--- title: "Seadra (#0117): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/pokemon/seadra" description: "Seadra (#0117): Water-type Dragon Pokémon from Kanto. Base stat total 440. Stats, matchups, evolutions, moves, every Pokédex entry and lore on pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-21" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" last_checked: "2026-10-19" --- #0117 · Kanto · Generation 1 # Seadra Dragon Pokémon · Water-type ![Seadra official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/117.webp) Seadra is a [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water)-type Pokémon, the Dragon Pokémon, number 117 (#0117) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the [Kanto](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/kanto) region. It is 1.2 m tall and weighs 25 kg. Seadra is a spiny seahorse whose venom gets thicker and stronger while it raises its young, a job the Pokédex gives to the male. The Pokédex says careless touching of its spines can make a person faint. ## How to pronounce Seadra Seadra is pronounced **SEE-druh**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable. Listen to Seadra said out loud: [Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/117.mp3) In Japanese it is シードラ. Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce). ## Lore ### Biology Seadra is a blue seahorse, 1.2 m tall and 25 kg, with a long tubular snout, narrow black eyes, spiny pectoral fins and a large coiled tail. Two dorsal fins with sharp cream tips leak venom. The Pokédex says touching the back fin causes numbness, yet its spines, fins and bones are valued in traditional medicine. ### Behaviour The male raises the young, and the Pokédex says a Seadra caring for them uses its toxic spines to see off intruders. It sleeps wedged between branches of coral, where harvesters who do not notice it can be stung. It hunts by spinning its body into whirlpools that weaken prey, then swallows the prey whole; the Pokédex claims these can swallow fishing boats. ### Habitat The Pokédex puts Seadra in the sea, nesting in coral. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives by transfer or trade, and The Indigo Disk adds it to the Canyon, Coastal and Polar Biomes and the Torchlit Labyrinth. ### Powers Poison Point has a 30% chance of poisoning attackers that touch it, Sniper strengthens critical hits, and Damp is hidden. It learns Dragon Pulse at level 44, Hydro Pump at 51 and Dragon Dance at 58. Its Defense and Special Attack are both 95, but its Special Defense of 45 is a weakness. ### Name origin Seadra may combine 'sea', 'seahorse', 'dragon', 'seadragon' (a relative of seahorses) and the Hydra, a many-headed water monster of Greek myth. The Japanese name is Seadra (シードラ). ### Design inspiration Seadra is a seahorse, perhaps a spiny one. Bulbapedia reads its spiky, poisonous fins as lionfish-like. These are fan readings. ### Evolution notes Seadra evolves from Horsea at level 32 and into Kingdra when traded holding a Dragon Scale. Bulbapedia notes that in FireRed and LeafGreen this evolution is interrupted until you have the National Pokédex. ### In the games Seadra is one of the original Generation I Pokémon, and Bulbapedia notes no Trainer or story role for it in the core series. The Indigo Disk also offers it in 3-star Tera Raid Battles, and Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A. ### In the anime In 'Mewtwo Strikes Back' and its remake, Mewtwo captured Fergus's Seadra and cloned it. In 'Looking Out for Number Two!', Goh rescued a wild Seadra from a Sharpedo and gave it a Dragon Scale, and in return it helped him find a Kingdra. ### Fun facts - Seadra is unique among non-Poison types, Bulbapedia says, in being able to have Poison Point. - Its Gold and HeartGold Pokédex says an examination of its cells found a gene Horsea does not have, and that this became a hot topic. - Bulbapedia says its EV yield of 1 Defense and 1 Special Attack is unique among Pokémon. Sources: [Bulbapedia: Seadra (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Seadra_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Seadra (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/seadra/) ## Base stats - HP: **55** - Attack: **65** - Defense: **95** - Sp. Atk: **95** - Sp. Def: **45** - Speed: **85** Seadra’s base stat total is **440**. Its highest stat is Defense and Sp. Atk. ## Type matchups ### What is Seadra weak to? Seadra takes extra damage from [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric) (2×), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass) (2×) moves. It resists [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire) (½×), [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water) (½×), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice) (½×), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) (½×). ## Evolution ### What does Seadra evolve from? Seadra evolves from [Horsea](https://pokee.si/pokemon/horsea) at level 32. ### How does Seadra evolve? Seadra evolves into [Kingdra](https://pokee.si/pokemon/kingdra) (Trade holding Dragon Scale). The whole family: [Horsea](https://pokee.si/pokemon/horsea), **Seadra**, [Kingdra](https://pokee.si/pokemon/kingdra). ## Abilities - [Poison Point](https://pokee.si/abilities/poison-point): Has a 30% chance of poisoning attacking Pokémon on contact. - [Sniper](https://pokee.si/abilities/sniper): Strengthens critical hits to inflict 3× damage rather than 2×. - [Damp](https://pokee.si/abilities/damp) (hidden ability): Prevents Self-Destruct, Explosion, and Aftermath from working while the Pokémon is in battle. ## Moves ### Moves Seadra learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet | Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Leer](https://pokee.si/moves/leer) | Normal | Status | — | | 