Kabutops

No. 0141 · Gen 1

Kabutops weakness and type

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

Moves against Kabutops

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 Kabutops

Abilities

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

Base stats

  • HP60
  • Attack115
  • Defense105
  • Sp. Atk65
  • Sp. Def70
  • Speed80
  • Total495

Best nature

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

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

Defeating Kabutops gives 2 Attack EVs.

Calculate Kabutops's stats

How Kabutops evolves

KabutoRockWater
  • Level 40
    KabutopsRockWater
All evolutions

What Kabutops 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
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
FightingSuperpowerPhysical120
RockMeteor Beamsame typeSpecial120
WaterHydro Pumpsame typeSpecial110
IceBlizzardSpecial110
GroundEarth PowerSpecial90
BugLeech LifePhysical80
GrassGiga DrainSpecial75
DarkNight SlashPhysical70
PsychicPsycho CutPhysical70
PoisonCross PoisonPhysical70
FlyingAerial AcePhysical60

Type counters to Kabutops

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.