Is Kingdra Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Trade Seadra with a Dragon Scale. Water/Dragon has only one weakness in Gen 2: Dragon moves, which are rare. Clair uses Kingdra as her ace for exactly this reason. If you can trade for your own, nothing in Crystal resists it cleanly. One of the best Pokemon in the game if you have the trade access.
Seadra has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Seadra has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Seadra has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Seadra has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Seadra trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Seadra has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Seadra trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Seadra trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Kingdra trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Kingdra trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Kingdra trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Kingdra resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingdra resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catch Seadra
Catch Seadra on Whirl Islands (Surf, Lv 20-24, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
- LV 51WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Seadra to Kingdra
Seadra evolves into Kingdra when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Lt. Surge.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Clair
- TM24DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Clair
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- LV 51WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Kingdra in Crystal
Kingdra never spawns wild. A Seadra evolves into it only when traded while holding a Dragon Scale, so you need both a friend to trade with and that scarce item in hand.
Wild Kingdra may be holding when caught:
Dragon Scale (2% chance) A rare dragon-type item.Catch Horsea or Seadra at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Kingdra.
Encountered via fishing with a Rod, Surfing
Badge 6How to Obtain Kingdra in C
Horsea is your first catch on the way to Kingdra. You'll find fishing and surfing encounters from Lv. 15-40 across 16 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Catch HorseaWhirl Islands - B2FLv.15-24Surfing on waterRate 90%Whirl Islands - SWLv.15-19Surfing on waterRate 30%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.20-24Surfing on waterRate 60%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.20Good RodRate 10%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.20Good RodRate 10%Whirl Islands - SELv.20Good RodRate 10%Whirl Islands - SWLv.20Good RodRate 10%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.40Super RodRate 30%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.40Super RodRate 30%Whirl Islands - SELv.40Super RodRate 30%Whirl Islands - SWLv.40Super RodRate 30%
- Step 3Kingdra ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Horsea egg.
How to Get Shiny Kingdra in Crystal
Kingdra requires the full ritual: a shiny Seadra, a Dragon Scale in its grip, and a trade to another cartridge to seal the evolution. Compare Shiny Kingdra odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Kingdra Calculator
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 Crystal shiny odds for Kingdra.
Kingdra Weakness
Type-wise, Kingdra takes extra damage from Dragon. Not many exploitable gaps in the Water/Dragon typing defensive chart. With 75 HP and balanced defenses, Kingdra can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fire, Water |
- 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 Kingdra Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Kingdra
 Dragonair Dragon | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dratini (Dragons Den Gift) | ||
 Dragonite Dragon | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dratini (Dragons Den Gift) | ||
In Crystal, Snorlax's Double-Edge hits Kingdra for 34-40%.
S | ||
Recommended Build ItemLeftovers Moves
Damage vs Kingdra View Tyranitar builds →Rock Slide25-30% Earthquake33-39% Fire Blast7-8% | ||
S | ||
Recommended Build ItemLeftovers Moves
Damage vs Kingdra View Snorlax builds →Double Edge34-40% Earthquake28-33% | ||
A | ||
Recommended Build ItemLeftovers Moves
Damage vs Kingdra View Skarmory builds →Drill Peck18-21% | ||
Kingdra Evolutions
Kingdra evolved from Horsea's chain using a trade. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Horsea eggs (average hatch time). The evolution from Horsea pushed Kingdra to 540 total stats. Sp.Def saw the largest single gain at +70. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Kingdra to get Horsea eggs easily using 13 partners from the Dragon and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aurora Beam, Disable, Dragon Rage and 3 more.
C Kingdra Best Moveset
Water/Dragon typing has one weakness: Dragon, a type with no strong attacking moves. MoveSurf and MoveIce Beam from 95 Sp. Atk hit solidly. MoveRest plus MoveSleep Talk sustains. Held ItemLeftovers recovers. Near-unresisted defensive typing that very few Pokemon in the format can actually threaten.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Dragon Breath
- Rest
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Aurora Beam and Disable give Kingdra options it can't learn any other way, and Ice and Normal coverage already covers a decent range on top of Hydro Pump and Surf. The egg moves push it further.
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
18 of 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It stores energy by sleeping at underwater depths at which no other life forms can survive.
Kingdra Crystal Guide
Kingdra is obtained by trade-evolving Seadra. Catch or evolve a Seadra first, then trade. The Dragon Scale must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
In Crystal, Kingdra plays as a support. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Since Gold & Silver, Kingdra has been in 17 games. Requiring a trade evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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
Winds & Waves
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