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Kabutops

Shellfish Pokémon

RockWater

It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.

Base Stats

HP 60

Attack 115

Defense 105

Sp. Atk 65

Sp. Def 70

Speed 80

Total 495

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

grass 4x fighting 2x ground 2x electric 2x

Resistant to

fire ¼x normal ½x flying ½x poison ½x ice ½x

Abilities

Swift Swim Battle Armor Weak Armor (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

Kabuto

→

Kabutops Lv. 40

Moves

Details

Category Shellfish Pokémon

Height 1.3 m

Weight 40.5 kg

Base Exp 173

Growth Rate Medium

Capture Rate 45

Base Happiness 70

Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀

Habitat Sea

Egg Groups Water1 ,Water3

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ubers Usage: 12.0%

VGC2012 UU UBERS RU

Cleaner

Moves

Waterfall

Stone Edge

Low Kick

Rapid Spin / Aqua Jet / Swords Dance

Item

Life Orb / Lum Berry

Nature

Adamant / Jolly

EVs

Atk 252

Def 4

Spe 252

Choice Band

Moves

Waterfall

Stone Edge

Low Kick

X-Scissor / Aqua Jet / Rapid Spin

Item

Choice Band

Nature

Adamant / Jolly

EVs

Atk 252

Def 4

Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Although at first glance Kabutops seems completely out of place in Ubers, it has numerous traits that make it worth using, including the incredible Swift Swim ability, a handy resistance to Extreme Speed, access to Rapid Spin, and an Attack stat that just barely works for it. It is heavily dependent on Kyogre, but needing to be paired with the king of Ubers is never really a bad thing. Although Kabutops can struggle against physical walls, it can easily tear apart an offensive team if given the chance and is definitely worth consideration on any offensive team using Kyogre.