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seaking
#119

Seaking

Goldfish Pokémon

Water

In the autumn spawning season, they can be seen swimming power­ fully up rivers and creeks.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 92
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 80
Speed 68
Total 450

Type Effectiveness

Held Items

Evolution Chain

seaking Seaking Lv. 33

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Goldfish Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 39.0 kg
Base Exp 158
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water2

Sprites

seaking Front Front
seaking Back Back
seaking Front Shiny Front Shiny
seaking Back Shiny Back Shiny
seaking Front ♀ Front ♀
seaking Back ♀ Back ♀
seaking Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
seaking Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
seaking Official Art Official Art
seaking Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

tradebacksou
Double Dance

Strategy Overview

With the addition of Swords Dance into its movepool, Seaking manages to function as a competent setup sweeper. With STAB Surf as an added bonus, it also blasts through common Hyper Beam switch-ins, such as Rhydon. Agility distinguishes Seaking from its competing Swords Dance users, as, even when paralyzed, it still poses a threat to sweep if the opposing team has been damaged. Once set up, Seaking can be a difficult Pokemon to stop, KOing frailer Pokemon such as Persian and Jolteon from over 75% HP with Hyper Beam. Seaking is decently sturdy as well, surviving two hits from Starmie's Thunderbolt and Alakazam's Thunder Punch a significant majority of the time, giving it more opportunities to set up than Kingler.

However, Seaking has to use both Swords Dance and Agility to pose any threat to the opposition. With only Surf and a single physical attack in its attacking moveset due to this—most likely Hyper Beam or the middling Double-Edge—Seaking is not surpassingly rewarding either, struggling to break through bulky Pokemon like Reflect Chansey. It's also completely incapable of breaking through the common Gengar and is struck with Thunderbolt in return; the improved coverage of staples like Thunder Punch for Alakazam and Hypno does not help its case either. Seaking is rarely seen in Tradebacks OU by account of its committal nature and unexceptional reward, normally finding itself competing with Kingler, which, while lacking Agility, has far better damage output for the effort put in.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc