Seaking (Pokémon)

For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section.
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Seaking Goldfish Pokémon アズマオウ Azumao #0119 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Swift Swim or Water Veil Cacophony Cacophony Lightning Rod Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 60 (14.8%)
Breeding Egg Group Water 2 Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 4'03" 1.3 m Seaking 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 86.0 lbs. 39.0 kg Seaking 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 170 Gen. I-IV Unknown IV 158 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Seaking 0 HP 2 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Red	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Seaking (Japanese: アズマオウ Azumao) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Goldeen starting at level 33.

Biology

Seaking is a primarily orange-and-white, piscine Pokémon. It has round, dark eyes, prominent pink lips, two small fangs, and a cream-colored horn in the center of its forehead. A female will have a smaller horn than a male. Most of its body is orange with a patch of white under its mouth and along its underside. There are several black markings on its body: two thick lines under each eye, a large wavy patch on its back, and several speckles near its tail. It has billowing pectoral fins and a pair of tail fins shaped like butterfly wings, all of which are white speckled with black. However, its dorsal fin is pure white and rigid.

Seaking is a very powerful swimmer that is found in rivers and streams. It can swim not only against a river's current, but up waterfalls as well. In the autumn spawning season, it grows fatter and more vibrant. It travels upriver where male Seaking engage in elaborate dances to court females. The female would go for the Seaking with the most graceful dance.

Seaking uses its powerful horn to bore holes in riverbed boulders in order to shelter its Eggs from water currents. A mated pair take turns patrolling around their new nest for roughly a month and defend it with their lives. There are two different groups of Trainers who are obsessed with Seaking's horns or dorsal fins. However, the groups cannot get along with each other. In Generation I, Waterfall was its signature move.

Evolution

Seaking evolves from Goldeen.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Goldeen  Water

→

First Evolution Seaking  Water

Game data

Pokédex entries

Seaking in the Alola Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.

Games		Held items
Red	Blue	Silver Leaf (100%)
Yellow
Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire	Mystic Water (5%)
Sun	Moon
Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon
Sword	Shield
Brilliant Diamond	Shining Pearl

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Seaking is available in Sword and Shield and Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

By leveling up

By TM/TR

SwSh

Generation VIII Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM27 TM27 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM35 TM35 Hail Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM36 TM36 Whirlpool Water Special 03535 085}}85% 15 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM45 TM45 Dive Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM52 TM52 Bounce Flying Physical 08585 085}}85% 5 TM53 TM53 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM96 TM96 Smart Strike Steel Physical 07070 00—}}—% 10 TR00 TR00 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR01 TR01 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TR03 TR03 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 080}}80% 5 TR04 TR04 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR05 TR05 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR06 TR06 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TR12 TR12 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR16 TR16 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR28 TR28 Megahorn Bug Physical 120120 085}}85% 10 TR45 TR45 Muddy Water Water Special 09090 085}}85% 10 TR57 TR57 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TR84 TR84 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR87 TR87 Drill Run Ground Physical 08080 095}}95% 10 TR95 TR95 Throat Chop Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Seaking Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Seaking Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

BDSP

Generation VIII Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

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 TM15 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM18 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5 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 TM49 TM49 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM58 TM58 Endure Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM68 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM75 TM75 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM82 TM82 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM84 TM84 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 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 Seaking Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Seaking Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

SwSh

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Acupressure Normal Status — —% 30 Aqua Tail Water Physical 90 90% 10 Haze* Ice Status — —% 30 Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100% 10 Psybeam Psychic Special 65 100% 20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Seaking 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 Seaking in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Seaking Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Seaking Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

BDSP

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Acupressure Normal Status — —% 30 Aqua Tail Water Physical 90 90% 10 Body Slam Normal Physical 85 100% 15 Haze* Ice Status — —% 30 Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80% 5 Mud Shot* Ground Special 55 95% 15 Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100% 10 Psybeam Psychic Special 65 100% 20 Skull Bash* Normal Physical 130 100% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Seaking 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 Seaking in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Seaking Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Seaking Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior Evolution

By transfer from another generation

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball Acquisition: Evolve		Pokémon Pinball RS Acquisition: Evolve		Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Rub-a-Dub River Phrases 51%-100% HP This horn is for digging out a nest. 26%-50% HP Watch out. They've cut my HP down to half. 1%-25% HP It's looking grim... I can barely swim... Level up OK! There, I've leveled up!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -4.5% IQ group: A
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Visit Luvdisc's secret base Connected to: Luvdisc Connection Orb Set: 3 Phrases Normal How do you like the pattern on my body? It's totally mesmerizing, isn't it? Low HP (< 50%) I'm getting tired...
Pokémon Ranger Group: Water Poké Assist: Water Field move: None Loops: 2 Min. exp.: N/A Max. exp.: N/A Browser entry R-111 Your only chance to capture Seaking is when it jumps out of the water.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.33 seconds Base HP: 55 Base Attack: 77 Base Defense: 54 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Water Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Water Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #688 Whirlpool Delays your opponent's disruptions.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 190 Base Attack: 175 Base Defense: 147 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Peck, Waterfall*, Poison Jab† Charged Attacks: Ice Beam*, Water Pulse*, Megahorn, Icy Wind†, Drill Run†

Evolution data

Unevolved Goldeen  Water

Level 33 →

First Evolution Seaking  Water

Sprites

Generation I Red Green Red Blue Yellow 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 Sword Shield
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Seaking images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In animation

Seaking in Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Major appearances

The Sensational Sisters own a Seaking, which first appeared in The Misty Mermaid, thus marking the species' debut. It reappeared in Cerulean Blues and in a fantasy in Alola, Alola!.

