Is Walrein Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Ice/Water with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice damage. Walrein is bulky with strong Ice attacks for Drake's Dragon team and decent Water coverage for Steven's Ground-types. Glacia uses one as her ace. If you can get Spheal early enough, Walrein is one of RS's strongest late additions.
Spheal has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Spheal has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Spheal's weaknesses hard.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's team hits Spheal's weaknesses hard.
Spheal trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Sealeo has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Wallace's typing presses Sealeo's defenses.
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 has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Catch Spheal
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 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 43IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
Evolve Spheal to Sealeo
Spheal evolves into Sealeo at Level 32. Your Spheal should hit Level 32 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32IceAurora BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
- LV 47IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
Evolve Sealeo to Walrein
Sealeo evolves into Walrein at Level 44. Your Sealeo should hit Level 44 before you reach Sidney, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 44)
- LV 44IceAurora BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 50IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
How to Get Walrein in Ruby & Sapphire
Sealeo grows into Walrein at level 44, capping the Spheal family. None appear on the map, so every Walrein traces back to a Spheal pulled from its icy den.
Catch Spheal at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Walrein.
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Badge 7How to Obtain Walrein in RS
The path to Walrein starts with Spheal at Lv. 25-35 via walking and surfing encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Evolve into SealeoBREEDINGAvailableLeave Walrein with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Spheal egg.
- Step 3Walrein ✓
How to Get Shiny Walrein in Ruby & Sapphire
Behind every shiny Walrein is a shiny Spheal, so grab one in Shoal Cave and raise it through Sealeo all the way to Walrein. Compare Shiny Walrein odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Walrein 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 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Walrein Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Walrein
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x123-144%KO Rock Tomb 2x28-34% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x118-139%KO Rock Tomb 2x28-33% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x128-150%KO Solar Beam 2x56-66% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x118-139%KO Rock Tomb 2x28-33% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x102-120%KO Rock Tomb 2x23-28% | ||
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Medicham builds →Focus Punch 2x68-81% Thunder Punch 2x23-28% Rock Tomb 2x16-19% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x84-99% Focus Punch 2x59-70% Rock Tomb 2x21-25% | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Raichu builds →Focus Punch 2x63-74% Thunderbolt 2x60-71% | ||
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 2x56-66% Rollout 2x9-11% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Walrein View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x92-109%KO Focus Punch 2x76-90% | ||
 Plusle Electric | C | |
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 102 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Curse, Fissure, Rock Slide and 5 more.
RS Walrein Best Moveset
110 HP with MoveSurf and MoveIce Beam from 95 Sp. Atk. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage, removing two common attacking types. AbilityIce Body heals in hail alternatively. MoveRest plus MoveSleep Talk sustains. Held ItemLeftovers adds recovery. Bulky Water/Ice with Fire and Ice resistance.
Best Build
Walrein best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Yawn
- Encore
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Walrein misses out on Curse and Fissure. That's 8 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Blizzard and Ice Beam, with Normal and Ground coverage and more 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
All 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
WALREIN’s two massively developed tusks can totally shatter blocks of ice weighing ten tons with one blow. This POKéMON’s thick coat of blubber insulates it from subzero temperatures.
WALREIN swims all over in frigid seawater while crushing icebergs with its grand, imposing tusks. Its thick layer of blubber makes enemy attacks bounce off harmlessly.
Walrein Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Walrein is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Sealeo under specific conditions.
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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