
Is Krabby Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Import from FRLG. Krabby evolves into Kingler at 28 with AbilityHyper Cutter preventing Attack drops. The catch: Water is Special in Gen 3, so Kingler's massive Attack stat doesn't power Water moves. Physical/special mismatch wastes its defining feature.
Krabby has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Krabby's weaknesses hard.
Krabby has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Juan's typing presses Krabby's defenses.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Drake's typing presses Krabby's defenses.
Wallace's team hits Krabby's weaknesses hard.
Trade
Krabby 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.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 45WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Juan
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Krabby in Emerald
No wild crab scuttles the local beaches, so Krabby has to be traded in. Corphish fills that fresh-water crustacean slot on the regional water instead.
How to Obtain Krabby in E
Step 1Krabby ✓LATER 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 2Evolve into Kingler
How to Get Shiny Krabby in Emerald
Krabby pinches no Emerald shoreline, so bring one from FireRed or LeafGreen; a Good Rod off Cerulean City or Route 10 works in either, and LeafGreen adds Super Rod spots like Bond Bridge, so fish the shine there first. See every game where Shiny Krabby can be hunted
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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Krabby Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Krabby
Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Ampharos Electric | 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 | |
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 take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 150 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Krabby easily with 19 breeding partners from the Water 3 egg group. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Dig, Flail and 4 more to offspring.
E Krabby Best Moveset
105 Attack is impressive for a pre-evolution, but Water TermStab runs off the weaker special stat. AbilityHyper Cutter protects Attack from drops. The moveset cannot compete without evolution.
Best Build
Krabby best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Wallbreaker Moveset
- Facade
- Body Slam
- Mud Shot
- Hidden Power Fighting
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Amnesia and Dig 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
All 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
KRABBY live in holes dug into beaches. On sandy shores with little in the way of food, they can be seen squabbling with each other over territory.
Krabby Emerald Guide
No. Krabby isn't catchable in Emerald. Catch one in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it over.
In Emerald, Krabby has 325 BST and evolves into Kingler. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Krabby appears in 19 games spanning 9 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 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

Winds & Waves
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