Kingler (Pokémon)

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Pokémon

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Missingno. けつばん Ketsuban #???
Art by Ken Sugimori from Red and Green
Type Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Glitch Pokémon
Ability ----- ----- Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 Unknown
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn — Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 0'0" Imperial 0.0 m Metric 0'0"/0.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 0.0 lbs. Imperial 0.0 kg Metric 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Unknown	Catch rate Unknown
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Undiscovered group 1 cycles* (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 0 Battle Exp.: 1*
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[[Category:{{{type1}}}-type Pokémon|{{{ndex}}}]] Kingler (Japanese: キングラー Kingler) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves from Krabby starting at level 28.

Biology

Physiology

Kingler is a large crab-like Pokémon. Its claws and upper half of its body are reddish-orange with the four legs and lower body being cream-colored. Its left claw is particularly larger than the right one.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Kingler's left pincer boasts 10,000 horsepower of crushing force, but its massive weight makes it difficult for Kingler to aim with.

Since Kingler is a fully evolved Pokémon, it is capable of using Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.

Behavior

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Kingler mainly eat Shellder and possibly other species of mollusk Pokémon.

In the anime

Major Appearances

Ash's Kingler

Ash's Krabby evolved into a Kingler in Round One - Begin!, during Ash's first round battle in the Indigo League.

Other

Kingler's first major role was in The Battle of the Badge, under the ownership of Giovanni. He used it in his Gym battle against Gary's Nidoking and Arcanine. Despite the type disadvantage, Giovanni's Kingler was defeated by Gary's Arcanine. Giovanni had loaned his Kingler to Jessie, James and Meowth when he put them in charge of the Viridian Gym while he was out.

Minor Appearances

Kingler first appeared in Showdown at Dark City as one of the Kas Gym's Pokémon.

A Kingler appeared in Up Close and Personable!.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Kingler (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Template:Learnset intro

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By tutoring

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Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Unevolved Krabby  Water

Level 28 →

First evolution Kingler  Water

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Kingler's left claw is always the larger of the two, except in Generation I and its early artwork by Ken Sugimori, where this is reversed.
  • Despite it being a trait seen only in male fiddler crabs, the sprites of female Kingler also have an enlarged claw.
• Kingler shares the same species name with Scizor. They are both known as Pincer Pokémon, though Scizor has also been called the Scissors Pokémon.
• Kingler and its pre-evolution Krabby are two of the four Pokémon that can learn Crabhammer by level up. Corphish and Crawdaunt are the other two.
• With a base attack of 130, Kingler has the highest attack stat of any Template:Type2 Pokémon.

Origin

Kingler is very similar to a fiddler crab. It may be based on the land crab, which usually has one claw larger than the other, like Kingler does.

Name origin

Kingler's name might be a combination of king and fiddler - both species of crab.

In other languages

• German: Kingler
• French: Krabboss - From crabe (crab) and boss.
• Korean: 킹크랩 Kingkeuraep - A combination of transliterations of king and crab.

Related articles

• Ash's Kingler

External links

Notes

← #098: Krabby

Pokémon

#100: Voltorb →

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