Is Kabutops Good in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Playthrough?
Kabutops hits harder physically than Omastar and moves faster. Rock/Water handles the same Elite Four matchups as Omastar: Lance's Charizard and Aerodactyl both crumble to Rock. The physical/special split means its high Attack gets full use here.
Not available yet. You cannot get Kabuto before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Kabuto before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Kabuto before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Kabuto before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Kabuto before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Kabuto before this fight.
Kabutops resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Kabutops trades roughly evenly with Giovanni's team.
Kabutops has the type edge here and should clean up Lorelei's team.
Kabutops trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Kabutops has the type edge here and should clean up Agatha's team.
Kabutops has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Kabutops has the type edge here and should clean up Trace's team.
This is the Let's Go Pikachu team. In Let's Go Eevee, Trace brings Raichu Lv 57 in place of Jolteon Lv 57.
Fossil Kabuto
Kabuto can be revived from a fossil obtained on Cinnabar Island. Revive Dome Fossil. Revived from the Dome Fossil at the Cinnabar Island Pokemon Lab.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 44)
- LV 44RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Misty
- TMWaterScaldPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- TMGroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- HMWaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Erika
- HMWaterSurfPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Sabrina
- TMIceIce BeamPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 48BugLeech LifePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMIceBlizzardPower 110Accuracy 70%PP 5
Evolve Kabuto to Kabutops
Kabuto evolves into Kabutops at Level 40. Your Kabuto should hit Level 40 before you reach Blaine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TMWaterScaldPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- HMWaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- TMNormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Erika
- HMWaterSurfPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Sabrina
- TMIceIce BeamPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 45RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 63NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
How to Get Kabutops in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
Can't catch Kabutops directly. Start with Kabuto but it's a rare spawn from the locations below, then evolve at level 40. The 2-stage line from Kabuto to Kabutops is where the leveling time goes.
Catch Kabuto at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Kabutops.
- 1Catch Kabuto
- 2Evolve Kabutopsat Lv.40
Badge 6How to Obtain Kabutops in Let's Go
- Step 2Kabutops ✓
How to Get Shiny Kabutops in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
In Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee, the only route to a Shiny Kabutops is Soft Reset, about 1 in 4,096 per try. Shininess carries through evolution, so hunting an earlier stage and evolving it counts too. Track your chance below as you hunt. Compare Shiny Kabutops odds across every game
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Kabutops Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Soft Reset, about 1 in 4,096 on each try.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 432 |
| 25%one in four | 1,179 |
| 50%coin flip | 2,839 |
| 90%very likely | 9,431 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee with Kabutops preloaded.
Kabutops Weakness
Grass, Electric, Fighting, and Ground moves hit Kabutops for super-effective damage. Grass hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Kabutops's physical bulk (base 105 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Ice, Poison, Flying |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fire |
What is Kabutops Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Kabutops
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Machoke builds →Superpower 2x98-115%KO Thunder Punch 2x42-49% | ||
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Magneton builds →Thunderbolt 2x118-138%KO | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodSaffron City Gift Available Move Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x123-145%KO | ||
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Jolteon builds →Thunder 2x133-157%KO Double Kick 2x13-15% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Marowak builds →Bone Club 2x45-53% Thunder Punch 2x35-42% | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Electabuzz builds →Thunderbolt 2x98-115%KO | ||
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodPower Plant Interact Encounter | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Rhydon builds →Drill Run 2x82-97% Thunder Punch 2x51-60% | ||
 Dugtrio Ground | B | |
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Pikachu builds →Thunderbolt 2x61-72% Double Kick 2x12-14% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Graveler builds →Earthquake 2x78-92% Thunder Punch 2x40-48% | ||
Kabutops Evolutions
Kabutops is the evolved form of Kabuto and the last stage of this two-stage line. Evolving from Kabuto gave Kabutops the biggest boost in Attack (+35), bringing the total to 495 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Let's Go Kabutops Best Moveset
115 Attack at 80 Speed on Rock/Water. Without AbilitySwift Swim doubling Speed in rain, the moveset runs physical Rock and Water TermStab at moderate pace. Better Speed than Omastar but 60/105/70 bulk on a typing with 4x Grass weakness is fragile against common coverage.
Best Build
Kabuto Candy
Mighty Candy+ATKAdamant raises Attack and lowers Sp. Atk. Madam Celadon sets this nature when you pick Red, then Blue. It costs 10,000 Pokedollars and lasts for the rest of the day.
Candy for Kabutops
- Kabuto Candy
- Mighty Candy
Mighty Candy L
Mighty Candy XL
Kabuto Candy raises every stat, but only Kabuto and Kabutops can eat it. The stat candy that goes with Kabutops is Mighty Candy (Attack), and any Pokemon can eat it; Mighty Candy L needs level 30 and Mighty Candy XL needs level 60 or higher.
Master Trainer
Kenji battles with one level 75 Kabutops that knows Mega Drain, Brick Break and Feint. It takes extra damage from Grass, Electric, Fighting and Ground moves. Win to earn the Kabutops Master title. Find Kenji in Pewter City.
Moves List
Kabutops develops a solid moveset just through leveling. Leech Life and Rock Slide show up naturally, and the progression handles both STAB and utility without leaning on TMs for the core attacks.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- 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.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM 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 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
All 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A slim and fast swimmer. It sliced its prey with its sharp sickles and drank the body fluids.
Game Availability
Kabutops has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 19 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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 7Let's Go
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
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