving Ice and Fire damage create solid special bulk on an Ice/Water type. 95 Sp. Atk delivers decent special damage, and the moveset runs Ice and Water attacks with MoveToxic for stalling. 65 Speed is slow but the HP compensates.
Best Build
Walrein best EVs are Defense and HP
Wall Moveset
- Surf
- Protect
- Substitute
- Toxic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Walrein misses out on Curse and Fissure. That's 9 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Blizzard and Ice Beam, with coverage across 7 types rounding things out.
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
33 of 34 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It shatters ice with its big tusks. Its thick blubber repels not only the cold, but also enemy attacks.
Walrein Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Walrein as a balanced. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest, Surf is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Bold on Walrein. +Defense is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Walrein appears in 15 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
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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