Is Kingdra Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Trade evolution from Seadra holding Dragon Scale. Water/Dragon with one weakness: Dragon. AbilitySniper for boosted crits. If imported, nothing resists Kingdra's Water/Dragon combination effectively. Postgame-only through the trade requirement and Seadra access.
Seadra resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Seadra trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Seadra has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Seadra trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Seadra trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Seadra has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Seadra trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Seadra trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Kingdra resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Kingdra trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Kingdra resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Kingdra trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Seadra
Catch Seadra on Route 226 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 30-55, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 30WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- LV 40WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Seadra to Kingdra
Seadra evolves into Kingdra when traded. Trade it in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 49)
- LV 49WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 49WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- LV 57DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Kingdra in Diamond & Pearl
Trade a Seadra while it holds a Dragon Scale to get Kingdra, which never spawns wild. The line starts with a Horsea you fish up off the Super Rod near Iron Island.
Wild Kingdra may be holding when caught:
Dragon Scale (5% chance) Traded on a Seadra: Holder evolves into Kingdra.Catch Horsea or Seadra at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Kingdra.
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 8How to Obtain Kingdra in DP
The path to Kingdra starts with Horsea at Lv. 10-25 via fishing encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Catch Horsea
- Step 3Kingdra ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Horsea egg.
How to Get Shiny Kingdra in Diamond & Pearl
Kingdra tops the Horsea line, so breed that base Masuda-style and evolve it with a Dragon Scale. Compare Shiny Kingdra odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Kingdra Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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 Diamond & Pearl 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Kingdra Weak Against
Excellent
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 30 partners from the Dragon and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aurora Beam, Disable, Dragon Breath and 5 more.
DP Kingdra Best Moveset
Water/Dragon typing means only Dragon attacks hit super-effectively, giving Kingdra one of the best defensive profiles in the game. AbilitySwift Swim doubles Speed in rain for a devastating rain attacker, or AbilitySniper boosts critical hits for slower builds. 95 across every stat makes the moveset flexible enough to run either direction.
Best Build
Kingdra best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Draco Meteor
- Hydro Pump
- Surf
- Dragon Pulse
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 and more already covers a decent range on top of Draco Meteor and Hydro Pump. 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. 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
27 of 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It lives in caves on the seafloor and creates giant whirlpools every time it moves.
Kingdra Diamond & Pearl 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.
Yes. Kingdra is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Kingdra becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
In Diamond & Pearl, Kingdra plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Modest is the go-to nature for Kingdra. That's +Sp. Atk / -Attack. Pair it with 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
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.
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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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