NATIONAL DEX / #0141

Kabutops

rockwaterShellfish Pokémon
Kabutops

Its sleek shape is perfect for swim­ ming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains the body fluids.

Height
1.3 m
Weight
40.5 kg
Generation
1

Defensive matchups

Weaknesses

Resistances

normal0.5×
fire0.25×
ice0.5×
poison0.5×
flying0.5×

Immunities

None

Based on typing; abilities and battle effects are not included.

Base Stats

Hp60
Attack115
Defense105
Sp. Atk65
Sp. Def70
Speed80
Total495

Training

Catch Rate45 (17.6%)
Base Exp173
Base Happiness70
Growth RateMedium

Breeding

Egg GroupsWater1, Water3
Gender87.5% male, 12.5% female
Egg Cycles30 (7710 steps)

Compare evolutions and forms

Compare Kabutops with its evolution family and other forms of the same species. Parentheses show the difference from Kabutops.

Base stats and differences
PokémonHPAttackDefenseSp. AtkSp. DefSpeedTotal
Kabutops60115105657080495
Kabuto30 (-30)80 (-35)90 (-15)55 (-10)45 (-25)55 (-25)355 (-140)

These are base stats, not in-battle values. Level, nature, IVs and EVs change the final stats. Forms are not available in every game; an alternate form is not necessarily an evolution.

Data: PokéAPI. Differences calculated from the records shown.

Evolution Chain

Pokédex Entries

red

Its sleek shape is perfect for swim­ ming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains the body fluids.

yellow

A slim and fast swimmer. It slices its prey with its sharp sickles and drinks the body fluids.

gold

In the water, it tucks in its limbs to become more compact, then it wiggles its shell to swim fast.

silver

With sharp claws, this ferocious, ancient POKéMON rips apart prey and sucks their body fluids.

crystal

It was able to swim quickly thro­ ugh the water by compactly folding up its razor-sharp sickles.

ruby

KABUTOPS swam underwater to hunt for its prey in ancient times. The POKéMON was apparently evolving from being a water-dweller to living on land as evident from the beginnings of change in its gills and legs.

emerald

KABUTOPS once swam underwater to hunt for prey. It was apparently evolving from being a water dweller to living on land as evident from changes in its gills and legs.

firered

It swims freely through water. It catches prey with its scythe-like arms and drains the victim’s fluids.

leafgreen

Its sleek shape is perfect for swimming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains their fluids.

diamond

It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.

Moves Learned

Moves learned by TM/HM

MoveTypeCat.PowerAcc.
Cross PoisonpoisonPhysical70100%
DivewaterPhysical80100%
Earth PowergroundSpecial90100%
Icy WindiceSpecial5595%
Iron DefensesteelStatus——
Low KickfightingPhysical—100%
Psycho CutpsychicPhysical70100%
Razor ShellwaterPhysical7595%
Rock BlastrockPhysical2590%
RoundnormalSpecial60100%
ScreechnormalStatus—85%
SnorenormalSpecial50100%
SuperpowerfightingPhysical120100%
WhirlpoolwaterSpecial3585%

Sprites

Official Artwork

Kabutops official artworkNormal
Kabutops shiny artworkShiny

Pokémon HOME

Kabutops home spriteNormal
Kabutops home shinyShiny

Animated

Kabutops animatedNormal
Kabutops animated shinyShiny

Game Sprites

Kabutops red-bluered blue
Kabutops yellowyellow
Kabutops crystalcrystal
Kabutops goldgold
Kabutops silversilver
Kabutops emeraldemerald
Kabutops firered-leafgreenfirered leafgreen
Kabutops ruby-sapphireruby sapphire
Kabutops diamond-pearldiamond pearl
Kabutops heartgold-soulsilverheartgold soulsilver
Kabutops platinumplatinum
Kabutops black-whiteblack white