Is Krabby Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn. Trade from FireRed or LeafGreen. The physical/special type split still haunts Kingler in Gen 3: Water moves run off Special while Kingler's 130 Attack sits unused. AbilityHyper Cutter prevents Attack drops but the stat can't power the moves you want.
Krabby has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Krabby's weaknesses hard.
Krabby has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Wallace's typing presses Kingler's defenses.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Your Krabby should hit Level 28 before you reach Norman, at typical leveling pace.
- After Roxanne
- HM04NormalStrength80100%15
- After Wattson
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- TM28GroundDig80100%10
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Winona
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- After Tate & Liza
- HM08WaterDive120100%10
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater Pulse90100%20
- LV 57WaterCrabhammer15090%10
How to Get Krabby in Ruby & Sapphire
No wild encounters for Krabby in Ruby & Sapphire. Bring Krabby over from Red & Blue, Yellow, or Gold & Silver, then level through the stages. Each step in the chain is laid out below.
How to Obtain Krabby in RS
Step 1Krabby ✓LATER APPEARANCEfrom Red & BlueNot TradeableAppears in Red & Blue via Super rod · Route 6. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom YellowNot TradeableAppears in Yellow via Super rod · Route 25. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Gold & SilverNot TradeableAppears in Gold & Silver via Super rod · Route 34. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
Step 2Evolve into Kingler
Krabby Weakness
Type-wise, Krabby takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Krabby's physical bulk (base 90 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Krabby Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Krabby
Krabby Evolutions
Krabby is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Kingler. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. Evolving adds up to 150 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
RS Krabby Best Moveset
105 Attack where Water TermStab uses Sp. Atk (25) instead. AbilityHyper Cutter prevents Attack drops from Intimidate, but physical moves are the only honest option. Kingler improves marginally.
Best Build
Krabby best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Wallbreaker Moveset
- Facade
- Body Slam
- Mud Shot
- Hidden Power Fighting
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Amnesia and Dig aren't available any other way for Krabby, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Crabhammer and Surf for solid options.
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
KRABBY live on beaches, burrowed inside holes dug into the sand. On sandy beaches with little in the way of food, these POKéMON can be seen squabbling with each other over territory.
Krabby Ruby & Sapphire Guide
No. Krabby isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Catch one in Emerald, FireRed, or LeafGreen, then trade it over.
In Ruby & Sapphire, For a casual playthrough, Krabby works as a placeholder. Water coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Kingler. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Krabby appears in 20 games spanning 10 generations. Gen 1 originals like Krabby have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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