Kabutops
Artwork
Names
- English: Kabutops
- Japanese: カブトプス (Kabutops)
- German: Kabutops
- French: Kabutops
Number(s)
- National: 141
- Hoenn: 296
- Johto: 223
Gender
♂ 87.5% - ♀ 12.5%
Egg Group(s)
Water 1 / Water 3
Evolution
| Basic | Stage One |
|---|---|
 KabutoBase form |  KabutopsLevel 40 |
Size
- Height: 1.3 m / 4’03”
- Weight: 40.5 kg / 89.3 lbs.
Damage Taken
- ×¼: Fire
- ×½: Normal, Flying, Poison, Ice
- ×2: Fighting, Ground, Electric
- ×4: Grass
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 495 | ||
| HP | 51 | 0 | |
| Attack | 12 | 2 | |
| Defense | 19 | 0 | |
| Sp.Atk | 39 | 0 | |
| Sp.Def | 39 | 0 | |
| Speed | 26 | 0 | |
Ability
- Swift Swim
- Game's description
- Boosts the Pokémon’s Speed in rain.
- Battle effect
- When rainy, The Pokémon’s Speed doubles. However, Speed will not double on the turn weather becomes Heavy Rain.
- Battle Armor
- Game's description
- The Pokémon is protected against critical hits.
- Battle effect
- Opponent’s moves cannot Critical Hit.
Wild Item
- NONE
Pal Park
- Area: Ocean
- Points: 70
- Encounter rate: 20
Miscellaneous
- Species: Shellfish Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 7,680
- Color: Brown
- Catch Rate: 45
- Base Tameness: 70
- Growth Group: Medium Fast
1,000,000 exp. points to Lv100
Location
- Diamond
- Evolve from Kabuto [Evolve]
- Pearl
- Evolve from Kabuto [Evolve]
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Red/Blue
- Its sleek shape is perfect for swimming. 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 through 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.
- Sapphire
- 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.
- Fire Red
- It swims freely through water. It catches prey with its scythe-like arms and drains the victim's fluids.
- Leaf Green
- 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.
- Pearl
- It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.