In Gold & Silver, Kingler has a 475 base stat total and ranks as C-Tier: a niche pick in Gold & Silver's meta. It works best as a wallbreaker. Swords Dance with Leftovers is the standard set.

What is Kingler weak to?

In Gold & Silver, watch for Raikou (Electric) and Venusaur (Grass) when using Kingler. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Only 2 weaknesses means fewer dedicated counters to worry about.

What role does Kingler play in battle?

In Gold & Silver, Kingler fills the wallbreaker role. It's a special attacker with base 50 Sp. Atk. Base 75 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. And it's enough bulk to take a hit or two.

What are the best moves for Kingler?

In Gold & Silver, run Swords Dance, Crabhammer, Double Edge, and Body Slam on Kingler. Swords Dance is the most common pick at 25% usage. Crabhammer provides reliable STAB damage.

What counters Kingler?

For Gold & Silver, Kingler has answers, but so do you. Status moves (Toxic, Will-O-Wisp) wear it down. Setup sweepers can use it as a boost opportunity. Special attackers bypass its physical bulk.

Kingler - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Special

Wallbreaker

CTier

75Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

Kingler's all-in on Attack at the expense of Sp. Atk. The physical lean is obvious from the bars. Yields 2 Attack stat exp and follows a medium-fast 1M XP curve.

Base Stats

Above

HP55

Attack130

Defense115

Sp. Atk50

Sp. Def50

Speed75

Total475

Details

Catch Rate

Challenging60 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Fast1M XP

Height1.3 m

Weight60.0 kg

Base XP166

Abilities

Abilities were introduced in Generation III. Shown below for reference.

Hyper Cutter

Prevents Attack from being lowered by other Pokémon.

Shell Armor

Protects against critical hits.

Sheer ForceHA

Strengthens moves with extra effects to 1.3× their power, but prevents their extra effects.

EV Yield

HPAtk+2DefSpASpDSpe

Attack training target

Pokedex Entries

It can hardly lift its massive, overgrown pincer. The pincer’s size makes it difficult to aim properly.

Kingler Weakness

Kingler's Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric and Grass. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Kingler's physical bulk (base 115 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.

Kingler Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Electric, Grass
0.5x (Resist)	Fire, Water, Ice, Steel

Type ChartGood

2Weak

4Resist

0Immune

Score0

Gen II Type Chart

Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Electric Grass

½xResist

Fire Water Ice Steel

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (3)

Fire Ground Rock

How to Beat Kingler in Gold & Silver (Best Counters)

Tangela Grass	C
Available Moves Moves Vine WhipLv. 19 Mega DrainLv. 31 AbsorbLv. 10 Damage vs Kingler Vine Whip 2x 67-79% Mega Drain 2x 59-69% Absorb 2x 32-38% View Tangela builds →
Weepinbell GrassPoison	D
Available Move Moves Vine WhipLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Vine Whip 2x 59-69% View Weepinbell builds →
Oddish GrassPoison	D
Available Move Moves AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Absorb 2x 25-31% View Oddish builds →
Chikorita Grass	D
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift Available Move Moves Razor LeafLv. 8 Damage vs Kingler Razor Leaf 2x 49-59% View Chikorita builds →
Hoppip GrassFlying	D
Available Move Moves Mega DrainLv. 30 Damage vs Kingler Mega Drain 2x 32-38% View Hoppip builds →

Gold & Silver Evolution

Kingler is the evolved form of Krabby. Breeding produces Krabby eggs, and they're average hatch time. Evolving from Krabby gave Kingler the biggest boost in HP (+25), bringing the total to 475 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#098Krabby

Level 28

#099Kingler

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Krabby

Water

Kingler

Water

55+25

ATK

105

130+25

DEF

115+25

SP.ATK

50+25

SP.DEF

50+25

SPE

75+25

BST

325C-Tier

475C-Tier+150

ROLE

Attacker

Wallbreaker

TYPE

Physical

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed with Kingler to get Krabby eggs easily using 13 partners from the Water3 egg group. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Dig, Flail and 2 more.

