Competitive Information for Seaking [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Lightning Rod ability are immune to Electric attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Seaking? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Seaking is a decent Water-typed Pokemon. Seaking is a frequent Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Seaking's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Rindo Berry / Aguav Berry
Ability: Lightning Rod
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 172 Hp / 180 Def / 156 SpD
Moveset:
- Megahorn
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Drill Run
- Protect / Horn Drill
Double Wall Seaking (Popular/Trending)
Seaking is a fabulous Double Wall for single battles. It is primarily designed to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. With Lightning Rod, Seaking draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. Atk by 1; electric immunity. With a Rindo Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective grass-type attack then the Rindo Berry gets consumed. With a Aguav Berry equipped to it, restores 33% max hp at 1/4 max hp or less; confuses if -spd nature then the Aguav Berry gets consumed.
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Seaking this turn).
◆ Horn Drill is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (ohkos the target. Fails if Seaking is a lower level).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Lightning Rod
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Poison Jab / Double-Edge
- Drill Run
- Knock Off / Throat Chop
Physical Sweeper Seaking (Lightning Rod)
Seaking is an awesome Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Seaking's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Seaking's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Lightning Rod, Seaking draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. Atk by 1; electric immunity. Poison Jab was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Seaking? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Lightning Rod
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Poison Jab / Double-Edge
- Drill Run
- Knock Off / Throat Chop
Doubles Physical Sweeper Seaking (Lightning Rod)
Seaking is an astounding Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Seaking's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Seaking's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Lightning Rod, Seaking draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. Atk by 1; electric immunity. Poison Jab was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Seaking 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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Seaking can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Seaking
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Seaking's stats
- Acupressure
- Agility
- Curse
- Scale Shot
- Skull Bash
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Seaking
- Aqua Tail
- Drill Run
- Flip Turn
- Horn Drill
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Icy Wind
- Knock Off
- Megahorn
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Smart Strike
- Surf
- Toxic
- Waterfall
Common Effort Values for Seaking in Sword and Shield
- Calm Nature ( 172/0/180/0/156/0 )
- Impish Nature ( 252/0/228/0/28/0 )
- Optimize Seaking's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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