1 | [Water Gun](https://pokee.si/moves/water-gun) | Water | Special | 40 | | 1 | [Smokescreen](https://pokee.si/moves/smokescreen) | Normal | Status | — | | 1 | [Twister](https://pokee.si/moves/twister) | Dragon | Special | 40 | | 15 | [Focus Energy](https://pokee.si/moves/focus-energy) | Normal | Status | — | | 20 | [Dragon Breath](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-breath) | Dragon | Special | 60 | | 25 | [Bubble Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/bubble-beam) | Water | Special | 65 | | 30 | [Agility](https://pokee.si/moves/agility) | Psychic | Status | — | | 37 | [Water Pulse](https://pokee.si/moves/water-pulse) | Water | Special | 60 | | 44 | [Dragon Pulse](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-pulse) | Dragon | Special | 85 | | 51 | [Hydro Pump](https://pokee.si/moves/hydro-pump) | Water | Special | 110 | | 58 | [Dragon Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-dance) | Dragon | Status | — | | 65 | [Rain Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/rain-dance) | Water | Status | — | ### TM moves (32) Seadra can learn 32 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: [Agility](https://pokee.si/moves/agility), [Scary Face](https://pokee.si/moves/scary-face), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Water Pulse](https://pokee.si/moves/water-pulse), [Chilling Water](https://pokee.si/moves/chilling-water), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Swift](https://pokee.si/moves/swift), [Icy Wind](https://pokee.si/moves/icy-wind), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Rain Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/rain-dance), [Snowscape](https://pokee.si/moves/snowscape), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [Waterfall](https://pokee.si/moves/waterfall), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Flash Cannon](https://pokee.si/moves/flash-cannon), [Dragon Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-dance), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Liquidation](https://pokee.si/moves/liquidation), [Dragon Pulse](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-pulse), [Surf](https://pokee.si/moves/surf), [Ice Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/ice-beam), [Hydro Pump](https://pokee.si/moves/hydro-pump), [Blizzard](https://pokee.si/moves/blizzard), [Giga Impact](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-impact), [Outrage](https://pokee.si/moves/outrage), [Hyper Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/hyper-beam), [Tera Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/tera-blast), [Weather Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/weather-ball), [Flip Turn](https://pokee.si/moves/flip-turn), [Scale Shot](https://pokee.si/moves/scale-shot), [Whirlpool](https://pokee.si/moves/whirlpool), [Muddy Water](https://pokee.si/moves/muddy-water). Egg moves (5):[Aurora Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/aurora-beam), [Clear Smog](https://pokee.si/moves/clear-smog), [Disable](https://pokee.si/moves/disable), [Flail](https://pokee.si/moves/flail), [Splash](https://pokee.si/moves/splash). ## Breeding & training - Gender: 50% male, 50% female. - Egg groups: Water 1, Dragon. - Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560). - Catch rate: 75 out of 255. - Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50. - Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100). - Defeating it gives 1 Defense and 1 Sp. Atk effort values. - Base experience yield: 154. ## Pokédex entries Seadra's mouth is slender, but its suction power is strong. In an instant, Seadra can suck in food that's larger than the opening of its mouth. *(Shield)* It's the males that raise the offspring. While Seadra are raising young, the spines on their backs secrete thicker and stronger poison. *(Sword)* Touching the back fin causes numbness. It hooks its tail to coral to stay in place while sleeping. *(Yellow, Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)* Seadra generates whirlpools by spinning its body. The whirlpools are strong enough to swallow even fishing boats. This Pokémon weakens prey with these currents, then swallows it whole. *(Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)* Seadra sleeps after wriggling itself between the branches of coral. Those trying to harvest coral are occasionally stung by this Pokémon's poison barbs if they fail to notice it. *(Ruby, Omega Ruby)* It is capable of swimming backwards by rapidly flapping its winglike pectoral fins and stout tail. *(LeafGreen, Y)* ## Names around the world - **Japanese**: シードラ - **Romaji**: Seadra - **French**: Hypocéan - **German**: Seemon - **Spanish**: Seadra - **Italian**: Seadra - **Korean**: 시드라 - **Chinese (Simplified)**: 海刺龙 - **Chinese (Traditional)**: 海刺龍 ## Trivia - Taller than 58% of all Pokémon (1.2 m). - Heavier than 47% of all Pokémon (25 kg). - Base stat total 440, ranked #527 of 1,025. - One of 154 Water-type Pokémon (counting dual types). - One of 170 blue Pokémon. - Number 117 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto). - Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon. - Can learn 44 different moves in Scarlet / Violet. - Catch rate 75: about 9.8% per Poké Ball at full health. - Appears in 13 distinct Pokédex entries. ## Sources and fact-checking - Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data. - Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Seadra (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Seadra_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Seadra (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/seadra/). - Pronunciation (SEE-druh): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it. **Last checked:** 19 October 2026. 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