No.0141 · Shellfish Pokémon
Kabutops
カブトプス
Doubles Speed during rain.
Protects against critical hits.
Raises Speed and lowers Defense by one stage each upon being hit by a physical move.
02 //Base stats
Ranges assume 0 IV/0 EV with a hindering nature (min) up to 31 IV/252 EV with a boosting nature (max).
- HPtop 66%
- Attacktop 14%
- Defensetop 13%
- Sp. Atktop 52%
- Sp. Deftop 49%
- Speedtop 35%
03 //Type matchups
04 //Evolution
05 //Easily confused with
Ranked by a DINOv2 vision model comparing silhouette shapes — these are the options Who's That Pokémon? hard mode will try to trip you up with. Tap to reveal.
06 //Where to find it
| Games | Location | Method |
|---|---|---|
SVZA | Not in this game | |
Gens 1–7 from PokéAPI checked against Serebii (places PokéAPI lacks come from Serebii), Let's Go and Gens 8–9 from Serebii. Rates are the chance per encounter in that spot; Gen 8–9 raids and overview-only spots list no levels or rates. Tap a place for its page, or Atlas to find it on the map.
07 //Moves
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat. | Pow | Acc | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evo | Page → | Normal | 70 | 100 | 20 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Grass | 20 | 100 | 25 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Normal | 30 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Normal | — | — | 30 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Dark | 70 | 100 | 15 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Ground | — | 100 | 15 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Normal | 40 | 100 | 35 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Normal | 70 | 100 | 20 | ||
| 15 | Page → | Water | 40 | 100 | 20 | ||
| 20 | Page → | Normal | — | 100 | 30 | ||
| 25 | Page → | Ground | 55 | 95 | 15 | ||
| 30 | Page → | Rock | 60 | 100 | 5 | ||
| 35 | Page → | Water | 65 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 43 | Page → | Normal | — | — | 10 | ||
| 49 | Page → | Bug | 80 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 56 | Page → | Water | 85 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 63 | Page → | Steel | — | 85 | 40 | ||
| 70 | Page → | Rock | 100 | 80 | 5 |
Learnset from Sword & Shield. Tap a move for its effect.
08 //Pokédex entries
The cause behind the extinction of this species is unknown. Kabutops were aggressive Pokémon that inhabited warm seas.
Kabutops slices its prey apart and sucks out the fluids. The discarded body parts become food for other Pokémon.
A slim and fast swimmer. It sliced its prey with its sharp sickles and drank the body fluids.
It swims at speeds of roughly 29 knots, quickly closing in on its prey and slashing into them with its scythes to finish them off.
Its body had begun to change so it could function on land. But it didn’t adapt in time and went extinct.
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.
09 //Names in other languages
- Japanese
- カブトプス
- Rōmaji
- Kabutops
- Korean
- 투구푸스
- Chinese (Simplified)
- 镰刀盔
- Chinese (Traditional)
- 鐮刀盔
- French
- Kabutops
- German
- Kabutops
- Spanish
- Kabutops
- Italian
- Kabutops
10 //Training & breeding
Training
Breeding
Other names
Regional Pokédex numbers
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