#0140 · Shellfish Pokémon
Kabuto
Kabuto›
KabutopsCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #368 · 7 votes · median C
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Rank #358 · 11 votes · median B
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Endless
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Tier history
6 recorded changes · 7 votes
8 recorded changes · 11 votes
7 recorded changes · 1 vote
Game data
Abilities
- Swift Swim
Doubles the Pokémon’s Speed stat in rain.
- Battle Armor
Hard armor protects the Pokémon from critical hits.
- Weak ArmorHidden
When the Pokémon takes damage from a physical move, its Defense stat is lowered, but its Speed stat is boosted sharply.
Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s contact moves by 30%.
Egg moves
- Ceaseless EdgeDarkPhysical65 pow · 90%
The user slashes a sharpened blade at the target, leaving splinters under the target as spikes. Opposing Pokémon that land on these spikes when switching into battle will receive damage equal to ⅛ of their max HP. Up to 3 layers can be set, with each layer increasing the damage taken.
- High HorsepowerGroundPhysical95 pow · 95%
The user fiercely attacks the target using its entire body.
- Mighty CleaveRockPhysical95 pow · 100%
The user wields the light that has accumulated through its blades to cleave the target. This move hits even if the target protects itself.
- CrabhammerWaterPhysical100 pow · 95%Rare egg move
The target is hammered with a large pincer. This move’s critical-hit ratio is boosted by 1 stage.
Base stats
Kabuto · BST 355
Kabutops · BST 495
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-3 starter:
- Passive ability
- 35 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 20 / 50 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 25 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Kabuto eggs: 22 🍬 after 20 hatches, 18 🍬 after 40 hatches, 12 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 75
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Kabuto needs 75 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.