kabutops

Base Flavor

red: Its sleek shape is perfect for swim­ ming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains the body fluids.

blue: Its sleek shape is perfect for swim­ ming. 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 drinks the body fluids.

gold: 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 thro­ ugh the water by compactly folding up its razor-sharp sickles.

ruby: KABUTOPS swam underwater to hunt for its prey in ancient times. The POKéMON was apparently evolving from being a water-dweller to living on land as evident from the beginnings of change in its gills and legs.

sapphire: KABUTOPS swam underwater to hunt for its prey in ancient times. The POKéMON was apparently evolving from being a water-dweller to living on land as evident from the beginnings of change in its gills and legs.

emerald: KABUTOPS once swam underwater to hunt for prey. It was apparently evolving from being a water dweller to living on land as evident from changes in its gills and legs.

firered: It swims freely through water. It catches prey with its scythe-like arms and drains the victim’s fluids.

leafgreen: Its sleek shape is perfect for swimming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains their fluids.

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

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

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

heartgold: In the water, it tucks in its limbs to become more compact, then it wiggles its shell to swim fast.

soulsilver: With sharp claws, this ferocious, ancient Pokémon rips apart prey and sucks their body fluids.

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

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

black-2: It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.

white-2: It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.

x: In the water, it tucks in its limbs to become more compact, then it wiggles its shell to swim fast.

y: A slim and fast swimmer. It slices its prey with its sharp sickles and drinks the body fluids.

omega-ruby: Kabutops swam underwater to hunt for its prey in ancient times. The Pokémon was apparently evolving from being a water dweller to living on land as evident from the beginnings of change in its gills and legs.

alpha-sapphire: Kabutops swam underwater to hunt for its prey in ancient times. The Pokémon was apparently evolving from being a water dweller to living on land as evident from the beginnings of change in its gills and legs.

ultra-sun: Its body had begun to change so it could function on land. But it didn’t adapt in time and went extinct.

ultra-moon: It swims at speeds of roughly 29 knots, quickly closing in on its prey and slashing into them with its scythes to finish them off.

lets-go-pikachu: A slim and fast swimmer. It sliced its prey with its sharp sickles and drank the body fluids.

lets-go-eevee: A slim and fast swimmer. It sliced its prey with its sharp sickles and drank the body fluids.

sword: Kabutops slices its prey apart and sucks out the fluids. The discarded body parts become food for other Pokémon.

shield: The cause behind the extinction of this species is unknown. Kabutops were aggressive Pokémon that inhabited warm seas.

Base Stats

Habitat

sea

Abilities

• swift-swim

  This Pokémon's Speed is doubled during rain. This bonus does not count as a stat modifier.

• battle-armor

  Moves cannot score critical hits against this Pokémon. This ability functions identically to shell armor.

• weak-armor

  Whenever a physical move hits this Pokémon, its Speed rises one stage and its Defense falls one stage. This ability triggers on every hit of a multiple-hit move.

Moves