Is Seviper Good in X & Y Playthrough?
Poison with AbilityShed Skin. Wild in Kalos. No evolution. Handles Valerie through Poison. Limited coverage beyond that. Not enough to earn a permanent team slot.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Viola's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Grant's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Korrina's team.
Seviper resists most of Ramos's coverage and hits back hard.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Clemont's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Valerie's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Olympia's team.
Seviper has the type edge here and should clean up Wulfric's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Malva's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Wikstrom's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Drasna's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Siebold's team.
Seviper trades roughly evenly with Diantha's team.
Catch Seviper on Route 8 (walking, Lv 8, uncommon). Horde encounter.
X & Y Seviper Locations
decent spawn rates across 4 locations for Seviper in early-game routes. Scroll the sorted list below and pick whichever spot sits closest to your current route. The rate differences between locations are worth comparing.
Best Locations to Catch Seviper in X & Y
walking encounters for Seviper across 4 spots at Lv. 8-14. The catch is that X and Y don't share every location, so compare what's available in your version.
Seviper Weakness
Seviper is weak to Ground and Psychic. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Only 2 weaknesses makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug, Fairy |
What is Seviper Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Seviper
 Ralts PsychicFairy | C | |
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
 Cubone Ground | C | |
 Gallade PsychicFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Gallade builds →Bulldoze 2x57-68% Confusion 2x46-55% | ||
 Hippopotas Ground | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
 Reuniclus Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Reuniclus builds →Future Sight 2x167-197%KO | ||
Kadabra Psychic | A | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x161-191%KO | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
 Mewtwo Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodUnknown Dungeon Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Mewtwo builds →Future Sight 2x201-236%KO Earthquake 2x84-99% | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x167-197%KO | ||
In X & Y, Garchomp can KO Seviper with Earthquake (146-171%). Alakazam threatens a KO with Psychic (146-171%).
Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Recommended Build AbilityRough Skin ItemRocky Helmet NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x146-171%KO | ||
 Alakazam Psychic | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityMagic Guard ItemFocus Sash NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Seviper View Alakazam builds →Psychic 2x146-171%KO Focus Blast32-38% Shadow Ball43-51% Dazzling Gleam22-25% | ||
Seviper Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Seviper is a standalone Pokemon with a decent partner pool for breeding through two egg groups. Eggs come out average hatch time. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Seviper easily with 50 breeding partners from the Dragon and Ground egg groups. Pass egg moves like Assurance, Body Slam, Final Gambit and 9 more to offspring.
XY Seviper Best Moveset
Poison TermStab now hits Fairy super-effectively, giving 100/100 offenses new targets this generation. AbilityInfiltrator bypasses screens. The moveset adapted through Poison's improved offensive value against the format's biggest type addition. 65 Speed limits performance.
Best Build
Seviper best EVs are Speed and Attack
Utility Moveset
- Glare
- Poison Jab
- Dragon Tail
- Sucker Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Seviper. Assurance and Body Slam come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Belch and Sludge Wave and coverage across 9 types.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
In battle, it uses its bladed tail to counter any Zangoose. It secretes a deadly venom in its tail.
Constant polishing makes the edge of the blade on its tail extremely sharp. It’s Zangoose’s archrival.
Seviper X & Y Guide
In X & Y, Seviper has a 458 base stat total and ranks as C-Tier: a niche pick in X & Y's meta. It works best as an attacker. Glare with Salacberry is the standard set.
Shed Skin is the go-to ability for Seviper. It has a 33% chance of curing any major status ailment after each turn. Its hidden ability Infiltrator can work in specific setups.
In X & Y, Seviper fills the attacker role. It's a mixed attacker with base 100 Attack and 100 Sp. Atk. At base 65 Speed, it won't be moving first often.
For X & Y, the core moveset is Glare, Poisonjab, Dragontail, and Sucker Punch. Glare leads at 0% usage. This set covers the attacker role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Seviper first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 15 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves