Seel (Pokémon)

Seel (Japanese: パウワウ Pawou) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section.
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Pokémon
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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Seel (disambiguation).
Seel
Sea Lion Pokémon		 パウワウ
Pawou
 #086

Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type
Water Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Abilities
Thick Fat or Hydration Cacophony
 Cacophony
 Ice Body
Hidden Ability		 Cacophony
Hidden Ability		 Cacophony
 Cacophony
Gender ratio
Unknown
50% male, 50% female
 Catch rate
190 (35.2%)
Breeding
Egg Groups
Water 1 and Field
 Hatch time
5140 - 5396 steps
Height
3'07" 1.1 m
Seel
0'0" 0 m
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0'0" 0 m
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0'0" 0 m
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 Weight
198.4 lbs. 90.0 kg
Seel
0 lbs. 0 kg
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0 lbs. 0 kg
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Mega Stone
[[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield
100
Gen. I-IV		 Unknown
IV		 65
V+
 Leveling rate
Medium Fast
EV yield
Total: 1
Seel
0
HP		 0
Atk		 0
Def		 0
Sp.Atk		 1
Sp.Def		 0
Speed
0
HP		 0
Atk		 0
Def		 0
Sp.Atk		 0
Sp.Def		 0
Speed
0
HP		 0
Atk		 0
Def		 0
Sp.Atk		 0
Sp.Def		 0
Speed
0
HP		 0
Atk		 0
Def		 0
Sp.Atk		 0
Sp.Def		 0
Speed
Shape
Footprint

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Pokédex color
  White
 Base friendship
70
External Links

It evolves into Dewgong starting at level 34.

Biology

Seel is a pinniped Pokémon with a thick hide covered in bluish-white fur. It has a pale tan maw with a large red tongue and a pair of tusks on its lower jaw. It has circular eyes and a black nose that is capable of closing when it swims. There is a small horn on its forehead, which it uses in combination with its tusks to bore through ice floes. It has two flippers on its chest, and two more on the end of its tail. When the tail is raised, it resembles a waterspout.

Seel lives on icebergs in frigid ocean waters. Its warm fur and thick hide allow it to swim in waters as cold as -40° Fahrenheit (-40° Celsius). It thrives in these cold environments, becoming more active as the temperature drops and tires easily in warm waters. Preferring to sleep during the day, it hunts for prey under sheets of ice in the late day and evening hours. While it is a graceful swimmer, it is awkward and struggles to move on dry land.

In the anime
Seel in the anime

Seel (Cerulean Gym)

In The Water Flowers of Cerulean City, multiple Seel are kept by Misty and her sisters at the Cerulean Gym. One evolved into a Dewgong in The Misty Mermaid.

Other

In Misty Meets Her Match, a Seel was caught in a whirlpool alongside its Trainer, named Mahri, but were rescued by Misty and her Staryu.

Minor appearances

In Pikachu's Vacation, a Seel was at the Pokémon Theme Park.

In Slowking's Day, a Seel lived in the ocean surrounding Shamouti Island.

Multiple Seel live at Professor Oak's Laboratory, as seen in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, The Rivalry Revival, Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!, and Alola, Kanto!

In Bye Bye Psyduck, Misty's fantasy featured a Seel.

In The Joy of Pokémon, multiple baby Seel lived on the unnamed island.

In The Power of One, multiple Seel sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.

A wild Seel appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

A Seel appeared in a fantasy in The Totodile Duel.

A Seel appeared in Snorlax Snowman.

In The Joy of Water Pokémon, a Seel lived in Lake Lucid.

In Around the Whirlpool, a Seel was stolen from the Pokémon Center of Blue Point Isle.

In Octillery The Outcast, a Trainer's Seel competed in the Whirl Cup. Ash and Totodile went up against it in a qualifying match and won.

In The Legend of Thunder!, a Seel was at a Pokémon Center.

