What is a good competitive moveset for Seadra? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Seadra is a wonderful Water-typed Pokemon. Seadra is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Seadra's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Seadra is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Seadra critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Seadra's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Focus Sash helps protect Seadra from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Sniper, if Seadra strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dive). ♦ Bubble Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage). ♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio). ♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Seadra cannot move next turn). ♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target). ♦ Aurora Beam is a special 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage). ♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage. ♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Seadra? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Seadra is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Seadra critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Seadra's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Focus Sash helps protect Seadra from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Sniper, if Seadra strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dive). ♦ Bubble Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage). ♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio). ♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Seadra cannot move next turn). ♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage). ♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target). ♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a good amount of damage. ♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Seadra learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Seadra can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Seadra
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope Lens
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Razor Wind
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Most notable and possible best moves for Seadra
Protect
Rest
Common Effort Values for Seadra in Diamond and Pearl
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