
Is Kingler Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
AbilityHyper Cutter prevents Attack drops from AbilityIntimidate and similar effects. Doesn't fix the core problem: 130 Attack can't power Water moves because Water is still Special in Gen 3. Three generations and the mismatch persists. Trade-only and still broken.
Kingler resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Wallace's typing presses Kingler's defenses.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Trade
Kingler cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four. Alternatively, transfer the pre-evolution and level it up to Lv 28.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
- LV 57WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
How to Get Kingler in Ruby & Sapphire
There is no wild Kingler in Hoenn. Trade a Krabby in and level it to 28 to get one.
How to Obtain Kingler in RS
Step 1Obtain KrabbyLATER APPEARANCEfrom Red & BlueNot TradeableAppears in Red & Blue via Super rod · Route 6. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom YellowNot TradeableAppears in Yellow via Super rod · Route 25. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Gold & SilverNot TradeableAppears in Gold & Silver via Rock smash · Cianwood City. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
Step 2Kingler ✓
How to Get Shiny Kingler in Ruby & Sapphire
Out along Kindle Road in LeafGreen, reel up a shiny Kingler that Hoenn's waters never hold and trade it back. See every game where Shiny Kingler can be hunted
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
What is Kingler Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Kingler
Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
Tropius Grass | C | |
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Manectric Electric | C | |
Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Electrode Electric | B | |
Plusle Electric | 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 19 partners from the Water 3 egg group. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Dig, Flail and 4 more.
RS Kingler Best Moveset
130 Attack locked out of its own type damage since Water TermStab runs off 50 Sp. Atk. AbilityHyper Cutter protects that Attack from Intimidate drops. MoveSwords Dance doubles Attack for physical moves like MoveReturn. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. The Attack stat and the typing never align.
Best Build
Kingler best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Rest
- Hidden Power Fighting
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance
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. 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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
KINGLER has an enormous, oversized claw. It waves this huge claw in the air to communicate with others. However, because the claw is so heavy, the POKéMON quickly tires.
Kingler Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Kingler isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Catch one in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it to Ruby & Sapphire.
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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