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Kingdra Dragon Pokémon キングドラ Kingdra #230 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Dragon Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Swift Swim or Sniper Cacophony Cacophony Damp Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Groups Water 1 and Dragon Hatch time 21 cycles
Height 5'11″ 1.8 m Kingdra 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 335.1 lbs. 152.0 kg Kingdra 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 207 Gen. II-IV Unknown IV 243 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 3 Kingdra 0 HP 1 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Kingdra (Japanese: キングドラ Kingdra) is a dual-type Water/Dragon Pokémon.

It evolves from Seadra when traded holding a Dragon Scale. It is the final form of Horsea.

Biology

Kingdra is a large, seahorse-like Pokémon with a tightly curled tail. It is covered in blue scales except for its yellow, compact belly scales. There are thin spines with a single branch atop its head and thin, white fins under its cheeks. Its thin snout is powerful, allowing squirts of water jets with devastating power to be fired. Two-pronged fins extend slightly past its cheeks. On its back is a white fin supported by thin, blue spines similar to the ones on its head.

The yawn of a sleeping Kingdra is powerful enough to create undercurrents capable of destroying small ships. Should it decide to emerge from the depths of the ocean, Kingdra's strength can create large whirlpools and sea-born tornadoes on the surface. Because of its immense power, Kingdra often hibernates deep in uninhabited areas of the sea to rest and build up its energy. When a storm arrives, Kingdra is said to awaken and wander about in search of prey.

In the anime

Kingdra in the anime

Major appearances

Molly Hale used an illusion Kingdra to battle Misty in Spell of the Unown: Entei.

Kingdra made its anime debut under the ownership of Christopher in Dueling Heroes, where it lost to Totodile in the first match of the Whirl Cup.

Gym Leader Clair of Blackthorn City has a Kingdra that first appeared in Fangs for Nothin'.

Minor appearances

A Kingdra was seen at a Pokémon Center in The Legend of Thunder!.

Kingdra also appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea.

Multiple Kingdra appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures begin!.

A Kingdra appeared in An Undersea Place to Call Home!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Kingdra in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Silver's Seadra evolved into Kingdra when he traded her to Gold for Poliwhirl, which also evolved in Ampharos Amore but wasn't seen until Tyranitar War. The two then traded back, so that each would have their original, though evolved, Pokémon. She was then used in his battle with Gold in the ruins of Ecruteak City, where she defeated Sudobo after being switched in. He also uses her to climb waterfalls.

In Debonaire Dragonair, Clair of the Blackthorn Gym also has a Kingdra where it was seen following its Trainer as they approached the Dragon's Den.

Juan also has a Kingdra which he used it to assist Ruby and Sapphire in their training.

In the TCG

Main article: Kingdra (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Emerald*		Dragon Scale (5%)
Black	White	Dragon Scale (5%)
Black 2	White 2	Dragon Scale (5%)
Events*		Life Orb (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VI Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VII - VIII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Contest   Appeal   Jamming  TM06 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 Clever 3 ♥♥♥ 0   TM07 TM07 Hail Ice Status 0000— —}}—% 10 Beautiful 2 ♥♥ 1 ♥ TM10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 Clever 3 ♥♥♥ 0   TM13 TM13 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 Beautiful 1 ♥ 4 ♥♥♥♥ TM14 TM14 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 Beautiful 1 ♥ 3 ♥♥♥ TM15 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 Cool 4 ♥♥♥♥ 4 ♥♥♥♥ TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 Cute 2 ♥♥ 0   TM18 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5 Beautiful 1 ♥ 0   TM21 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 Cute 2 ♥♥ 3 ♥♥♥ TM27 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 Cute 4 ♥♥♥♥ 0   TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 Cool 1 ♥ 0   TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 Cute 2 ♥♥ 0   TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 Cute 1 ♥ 0   TM45 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 Cute 2 ♥♥ 0   TM48 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 Beautiful 2 ♥♥ 0   TM55 TM55 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 Tough 2 ♥♥ 0   TM60 TM60 Quash Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 Clever 3 ♥♥♥ 0   TM68 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 Tough 4 ♥♥♥♥ 4 ♥♥♥♥ TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 090}}90% 15 Cute 3 ♥♥♥ 0   TM88 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 Cute 1 ♥ 0   TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 Cute 2 ♥♥ 0   TM91 TM91 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 Beautiful 4 ♥♥♥♥ 0   TM94 TM94 Secret PowerORAS Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 Clever 1 ♥ 0   XTM100 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20 Cute 3 ♥♥♥ 0   ZHM03 HM03 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 Beautiful 2 ♥♥ 2 ♥♥ ZHM05 HM05 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 Tough 4 ♥♥♥♥ 0   ZHM07 HM07 DiveORAS Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 Beautiful 2 ♥♥ 0