In Nice Pryce Baby, Pryce owns multiple Seel. They were seen at the Mahogany Gym.

Multiple Seel appeared in the opening intro of Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, which was reused for Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias.

Multiple Seel appeared in Destiny Deoxys.

In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, The Marina Group uses multiple Seel for their Marina Underwater Pokémon Show.

In Once More With Reeling!, a Coordinator's Seel competed in the Terracotta Contest. It created an ice sculpture of a Glalie using Ice Beam.

In Up Close and Personable!, a Seel lived in the lake near the Pokémon Summer Academy.

In Historical Mystery Tour!, a Seel stood on a ball with one fin as part of an act with its Trainer, a Clown working in Xatu's Forest.

A Seel appeared in I Choose You!.

In Battle Royal 151!, a Trainer's Seel competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference, but it ended up losing.

In the manga
Seel in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Seel is the first Pokémon Lorelei owned, which debuted in Can You Diglett?. As a child, Lorelei saw her Seel become poisoned due to the effects of nearby industrialization. Agatha, who was passing by, healed Seel using her Gastly. This encounter with the negative effects that humanity had on Pokémon would be the motivation Lorelei had to join the Elite Four in a plot to destroy all of humanity years later.

Pryce owns two Seel that assist him in sculpting ice. They first appeared in Irked Igglybuff and Curmudgeonly Cleffa.

A Seel appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

A Seel liberated by Team Plasma appeared in The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition as one of the Pokémon stuck in N's Castle.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

A Trainer's Seel appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

A Seel appeared in Rampage at the Ruins of Alph!!.

Pokémon Zensho

Satoshi received a Seel from Misty in PZ03. He released it upon his arrival in the Seafoam Islands in PZ08.

In the TCG
Main article: Seel (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Seel is a Pokéfloat. After the second half of Venusaur is revealed, the screen moves continually to the right without stopping and so fighting does not stay on Seel for very long.

Game data

NPC appearances
  • Pokémon Pinball: A Seel appears in a bonus stage accessible from the Blue Table. The goal is to hit the Seel that will poke its head out of the water.

Pokédex entries
Generation I Kanto
#086
Red The protruding horn on its head is very hard. It is used for bashing through thick ice.
Blue
Yellow Loves freezing cold conditions. Relishes swimming in a frigid climate of around 14F degrees.
Stadium It boasts a thick hide covered with light blue fur. It plows through ice floes even in water 40 degrees below 0.
Generation II Johto
#176
Gold Although it can't walk well on land, it is a graceful swimmer. It especially loves being in frigid seas.
Silver In daytime, it is often found asleep, on the seabed in shallow waters. Its nostrils close while it swims.
Crystal The light blue fur that covers it keeps it protected against the cold. It loves iceberg filled oceans.
Stadium 2 Although it can't walk well on land, it is a graceful swimmer. It especially loves being in frigid seas.
Generation III Hoenn
#—		 Kanto
#086
Ruby Seel hunts for prey in the frigid sea underneath sheets of ice. When it needs to breathe, it punches a hole through the ice with the sharply protruding section of its head.
Sapphire
Emerald Seel hunt for prey in frigid, ice-covered seas. When it needs to breathe, it punches a hole through the ice with the sharply protruding section of its head.
FireRed Covered with light blue fur, its hide is thick and tough. It is active in bitter cold of minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
LeafGreen The protruding horn on its head is very hard. It is used for bashing through thick icebergs.
Generation IV Sinnoh
#—		 Johto
#178
Diamond A Pokémon that lives on icebergs. It swims in the sea using the point on its head to break up ice.
Pearl
Platinum
HeartGold Although it can't walk well on land, it is a graceful swimmer. It especially loves being in frigid seas.
SoulSilver In daytime, it is often found asleep on the seabed in shallow waters. Its nostrils close while it swims.
Generation V Unova
B2W2: #265
Black A Pokémon that lives on icebergs. It swims in the sea using the point on its head to break up ice.
White
Black 2 The colder it gets, the better it feels. It joyfully swims around oceans so cold that they are filled with floating ice.
White 2
Generation VI Kalos
#—		 Hoenn
#—
X A Pokémon that lives on icebergs. It swims in the sea using the point on its head to break up ice.
Y Covered with light blue fur, its hide is thick and tough. It is active in bitter cold of -40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Omega Ruby Seel hunts for prey in the frigid sea underneath sheets of ice. When it needs to breathe, it punches a hole through the ice with the sharply protruding section of its head.
Alpha Sapphire
Generation VII Alola
USUM: #115		 Kanto
#086
This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sun & Moon.
Ultra Sun It has always been supposed that Seel live only in cold seas. Their having shown up in Alola is a mystery.
Ultra Moon Thanks to its thick fat, cold seas don't bother it at all, but it gets tired pretty easily in warm waters.
Let's Go Pikachu Loves freezing-cold conditions. Relishes swimming in a frigid climate of around 14 degrees Fahrenheit.
Let's Go Eevee
Generation VIII Galar
#—
This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Generation VIII.


