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 Altaris: Tough Claws, Hyper Cutter, Sniper (Hidden)
Gender Ratio 50% Male Catch Rate 60 EV Yield 2 Atk Egg Group Water 3
Bulbapedia Kingler Designer Game Freak, Phazyxel

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
Kantonian		Altaran
Level	Move	Level	Move
		0	Iron Defense
1	Wide Guard	1	Wide Guard
1	Mud Sport	1	Scald
1	Bubble	1	Bubble
1	Vice Grip
1	Leer
5	Vice Grip	5	Vice Grip
9	Leer	9	Leer
11	Harden	11	Harden
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		Shiny Metallic

Trivia

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