Egg Groups

Water3

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

5moves

Breed With (best first)

Gold & Silver Kingler Best Moveset

Best Build

Experimental

Utility

Ability

Not in Gen 2

Item

LeftoversSUSTAIN

Nature

Not in Gen 2

Utility Moveset

Swords Dance
CrabhammerSTAB
Double Edge
Body Slam

Recommended Teammates

DelibirdGood

WeezingGood

StantlerGood

Moves

You'll want to breed for Amnesia and Dig on Kingler. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Crabhammer and Surf, they expand what Kingler can actually threaten in practice.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Bubble

—2010030Water

Lv 1

Leer

——10030Normal

Lv 1

Vise Grip

—5510030Normal

Lv 5

Leer

——10030Normal

Lv 12

Vise Grip

—5510030Normal

Lv 16

Harden

———30Normal

Lv 23

Stomp

—6510020Normal

Lv 27

Guillotine

——305Normal

Lv 38

Protect+4

C——10Normal

Lv 49

Crabhammer

S1008510Water

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

D—10015Normal

TM14

Blizzard

D120705Ice

TM03

Curse

C——10Ghost

HM01

Cut

—509530Normal

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM20

Endure+4

D——10Normal

TM21

Frustration

D—10020Normal

TM49

Fury Cutter

—109520Bug

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM15

Hyper Beam

C150905Normal

TM16

Icy Wind

D559515Ice

TM31

Mud-Slap

D2010010Ground

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM18

Rain Dance

C——5Water

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM08

Rock Smash

—2010015Fighting

TM35

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM13

Snore

—4010015Normal

HM04

Strength

C8010015Normal

HM03

Surf

C9510015Water

TM34

Swagger

C—8515Normal

TM46

Thief

C6010025Dark

TM06

Toxic

C—8510Poison

HM06

Whirlpool

D358515Water

Egg Moves

Egg

Amnesia

D——20Psychic

Egg

Dig

C6010010Ground

Egg

Flail

D—10015Normal

Egg

Haze

C——30Ice

Egg

Slam

—807520Normal

Tutor Moves

Kingler can't learn any Tutor moves

How to Get Kingler in Gold & Silver

A solid number of locations for Kingler with decent spawn rates across late-game fishing spots. The sort toggle below swaps between best odds and earliest access, so you can approach it based on where you are in the game.

Where To Catch Kingler in Gold & Silver

To get Kingler, start by catching Krabby through fishing and walking encounters at Lv. 10-40. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.

