You won't find a real weakness in Kricketot's stat line. It's well-rounded for the Cricket Pokemon, and what it does with that depends on moveset and items. Yields 1 Defense EV, on a 1.06M XP medium-slow curve.
Its legs are short. Whenever it stumbles, its stiff antennae clack with a xylophone-like sound.
When its antennae hit each other, it sounds like the music of a xylophone.
Kricketot Weakness
AvgFire, Flying, and Rock moves hit Kricketot for super-effective damage. Not too many gaps in the chart, 3 weaknesses to account for.
Kricketot is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Kricketune. Check the evolution method below. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 190 total stats over Kricketot. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Kricketot easily with 91 breeding partners from the Bug egg group.
Kricketot leads with Focus Sash insurance. Even if it can't take a hit naturally, it'll survive long enough to deal early damage. Max Attack and Speed EVs go all-in on offense since bulk doesn't matter here.
Best Build
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Lunge
- Endeavor
- Bug Bite
- Skitter Smack
Recommended Teammates
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Lunge
- Skitter Smack
- Tera Blast
- Endeavor
Recommended Teammates
Legends: Arceus uses different battle mechanics.
Competitive build content is not applicable for this game. Select a main series game for builds.
No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 8.
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No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 7.
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Moves
A compact toolkit overall. The offense runs through Lunge and Skitter Smack for Kricketot, with Normal coverage doing what it can. Don't expect versatility from this one.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
A compact toolkit overall. The offense runs through Bug STAB for Kricketot, with Grass and Normal coverage doing what it can. Don't expect versatility from this one.
A compact toolkit overall. The offense runs through Bug Bite and Struggle Bug for Kricketot, with Normal coverage doing what it can. Don't expect versatility from this one.
A compact toolkit overall. The offense runs through Bug Bite and Struggle Bug for Kricketot, with Normal and Ground coverage doing what it can. Don't expect versatility from this one.
A handful of locations for Kricketot with decent spawn rates across early-game routes. The sort toggle below swaps between best odds and earliest access, so you can approach it based on where you are in the game.
Best Locations to Catch Kricketot in Scarlet & Violet
walking encounters for Kricketot across 6 spots at Lv. 5-54. The catch is that Violet and Scarlet don't share every location, so compare what's available in your version.
Kricketot starts showing up in mid-game routes at decent spawn rates across 5 encounter spots. The list below is sorted so you can pick what fits your current progress without scrolling through everything.
Best Locations to Catch Kricketot in Legends: Arceus
Walking encounters at walking across 5 spots for Kricketot. Sorted by progression so you can see what's reachable at your current point in the game.
24 encounter spots for Kricketot at decent spawn rates starting from early-game routes. Best and Earliest sort options below help narrow down your approach based on odds vs. Accessibility.
Best Locations to Catch Kricketot in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
24 spots to find Kricketot at Lv. 3-20 via walking. Not all of them exist in both Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond versions, so filter by your copy below.
Kricketot can't be caught in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. Bring it over from Diamond, Platinum, or Brilliant Diamond instead. The encounter info below covers the source games.
Kricketot is not available as a wild encounter in this game.
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Get Kricketot to Kricketune at level 10. At 194 BST, Kricketot is just the starting point.
Level 10 gets you Kricketune. Quick enough that Kricketot barely slows you down.
For a casual playthrough, Kricketot works as a placeholder. Bug coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Kricketune. That's where the stats start mattering.
Across 12 games, Kricketot has solid availability. First showed up in Scarlet & Violet. The latest games to include it are Platinum and HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Kricketot appears in 12 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves