Is Krabby Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Underground Water-type. Kingler's 130 Attack finally connects properly with physical Water moves in BDSP, unlike the original DP where this was already fixed. Hits hard but fragile.
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 Maylene's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake'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 Byron's team.
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 has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Krabby on Route 226 (walking, Lv 52, common). Swarm.
Your Krabby should hit Level 28 before you reach Aaron, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Krabby in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
high spawn rates for Krabby across 8 locations in endgame routes. Nothing complicated. Check the sorted list below, compare the top few options, and head to whichever is closest.
Where To Catch Krabby in BDSP
The path to Krabby starts with Krabby at Lv. 52-63 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Krabby ✓Route 226Lv.52GrassRate 40%Swarm activeDazzling CaveLv.58-63CavePost-gameSpacious CaveLv.58-63CavePost-gameStargleam CavernLv.58-63CavePost-game
Step 2Evolve into Kingler
Krabby Weakness
Type-wise, Krabby takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Krabby's physical bulk (base 90 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 |
What is Krabby Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Krabby
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Kartana's Knock Off hits Krabby for 38-45%. Rotom threatens a KO with Hex (89-105%).
 Kartana GrassSteel | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityBeastboost ItemChoice Scarf NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Krabby View Kartana builds →Knock Off38-45% | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemStickybarb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Krabby View Rotom builds →Hex89-105%KO | ||
Krabby Evolutions
Krabby is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Kingler. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. Evolving adds up to 150 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
BDSP Krabby Best Moveset
105 Attack at 50 Speed on a Water pre-evo with hidden AbilitySheer Force boosting moves with secondary effects by 30%. The moveset has physical Water TermStab at decent power but the Speed and 30 HP make it non-competitive. One evolution from Kingler.
Best Build
Krabby best EVs are HP and Speed
Bulky Support Moveset
- Guillotine
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Agility and Ally Switch aren't available any other way for Krabby, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Crabhammer and Surf for solid options.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It lives in burrows dug on sandy beaches. Its pincers fully grow back if they are lost in battle.
Krabby Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, For a casual playthrough, Krabby works as a placeholder. Water coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Kingler. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Krabby appears in 20 games spanning 10 generations. Gen 1 originals like Krabby have the longest track record of availability in the series.
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 7LGPE
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
Winds & Waves