Step 1Catch Krabby
Cherrygrove City
GoldOld Rod Lv.10 City
15%Early
Cherrygrove City
SilverOld Rod Lv.10 City
15%Early
Cianwood City
GoldOld Rod Lv.10 City
15%Early
Cianwood City
SilverOld Rod Lv.10 City
15%Early
Olivine City
GoldOld Rod Lv.10 City
15%Early
Olivine City
SilverOld Rod Lv.10 City
15%Early
Route 34
GoldOld Rod Lv.10 Route
15%Early
Route 34
SilverOld Rod Lv.10 Route
15%Early
Route 40
GoldOld Rod Lv.10 Route
15%Early
Route 40
SilverOld Rod Lv.10 Route
15%Early
Whirl Islands - 1F
GoldOld Rod Lv.10 Water
15%Early
Whirl Islands - 1F
SilverOld Rod Lv.10 Water
15%Early
Whirl Islands - B2F
GoldOld Rod Lv.10 Water
15%Early
Whirl Islands - B2F
SilverOld Rod Lv.10 Water
15%Early
Whirl Islands - B2F Inner Cave
GoldOld Rod Lv.10 Water
15%Early
Whirl Islands - B2F Inner Cave
SilverOld Rod Lv.10 Water
15%Early
Route 19
SilverOld Rod Lv.10 Route
15%Early
Route 19
GoldOld Rod Lv.10 Route
15%Early
Cherrygrove City
GoldGood Rod Lv.20 City
55%Mid
Cherrygrove City
SilverGood Rod Lv.20 City
55%Mid
Cianwood City
GoldGood Rod Lv.20 City
55%Mid
Cianwood City
SilverGood Rod Lv.20 City
55%Mid
Olivine City
GoldGood Rod Lv.20 City
55%Mid
Olivine City
SilverGood Rod Lv.20 City
55%Mid
Route 34
GoldGood Rod Lv.20 Route
55%Mid
Route 34
SilverGood Rod Lv.20 Route
55%Mid
Route 40
GoldGood Rod Lv.20 Route
55%Mid
Route 40
SilverGood Rod Lv.20 Route
55%Mid
Whirl Islands - 1F
GoldGood Rod Lv.20 Water
55%Mid
Whirl Islands - 1F
SilverGood Rod Lv.20 Water
55%Mid
Whirl Islands - B2F
GoldGood Rod Lv.20 Water
55%Mid
Whirl Islands - B2F
SilverGood Rod Lv.20 Water
55%Mid
Whirl Islands - B2F Inner Cave
GoldGood Rod Lv.20 Water
55%Mid
Whirl Islands - B2F Inner Cave
SilverGood Rod Lv.20 Water
55%Mid
Route 19
GoldGood Rod Lv.20 Route
55%Mid
Route 19
SilverGood Rod Lv.20 Route
55%Mid
Whirl Islands - 1F
GoldGrass Lv.22-24 Water
50%Mid
Whirl Islands - 1F
SilverGrass Lv.22-24 Water
50%Mid
Whirl Islands - B1F
GoldGrass Lv.23-25 Water
50%Mid
Whirl Islands - B1F
SilverGrass Lv.23-25 Water
50%Mid
Whirl Islands - B2F
SilverGrass Lv.23-25 Water
50%Mid
Whirl Islands - B2F
GoldGrass Lv.23-25 Water
50%Mid
Whirl Islands - B2F Inner Cave
GoldGrass Lv.24-26 Water
50%Mid
Whirl Islands - B2F Inner Cave
SilverGrass Lv.24-26 Water
50%Mid
Cherrygrove City
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 City
60%Late
Cherrygrove City
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 City
60%Late
Cianwood City
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 City
60%Late
Cianwood City
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 City
60%Late
Olivine City
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 City
60%Late
Olivine City
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 City
60%Late
Route 34
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 Route
60%Late
Route 34
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 Route
60%Late
Route 40
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 Route
60%Late
Route 40
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 Route
60%Late
Route 19
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 Route
60%Late
Route 19
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 Route
60%Late
Whirl Islands - 1F
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 Water
40%Late
Whirl Islands - 1F
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 Water
40%Late
Whirl Islands - B2F
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 Water
40%Late
Whirl Islands - B2F
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 Water
40%Late
Whirl Islands - B2F Inner Cave
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 Water
40%Late
Whirl Islands - B2F Inner Cave
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 Water
40%Late
Train until Level 28
Step 2Kingler ✓
Whirl Islands - 1F
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 Water
20%Late
Whirl Islands - 1F
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 Water
20%Late
Whirl Islands - B2F
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 Water
20%Late
Whirl Islands - B2F
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 Water
20%Late
Whirl Islands - B2F Inner Cave
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 Water
20%Late
Whirl Islands - B2F Inner Cave
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 Water
20%Late
Cherrygrove City
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 City
10%Late
Cherrygrove City
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 City
10%Late
Cianwood City
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 City
10%Late
Cianwood City
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 City
10%Late
Olivine City
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 City
10%Late
Olivine City
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 City
10%Late
Route 34
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 Route
10%Late
Route 34
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 Route
10%Late
Route 40
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 Route
10%Late
Route 40
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 Route
10%Late
Route 19
GoldSuper Rod Lv.40 Route
10%Late
Route 19
SilverSuper Rod Lv.40 Route
10%Late
or evolve from Krabby (Step 1)

Kingler Guide

In Gold & Silver, Kingler has a 475 base stat total and ranks as C-Tier: a niche pick in Gold & Silver's meta. It works best as a wallbreaker. Swords Dance with Leftovers is the standard set.
In Gold & Silver, watch for Raikou (Electric) and Venusaur (Grass) when using Kingler. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Only 2 weaknesses means fewer dedicated counters to worry about.
In Gold & Silver, Kingler fills the wallbreaker role. It's a special attacker with base 50 Sp. Atk. Base 75 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. And it's enough bulk to take a hit or two.
In Gold & Silver, run Swords Dance, Crabhammer, Double Edge, and Body Slam on Kingler. Swords Dance is the most common pick at 25% usage. Crabhammer provides reliable STAB damage.
For Gold & Silver, Kingler has answers, but so do you. Status moves (Toxic, Will-O-Wisp) wear it down. Setup sweepers can use it as a boost opportunity. Special attackers bypass its physical bulk.

