Kingler

No. 0099 · Gen 1

Kingler weakness and type

Water

Hit KINGLER with Electric and Grass for 2× damage.

Moves against Kingler

2×Super effective
ElectricGrass
½×Not very effective
FireWaterIceSteel

In Pokémon GO: Electric deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • Hyper CutterNo change to type matchups
  • Shell ArmorNo change to type matchups
  • Sheer ForceNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP55
  • Attack130
  • Defense115
  • Sp. Atk50
  • Sp. Def50
  • Speed75
  • Total475

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 Kingler gives 2 Attack EVs.

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How Kingler evolves

KrabbyWater
  • Level 28
    KinglerWater
All evolutions

What Kingler 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
WaterHydro Pumpsame typeSpecial110
IceBlizzardSpecial110
GroundHigh HorsepowerPhysical95
BugX-ScissorPhysical80
RockRock SlidePhysical75
DarkKnock OffPhysical65
SteelMetal ClawPhysical50

Type counters to Kingler

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.