In Hook, Line, and Stinker, multiple Seaking were the focus of a local fishing competition. Ash and Misty both hooked a Seaking each.

In The Great Eight Fate!, Juan used a Seaking in a Gym battle against Ash. It was able to block Pikachu's Electric attacks with Horn Drill and send them back at its opponent. Pikachu and Corphish eventually took Seaking down, but not before it defeated Snorunt.

Minor appearances

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

In Round One - Begin!, a Trainer's Seaking competed in the Indigo League Conference.

In Pikachu Re-Volts, a Seaking fell under the control of Cassidy and Butch via their Drowzee at Mandarin Island North.

A Seaking appeared in Misty's fantasy in Bye Bye Psyduck.

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

A wild Seaking appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

In Slowking's Day, a Seaking was living in the ocean surrounding Shamouti Island.

A Seaking appeared in a fantasy in The Totodile Duel.

In The Joy of Water Pokémon, a Seaking was living in Lake Lucid.

In Octillery The Outcast, Misty's Poliwhirl went up against a Trainer's Seaking during a qualifying match of the Whirl Cup and won. It reappeared in the following episode.

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

In Enlighten Up!, a Seaking resided in Lake Slowpoke.

In Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!, Tracey observed and sketched three Seaking as they swam in a lake.

In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, Shep was shown to own a Seaking, which participated in the Marina Group's water shows.

Multiple Seaking appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.

Multiple Seaking appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.

A Performer's Seaking appeared in a video in Performing with Fiery Charm!.

In Alola, Kanto!, a wild Seaking was at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

In Dewpider Ascending!, a wild Seaking swam along a river and passed a school of Goldeen.

In Securing the Future!, a Seaking joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its normal form.

A Seaking appeared in Pikachu's Exciting Adventure!.

In The Cuteness Quotient!, a Seaking appeared under the ownership of Marin. It competed with her in the Friendship Festival. Another Seaking was featured on the poster for the competition. Marin's Seaking reappeared in On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!, where it competed in the Kids Marine Athletic Race.

A Seaking appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.

A Seaking appeared in Distant Blue Sky!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Seaking in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Seaking debuted as a failed capture by Yellow, who could not bring herself to hurt it in Sea Sea Seadra.

In Off Course with Corsola, a Seaking was mentioned as one of the Pokémon Crystal caught and sent to Professor Oak via the Portable Transfer System. She remarked that its back is slightly different from others.

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

In I More Than Like You, Luvdisc I, a powerful Seaking nicknamed Charles appears as a member of Wallace's team. He used him for various Contests as well as in battles.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Multiple Seaking appeared in Let's Survive This Sea Battle.

In the TCG

Main article: Seaking (TCG)

Trivia

• In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Seaking's prototype name was "Neptune", after the god of the sea in Roman mythology.
• Seaking's number in the Sinnoh Pokédex and the Johto Pokédex are the same: 079.
• In Gold, Silver, and Crystal Versions, it appears that Seaking was originally set to learn Supersonic as one of its three starting moves. However, the game programmers made an error and filled the third data slot with Tail Whip, so Seaking ended up with two starting moves instead.

Origin

Seaking seems to be based on the oranda breed of goldfish due to its plump body and billowing tail, specifically the azuma nishiki variety. It might also be inspired by the Sanke variety of koi fish. Its behavior is reminiscent of the sockeye salmon, whose bodies flush red as they swim upstream and climb waterfalls during their breeding season. Its horn may be a reference to Matsya, a giant horned fish that is one of the avatars assumed by the Hindu deity Vishnu. Seaking's royal theme may come from the Japanese word for goldfish which is 金魚 Kingyo.

Name origin

Seaking may be a combination of sea, king, and possibly a play on seeking.

Azumao may be derived from 東錦 azuma nishiki (a breed of goldfish) and 王 ō (king).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese アズマオウ Azumao From 東錦 azuma nishiki and 王 ō French Poissoroy From poisson and roy Spanish Seaking Same as English name German Golking From Goldfisch and king Italian Seaking Same as English name Korean 왕콘치 Wangkonchi From 왕 (王) wang and 콘치 Konchi Mandarin Chinese 金魚王 / 金鱼王 Jīnyúwáng From 金魚 / 金鱼 jīnyú and 王 wáng Cantonese Chinese 金魚王 Gāmyùhwòhng From 金魚 gāmyùh and 王 wòhng

More languages Hindi सीकिंग Seaking Transcription of English name Icelandic Sækonungur* From sea and konungur Russian Сикинг Siking Transcription of English name Thai อซึมาโอ Asuemao Transcription of Japanese name