Game locations
Generation I
Red Blue
Seafoam Islands
Trade Ponyta at the Pokémon Lab on Cinnabar Island
Blue (Japan)
Seafoam Islands
Yellow
Seafoam Islands
Generation II
Gold Silver
Whirl Islands
Crystal
Whirl IslandsMorningDay
Generation III
Ruby Sapphire
Trade
Emerald
Trade
FireRed LeafGreen
Seafoam Islands, Icefall Cave
Trade Ponyta at the Pokémon Lab on Cinnabar Island
Colosseum
Trade
XD
Phenac City (Shadow)
Generation IV
Diamond
Routes 226 and 230
Pearl
Trade
Platinum
Breed Dewgong
HeartGold SoulSilver
Route 47, Whirl Islands, Seafoam Islands
Pal Park
Sea
Pokéwalker
Stormy Beach
Generation V
Black White
Giant Chasm (Surfing)
Black 2 White 2
Seaside Cave and Giant Chasm (Surfing)
Dream World
Sparkling Sea
Generation VI
X Y
Breed Dewgong
Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire
Route 125 (hidden Pokémon*)
Generation VII
Sun Moon
Trade
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon
Seaward Cave (Surfing)
Poké Pelago
Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee
Seafoam Islands
Generation VIII
Sword Shield
Unobtainable


In side games
Generation I
Pinball
Red Field: Seafoam Islands
Generation II
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.
Generation III
Trozei!
Phobos Submarine, Endless Level 25, Forever Level 25, Mr. Who's Den
MD Red MD Blue
Mt. Freeze (3F-7F), Stormy Sea (B9F-B14F), Silver Trench (B6F-B14F), Far-off Sea (B6F-B14F), Marvelous Sea (B6F-B14F), Fantasy Strait (B6F-B14F)
Generation IV
MD Time MD Darkness
Brine Cave (B1F-B5F)
MD Sky
Brine Cave (B1F-B5F)
Rumble
Bright Beach (Normal Mode A)
Generation V
Rumble Blast
Glacier: Frozen Tundra
Rumble U
Adventure Area: Unexpected Land, Conductor Room: Frozen Runway
Generation VI
Battle Trozei
Distortion Island: Stage 6
Shuffle
Blau Salon: Stage 405
Rumble World
Pearl Marsh: Aurora Ice Field (All Areas), Plasma Tundra: Frosty Alps (All Areas)
Generation VII
Rumble Rush
Zapdos Sea, Castform Sea, Rowlet Sea, Bulbasaur Sea, Rowlet SeaFinal
Cross-Generation
Masters EX
Chapter 8: A Cold, Harsh Winter (Pryce's)
Pokémon Egg (Scottie/Bettie's)
Generation VIII
MD DX
Mt. Freeze (1F-5F), Stormy Sea (6F-14F), Silver Trench (6F-14F), Far-Off Sea (6F-14F), Marvelous Sea (4F), Fantasy Strait (4F)


