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Kabutops

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Kabutops カブトプス

Rock Water Generation I Shellfish Pokémon
Height 1.3m Weight 40.5kg
Swift Swim Battle Armor Weak Armor (Hidden Ability)

Pokémon Profile

Its sleek shape is perfect for swim­ ming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains the body fluids.

Base Stats

Form Base Stats：Kabutops · Total 495

HP 60
Attack 115
Defense 105
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 70
Speed 80

Basic Info

Gender Ratio
♂ 87.5% / ♀ 12.5%
Catch Rate
45（5.9%）
Egg Groups
Water 1 / Water 3
Egg Cycles
30
Base Friendship
50
EV Yield
Attack+2
Base Experience
173
Shape
Bipedal
Color
Brown
Experience
1,000,000（Medium Fast）

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Defensive (when attacked)

4× Weakness Grass ×4
2× Weakness Electric ×2 Fighting ×2 Ground ×2
1/4 Resistance Fire ×0.25
1/2 Resistance Normal ×0.5 Ice ×0.5 Poison ×0.5 Flying ×0.5

Offensive (when attacking)

2× Weakness Fire ×2 Ice ×2 Ground ×2 Flying ×2 Bug ×2 Rock ×2

Evolution Chain

Kabuto Kabuto
Level 40 or higher
Kabutops Kabutops

Learnset

Level Moves Type Category Power Accuracy PP
Evolution Slash Normal Physical 70 100 20
— Slash Normal Physical 70 100 20
— Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 15
— Feint Normal Physical 30 100 10
— Absorb Grass Special 20 100 25
— Harden Normal Status — — 30
— Scratch Normal Physical 40 100 35
— Sand Attack Ground Status — 100 15
15 Aqua Jet Water Physical 40 100 20
20 Leer Normal Status — 100 30
25 Mud Shot Ground Special 55 95 15
30 Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100 5
35 Brine Water Special 65 100 10
43 Protect Normal Status — — 10
49 Leech Life Bug Physical 80 100 10
56 Liquidation Water Physical 85 100 10
63 Metal Sound Steel Status — 85 40
70 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 5

Wild Encounters

No wild encounter data available (official encounter records only cover Generations 1-7).

Kabutops Competitive Movesets & Sets

Kabutops movesets cover 8 generations and 22 formats with 39 sets in total, including moves, abilities, items, natures, EVs and Tera types with analysis.

8 Generation 22 Format 39 set
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Pokédex Entries

Generation I
Red：
Its sleek shape is perfect for swim­ ming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains the body fluids.
Yellow：
A slim and fast swimmer. It slices its prey with its sharp sickles and drinks the body fluids.
Generation II
Gold：
In the water, it tucks in its limbs to become more compact, then it wiggles its shell to swim fast.
Silver：
With sharp claws, this ferocious, ancient Pokémon rips apart prey and sucks their body fluids.
Crystal：
It was able to swim quickly thro­ ugh the water by compactly folding up its razor-sharp sickles.
Generation III
Ruby：
KABUTOPS swam underwater to hunt for its prey in ancient times. The Pokémon was apparently evolving from being a water-dweller to living on land as evident from the beginnings of change in its gills and legs.
Emerald：
KABUTOPS once swam underwater to hunt for prey. It was apparently evolving from being a water dweller to living on land as evident from changes in its gills and legs.
FireRed：
It swims freely through water. It catches prey with its scythe-like arms and drains the victim’s fluids.
LeafGreen：
Its sleek shape is perfect for swimming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains their fluids.
Generation IV
Diamond：
It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.
HeartGold：
In the water, it tucks in its limbs to become more compact, then it wiggles its shell to swim fast.
SoulSilver：
With sharp claws, this ferocious, ancient Pokémon rips apart prey and sucks their body fluids.
Generation V
Black：
It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.
Generation VI
X：
In the water, it tucks in its limbs to become more compact, then it wiggles its shell to swim fast.
Y：
A slim and fast swimmer. It slices its prey with its sharp sickles and drinks the body fluids.
Omega Ruby：
Kabutops swam underwater to hunt for its prey in ancient times. The Pokémon was apparently evolving from being a water dweller to living on land as evident from the beginnings of change in its gills and legs.
Generation VII
Ultra Sun：
Its body had begun to change so it could function on land. But it didn’t adapt in time and went extinct.
Ultra Moon：
It swims at speeds of roughly 29 knots, quickly closing in on its prey and slashing into them with its scythes to finish them off.
Let's Go Pikachu：
A slim and fast swimmer. It sliced its prey with its sharp sickles and drank the body fluids.
Generation VIII
Sword：
Kabutops slices its prey apart and sucks out the fluids. The discarded body parts become food for other Pokémon.
Shield：
The cause behind the extinction of this species is unknown. Kabutops were aggressive Pokémon that inhabited warm seas.