Kingler

#099 Kingler Top: Kantonian Kingler Bottom: Altaran Kingler
National Dex 099 Species Pincer Pokémon
Type Kanto: Water Altaris: Water/Steel Abilities Kanto: Hyper Cutter, Shell Armor, Sheer Force (Hidden), Defiant (Hidden) Altaris: Tough Claws, Hyper Cutter, Sniper (Hidden), Heavy Metal (Hidden)
Gender Ratio 50% Male Catch Rate 60 EV Yield 2 Atk Egg Group Water 3
Bulbapedia Kingler Designer Game Freak, Phazyxel

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Kingler (Japanese: キングラー Kingler) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I. It has an Altaran Regional Variant that is Water- and Steel-Type.

In Kanto, it evolves from Krabby starting at level 28. In Altaris, it evolves from Krabby when leveled up holding a Metal Coat.

Altaran Kingler was designed and sprited by Phazyxel.

Locations

Location	Encounter Type	% Chance	Time
Evolve Krabby

Stats

	HP	Atk	Def	SpAtk	SpDef	Spd	BST
Kanto	55	130	115	50	50	75	475
Altaris	75	70	160	80	130	40	555

Dex Entries

Kantonian Kingler
It waves its huge, oversized claw in the air to communicate with others. But since the claw is so heavy, this Pokémon quickly tires.
Altaran Kingler
It is unknown why Altaran Kingler resembles a man-made construct rather than a natural Pokémon. However, scientists theorize that it simply uses scrap metal as an outer shell.

Movesets

By Level-Up		By TM		By Level-Up		By TM
Kantonian				Altaran
Level	Move	TM	Move	Level	Move	TM	Move
		TM17	Protect	0	Iron Defense	TM17	Protect
1	Wide Guard	TM21	Frustration	1	Wide Guard	TM21	Frustration
1	Mud Sport	TM28	Dig	1	Scald	TM28	Dig
1	Bubble	TM45	Attract	1	Bubble	TM45	Attract
1	Vicse Grip	TM46	Thief			TM46	Thief
1	Leer	TM87	Swagger			TM87	Swagger
5	Vise Grip	TM101	Hone Claws	5	Vise Grip	TM101	Hone Claws
9	Leer	By HM		9	Leer	By HM
11	Harden	HM01	Cut	11	Harden	HM01	Cut
15	Bubble Beam			15	Bubble Beam
19	Mud Shot			19	Mirror Shot
21	Metal Claw			21	Metal Claw
25	Stomp			25	Stomp
32	Protect			32	Protect
37	Guillotine			37	Guillotine
44	Slam			44	Iron head
51	Brine			51	Flash Cannon
56	Crabhammer			56	Crabhammer
63	Flail			63	Metal Burst
STAB bonus applies to all moves noted in italics

Evolutions

Krabby	Lv 28 ⟶	Kingler
	Holding Metal Coat ⟶	Kingler

Sprites

Egg	Normal		Shiny		Metallic		Radiant

Trivia

• Altaran Kingler is based on a decorator crab or hermit crab which used scrap metal as its shell. It also resembles a robot.