In events
Games Event Language Location Level Distribution period
GSC Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! Flail Seel English United States 5 December 20 to 26, 2002

Held items
Game Held Item(s)
Red* Blue* Berry (100%)
Yellow*
Pokémon XD Mystic Water (100%)
FireRed LeafGreen Aspear Berry (50%)

Base stats
Stat Range
At Lv. 50 At Lv. 100
65
125 - 172 240 - 334
45
45 - 106 85 - 207
55
54 - 117 103 - 229
45
45 - 106 85 - 207
70
67 - 134 130 - 262
45
45 - 106 85 - 207
Total:
325
 Other Pokémon with this total
  • Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
  • Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
  • This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 70.


Pokéathlon stats
Speed
2/3 ★★☆
Power
2/3 ★★☆
Skill
2/2 ★★
Stamina
3/4 ★★★☆
Jump
2/3 ★★☆
Total
11/15 ★★☆


Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:
Damaged
normally by:
Normal 1×
Fighting 1×
Flying 1×
Poison 1×
Ground 1×
Rock 1×
Bug 1×
Ghost 1×
Steel ½×
Fire ½×
Water ½×
Grass 2×
Electric 2×
Psychic 1×
Ice ½×
Dragon 1×
Dark 1×
Fairy 1×
None
Weak to:
Normal 1×
Fighting 1×
Flying 1×
Poison 1×
Ground 1×
Rock 1×
Bug 1×
Ghost 1×
Steel ½×
Fire ½×
Water ½×
Grass 2×
Electric 2×
Psychic 1×
Ice ½×
Dragon 1×
Dark 1×
Fairy 1×
None
Immune to:
Normal 1×
Fighting 1×
Flying 1×
Poison 1×
Ground 1×
Rock 1×
Bug 1×
Ghost 1×
Steel ½×
Fire ½×
Water ½×
Grass 2×
Electric 2×
Psychic 1×
Ice ½×
Dragon 1×
Dark 1×
Fairy 1×
None
Resistant to:
Normal 1×
Fighting 1×
Flying 1×
Poison 1×
Ground 1×
Rock 1×
Bug 1×
Ghost 1×
Steel ½×
Fire ½×
Water ½×
Grass 2×
Electric 2×
Psychic 1×
Ice ½×
Dragon 1×
Dark 1×
Fairy 1×
None
Notes:

Learnset

Seel is available in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

By leveling up
Generation VIII
Other generations:
I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII
 Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP
011 Headbutt Normal Physical 07070 100100% 15
033 Growl Normal Status 0000— 100100% 40
077 Water Gun Water Special 04040 100100% 25
1111 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 09595% 15
1313 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100100% 5
1717 Ice Shard Ice Physical 04040 100100% 30
2121 Rest Psychic Status 0000— ——% 10
2323 Aqua Ring Water Status 0000— ——% 20
2727 Aurora Beam Ice Special 06565 100100% 20
3131 Aqua Jet Water Physical 04040 100100% 20
3333 Brine Water Special 06565 100100% 10
3737 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 08585% 20
4141 Dive Water Physical 08080 100100% 10
4343 Aqua Tail Water Physical 09090 09090% 10
4747 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100100% 10
5151 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— ——% 25
5353 Hail Ice Status 0000— ——% 10
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Seel
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Seel
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM
Generation VIII
Other generations:
I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII
   TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 
TM03 TM03 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 100}}100% 20
TM07 TM07 Hail Ice Status 0000— —}}—% 10
TM13 TM13 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10
TM14 TM14 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5
TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10
TM18 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5
TM20 TM20 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 25
TM23 TM23 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15
TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15
TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20
TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10
TM45 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15
TM46 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25
TM55 TM55 Brine Water Special 06565 100}}100% 10
TM56 TM56 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10
TM58 TM58 Endure Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10
TM82 TM82 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10
TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15
TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10
TM95 TM95 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15
TM99 TM99 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Seel
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Seel
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding
Generation VIII
Other generations:
I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII
 Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 
Belch Poison Special 120 90% 10

