Kabuto

No. 0140 · Gen 1

Kabuto weakness and type

Hit KABUTO with Grass for 4× damage. Electric, Fighting and Ground also deal 2×.

Moves against Kabuto

4×Hits hardest
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it

In Pokémon GO: Grass deals 2.56× instead of 4×. GO chart

Test a matchup against Kabuto

Abilities

  • Swift SwimNo change to type matchups
  • Battle ArmorNo change to type matchups
  • Weak ArmorNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP30
  • Attack80
  • Defense90
  • Sp. Atk55
  • Sp. Def45
  • Speed55
  • Total355

Best nature

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Kabuto gives 1 Defense EV.

Calculate Kabuto's stats

How Kabuto evolves

KabutoRockWater
All evolutions

What Kabuto can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalDouble-EdgePhysical120
RockMeteor Beamsame typeSpecial120
WaterHydro Pumpsame typeSpecial110
IceBlizzardSpecial110
GroundEarth PowerSpecial90
BugLeech LifePhysical80
GrassGiga DrainSpecial75
DarkKnock OffPhysical65
FlyingAerial AcePhysical60
FightingRock SmashPhysical40

Type counters to Kabuto

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.