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Krabby's Type

WATER

Krabby's Pokédex #s

National #: 98

Galar #: 98

Armor #: 38

Crown #: --

Krabby's Base Stats

HP:: 30

Attack:: 105

Defense:: 90

Sp. Atk:: 25

Sp. Def:: 25

Speed:: 50

Total:: 325

Misc. Info

Height:: 1'4" (0.4m)

Weight:: 14.3 lbs. (6.5 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Water 3

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

EV Yield:: 1 Attack

Base EXP:: 65

Catch Rate:: 225

Base Happiness:: 70

Krabby's Abilities

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

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

Shell Armor: Damaging moves targeting Krabby 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 Krabby's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: ELECTRIC

GRASS

½: FIRE

WATER

ICE

STEEL

Krabby's Evolution Line

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

Krabby: starting form

Kingler: at level 28

Krabby'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 Krabby 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 Krabby 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	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
4	Harden Raises Krabby's Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
8	Metal Claw Has a 10% chance of raising Krabby'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 Krabby 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
29	Flail Does more damage when Krabby's HP is low.	NORMAL	varies	100%	15	One Target
32	Razor Shell 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	WATER	75	95%	10	One Target
36	Slam Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	75%	20	One Target
40	Swords Dance Raises Krabby's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
44	Crabhammer Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	WATER	100	90%	10	One Target
48	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 Krabby 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
TM15	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM21	Rest Krabby 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 Krabby 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 Krabby 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 Krabby'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

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Krabby 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 Krabby'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
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 Krabby's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
TR17	Amnesia Raises Krabby's Special Defense by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Krabby'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 Krabby's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR39	Superpower Lowers Krabby's Attack and Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	120	100%	5	One Target
TR46	Iron Defense Raises Krabby'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 Krabby 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
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 Krabby 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 Krabby.

	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 Krabby's Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	100%	5	One Target
EGG	Hammer Arm Lowers Krabby'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 Krabby 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	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
4	Harden Raises Krabby's Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
8	Metal Claw Has a 10% chance of raising Krabby'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 Krabby 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
29	Flail Does more damage when Krabby's HP is low.	NORMAL	varies	100%	15	One Target
32	Razor Shell 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	WATER	75	95%	10	One Target
36	Slam Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	75%	20	One Target
40	Swords Dance Raises Krabby's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
44	Crabhammer Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	WATER	100	90%	10	One Target
48	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 Krabby 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
TM17	Protect Protects Krabby 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 Krabby'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 Krabby is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Krabby 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 Krabby'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
TM75	Swords Dance Raises Krabby'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 Krabby'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 Krabby'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 Krabby 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 Krabby.

	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 Krabby's Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	100%	5	One Target
EGG	Hammer Arm Lowers Krabby'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 Krabby's Special Defense by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
EGG	Flail Does more damage when Krabby'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 Krabby's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
EGG	Ally Switch Switches places with Krabby for the rest of the battle.	PSYCHIC	--	--	15	User

Krabby's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Krabby'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 Krabby's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Krabby 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	170	201	233	264	30
Attack	215	246	278	309	105
Defense	185	216	248	279	90
Sp. Atk	55	86	118	149	25
Sp. Def	55	86	118	149	25
Speed	105	136	168	199	50
Total					325

Where to Find Krabby in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

If you're looking for where to find Krabby, 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 Krabby in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Krabby in the Wild

West Lake Axewell

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
10%	--	10%	--	--	--	5%	--	--
Lv. 8-14		Lv. 8-14				Lv. 8-14
Random Encounters
Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
30%	40%	20%	20%	--	--	--	--	30%
Lv. 7-11	Lv. 7-11	Lv. 7-11	Lv. 7-11					Lv. 7-11

South Lake Miloch

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
30%	10%	10%	30%	--	10%	--	--	--
Lv. 14-16	Lv. 14-16	Lv. 14-16	Lv. 14-16		Lv. 14-16

Giant's Cap

Fishing Rod Encounters

35%			Lv. 26-28

Fields of Honor

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	20%	20%	--	--	--	--	--
		Lv. 10-15	Lv. 10-15
Random Encounters
Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	15%	15%	--	--	--	--	--
		Lv. 13-18	Lv. 13-18

Loop Lagoon

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	20%	20%	--	--	--	--	--
		Lv. 16-21	Lv. 16-21
Random Encounters
Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	15%	15%	--	--	--	--	--
		Lv. 19-24	Lv. 19-24

Location information on where to find Krabby 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 Krabby

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

It can be found near the sea. The large pincers grow back if they are torn out of their sockets.

Shield

If it senses danger approaching, it cloaks itself with bubbles from its mouth so it will look bigger.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X

If it senses danger approaching, it cloaks itself with bubbles from its mouth so it will look bigger.

Y

It can be found near the sea. The large pincers grow back if they are torn out of their sockets.

Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire

Krabby live on beaches, burrowed inside holes dug into the sand. On sandy beaches with little in the way of food, these Pokémon can be seen squabbling with each other over territory.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White Black 2 White 2

It lives in burrows dug on sandy beaches. Its pincers fully grow back if they are broken in battle.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond Pearl Platinum

It lives in burrows dug on sandy beaches. Its pincers fully grow back if they are broken in battle.

HeartGold

If it senses danger approaching, it cloaks itself with bubbles from its mouth so it will look bigger.

SoulSilver

The pincers break off easily. If it loses a pincer, it somehow becomes incapable of walking sideways.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

Ruby Sapphire

KRABBY live on beaches, burrowed inside holes dug into the sand. On sandy beaches with little in the way of food, these POKéMON can be seen squabbling with each other over territory.

Emerald

KRABBY live in holes dug into beaches. On sandy shores with little in the way of food, they can be seen squabbling with each other over territory.

FireRed

It can be found near the sea. The large pincers grow back if they are torn out of their sockets.

LeafGreen

Its pincers are not only powerful weapons, they are used for balance when walking sideways.

Generation 2 Pokédex Entries

Gold

If it senses danger approaching, it cloaks itself with bubbles from its mouth so it will look bigger.

Silver

The pincers break off easily. If it loses a pincer, it somehow becomes incapable of walking sideways.

Crystal

If it is unable to find food, it will absorb nutrients by swallowing a mouthful of sand.

Generation 1 Pokédex Entries

Red Blue

Its pincers are not only powerful weapons, they are used for balance when walking sideways.

Yellow

Its pincers are superb weapons. They sometimes break off during battle, but they grow back fast.