Krabby

#098 Krabby Krabby
National Dex 098 Species River Crab Pokémon
Type Water Abilities Hyper Cutter, Shell Armor, Sheer Force (Hidden), Klutz (Hidden)
Gender Ratio 50% Male Catch Rate 225 EV Yield 1 Atk Egg Group Water 3
Bulbapedia Krabby Designer Game Freak

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Krabby (Japanese: クラブ Crab) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

In Kanto, it evolves into Kingler starting at level 28. In Altaris, it evolves into Altaran Kingler when leveled up holding a Metal Coat.

Locations

Location	Encounter Type	% Chance	Time
Citrivale Docks	Tall Grass Fishing (Old Rod)	10% 100%	All Day
Ironis City	Fishing (Old Rod)	50%	All Day
Ironis Black Market	Fishing (Old Rod)	30%	All Day

Stats

HP	Atk	Def	SpAtk	SpDef	Spd	BST
30	105	90	25	25	50	325

Dex Entries

Krabby live in holes dug into beaches. On sandy shores with little in the way of food, they can be seen squabbling with each other over territory.

Movesets

By Level-Up		By TM
Level	Move	TM	Move
1	Mud Sport	TM17	Protect
1	Bubble	TM21	Frustration
5	Vise Grip	TM28	Dig
9	Leer	TM45	Attract
11	Harden	TM46	Thief
15	Bubble Beam	TM87	Swagger
19	Mud Shot	TM101	Hone Claws
21	Metal Claw	By HM
25	Stomp	HM01	Cut
29	Protect
31	Guillotine
35	Slam
39	Brine
41	Crabhammer
45	Flail
STAB bonus applies to all moves noted in italics STAB bonus applies only when used by an evolution of Krabby noted in bold

Evolutions

Krabby	Lv 28 ⟶	Kingler
	Holding Metal Coat ⟶	Kingler

Sprites

Egg	Normal		Shiny		Metallic		Radiant