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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

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The next Pokémon for Surprise Trade will be Spheal, this Ice/Water-type Pokémon was introduced in Gen 3, and some of them have Ice Body or Thick Fat, I didn't want to go with Oblivious, while it can stop moves like Taunt, Attract, or being affected by Intimidate, it's not worth having.
I breed for 31 IVs in at least 4 or 5 stats, and I went with Modest for the Nature, as the Spheal line has a higher Special Attack stat, you could go with Bold or Calm for a defensive Nature, and I have read that Adamant on its final evolved form Walrein is usable with a Swords Dance stat, I will go more into it when going over Walrein's viability in online battles.
Spheal learns a wide variety of Egg Moves, the ones I went with are Yawn, Stockpile, Belly Drum, and Fissure, the other moves it can get are Aqua Ring, Curse, Swallow, Spit Up, and Water Pulse, I will list which parents in the Water 1 and Field Egg Groups that can learn those moves.
Aqua Ring: Vaporeon, Marill, Azumarill, Corsola, Mantine, Milotic, Tympole, Palpitoad, Seismitoad, Dewpider, Araquanid
Belly Drum: Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed, Zigzagoon, Linoone, Darumaka, G-Darumaka, Darmanitan, G-Darmanitan, Eiscue
Curse: Slowpoke, G-Slowpoke, Slowbro, G-Slowbro, Slowking, G-Slowking, G-Corsola, Torkoal, Tirtouga, Carracosta, Pyukumuku, Cursola, Pincurchin
Fissure: Diglett, A-Diglett, Dugtrio, A-Dugtrio, Hippopotas, Hippowdon, Drilbur, Excadrill, Stunfisk, G-Stunfisk
Spit Up: Pelipper, Mawile, Heatmor, Skwovet, Greedent, Cramorant
Stockpile: Pelipper, Mawile, Heatmor, Skwovet, Greedent, Cramorant
Swallow: Pelipper, Mawile, Heatmor, Skwovet, Greedent, Cramorant
Water Pulse: Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Psyduck, Golduck, Slowpoke, G-Slowpoke, Slowbro, G-Slowbro, Lapras, Vaporeon, Slowking, G-Slowking, Remoraid, Octillery, Mantine, Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert, Wingull, Pelipper, Wailmer, Wailord, Milotic, Shellos, Gastrodon, Skrelp, Dragalge, Clauncher, Clawitzer, Sobble, Drizzile, Inteleon
Yawn: Slowpoke, G-Slowpoke, Slowbro, G-Slowbro, Wooper, Quagsire, Slowking, G-Slowking, Dunsparce, Kingdra, Relicanth, Hippopotas, Hippowdon, Munna, Musharna

A very large selection of Egg Moves that Spheal can learn, I went with Fissure and Stockpile, as I find them to be good Egg Moves, and they can be passed down to other Pokémon in Spheal's Egg Group.
Next is the moves it learns, Spheal can learn Rollout, Defense Curl, Growl, Water Gun, Powder Snow, Rest, Snore, Brine, Aurora Beam, Encore, Body Slam, Surf, Blizzard, Hail, and Sheer Cold. It evolves into Sealeo at Level 32, and it will evolve again into Walrein at Level 44. Sealeo will learn Swagger upon evolution, and Walrein can learn Crunch and Ice Fang.
Next is TMs and TRs, and I will be mainly going over Walrein, as there are some that Spheal and Sealeo cannot learn, for TMs, it can learn Rock Slide, Dive, Icy Wind, Whirlpool, Icicle Spear, Avalanche, Bulldoze, and Stomping Tantrum, and for TRs, it can learn Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Swords Dance, Earthquake, Waterfall, Iron Tail, Iron Head, Heavy Slam, Liquidation, and Body Press, and it learns Steel Roller for its Tutor move.
Walrein has had a very interesting competitive history, back in Gen 4, when Snow Warning from Abomasnow used to summon permanent hail, Walrein's most notable set was Protect, Substitute, Toxic, and Surf, that set earned the nickname "Stallrein", because it would stall out the opponent with its Ice Body Ability and hold a Leftovers.
Now in this day, Walrein is overshadowed by Lapras, if we were to take Dynamax into consideration, Lapras can Gigantamax and use G-Max Resonance to set up Aurora Veil. Walrein does get some good moves like Surf and Ice Beam, or it could go with a Physical set with Swords Dance, Liquidation, and Icicle Spear. Toxic and Super Fang, which are Walrein's other notable moves, cannot be learned by Walrein in this game, you have to transfer over one from a previous game in order to have those moves.
Walrein is unviable in the competitive scene, and I have checked, and Lapras is unviable as well, this is because in the competitive scene, Dynamax is banned, and Lapras is a Pokémon that is reliant on Gigantamax to really do well in battle.
There wasn't really much to go over, and if you are wondering about Double Battles, Lapras outclasses Walrein in that as well, while it can use Blizzard with Hail support from Alolan Ninetales, there are better Ice-types out there.
I did read about the use of Eviolite Sealeo, but once again, Lapras outclasses it as well. If Walrein was able to learn Freeze-Dry, then it would stand out in battle, which is another move Lapras can learn, so it is not easy to fit Walrein on a team when Lapras is better in many ways possible.

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