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Kingler's Type

WATER

Kingler's Pokédex #s

National #: 99

Galar #: 99

Armor #: 39

Crown #: --

Kingler's Base Stats

HP:: 55

Attack:: 130

Defense:: 115

Sp. Atk:: 50

Sp. Def:: 50

Speed:: 75

Total:: 475

Misc. Info

Height:: 4'3" (1.3m)

Weight:: 132.3 lbs. (60 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Water 3

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,000,000

EV Yield:: 2 Attack

Base EXP:: 166

Catch Rate:: 60

Base Happiness:: 70

Kingler's Abilities

Here are what abilities Kingler can possibly have, along with their effects.

Hyper Cutter: Protects Kingler from having its Attack lowered by other Pokémon.

Shell Armor: Damaging moves targeting Kingler cannot inflict critical hits.

Sheer Force: Damaging moves that have a % chance of an extra effect occurring lose that effect, but do 30% more damage.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Kingler's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: ELECTRIC

GRASS

½: FIRE

WATER

ICE

STEEL

Kingler's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Kingler evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Krabby: starting form

Kingler: at level 28

Kingler's Alternate Forms

Cosmetic Forms

Gigantamax Kingler

Gigantamax

Kingler's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Kingler can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Kingler learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Wide Guard Protects your team from moves that hit multiple targets for the turn.	ROCK	--	--	10	User's Field
1	Hammer Arm Lowers Kingler's Speed by one stage.	FIGHTING	100	90%	10	One Target
1	Water Gun Damages the target.	WATER	40	100%	25	One Target
1	Leer Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
1	Harden Raises Kingler's Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
1	Metal Claw Has a 10% chance of raising Kingler's Attack by one stage.	STEEL	50	95%	35	One Target
12	Mud Shot 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	55	95%	15	One Target
16	Protect Protects Kingler from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
20	Bubble Beam 10% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	WATER	65	100%	20	One Target
24	Stomp 30% chance of making the target flinch. Does double damage against targets that used Minimize.	NORMAL	65	100%	20	One Target
31	Flail Does more damage when Kingler's HP is low.	NORMAL	varies	100%	15	One Target
36	Razor Shell 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	WATER	75	95%	10	One Target
42	Slam Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	75%	20	One Target
48	Swords Dance Raises Kingler's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
54	Crabhammer Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	WATER	100	90%	10	One Target
60	Guillotine Knocks out the target. Fails against higher-level Pokémon.	NORMAL	varies	30%	5	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Kingler can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM08	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM09	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM15	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM21	Rest Kingler restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM22	Rock Slide Has a 30% chance of causing all nearby enemies to flinch.	ROCK	75	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Kingler from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM27	Icy Wind 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Speed by one stage.	ICE	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM35	Hail Changes the weather to hail for 5 turns.	ICE	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM36	Whirlpool Traps the target for 2–5 turns; does 1/16 max HP per turn. Deals extra damage to targets using Dive.	WATER	35	85%	15	One Target
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Kingler is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM43	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM45	Dive Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	WATER	80	100%	10	One Target
TM48	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM53	Mud Shot 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	55	95%	15	One Target
TM55	Brine Does double damage if the target's HP is 50% or less.	WATER	65	100%	10	One Target
TM59	Fling Throws Kingler's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM83	Razor Shell 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	WATER	75	95%	10	One Target
TM94	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target
TM97	Brutal Swing Damages all nearby Pokémon.	DARK	60	100%	20	All But Self
TM98	Stomping Tantrum Power is doubled if Kingler missed the target last turn.	GROUND	75	100%	10	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Kingler can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR00	Swords Dance Raises Kingler's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TR01	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
TR03	Hydro Pump Damages the target.	WATER	110	80%	5	One Target
TR04	Surf Deals extra damage to targets using Dive.	WATER	90	100%	15	All But Self
TR05	Ice Beam Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	90	100%	10	One Target
TR06	Blizzard Has a 10% chance to freeze all nearby enemies. 100% accuracy while it is hailing.	ICE	110	70%	5	Nearby Enemies
TR12	Agility Raises Kingler's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
TR17	Amnesia Raises Kingler's Special Defense by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Kingler's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Kingler's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR39	Superpower Lowers Kingler's Attack and Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	120	100%	5	One Target
