Is Kangaskhan Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Rock Tunnel in Kanto, postgame. Kangaskhan's balanced stats make it a solid Normal-type, but arriving after the main story limits its impact. A Kanto team filler.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Kangaskhan trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Kangaskhan trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Kangaskhan trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Kangaskhan trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Kangaskhan trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Kangaskhan trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Kangaskhan trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Kangaskhan has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Kangaskhan in Rock Tunnel (walking, Lv 14, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- LV 25NormalMega PunchPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 43NormalDizzy PunchPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
Gold & Silver Kangaskhan Locations
Kangaskhan sticks to one patch of grass, rare, at level 14. Just two encounter slots back it there, so running into one comes down to how long you are willing to pace that field.
1 location to catch Kangaskhan
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Kangaskhan in Gold & Silver
How to Get Shiny Kangaskhan in Gold & Silver
Kangaskhan lurks only in Rock Tunnel, where no boosted method exists, so cracking its shine comes down to nothing but raw encounter volume. Compare Shiny Kangaskhan odds across every game
Shiny Kangaskhan Evolution
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2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Gold & Silver shiny odds for Kangaskhan.
Kangaskhan Weakness
Kangaskhan's Normal typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. With 105 HP and balanced defenses, Kangaskhan can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- 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
What is Kangaskhan Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Kangaskhan
 Machoke Fighting | B | |
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Kangaskhan View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x75-88% | ||
Kangaskhan Evolutions
Kangaskhan doesn't evolve, so breeding's where the action is. You'll find a decent partner pool across one egg group, and eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 5 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Kangaskhan with 36 breeding partners from the Monster egg group. Pass egg moves like Disable, Focus Energy, Foresight and 2 more to offspring.
GS Kangaskhan Best Moveset
95 Attack and 105 HP make Kangaskhan a reliable physical presence with bulk to trade hits. MoveReturn for consistent Normal TermStab, MoveEarthquake for coverage, and MoveRest plus MoveSleep Talk for recovery without losing turns. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Handles mid-tier matchups consistently.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Earthquake
- Body Slam
- Return
- Attract
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
STAB runs through Hyper Beam and Mega Punch for the basics, but Kangaskhan's real strength is the 10-type coverage spread. Dark and Fighting hit common defensive types, and the movepool keeps going.
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.
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
30 of 36 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
If it is safe, the young gets out of the belly pouch to play. The adult keeps a close eye on the youngster.
To protect its young, it will never give up during battle, no matter how badly wounded it is.
Kangaskhan Gold & Silver Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Gold & Silver, but Kangaskhan does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Kangaskhan hits 590 BST.
Yes. Kangaskhan is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Kangaskhan becomes available after the main story is complete in Gold & Silver.
In Gold & Silver, use Kangaskhan as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Return is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Red & Blue, Kangaskhan has appeared in 20 titles over 9 generations. Along the way, it received a Mega form in Generation 6, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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 6ORASMega
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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