Is Kingler Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Krabby evolves at level 28. AbilityHyper Cutter keeps Kingler's Attack stat safe from drops. Physical Water moves in Gen 4 mean Kingler finally hits as hard as its stats suggest.
Krabby resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Krabby has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Krabby has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Krabby resists most of Byron's coverage and hits back hard.
Krabby has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Kingler resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Kingler resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Krabby
Catch Krabby on Route 226 (walking, Lv 48-49, common). Swarm (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 48)
- LV 48WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- LV 48WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 48WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Fantina
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- Post-Game
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
Evolve Krabby to Kingler
Krabby evolves into Kingler at Level 28. You get it at Level 48 or higher, past Level 28, so it evolves into Kingler the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM75NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Veilstone Game Corner
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- LV 51WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 56WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
How to Get Kingler in Platinum
Krabby becomes Kingler at level 28, and no wild ones exist to shortcut that. Because Krabby itself only appears on its swarm day, the daily announcement is what sets the whole thing in motion.
Catch Krabby at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Kingler.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Krabby
- 2Evolve Kinglerat Lv.28
Badge 8How to Obtain Kingler in Pt
- Step 2Kingler ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Krabby egg.
How to Get Shiny Kingler in Platinum
Kingler never spawns on its own, so chain a Krabby on Route 226 to 40 for a shiny and evolve it. Compare Shiny Kingler odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Kingler Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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 Platinum 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Kingler Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Kingler
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kingler View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x196-231%KO Shock Wave 2x66-78% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
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 21 partners from the Water 3 egg group. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Ancient Power, Dig and 6 more.
Pt Kingler Best Moveset
MoveCrabhammer at 130 Attack is among the hardest physical Water hits in the game. The moveset rides that one strength, but 75 Speed and thin coverage beyond Water and Normal leave Kingler predictable. One-dimensional power, devastating when it connects.
Best Build
Kingler best EVs are Attack and Defense
Physical Tank Moveset
- Crabhammer
- Swords Dance
- X Scissor
- Superpower
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Amnesia and Ancient Power 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. 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
36 of 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The larger pincer has 10,000-horsepower strength. However, it is so heavy, it is difficult to aim.
Kingler Platinum Guide
Yes. Kingler is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Kingler becomes available after the main story is complete in Platinum.
In Platinum, use Kingler as a wallbreaker. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Crabhammer is the primary attack.
For Platinum, run Adamant on Kingler. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Gigantamax Kingler is exclusive to Sword & Shield, so it's not usable in Platinum. 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
Winds & Waves
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