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 X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Seaking is an awesome Water-typed Pokemon. Seaking is a common Pokemon to see in Generation 6. Seaking's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Species: Seaking 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
Physical Sweeper Seaking (Lightning Rod)
Seaking is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It tries 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.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage. ♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ 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).
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 Seaking? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Species: Seaking 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
Doubles Physical Sweeper Seaking (Lightning Rod)
Seaking is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is meant 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.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a decent amount of damage. ♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ 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).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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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.
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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 Seaking can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Seaking
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