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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#099 Kingler

Water

SpeciesPincer Pokémon
Japanese nameKingler
PronunciationKING-LER
Height4′ 3″ 1.30 m
Weight132.0 lb 59.40 kg
Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%

Pokédex Where to find Type matchups Moves Breeding Stats

Name meaning

Comes from KING CRAB, a large species of crab and LER (Irish for “the sea personified”).

Evolution

KrabbyLevel 28Kingler

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

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	The large pincer has 10000 hp of crushing power. However, its huge size makes it unwieldy to use.
Yellow	One claw grew massively and as hard as steel. It has 10,000-HP strength. However, it is too heavy.
Stadium	Said to be able to pry open SHELLDER and CLOYSTER shells using its 10,000-horsepower pincer.
GoldStadium 2	It can hardly lift its massive, overgrown pincer. The pincer’s size makes it difficult to aim properly.
Silver	Its pincers grow peculiarly large. If it lifts the pincers too fast, it loses its balance and staggers.
Crystal	Its oversized claw is very powerful, but when it’s not in battle, the claw just gets in the way.

Where to find Kingler

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Surfing / Wild (Unknown Dungeon, Seafoam Islands, Route 23)	NA	Few/Evolve
Red	Surfing (Unknown Dungeon, Route 23)	NA	Few/Evolve
Yellow	Surfing / Wild (Seafoam Island, Routes 10 & 25)	NA	Few/Evolve
Gold	Fishing [Cerulean City (Gym), Cherrygrove City, Cianwood City, Olivine City, Union Cave, Whirl Islands, Routes 19, 34, 40]	Any	Few/Evolve
Silver		Any	Few/Evolve
Crystal		Any	Few/Evolve

How to catch

	Ground	Surf	Fishing	Evolve
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×1
Fire×0.5
Water×0.5
Electric×2
Grass×2
Ice×0.5
Fighting×1
Poison×1
Ground×1
Flying×1
Psychic×1
Bug×1
Rock×1
Ghost×1
Dragon×1
Dark×1
Steel×0.5

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 2 weaknesses and 4 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 2 (50%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 2 : 3 (~67%).
This Pokémon has more weaknesses in GSC than in RBY. So this Pokémon has a better defense ratio in RBY.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

NormalNormal
FireGood
WaterBad
ElectricNormal
GrassBad
IceNormal
FightingNormal
PoisonNormal
GroundGood
FlyingNormal
PsychicNormal
BugNormal
RockGood
GhostNormal
DragonBad
DarkNormal
SteelNormal

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 1 advantage and 1 disadvantage out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).

Moves learned by levelling up

Yellow	R/B	G/S/C	Move	Type	Kind
Start	Start	Start	Bubble	Water	Special
Start	Start	Start	Leer	Normal	Status
20	Start	Start	Vicegrip	Normal	Physical
49	49	Start	Harden	Normal	Status
34	34	Start	Stomp	Normal	Physical
25	25	Start	Guillotine	Normal	Physical
—	—	38	Protect	Normal	Status
42	42	49	Crabhammer	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

TM03Curse
TM06Toxic
TM08Rock Smash
TM10Hidden Power
TM13Snore
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM16Icy Wind
TM17Protect
TM18Rain Dance
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM27Return
TM31Mud-Slap
TM32Double Team
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
TM46Thief
TM49Fury Cutter
HM01Cut
HM03Surf
HM04Strength
HM06Whirlpool

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

TM03Swords Dance
TM06Toxic
TM08Body Slam
TM09Take Down
TM10Double-Edge
TM11Bubblebeam
TM12Water Gun
TM13Ice Beam
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM20Rage
TM31Mimic
TM32Double Team
TM34Bide
TM44Rest
TM50Substitute
HM01Cut
HM03Surf
HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	Water 3 Pokémon group 10

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move	How to pass it down
Amnesia	Mate a male from Slowpoke or Wooper Family with a female Corsola, then mate the male offspring with a female from Krabby 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. Then mate the male offspring with move to a female from Krabby Family.
Flail	Breed a male Magikarp with a female from Horsea Family, then breed the male offspring with a female from Kabuto Family. Finally, mate male offspring of that union (Kabuto) with a female from Krabby Family.
Haze	Breed a male from Wooper Family to a female from Omanyte Family, then breed male offspring to a female from Krabby Family.
Slam	Breed a male from Wooper Family to a female from Omanyte Family, then breed male offspring to a female from Krabby Family.

Stats

Stat	Base	Range at Lv. 100	G/S/C rank	R/B/Y rank
HP	55	283-313	30/4534.46%	27/4236.34%
Attack	130	328-358	2/4998.41%	2/4598.61%
Defense	115	298-328	9/5593.32%	6/4495.54%
Speed	75	218-248	20/4761.79%	19/4257.93%
Special Attack G/S/C	50	168-198	31/4627.43%	—
Special Defense G/S/C	50	168-198	32/4124.20%	—
Special R/B/Y	50	168-198	—	21/2924.20%
Total	475 G/S/C 425 R/B/Y	1463-1643 1295-1445	20/8774.19%	12/6584.13%

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