Is Kingler Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
One of the highest Attack stats available, and it still doesn't help. Water damage runs off Special in Gen 2, so Kingler's physical power goes to Normal-type moves. The same generation-long mismatch continues.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Krabby has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Kingler resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Kingler's weaknesses hard.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Kingler resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Krabby
Catch Krabby on Route 40 (Rock Smash, Lv 15, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 15)
- LV 15NormalVise GripPower 55Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- LV 23NormalStompPower 65Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Pryce
- TM16IceIcy WindPower 55Accuracy 95%PP 15Prize for defeating Pryce
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 41WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
Evolve Krabby to Kingler
Krabby evolves into Kingler at Level 28. Your Krabby should hit Level 28 before you reach Chuck, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 28)
- LV 28NormalStompPower 65Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 28NormalVise GripPower 55Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- LV 49WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
How to Get Kingler in Gold & Silver
Wild Kingler bites only on the Super Rod, 30 encounters at level 40 across the coast. Those are all endgame-level catches, so a Krabby raised to 28 puts one on your team a lot sooner.
10 locations to catch Kingler11 locations to catch Krabby
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Encountered via fishing with a Rod, tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Krabby at any of the 11 locations below, then level it up to 28 — it evolves into Kingler.
Badge 1 Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Kingler in GS
Krabby gets you Kingler sooner: catch it (before Badge 2) and evolve it at Lv 28. Wild Kingler needs the Super Rod (after Badge 8).
- Step 1Catch KrabbyCianwood CityLv.15Smashing rocksRate 90%Dark Cave - WestLv.15Smashing rocksRate 90%Route 40Lv.15Smashing rocksRate 90%Cherrygrove CityLv.10Old RodRate 15%Cianwood CityLv.10Old RodRate 15%Goldenrod CityLv.10Old RodRate 15%Olivine CityLv.10Old RodRate 15%Route 34Lv.10Old RodRate 15%Route 40Lv.10Old RodRate 15%Union Cave - B2FLv.10Old RodRate 15%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.10Old RodRate 15%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.10Old RodRate 15%Whirl Islands - SELv.10Old RodRate 15%Whirl Islands - SWLv.10Old RodRate 15%Cerulean GymLv.10Old RodRate 15%Route 14Lv.10Old RodRate 15%Route 19Lv.10Old RodRate 15%Cherrygrove CityLv.20Good RodRate 55%Cianwood CityLv.20Good RodRate 55%Goldenrod CityLv.20Good RodRate 55%Olivine CityLv.20Good RodRate 55%Route 34Lv.20Good RodRate 55%Route 40Lv.20Good RodRate 55%Union Cave - B2FLv.20Good RodRate 55%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.20Good RodRate 55%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.20Good RodRate 55%Whirl Islands - SELv.20Good RodRate 55%Whirl Islands - SWLv.20Good RodRate 55%Cerulean GymLv.20Good RodRate 55%Route 14Lv.20Good RodRate 55%Route 19Lv.20Good RodRate 55%Whirl Islands - CaveLv.22-24GrassRate 50%Whirl Islands - NELv.22-24GrassRate 50%Whirl Islands - NWLv.22-24GrassRate 50%Whirl Islands - SELv.22-24GrassRate 50%Whirl Islands - SWLv.22-24GrassRate 50%Whirl Islands - B1FLv.23-25GrassRate 50%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.23-25GrassRate 50%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.24-26GrassRate 50%Cherrygrove CityLv.40Super RodRate 60%Cianwood CityLv.40Super RodRate 60%Goldenrod CityLv.40Super RodRate 60%Olivine CityLv.40Super RodRate 60%Route 34Lv.40Super RodRate 60%Route 40Lv.40Super RodRate 60%Union Cave - B2FLv.40Super RodRate 60%Cerulean GymLv.40Super RodRate 60%Route 14Lv.40Super RodRate 60%Route 19Lv.40Super RodRate 60%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.40Super RodRate 40%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.40Super RodRate 40%Whirl Islands - SELv.40Super RodRate 40%Whirl Islands - SWLv.40Super RodRate 40%
- Step 2Kingler ✓Whirl Islands - B2FLv.40Super RodRate 20%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.40Super RodRate 20%Whirl Islands - SELv.40Super RodRate 20%Whirl Islands - SWLv.40Super RodRate 20%Cherrygrove CityLv.40Super RodRate 10%Cianwood CityLv.40Super RodRate 10%Goldenrod CityLv.40Super RodRate 10%Olivine CityLv.40Super RodRate 10%Route 34Lv.40Super RodRate 10%Route 40Lv.40Super RodRate 10%Union Cave - B2FLv.40Super RodRate 10%Cerulean GymLv.40Super RodRate 10%Route 14Lv.40Super RodRate 10%Route 19Lv.40Super RodRate 10%or evolve from Krabby (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Gold & Silver for Kingler.
How to Get Shiny Kingler in Gold & Silver
Kingler bites only on the Super Rod in the waters off Goldenrod City, Cherrygrove City, and Cianwood City, though chasing the far more common Krabby and evolving it is often quicker. Compare Shiny Kingler odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Kingler 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 Gold & Silver shiny odds for Kingler.
Kingler Weakness
Kingler's Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric and Grass. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Kingler's physical bulk (base 115 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- 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 Kingler Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Kingler
Kingler Evolutions
Kingler is the evolved form of Krabby. Breeding produces Krabby eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Krabby gave Kingler the biggest boost in HP (+25), bringing the total to 475 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Kingler to get Krabby eggs easily using 13 partners from the Water 3 egg group. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Dig, Flail and 2 more.
GS Kingler Best Moveset
130 Attack still can't power MoveSurf because Water damage uses the 50 Sp. Atk stat. MoveReturn and MoveSwords Dance work from the Attack side honestly. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. The stat mismatch persists, but raw physical power finds more value in a format with defensive targets to break.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Swords Dance
- Crabhammer
- Double Edge
- Body Slam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Amnesia and Dig on Kingler. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Crabhammer and Surf, they expand what Kingler can actually threaten in practice.
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
20 of 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It can hardly lift its massive, overgrown pincer. The pincer’s size makes it difficult to aim properly.
Its pincers grow peculiarly large. If it lifts the pincers too fast, it loses its balance and staggers.
Kingler Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, use Kingler as a wallbreaker. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Crabhammer is the primary attack.
Gigantamax Kingler is exclusive to Sword & Shield, so it's not usable in Gold & Silver. The form has a unique appearance and a signature G-Max move.
Game Availability
Kingler first appeared in Red & Blue and spans 19 games across 9 generations. It later gained a Gigantamax form in Generation 8, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
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 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 8SwShGigantamax
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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