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kingler
#099

Kingler

Pincer Pokémon

Water

One claw grew massively and is as hard as steel. It has 10,000-horsepower strength. However, it is too heavy.

Base Stats

HP 55
Attack 130
Defense 115
Sp. Atk 50
Sp. Def 50
Speed 75
Total 475

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

kingler Kingler Lv. 28

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Pincer Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 60.0 kg
Base Exp 166
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water3

Sprites

kingler Front Front
kingler Back Back
kingler Front Shiny Front Shiny
kingler Back Shiny Back Shiny
kingler Official Art Official Art
kingler Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 4.2%
Double Dance
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Sheer Force
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

While Kingler boasts an impressive Attack stat complemented by a decent movepool, Sheer Force, and Agility, which gives it a decent matchup against offensive teams, it sadly struggles to break through walls like Vaporeon and Seismitoad. Moreover, its bad special bulk makes it extremely hard for it to set up and leaves it easily revenge killed by faster threats such as Sceptile and Magmortar and by priority move users like Comfey after setup. It also suffers from competition from other Water-types wallbreakers such Samurott, which has higher bulk, Aqua Jet, and Megahorn and can afford to use a Z-Move, giving it a stronger Bug-type move in Savage Spin-Out.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
95.8%
Agility
66.5%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
61.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc