Kabuto

BugWaterSwift Swim, Weak Armor (hidden)

In Exceeded: It is not in any of this guide's encounter tables. Its base stats (total 355) are the same as in the official games. It is Bug / Water type here; the official games have it as Rock / Water. 12 of its 22 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Emerald, including Aqua Jet and Rock Throw.

Level-up moves 25

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Absorb An attack that absorbs half the damage inflicted.	Grass	Spec	20	100	25
1	Harden Stiffens the body's muscles to raise Defense.	Normal	Stat	—	—	30
1	Scratch Scratches the foe with sharp claws.	Normal	Phys	40	100	35
5	Scratch Scratches the foe with sharp claws.	Normal	Phys	40	100	35
6	Harden Stiffens the body's muscles to raise Defense.	Normal	Stat	—	—	30
8	Absorb An attack that absorbs half the damage inflicted.	Grass	Spec	20	100	25
14	Leer Frightens the foe with a leer to lower Defense.	Normal	Stat	—	100	30
18	Mud Shot Can hit Flying foes. Reduces Speed.	Ground	Spec	55	95	15
21	Sand Attack Reduces the foe's accuracy by hurling sand in its face.	Ground	Stat	—	100	15
26	Aqua Jet Strikes first by dashing at the foe at a high speed.	Water	Phys	40	100	20
27	Endure Endures any attack for 1 turn, leaving at least 1HP.	Normal	Stat	—	—	10
30	Rock Throw Throws small rocks to strike the foe.	Rock	Phys	50	90	15
35	Brine Does double damage to foes with half HP.	Water	Spec	65	100	10
38	Mega Drain An attack that absorbs half the damage inflicted.	Grass	Spec	40	100	15
39	Slash Slashes with claws, etc. Has a high critical-hit ratio.	Normal	Phys	80	100	20
41	Protect Evades attack, but may fail if used in succession.	Normal	Stat	—	—	10
42	Rock Slide Large boulders are hurled. May cause flinching.	Rock	Phys	75	90	10
43	AncientPower An attack that may raise all stats.	Rock	Spec	60	100	5
44	Metal Sound Emits a horrible screech that sharply lowers Sp. Def.	Steel	Stat	—	85	40
45	Leech Life An attack that drains half the damage inflicted.	Bug	Phys	80	100	10
49	Hydro Pump Blasts water at high power to strike the foe.	Water	Spec	110	80	5
50	Ancient Slash Slashes with an ancient power that may raise stats.	Bug	Phys	90	100	5
50	Liquidation Slams the foe with water. Can lower Defense.	Water	Phys	85	100	10
50	Wring Out The higher the foe's HP the more damage caused.	Normal	Spec	1	100	5
60	Stone Edge Stabs the foe with stones. High critical-hit ratio.	Rock	Phys	100	80	5

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game

TMs & HMs 29

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM03	Water Pulse Sootopolis City Gym — Gym 1F	Water	60
TM06	Toxic Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Poison	—
TM07	Hail Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Ice	—
TM10	Hidden Power Slateport City	Normal	60
TM13	Ice Beam Mauville City — Game Corner	Ice	95
TM14	Blizzard Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Ice	110
TM17	Protect Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Normal	—
TM18	Rain Dance Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Water	—
TM19	Giga Drain Route 123	Grass	75
TM21	Frustration Pacifidlog Town — House 2	Normal	1
TM27	Return Fallarbor Town — Cozmo's House	Normal	1
TM28	Dig Route 114 — Fossil Maniac's House	Ground	80
TM32	Double Team Mauville City — Game Corner	Normal	—
TM33	Reflect Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Psychic	—
TM37	Sandstorm Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Rock	—
TM39	Rock Tomb Rustboro City Gym	Rock	60
TM40	Aerial Ace Fortree City Gym	Flying	60
TM42	Facade Petalburg City Gym	Normal	70
TM43	Secret Power Slateport City	Normal	70
TM44	Rest Lilycove City — House 2	Psychic	—
TM45	Attract Verdanturf Town — Battle Tent Lobby	Normal	—
TM46	Thief Slateport City — Oceanic Museum 1F	Dark	60
TM51	Brine Dewford Town — House 2	Water	65
TM59	Natural Gift Slateport City	Normal	1
TM66	Headbutt Petalburg Woods	Normal	70
TM69	Stone Edge Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Rock	100
HM03	Surf Petalburg City — Wally's House	Water	90
HM06	Rock Smash Mauville City — House 1	Fighting	40
HM07	Waterfall Sootopolis City	Water	80

Where to find Kabuto

Not found in the wild — evolve or trade for it.

Other changes in this game

Has 3 abilities at once: whichever of its 2 ordinary abilities it was born with, plus 2 innates always on
Innates (always active): Fossilized, Battle Armor
What the innates do: Fossilized — Adds Rock-type to Pokémon. · Battle Armor — Blocks critical hits.
Abilities you pick one of: Swift Swim — Raises Speed on swamp terrain. · Weak Armor — Its stats change when hit.
Hidden ability: Weak Armor
How its abilities arrive: Battle Armor (always on), Fossilized (always on) from the start; Swift Swim at Lv 14; Weak Armor at Lv 26; Sturdy at Lv 32
Evolves into Kabutops at level 40
Tutor moves: AncientPower, Body Slam, Double-Edge, Endure, Icy Wind, Mimic, Mud-Slap, Rock Slide, Rollout, Sleep Talk, Snore, Substitute, Swagger, Water Ball
Egg moves: Aurora Beam, BubbleBeam, Confuse Ray, Dig, Flail, Foresight, Giga Drain, Icy Wind, Knock Off, Mega Drain, Mud Shot, Rapid Spin, Screech, Take Down
Egg groups: Water 1 / Water 3
Catch rate 45