The Parent Pokémon and its adorable little baby have been a mainstay since day one of the franchise. Here, you can learn about the Kangaskhan’s moveset, where you can find one in the wild, and how to mega evolve it.
Kangaskhan is one of the first single-stage Pokémon introduced in Gen 1, with a lot more making up the end of the Kanto region’s Pokédex.
Here’s everything in our Kangaskhan guide:
Here’s the key information you need to know about Kangaskhan:
National Pokédex #
0,115
Type
Normal
Abilities
Early Bird or Scrappy
Hidden ability
Inner Focus Mega Kangaskhan: Parental Bond
Gender ratio
100% female
Catch rate
11.9%
Egg groups
Monster
EV yield
Two HP
Kangaskhan’s evolution
Kangaskhan has no evolutions, be it a baby version or a second stage. It can, however, mega evolve. To do this, you need to give it a Kangaskhanite stone. This first appeared in Gen VI, so you can’t mega evolve it in earlier generations.
Here’s where you can find a Kangaskhanite in each game that Mega Kangaskhan appears in:
Pokémon X / Y
Glittering Cave (requires an upgraded Mega Ring)
Pokémon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
Pacifidlog Town
Pokémon Sun / Moon
Battle Tree (64 BP)
Pokémon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
Battle Tree (64 BP)
Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu
30k Pokédollars or in Indigo Plateau
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
70k Pokédollars in Stone Emporium (must complete Main Mission 09)
Kangaskhan’s locations
Here are all the locations you can find Kangaskhan in each Pokémon game:
Gen 1 locations
Red / Blue
Safari Zone
Yellow
Safari Zone
Gen 2 locations
Gold / Silver
Rock Tunnel
Crystal
Rock Tunnel
Gen 3 locations
Ruby / Sapphire
Trade
Emerald
Trade
FireRed / LeafGreen
Safari Zone
Colosseum
Trade
XD
Citadark Isle
Gen 4 locations
Diamond / Pearl
Great Marsh
Platinum
Great Marsh
HeartGold / SoulSilver
Rock Tunnel and Safari Zone
Gen 5 locations
Black / White
Route 15
Black 2 / White 2
Trade
Gen 6 locations
X / Y
Glittering Cave
Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
Trade
Gen 7 locations
Sun / Moon
Wela Volcano Park
Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
Wela Volcano Park
Let’s Go Pikachu / Let’s Go Eevee
Rock Tunnel
Gen 8 locations
Sword / Shield
Trade
Expansion Pass
Training Lowlands and Warm-Up Tunnel
Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl
Great Marsh
Legends: Arceus
Unobtainable
Gen 9 locations
Scarlet / Violet
Unobtainable
Legends: Z-A
Centrico Plaza: Wild Zone 20 and Jaune District: Wild Zone 19
Kangaskhan’s base stats
Kangaskhan’s base stats are as follows:
Kangaskhan
Mega Kangaskhan
HP
105
105
Attack
95
125
Defense
80
100
Sp. Atk
40
60
Sp. Def
80
100
Speed
90
100
Kangaskhan’s type strengths and weaknesses
Kangaskhan has a surprising immunity: ghost-type moves. So if you find a rogue Gastly, you know who to use. It’s only weak to fighting-type attacks, so really, you can use it in most battles, and it’ll be just fine.
Normal damage
Bug, Dark, Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Fire, Flying, Grass, Ground, Ice, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Steel, Water
Weak
Fighting
Resistant
None
Immune
Ghost
Kangaskhan’s moveset
In the latest generation of Pokémon games, Kangaskhan can learn the following moves:
Level up moves
Level
Move
Type
One
Tackle
Normal
One
Tail Whip
Normal
Seven
Growl
Normal
12
Bite
Dark
20
Focus Energy
Normal
24
Headbutt
Normal
32
Take Down
Normal
36
Crunch
Dark
40
Endure
Normal
48
Outrage
Dragon
54
Dynamic Punch
Fighting
Learnable TMs
Move
Type
Aerial Ace
Flying
Blizzard
Ice
Body Slam
Normal
Brick Break
Fighting
Bulldoze
Ground
Circle Throw
Fighting
Comet Punch
Normal
Crunch
Dark
Dig
Ground
Double Hit
Normal
Double-Edge
Normal
Drain Punch
Fighting
Dual Chop
Dragon
Earthquake
Ground
Endure
Normal
Facade
Normal
Fake Out
Normal
Fire Blast
Fire
Fire Punch
Fire
Flamethrower
Fire
Focus Blast
Fighting
Giga Impact
Normal
Headbutt
Normal
Hydro Pump
Water
Hyper Beam
Normal
Ice Beam
Ice
Ice Punch
Ice
Iron Tail
Steel
Outrage
Dragon
Power-Up Punch
Fighting
Protect
Normal
Roar
Normal
Rock Slide
Rock
Rock Tomb
Rock
Safeguard
Normal
Shadow Ball
Ghost
Shadow Claw
Ghost
Solar Beam
Grass
Substitute
Normal
Surf
Water
Thunder
Electric
Thunder Punch
Electric
Thunderbolt
Electric
Whirlpool
Water
Work Up
Normal
Now you’re all clued up on the Pokémon Kangaskhan, go ahead and catch one!
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