
Is Krabby Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn. Trade from FireRed or LeafGreen. The physical/special type split still haunts Kingler in Gen 3: Water moves run off Special while Kingler's 130 Attack sits unused. AbilityHyper Cutter prevents Attack drops but the stat can't power the moves you want.
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 trades roughly evenly with 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.
Wallace'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.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
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 10Abandoned Ship
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
- LV 45WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
How to Get Krabby in Ruby & Sapphire
Krabby does not appear in Ruby or Sapphire; Corphish fills the river-crab niche instead. Trade one in to start the Kingler line.
How to Obtain Krabby in RS
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 Ruby & Sapphire
Krabby never scuttles through Hoenn, so hook a shiny at Route 10 in FireRed or LeafGreen and trade it over. 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 | |
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 | |
Plusle Electric | C | |
Electrode Electric | B | |
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.
RS Krabby Best Moveset
105 Attack where Water TermStab uses Sp. Atk (25) instead. AbilityHyper Cutter prevents Attack drops from Intimidate, but physical moves are the only honest option. Kingler improves marginally.
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 on beaches, burrowed inside holes dug into the sand. On sandy beaches with little in the way of food, these POKéMON can be seen squabbling with each other over territory.
Krabby Ruby & Sapphire Guide
No. Krabby isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Catch one in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it over.
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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Where to go next after Krabby.
