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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#086 Seel

Water

  • SpeciesSea Lion Pokémon
  • Japanese namePawou
  • PronunciationSEEL
  • Height3′ 7″ 1.09 m
  • Weight198.0 lb 89.10 kg
  • Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
Seel official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Variation of SEAL

Evolution

  1. SeelLevel 34Dewgong
Seel in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Seel as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue The protruding horn on its head is very hard. It is used for bashing through thick ice.
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 flows even in water 40 degrees below 0.
GoldStadium 2 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.
Crystal The light blue fur that covers it keeps it protected against the cold. It loves iceberg-filled oceans.

Where to find Seel

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Seafoam Island, Cinnabar Island (In-Game Trade) NA Many
Red NA Many
Yellow Seafoam Island NA Few
Gold Whirl Islands Any Many
Silver Any Many
Crystal Morn. or Day Many

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
R/B ✓ ✓
Yellow ✓
G/S ✓ ✓
Crystal ✓ ✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

  • Normal×1
  • Fire×0.5
  • Water×0.5
  • Electric×2
  • Grass×2
  • Ice×0.5
  • Fighting×1
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×1
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×1
  • Bug×1
  • Rock×1
  • Ghost×1
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×1
  • Steel×0.5
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 2 weaknesses and 4 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 2 (50%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 2 : 3 (~67%).
  • This Pokémon has more weaknesses in GSC than in RBY. So this Pokémon has a better defense ratio in RBY.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalNormal
  • FireGood
  • WaterBad
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassBad
  • IceNormal
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonNormal
  • GroundGood
  • FlyingNormal
  • PsychicNormal
  • BugNormal
  • RockGood
  • GhostNormal
  • DragonBad
  • DarkNormal
  • SteelNormal
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 1 advantage and 1 disadvantage out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).

Moves learned by levelling up

R/B/Y G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Start Headbutt Normal Physical
30 5 Growl Normal Status
35 16 Aurora Beam Ice Special
40 21 Rest Psychic Status
45 32 Take Down Normal Physical
50 37 Ice Beam Ice Special
— 48 Safeguard Normal Status

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

  • Ice Beam

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM13Snore
  • TM14Blizzard
  • TM16Icy Wind
  • TM17Protect
  • TM18Rain Dance
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM27Return
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • HM03Surf
  • HM06Whirlpool
  • HM07Waterfall

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

  • TM06Toxic
  • TM07Horn Drill
  • TM08Body Slam
  • TM09Take Down
  • TM10Double-Edge
  • TM11Bubblebeam
  • TM12Water Gun
  • TM13Ice Beam
  • TM14Blizzard
  • TM16Pay Day
  • TM20Rage
  • TM31Mimic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Bide
  • TM40Skull Bash
  • TM44Rest
  • TM50Substitute
  • HM03Surf
  • HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Ground Pokémon group 7 Water 1 Pokémon group 8

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Disable Mate with a male from Psyduck or Slowpoke Family.
Encore Mate a male Clefairy or Togetic with a female Pikachu/Raichu, then breed the male offspring (after evolving Pichu into Pikachu) with a female Seel/Dewgong.
Lick Mate with a Snubbull/Granbull or Teddiursa/Ursaring.
Peck Mate with a male Farfetch’d.
Perish Song Mate with a male Lapras.
Slam Mate with a male from Dratini, Pikachu, or Wooper Family.
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Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank R/B/Y rank
HP 65 303-333 24/4546.02% 21/4250.00%
Attack 45 158-188 39/4915.87% 37/4514.72%
Defense 55 178-208 34/5532.66% 29/4430.85%
Speed 45 158-188 36/4721.19% 33/4218.41%
Special Attack G/S/C 45 158-188 34/4621.19% —
Special Defense G/S/C 70 208-238 21/4151.99% —
Special R/B/Y 70 208-238 — 15/2950.00%
Total 325 G/S/C
280 R/B/Y
1163-1343
1005-1155
56/8721.19% 44/6521.19%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library