Is Kingdra Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Dragon Scale trade from Seadra. Water/Dragon with AbilitySwift Swim in rain or AbilitySniper. Only weak to Dragon in Gen 4. Clair's Kingdra is the toughest gym battle in HGSS. Having your own answers everything she throws at you. Handles Lance too.
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 trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Seadra trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Seadra's defenses.
Seadra has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Seadra trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Seadra's defenses.
Kingdra resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingdra trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Kingdra has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge'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 Sabrina's team.
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 15-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 18WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- LV 30WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 40WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 57DragonDragon PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Seadra to Kingdra
Seadra evolves into Kingdra when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Brock.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 41)
- LV 41WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 41WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 41WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Blackthorn City
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 57DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Kingdra in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Kingdra comes down to a held-item trade. Give a Seadra a Dragon Scale, pass it to another player, and it evolves on arrival, so the Scale and a willing partner are both mandatory before you see one.
Wild Kingdra may be holding when caught:
Dragon Scale (5% chance) A thick and tough scale. Dragon-type Pokemon may be holding this item when caught.Catch Horsea or Seadra at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Kingdra.
Encountered via fishing with a Rod, Surfing
Badge 8How to Obtain Kingdra in HGSS
The path to Kingdra starts with Horsea at Lv. 10-40 via fishing and surfing encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve SeadraWhirl Islands - B2FLv.15-30Surfing on waterRate 10%Seafoam Islands - B4FLv.40Super RodRate 15%Whirl Islands - 1FLv.40Super RodRate 10%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.40Super RodRate 10%or evolve from Horsea (Step 1)
- Step 3Kingdra ✓
How to Get Shiny Kingdra in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Kingdra comes from a traded Seadra, so breed a Horsea Masuda-style and evolve the line with a Dragon Scale. Compare Shiny Kingdra odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Kingdra
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodEmbedded Tower Interact Encounter | ||
 Latios DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodPewter City Interact Encounter | ||
 Dragonite Dragon | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dratini (Dragons Den Gift) | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | S | |
Obtain MethodPewter City Interact Encounter | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
 Salamence Dragon | B | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
 Flygon GroundDragon | A | |
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 7 more.
HGSS Kingdra Best Moveset
Water/Dragon typing means only Dragon hits super-effectively, and AbilitySwift Swim doubles 85 Speed in rain for a devastating fast attacker. The moveset fires from both sides at 95 Attack and 95 Sp. Atk. Balanced 95 defenses and 75 HP add real bulk.
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 Outrage. 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 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is said that it usually hides in underwater caves. It can create whirlpools by yawning.
It sleeps deep on the ocean floor to build its energy. It is said to cause tornadoes as it wakes.
Kingdra HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver, Kingdra plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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.
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
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