Krabby in Pokemon Winds & Waves: What We Know So Far

The River Crab Pokemon. Krabby has enormous Attack for a pre-evolution, and Sheer Force on Kingler turns that raw power into something competitive.

Ability 1Hyper CutterAbility 2Shell ArmorHiddenSheer Force

Weak to

Physical

Attacker

UTier

50Speed · Slow

Krabby in Pokemon Winds & Waves

Spotted in official prerelease footage and screenshotsReviewed Oct 13, 2026

We spotted Krabby in official prerelease footage and screenshots of Pokemon Winds and Waves.

Play the official trailer (spotted at 2:07)Loads the official YouTube player when you press it

Watch on YouTube (spotted at 2:07)

Krabby in an official Pokemon Winds and Waves screenshot, Night beach — Official screenshot: Night beach

Where it was spotted

Announcement trailerFeb 27, 2026at 2:07GameplayNight beach
Announcement trailerFeb 27, 2026at 2:55GameplayUnderwater
Official site screenshotFeb 27, 2026Official screenshotNight beach

Not revealed yet for Winds and Waves: locations, moves and base stats, so this page has no builds or counters for it yet.

More on the game: Pokemon Winds and Waves hub, Winds and Waves starters.

Shiny Krabby in Winds & Waves

Shiny Krabby has not been shown for Winds & Waves yet. See every game where Shiny Krabby can be hunted.

The shiny preview and evolution chain below are from earlier games.

Normal vs Shiny

Color ShiftRedtoYellow

Shiny TierC Tier Shiny

Shiny Krabby Evolution

2 Forms

Stage 1Krabby

Lv. 28

Stage 2Kingler

Showing shiny artworkView Full Evolution Chart

Krabby Weakness

Type-wise, Krabby takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Krabby's Water typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.

Krabby Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Electric, Grass
0.5x (Resist)	Fire, Water, Ice, Steel

What is Krabby Weak Against

Good

2Weak

4Resist

0Immune

Score0

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Electric Grass

½xResist

Fire Water Ice Steel

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

What is Krabby Strong Against

3Strong

3Resisted

0Immune

Score0

2xStrong

Fire Ground Rock

½xResisted

Water Grass Dragon

0xImmune

None

Krabby Evolutions

In previous games, Krabby opened its evolution line and worked toward Kingler. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#098Krabby

Level 28

#099Kingler

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Krabby

Water

Kingler

Water

55+25

ATK

105

130+25

DEF

115+25

SP.ATK

50+25

SP.DEF

50+25

SPE

75+25

BST

325D-Tier

475C-Tier+150

ROLE

Attacker

Wallbreaker

TYPE

Physical

Breeding

Unconfirmed

In previous games, Krabby could be bred through the Water 3 egg group.

Egg Groups

Water 3

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Base Stats

In previous games, Attack and Defense carried most of Krabby's stat budget.

Base Stats

Avg

HP30

Attack105

Defense90

Sp. Atk25

Sp. Def25

Speed50

Total325

Details

Catch Rate

Easy225 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Fast1M XP

Height0.4 m

Weight6.5 kg

Base XP65

Abilities

Hyper Cutter

Prevents Attack from being lowered by other Pokémon.

Shell Armor

Protects against critical hits.

Sheer ForceHidden Ability

Strengthens moves with extra effects to 1.3× their power, but prevents their extra effects.

EV Yield

HPAtk+1DefSpASpDSpe

Attack training source

Pokedex Entry

It can be found near the sea. The large pincers grow back if they are torn out of their sockets.

Pokedex entry from Pokemon Legends: Z-A

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

Explore

Where to go next after Krabby.

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