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Kricketune


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General

Kricketune
bug

Abilities

Swarm
When this Pokémon's HP is 1/3 its max or lower, its Bug moves do 50% more damage.

Damage Taken

Dex Numbers

Generation
Diamond/Pearl DP
Red/Blue/Yellow Kanto
402
Gold/Silver/Crystal Johto
n/a
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Hoenn
n/a
Diamond/Pearl Sinnoh
16

Names

Japanese
コロトック
Romaji
Korotokku

Flavor

Height
3'3.4" or 1 m
Weight
56.2 lb or 25.5 kg
Species
Cricket
Color
red
Cry
mp3 here
Fire Red/Leaf Green Habitat
n/a
Pawprint

Misc

R/B/Y code
n/a

Breeding

Gender
½ male; ½ female (code: 127 or 0x7f)
Breeding groups
3: Bug
Steps to hatch
3,840
Compatible with
25 families; 50 total Pokémon

In the Wild

Base EXP
159 or 0x9f
Capture rate
45 or 0x2d
Base happiness
70 or 0x46
Growth rate
poly
Effort points
2 Attack
Wild held items
Metronome (5%)

Evolution Chain

See also: Comparison of this evolution chain

BasicStage 1
401 Kricketot Base form 402 Kricketune Raise to level 10

Stats

Stat Base Max Stat %ile
L50 L100
HP
77
184 358 70.6
Attack
85
137 269 65.5
Defense
51
103 201 31.4
Special Attack
55
107 209 33.9
Special Defense
51
103 201 29.8
Speed
65
117 229 48.7
Average
64
- - 38.3

Flavor

See also: All versions' flavor text and sprites

Diamond It crosses its knifelike arms in front of its chest when it cries. It can compose melodies ad lib.

Pearl It signals its emotions with its melodies. Scientists are studying these melodic patterns.

Locations

Route 206
Route 210
Route 212
Route 212
Route 214
Route 215

Sorry, Pearl players! Only Diamond for the moment.

Area Section Level Method
Route 206 14 - 15 Night 20%; Morning Daytime 10%
Route 210 Solaceon City side 18 - 19 Night 30%; Morning Daytime 10%
Route 212 Hearthome City side 17 - 18 Morning Night 20%; Daytime 10%
Route 212 Pastoria City side 18 - 19 Night 30%; Morning Daytime 10%
Route 214 23 - 24 Night 25%; Morning Daytime 5%
Route 215 20 - 22 Night 30%; Morning Daytime 10%
Valor Lakefront 21 - 22 Night 25%; Morning Daytime 5%
Pokemon Mansion 16 - 17 Night 30%; Morning Daytime 10%

Move List

See also: This list in the move search

See also: Contest list

Kricketune's Attack is higher, so it will inflict more damage with physical () moves.

Kricketune gets the STAB from bug moves.

Diamond/Pearl Move Type Dmg PP Power Acc.* Pri. Description
-- Bide normal physical 10 varies 100% 1 Goes first. User waits for 2-3 turns, then inflicts typeless damage equal to twice the HP it lost while waiting.
-- Growl normal none 40 -- 100% Lowers the target's Attack.
10 Fury Cutter bug physical 20 10 95% Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, maxing out after five turns.
14 Leech Life bug physical 15 20 100% Heals the user by half the damage the target receives.
18 Sing normal none 15 -- 55% Puts the target to Sleep.
22 Focus Energy normal none 30 -- 100% Increases the critical hit counter by 1 until the user leaves battle.
26 X-Scissor bug physical 15 80 100% Inflicts regular damage.
30 Screech normal none 40 -- 85% Lowers the target's Defense by two levels.
34 Bug Buzz bug special 10 90 100% Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense.
38 Perish Song normal none 5 -- 100% User and target both faint after three turns.
Diamond/Pearl TMs and HMs
Chains 40 Aerial Ace flying physical 20 60 100% Never misses.
Chains 45 Attract normal none 15 -- 100% Target falls in love if it has the opposite gender, and has a 50% chance to refuse attacking the user.
Chains 31 Brick Break fighting physical 15 75 100% Cancels the effects of Reflect and Light Screen.
Chains 78 Captivate normal none 20 -- 100% Lowers the target's Special Attack by two levels if it is the opposite gender.
Chains H1 Cut normal physical 30 50 95% Inflicts regular damage.
Chains 32 Double Team normal none 15 -- 100% Raises the user's Evasion.
Chains 58 Endure normal none 10 -- 100% 3 Goes first. Prevents the user's HP from lowering below 1 this turn.
Chains 42 Facade normal physical 20 70 100% Power doubles if user is Burned, Paralyzed, or Poisoned.
Chains 54 False Swipe normal physical 40 40 100% Cannot lower the target's HP below 1.
Chains 70 Flash normal none 20 -- 100% Lowers the target's Accuracy.
Chains 21 Frustration normal physical 20 varies 100% Power increases as Happiness decreases, up to a maximum of 102.
Chains 68 Giga Impact normal physical 5 150 90% User foregoes its next turn to recharge.
Chains 10 Hidden Power normal special 15 varies 100% Power and type depend upon user's IVs. Power can range from 30 to 70.
Chains 15 Hyper Beam normal special 5 150 90% User foregoes its next turn to recharge.
Chains 83 Natural Gift normal physical 15 varies 100% Power and type depend on the held berry.
Chains 17 Protect normal none 10 -- 0% 3 Goes first. Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.
Chains 18 Rain Dance water none 5 -- 0% Changes the weather to rain for five turns.
Chains 44 Rest psychic none 10 -- 100% User Sleeps, completely healing itself.
Chains 27 Return normal physical 20 varies 100% Power increases with Happiness, up to a maximum of 102.
Chains H6 Rock Smash fighting physical 15 40 100% Has a 50% chance to lower the target's Defense.
Chains 43 Secret Power normal physical 20 70 100% Has a 30% chance to inflict a status effect which depends upon the terrain.
Chains 62 Silver Wind bug special 5 60 100% Has a 10% chance to raise all of the user's stats.
Chains 82 Sleep Talk normal none 10 -- 100% Randomly uses one of the user's other three moves. Only works if the user is Sleeping.
Chains H4 Strength normal physical 15 80 100% Inflicts regular damage.
Chains 90 Substitute normal none 10 -- 100% Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.
Chains 11 Sunny Day fire none 5 -- 0% Changes the weather to sunny for five turns.
Chains 87 Swagger normal none 15 -- 90% Raises the target's Attack by two levels and Confuses the target.
Chains 75 Swords Dance normal none 30 -- 100% Raises the user's Attack by two levels.
Chains 06 Toxic poison none 10 -- 85% Badly Poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.
Chains 81 X-Scissor bug physical 15 80 100% Inflicts regular damage.

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