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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#141 Kabutops

RockWater

SpeciesShellfish Pokémon
Japanese nameKabutops
PronunciationKUH-BOO-TOPS
Height4′ 3″ 1.30 m
Weight89.0 lb 40.05 kg
Gender♂ 87.5% · ♀ 12.5%

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Name meaning

Comes from KABUTO (see Pokémon Kabuto) and TOPS meaning “best”. Kabutops is the highest, or “top” evolved form of Kabuto.

Evolution

KabutoLevel 40Kabutops

Kabutops in the original Gengar’s Pokédex — Kabutops as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	Its sleek shape is perfect for swimming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains the body fluids.
Yellow	A slim and fast swimmer. It slices its prey with its sharp sickles and drains the body fluids.
Stadium	Swims very quickly. It tears at its foe with sickle-like forelegs and drains the foe’s body fluids entirely.
GoldStadium 2	In the water, it tucks in its limbs to become more compact, then it wiggles its shell to swim fast.
Silver	With sharp claws, this ferocious, ancient POKéMON rips apart prey and sucks their body fluids.
Crystal	It was able to swim quickly through the water by compactly folding up its razor-sharp sickles.

Where to find Kabutops

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Must Evolve from Kabuto at level 40	NA	Evolve
Red		NA	Evolve
Yellow		NA	Evolve
Gold		Any	Evolve
Silver		Any	Evolve
Crystal		Any	Evolve

How to catch

	Ground	Surf	Fishing	Forest Tree	Mountain Tree	Rock Smash	Breed	Evolve	Event	BugCatch	Game Corner
R/B								✓
Yellow								✓
G/S								✓
Crystal								✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

Normal×0.5
Fire×0.25
Water×1
Electric×2
Grass×4
Ice×0.5
Fighting×2
Poison×0.5
Ground×2
Flying×0.5
Psychic×1
Bug×1
Rock×1
Ghost×1
Dragon×1
Dark×1
Steel×1

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 4 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 4 : 5 (80%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 4 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 4 : 5 (80%).
This Pokémon has the same weaknesses and resistances in GSC as RBY. So both defense ratios are the same.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Fire1st: Good 2nd: Good
Water1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Grass1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Ice1st: Good 2nd: Normal
Fighting1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Poison1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Ground1st: Bad 2nd: Good
Flying1st: Good 2nd: Normal
Psychic1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Bug1st: Good 2nd: Normal
Rock1st: Normal 2nd: Good
Ghost1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Dragon1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Dark1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Steel1st: Bad 2nd: Normal

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 7 advantages and 6 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 7:6 (~116.67%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 7 advantages and 5 disadvantages out of 30 types. Offensive ratio 7:5 (140%).

Moves learned by levelling up

R/B/Y	G/S/C	Move	Type	Kind
Start	Start	Scratch	Normal	Physical
Start	Start	Harden	Normal	Status
Start	Start	Absorb	Grass	Special
Start	40	Slash	Normal	Physical
46	Start	Leer	Normal	Status
—	Start	Sand-Attack	GroundG/S/C NormalR/B/Y	Status
—	Start	Endure	Normal	Status
—	51	Mega Drain	Grass	Special
—	65	Ancient Power	Rock	Physical
53	—	Hydro Pump	Water	Special

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

Ice Beam

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

TM02Headbutt
TM03Curse
TM04Rollout
TM06Toxic
TM08Rock Smash
TM10Hidden Power
TM13Snore
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM16Icy Wind
TM17Protect
TM18Rain Dance
TM19Giga Drain
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM27Return
TM32Double Team
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM37Sandstorm
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
TM46Thief
TM49Fury Cutter
HM01Cut
HM03Surf
HM06Whirlpool

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

TM06Toxic
TM08Body Slam
TM09Take Down
TM10Double-Edge
TM11Bubblebeam
TM12Water Gun
TM13Ice Beam
TM14Blizzard
TM20Rage
TM31Mimic
TM32Double Team
TM33Reflect
TM34Bide
TM44Rest
TM50Substitute
HM03Surf

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	Water 1 Pokémon group 8 Water 2 Pokémon group 10

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move	How to pass it down
Aurora Beam	Mate with a male from Remoraid, Seel, or Shellder Family.
Bubblebeam	Mate with a male from Corsola, Mantine, Marill, Remoraid, or Tentacool Family.
Dig	Teach RBY TM28 (Dig) to a Pokémon from Psyduck, Slowpoke, or Squirtle Family. Then trade it to GSC, and if male, breed it with a female from Kabuto Family.
Flail	Breed a male Magikarp with a female from Horsea Family, then breed the male offspring with a female from Kabuto Family.
Rapid Spin	Mate with a male from Squirtle Family.

Stats

Stat	Base	Range at Lv. 100	G/S/C rank	R/B/Y rank
HP	60	293-323	27/4540.14%	24/4244.05%
Attack	115	298-328	5/4994.52%	5/4594.52%
Defense	105	278-308	11/5587.46%	8/4491.12%
Speed	80	228-258	17/4769.15%	16/4265.54%
Special Attack G/S/C	65	198-228	23/4648.01%	—
Special Defense G/S/C	70	208-238	21/4151.99%	—
Special R/B/Y	70	208-238	—	15/2950.00%
Total	495 G/S/C 430 R/B/Y	1503-1683 1305-1455	15/8780.20%	11/6585.28%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library