 Disable Normal Status — 100% 20

 Encore Normal Status — 100% 5
Entrainment Normal Status — 100% 15

 Fake Out Normal Physical 40 100% 10
Horn Drill Normal Physical — 30% 5
Icicle Spear* Ice Physical 25 100% 30
Lick Ghost Physical 30 100% 30
Perish Song Normal Status — —% 5


 Slam Normal Physical 80 75% 20
Spit Up Normal Special — 100% 10
Stockpile Normal Status — —% 20
Swallow Normal Status — —% 10
  • Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Seel in Generation VIII
  • Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
  • Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Seel in that game.
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Seel
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Seel
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring
Generation VIII
Other generations:
I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII
 Game   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Seel
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Seel
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

TCG-only moves
Move Card
Pound Seel δ (EX Dragon Frontiers 62)

Side game data
Pokémon Pinball
 
Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1
Recruit rate: 3.9%
Friend Area: Ice Floe Beach
Phrases
51%-100% HP I'm strong against the cold, actually!
26%-50% HP I have only half HP left...
1%-25% HP Please, no more... I want to go back to wintry seas...
Level up There it is! My level went up!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky
Body size: 1
Recruit rate: 3.9%
IQ group: H
Pokémon Rumble
Attack ●
Defense ●●
Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Blast
Attack ●
Defense ●●
Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush
Walking Speed: 2.22 seconds Base HP: 52
Base Attack: 69 Base Defense: 51 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei
Water
 Attack Power: ★★★★★
Pokémon Shuffle
Water
 Attack Power: 50 - 100 5

#603

 Freeze
Leaves the foe frozen.
Pokémon GO
Base Stamina: 163 Base Attack: 85 Base Defense: 121
Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50
Fast Attacks: Ice Shard, Lick*, Water Gun†
Charged Attacks: Aurora Beam*, Icy Wind, Aqua Tail, Aqua Jet†

Evolution
Unevolved
Seel
 Water 
Level 34
→
First evolution
Dewgong
 Water  Ice 


Sprites
Generation I
Red Blue Yellow Red Green
Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation II
Gold Silver Crystal
Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation III
Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen
Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV
Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver
Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V
Black White Black 2 White 2
Front Back Front Back
Generation VI
X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire
Front Back Front Back
Generation VII
Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon
Front Back Front Back
Let's Go, Pikachu! Let's Go, Eevee!
Generation VIII
HOME
For other sprites and images, please see Seel images on the Bulbagarden Archives.


Trivia

Origin

Seel, as its name implies, seems to be based on an earless seal, particularly a harp seal pup due to its white fur and icy habitat. It also shares characteristics with other aquatic mammals that live in the Arctic Ocean. Its long, white body is similar to a beluga whale. Its horn may be inspired by a narwhal, and its tusks may be inspired by a walrus. The shape of its tail resembles a stylized waterspout or geyser.

Name origin

Seel may be a corruption of seal.

Pawou may come from the onomatopoeia of a seal bark.

In other languages
Language Title Meaning
Japanese パウワウ Pawou From the onomatopoeia of a seal's bark
French Otaria From otarie
Spanish Seel Same as English name
German Jurob Possibly from jung and Robbe
Italian Seel Same as English name
Korean 쥬쥬 Juju From junior and 듀공 dyugong
Cantonese Chinese 小海獅 Síuhóisī Means "Small (or young) sea lion"
Mandarin Chinese 小海獅 / 小海狮 Xiǎohǎishī Means "Small (or young) sea lion"


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