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Kabutops, a Rock and Water type Pokémon, official artwork

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Kabutops: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Kabutops is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (115) and Defense (105), with a base stat total of 495.

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What is Kabutops weak to?

How much damage Kabutops takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toGrass
0.25×ResistsFire

Kabutops takes super-effective damage from Grass, Electric, Fighting, Ground (Grass hit it for 4x damage). It resists Flying, Ice, Normal, Poison, Fire.

Best moveset for Kabutops

Kabutops has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Meteor BeamRock120
  • SuperpowerFighting120
  • BlizzardIce110

Best nature for Kabutops

Adamant. Kabutops is a physical attacker (115 Attack vs 65 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Swift SwimIf Rain Dance is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled.
  • Battle ArmorThis Pokemon cannot be struck by a critical hit.
  • Weak ArmorIf a physical attack hits this Pokemon, Defense is lowered by 1, Speed is raised by 2.

Evolution line

Full learnset (103 moves; tap to expand)

Kabutops is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Skull BashNormal130100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Mega KickNormal12075%Physical
Meteor BeamRock12090%Special
SuperpowerFighting120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Aqua TailWater9090%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Rock ClimbNormal9085%Physical
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
LiquidationWater85100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
DiveWater80100%Physical
Leech LifeBug80100%Physical
Razor WindNormal80100%Special
ScaldWater80100%Special
SubmissionFighting8080%Physical
WaterfallWater80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Razor ShellWater7595%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Cross PoisonPoison70100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
Psycho CutPsychic70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
BrineWater65100%Special
Bubble BeamWater65100%Special
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Ancient PowerRock60100%Special
Flip TurnWater60100%Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
RoundNormal60100%Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Water PulseWater60100%Special
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
CutNormal5095%Physical
Rock ThrowRock5090%Physical
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Aqua JetWater40100%Physical
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
Mega DrainGrass40100%Special
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
Water GunWater40100%Special
WhirlpoolWater3585%Special
FeintNormal30100%Physical
RolloutRock3090%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
AbsorbGrass20100%Special
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
RageNormal20100%Physical
BideNormal?-Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
Natural GiftNormal?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
Seismic TossFighting?100%Physical
Wring OutNormal?100%Special
AttractNormal-100%Status
CaptivateNormal-100%Status
ConfideNormal--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
CurseGhost--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
HailIce--Status
HardenNormal--Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
MimicNormal--Status
Nature PowerNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Rock PolishRock--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
SandstormRock--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status