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Kingdra Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Kingdra Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VI Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VII - VIII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Contest   Appeal   Jamming  Aurora Beam Ice Special 65 100% 20 Beautiful 2 ♥♥ 3 ♥♥♥ Clear Smog* Poison Special 50 —% 15 Beautiful 2 ♥♥ 0   Disable Normal Status — 100% 20 Clever 2 ♥♥ 0   Dragon Breath Dragon Special 60 100% 20 Cool 2 ♥♥ 3 ♥♥♥ Dragon Rage Dragon Special — 100% 10 Cool 3 ♥♥♥ 0   Flail Normal Physical — 100% 15 Cute 1 ♥ 0   Muddy Water Water Special 90 85% 10 Tough 2 ♥♥ 2 ♥♥ Octazooka Water Special 65 85% 10 Tough 3 ♥♥♥ 0   Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100% 10 Cool 6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 0   Razor Wind Normal Special 80 100% 10 Cool 3 ♥♥♥ 0   Signal Beam Bug Special 75 100% 15 Beautiful 3 ♥♥♥ 0   Splash Normal Status — —% 40 Cute 4 ♥♥♥♥ 0   Water Pulse Water Special 60 100% 20 Beautiful 3 ♥♥♥ 0

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Kingdra in Generation VI Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Kingdra in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Kingdra Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Kingdra Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS Acquisition: Evolve			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Treasure Sea Phrases 51%-100% HP When I awaken, tornadoes form! 26%-50% HP Watch out. My HP is down by half already. 1%-25% HP I'm ruined... Conjuring up a tornado is a dream within a dream... Level up Leveled up! My tornadoes gained in power as well!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -12%% IQ group: C
Pokémon Ranger Group: Water Poké Assist: Water Field move: (Soak ×3) Loops: 6 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry R-000 Kingdra will attack with strong jets of water when it appears above the surface.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Water Poké Assist: Dragon Field move: (Crush ×4) Browser entry R-000 It blows bubbles from its mouth and lets loose widening rings of water to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Water Poké Assist: (present) Water Field move: (present) (Crush ×4) Poké Assist: (past) Water Field move: (past) (Crush ×1) Browser entry [[List of Pokémon by Oblivia Browser number|]] It attacks by spitting bubbles that make Pokémon Slowed.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Battle Trozei Water Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Water Attack Power: 70 - 90 0 #549 Whirlpool Can delay your opponent's disruptions for a turn.

Evolution

Unevolved Horsea  Water

Level 32 →

First evolution Seadra  Water

Trade holding Dragon Scale →

Second evolution Kingdra  Water  Dragon

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back

For other sprites and images, please see Kingdra images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Kingdra's name is often mistranslated to "Kingora" in the Chuang Yi translation of Pokémon Adventures.
• Kingdra is the only Dragon-type Pokémon that was introduced in Generation II.
• Kingdra and its pre-evolutions share their category with Dratini along with its evolutions, Salamence, and Goodra. They are all known as the Dragon Pokémon.

Origin

Kingdra is based on a weedy sea dragon, but still shares many characteristics with regular seahorses. The fact that it dwells on the sea floor while creating whirlpools may be based on the mythical monster Charybdis. Its secondary Dragon-type may be a reference to a Japanese name for seahorses, 竜の落し子 tatsu-no-otoshigo, which means "dragon's child", and to the legends of Ryūjin and East Asian dragons, where they are said to bear power over the seas of the world, live on the floors of deep bodies of water, and are also known for their weather like ascensions into the heavens.

Name origin

Kingdra may be a combination of king and dragon or hydra (a mythological sea creature).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese キングドラ Kingdra From king, dragon, and hydra French Hyporoi From hippocampe and roi Spanish Kingdra Same as English name German Seedraking From Seepferd, Drache, and king Italian Kingdra Same as English name Korean 킹드라 Kingdra Transliteration of its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 刺龍王 / 刺龙王 Cìlóngwáng Literally "Sting dragon king" Cantonese Chinese

More languages Hindi किंगड्रा Kingdra Transliteration of English name

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