Game Availability

Kingler first appeared in Red & Blue and spans 20 games across 10 generations. It later gained a Gigantamax form in Generation 8, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Bellsprout GrassPoison	D
Available Move Moves Vine WhipLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Vine Whip 2x 63-75% View Bellsprout builds →
Chikorita Grass	D
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift Upcoming Move Moves Razor LeafLv. 8 Learns Razor Leaf at Level 8 View Chikorita builds →

Oddish GrassPoison	D
Available Move Moves AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Absorb 2x 31-38% View Oddish builds →
Chikorita Grass	D
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift Available Move Moves Razor LeafLv. 8 Damage vs Kingler Razor Leaf 2x 52-63% View Chikorita builds →
Bellsprout GrassPoison	D
Available Move Moves Vine WhipLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Vine Whip 2x 58-69% View Bellsprout builds →
Mareep Electric	D
Available Move Moves Thunder ShockLv. 9 Damage vs Kingler Thunder Shock 2x 46-56% View Mareep builds →
Paras BugGrass	D
Upcoming Move Moves Giga DrainLv. 43 Learns Giga Drain at Level 43 View Paras builds →

Oddish GrassPoison	D
Available Move Moves AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Absorb 2x 29-36% View Oddish builds →
Chikorita Grass	D
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift Available Move Moves Razor LeafLv. 8 Damage vs Kingler Razor Leaf 2x 52-62% View Chikorita builds →
Bellsprout GrassPoison	D
Available Move Moves Vine WhipLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Vine Whip 2x 57-67% View Bellsprout builds →
Mareep Electric	D
Available Moves Moves ThunderTM25 Thunder ShockLv. 9 Damage vs Kingler Thunder 2x 122-145%KO Thunder Shock 2x 48-57% View Mareep builds →
Paras BugGrass	D
Upcoming Move Moves Giga DrainLv. 43 Learns Giga Drain at Level 43 View Paras builds →

Oddish GrassPoison	D
Available Move Moves AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Absorb 2x 25-31% View Oddish builds →
Chikorita Grass	D
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift Available Move Moves Razor LeafLv. 8 Damage vs Kingler Razor Leaf 2x 49-58% View Chikorita builds →
Bellsprout GrassPoison	D
Available Move Moves Vine WhipLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Vine Whip 2x 52-63% View Bellsprout builds →
Sunkern Grass	D
Available Moves Moves Mega DrainLv. 10 AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Mega Drain 2x 30-36% Absorb 2x 18-22% View Sunkern builds →
Mareep Electric	D
Available Moves Moves ThunderTM25 Thunder ShockLv. 9 Damage vs Kingler Thunder 2x 113-134%KO Thunder Shock 2x 45-54% View Mareep builds →

Oddish GrassPoison	D
Available Move Moves AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Absorb 2x 26-32% View Oddish builds →
Chikorita Grass	D
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift Available Move Moves Razor LeafLv. 8 Damage vs Kingler Razor Leaf 2x 51-61% View Chikorita builds →
Bellsprout GrassPoison	D
Available Move Moves Vine WhipLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Vine Whip 2x 54-64% View Bellsprout builds →
Hoppip GrassFlying	D
Available Move Moves Mega DrainLv. 30 Damage vs Kingler Mega Drain 2x 30-36% View Hoppip builds →
Sunkern Grass	D
Available Moves Moves Mega DrainLv. 10 AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Kingler Mega Drain 2x 30-36% Absorb 2x 18-21% View Sunkern builds →