Is Kingdra Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Seadra trade evolution with a Dragon Scale. Kingdra is Water/Dragon with only one weakness: Dragon. AbilitySwift Swim doubles Speed in rain. Drake uses a Kingdra in the E4. Getting your own turns the Dragon fight from hard to manageable. The best trade evolution payoff in Emerald.
Horsea resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Horsea has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Horsea's weaknesses hard.
Horsea has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Horsea trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Horsea trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Horsea trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Kingdra trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Kingdra trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Trade Horsea
Horsea can be received through an in-game trade in Pacifidlog Town. Trade Bagon. Trade a Bagon to a Deep Sea Diver in Pacifidlog Town.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 43WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Juan
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Horsea to Kingdra
Seadra evolves into Kingdra when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Juan.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Juan
- LV 51WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Kingdra in Emerald
Kingdra is reachable without a transfer, unusual for this stretch. Hook a Horsea on the Super Rod, raise it to Seadra, then trade it holding a Dragon Scale, and the sea dragon caps a fully in-game line.
Wild Kingdra may be holding when caught:
Dragon Scale (5% chance) A strange scale held by DRAGON- type Pokemon.Catch Horsea at any of these 4 spots to eventually evolve into Kingdra.
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 8How to Obtain Kingdra in E
Horsea is your first catch on the way to Kingdra. You'll find fishing and trade encounters from Lv. 25-30 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Evolve into SeadraBREEDINGAvailableLeave Kingdra with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Horsea egg.
- Step 3Kingdra ✓
How to Get Shiny Kingdra in Emerald
Kingdra sits behind a fishing hunt, so reel a shiny Horsea with the Super Rod along Route 134, evolve it into Seadra, then trade it holding a Dragon Scale, since the shine carries through the link-cable evolution. Compare Shiny Kingdra odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Kingdra Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Emerald 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
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 27 partners from the Dragon and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aurora Beam, Disable, Dragon Breath and 4 more.
E Kingdra Best Moveset
Water/Dragon typing leaves only Dragon as a weakness, and AbilitySwift Swim in rain doubles Kingdra's Speed to outrun everything on the field. The moveset becomes devastating on rain teams where special Water TermStab hits everything that Dragon misses.
Best Build
Kingdra best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Attacker Moveset
- Rain Dance
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Hidden Power Grass
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. 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
All 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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Kingdra Emerald Guide
Kingdra is obtained by trade-evolving Seadra. Catch or evolve a Seadra first, then trade. Trade needs a Game Boy Advance link cable and a second GBA running another Gen 3 game (FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald). Trade Seadra to a friend, then have them trade it back. The 2026 Switch re-release supports the same trade through local wireless on the Pokemon Center 2F Wireless Club, with no cables required. The Dragon Scale must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
In Emerald, Kingdra plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Emerald, Modest is the go-to nature for Kingdra. That's +Sp. Atk / -Attack. Pair it with 104 HP / 252 SpA / 152 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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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
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