TR46	Iron Defense Raises Kingler's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
TR60	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
TR83	Ally Switch Switches places with Kingler for the rest of the battle.	PSYCHIC	--	--	15	User
TR84	Scald Has a 30% chance to burn the target.	WATER	80	100%	15	One Target
TR94	High Horsepower Damages the target.	GROUND	95	95%	10	One Target
TR98	Liquidation 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	WATER	85	100%	10	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Kingler can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Kingler.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Knock Off Double damage if the target has a held item and knocks it off.	DARK	65	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Ancient Power Has a 10% chance of raising Kingler's Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	100%	5	One Target
EGG	Hammer Arm Lowers Kingler's Speed by one stage.	FIGHTING	100	90%	10	One Target
EGG	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Kingler learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Wide Guard Protects your team from moves that hit multiple targets for the turn.	ROCK	--	--	10	User's Field
1	Hammer Arm Lowers Kingler's Speed by one stage.	FIGHTING	100	90%	10	One Target
1	Water Gun Damages the target.	WATER	40	100%	25	One Target
1	Leer Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
1	Harden Raises Kingler's Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
1	Metal Claw Has a 10% chance of raising Kingler's Attack by one stage.	STEEL	50	95%	35	One Target
12	Mud Shot 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	55	95%	15	One Target
16	Protect Protects Kingler from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
20	Bubble Beam 10% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	WATER	65	100%	20	One Target
24	Stomp 30% chance of making the target flinch. Does double damage against targets that used Minimize.	NORMAL	65	100%	20	One Target
31	Flail Does more damage when Kingler's HP is low.	NORMAL	varies	100%	15	One Target
36	Razor Shell 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	WATER	75	95%	10	One Target
42	Slam Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	75%	20	One Target
48	Swords Dance Raises Kingler's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
54	Crabhammer Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	WATER	100	90%	10	One Target
60	Guillotine Knocks out the target. Fails against higher-level Pokémon.	NORMAL	varies	30%	5	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Kingler can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM03	Water Pulse Has a 20% chance of confusing the target.	WATER	60	100%	20	One Target
TM07	Hail Changes the weather to hail for 5 turns.	ICE	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM13	Ice Beam Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	90	100%	10	One Target
TM14	Blizzard Has a 10% chance to freeze all nearby enemies. 100% accuracy while it is hailing.	ICE	110	70%	5	Nearby Enemies
TM15	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM17	Protect Protects Kingler from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM28	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM31	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Kingler's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM39	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Kingler is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Kingler restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM46	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM49	Scald Has a 30% chance to burn the target.	WATER	80	100%	15	One Target
TM54	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target
TM55	Brine Does double damage if the target's HP is 50% or less.	WATER	65	100%	10	One Target
TM56	Fling Throws Kingler's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM68	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM75	Swords Dance Raises Kingler's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TM80	Rock Slide Has a 30% chance of causing all nearby enemies to flinch.	ROCK	75	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TM81	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Kingler's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Kingler's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM93	Cut Damages the target.	NORMAL	50	95%	30	One Target
TM95	Surf Deals extra damage to targets using Dive.	WATER	90	100%	15	All But Self
TM96	Strength Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	100%	15	One Target
TM98	Rock Smash 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	40	100%	15	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Kingler can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Kingler.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Knock Off Double damage if the target has a held item and knocks it off.	DARK	65	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Ancient Power Has a 10% chance of raising Kingler's Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	100%	5	One Target
EGG	Hammer Arm Lowers Kingler's Speed by one stage.	FIGHTING	100	90%	10	One Target
EGG	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Haze Resets all stat, accuracy, and evasion modifiers.	ICE	--	--	30	Entire Field
EGG	Amnesia Raises Kingler's Special Defense by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
EGG	Flail Does more damage when Kingler's HP is low.	NORMAL	varies	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Slam Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	75%	20	One Target
EGG	Tickle Lowers the target's Attack and Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Agility Raises Kingler's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
EGG	Ally Switch Switches places with Kingler for the rest of the battle.	PSYCHIC	--	--	15	User

