Seviper
Fang Snake Pokémon
Seviper’s swordlike tail serves two purposes—it slashes foes and douses them with secreted poison. This Pokémon will not give up its long-running blood feud with Zangoose.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Seviper
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Seviper can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swagger Raises the target’s Attack by two stages and confuses the target. | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 1 | Wrap Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 90 | 20 |
| 4 | Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 6 | Lick Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 30 |
| 9 | Poison Tail Has an increased chance for a critical hit and a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 11 | Feint Hits through Protect and Detect. | Normal | Physical | 30 | 100 | 10 |
| 14 | Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 19 | Glare Paralyzes the target. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 21 | Poison Fang Has a chance to badly poison the target. | Poison | Physical | 50 | 100 | 15 |
| 24 | Venom Drench Lowers the target’s Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by one stage if it is poisoned. | Poison | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 24 | Venoshock Inflicts double damage if the target is Poisoned. | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 26 | Night Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 29 | Gastro Acid Nullifies target’s ability until it leaves battle. | Poison | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 31 | Poison Jab Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 34 | Haze Resets all Pokémon’s stats, accuracy, and evasion. | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 36 | Swords Dance Raises the user’s Attack by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 39 | Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 41 | Belch Can only be used after the user has eaten a berry. | Poison | Special | 120 | 90 | 10 |
| 44 | Coil Raises the user’s Attack, Defense, and accuracy by one stage each. | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 46 | Sludge Bomb Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 46 | Wring Out Power increases against targets with more HP remaining, up to a maximum of 121 power. | Normal | Special | — | 100 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Seviper can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
19 sprites & renders for Seviper.






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More Poison-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Seviper”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/seviper.
Species data from PokéAPI.