Kingler's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Kingler's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Kingler's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Kingler is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	220	251	283	314	55
Attack	265	296	328	359	130
Defense	235	266	298	329	115
Sp. Atk	105	136	168	199	50
Sp. Def	105	136	168	199	50
Speed	155	186	218	249	75
Total					475

Where to Find Kingler in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

If you're looking for where to find Kingler, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Kingler in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Kingler

Available in some Max Raid Dens in the Wild Area, including a rare Gigantamax-capable Kingler.

Catchable (Gigantamax-capable) during Dynamax Adventures in Crown Tundra (DLC), level 65.

Kingler in the Wild

Galar Route 9

Random Encounters

Any Weather
25%			Lv. 38-42

Axew's Eye

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
25%	5%	--	10%	--	--	--	--	--
Lv. 36-40	Lv. 36-40		Lv. 36-40

Getting Kingler By Evolution

Evolves from Krabby at level 28.

Location information on where to find Kingler in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Kingler

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

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Sword

Its large and hard pincer has 10,000-horsepower strength. However, being so big, it is unwieldy to move.

Shield

Its oversized claw is very powerful, but when it's not in battle, the claw just gets in the way.

Gigantamax

Sword

The flow of Gigantamax energy has spurred this Pokémon's left pincer to grow to an enormous size. That claw can pulverize anything.

Shield

The bubbles it spews out are strongly alkaline. Any opponents hit by them will have their bodies quickly melted away.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

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X

Its large and hard pincer has 10,000-horsepower strength. However, being so big, it is unwieldy to move.

Y

Its pincers grow peculiarly large. If it lifts the pincers too fast, it loses its balance and staggers.

Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire

Kingler has an enormous, oversized claw. It waves this huge claw in the air to communicate with others. However, because the claw is so heavy, the Pokémon quickly tires.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

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Black White Black 2 White 2

The larger pincer has 10,000- horsepower strength. However, it is so heavy, it is difficult to aim.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

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Diamond Pearl Platinum

The larger pincer has 10,000- horsepower strength. However, it is so heavy, it is difficult to aim.

HeartGold

It can hardly lift its massive, overgrown pincer. The pincer's size makes it difficult to aim properly.

SoulSilver

Its pincers grow peculiarly large. If it lifts the pincers too fast, it loses its balance and staggers.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

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Ruby Sapphire

KINGLER has an enormous, oversized claw. It waves this huge claw in the air to communicate with others. However, because the claw is so heavy, the POKéMON quickly tires.

Emerald

It waves its huge, oversized claw in the air to communicate with others. But since the claw is so heavy, this POKéMON quickly tires.

FireRed

Its large and hard pincer has 10,000- horsepower strength. However, being so big, it is unwieldy to move.

LeafGreen

The large pincer has 10,000-horsepower crushing force. However, its huge size makes it unwieldy to use.

Generation 2 Pokédex Entries

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Gold

It can hardly lift its massive, overgrown pincer. The pincer's size makes it difficult to aim properly.

Silver

Its pincers grow peculiarly large. If it lifts the pincers too fast, it loses its balance and staggers.

Crystal

Its oversized claw is very powerful, but when it's not in battle, the claw just gets in the way.

Generation 1 Pokédex Entries

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Red Blue

The large pincer has 10000 hp of crushing power. However, its huge size makes it unwieldy to use.

Yellow

One claw grew massively and as hard as steel. It has 10,000-HP strength. However, it is too heavy.