--- title: "Kricketot (#0401): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/pokemon/kricketot" description: "Kricketot (#0401): Bug-type Cricket Pokémon from Sinnoh. Base stat total 194. Abilities: Shed Skin, Run Away. Stats, matchups, evolutions, moves, every Pokédex entry and lore on pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-21" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" last_checked: "2026-10-20" --- #0401 · Sinnoh · Generation 4 # Kricketot Cricket Pokémon · Bug-type ![Kricketot official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/401.webp) Kricketot is a [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug)-type Pokémon, the Cricket Pokémon, number 401 (#0401) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the [Sinnoh](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/sinnoh) region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 2.2 kg. Kricketot is a Bug type that makes music with its own head: it knocks its antennae together to produce xylophone-like notes, which is how it talks to other Kricketot. Its short legs make it stumble a lot, and every stumble is a little concert. ## How to pronounce Kricketot Kricketot is pronounced **KRIK-et-ot**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable. Listen to Kricketot said out loud: [Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/401.mp3) In Japanese it is コロボーシ (Korobohshi). Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce). ## Lore ### Biology Kricketot is 0.3 m tall and weighs 2.2 kg. Its body is mostly red, with a stripe of pale yellow down the front, a black cape-like marking across its back and a flat yellow collar around its head, bigger on the female. Its two hard black antennae curl at the tips, and its hands and feet are small and black. ### Behaviour The Pokédex says Kricketot chats with others through the sounds of its colliding antennae, which it knocks together by shaking its head back and forth. Its legs are short, so whenever it stumbles the stiff antennae clack together. Bulbapedia says they gather in greater numbers on autumn nights. ### Habitat The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in South Province Area Two, and in The Teal Mask in Kitakami around Reveler's Road, Kitakami Hall, Mossfell Confluence and Oni Mountain. ### Powers Kricketot's Ability is Shed Skin, which gives it a 33% chance each turn of curing a status condition; Run Away is hidden. Its only level-up moves are Tackle, Growl, Struggle Bug and Bug Bite, and its base stats are very low, with 37 HP and just 25 Attack and Special Attack. Its job is to evolve. ### Name origin Kricketot may blend 'cricket' with 'tot' (a toddler) or 'totter'. The Japanese name is Korobohshi (コロボーシ), perhaps from koorogi (cricket) and okiagari-kobōshi, a doll in the traditional roly-poly style that always rights itself. ### Design inspiration Bulbapedia credits Atsuko Nishida with designing Kricketot. It looks like a cricket, and Bulbapedia also sees a musician in it, perhaps a conductor, with a body that works as a living instrument. These are fan readings. ### Evolution notes Kricketot evolves into Kricketune at level 10. ### In the games Players meet Kricketot on early routes such as 202, 203 and 204 of Diamond and Pearl, where it debuted. In Scarlet and Violet it also appears in 1-star Tera Raid Battles, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A. ### In the anime Kricketot debuted in 'Dawn Of A New Era!'. In the performance round of the Sinnoh Grand Festival, Nando used one alongside his Altaria. ### Fun facts - Its base stat total of 194 is the lowest of any Generation IV Pokémon, and its base Speed of 25 is the lowest of any Generation IV Bug type. - A Legends: Arceus Pokédex entry compares the tone of its antennae to a marimba and calls that an instrument of foreign lands. - In Pokémon Adventures, a swarm of Kricketot and Kricketune attacks Platinum in the chapter 'Putting a Crimp in Kricketot'. Sources: [Bulbapedia: Kricketot (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Kricketot_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Kricketot (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/kricketot/) ## Base stats - HP: **37** - Attack: **25** - Defense: **41** - Sp. Atk: **25** - Sp. Def: **41** - Speed: **25** Kricketot’s base stat total is **194**. Its highest stat is Defense and Sp. Def. ## Type matchups ### What is Kricketot weak to? Kricketot takes extra damage from [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire) (2×), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) (2×), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) (2×) moves. It resists [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass) (½×), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting) (½×), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) (½×). ## Evolution ### How does Kricketot evolve? Kricketot evolves into [Kricketune](https://pokee.si/pokemon/kricketune) at level 10. The whole family: **Kricketot**, [Kricketune](https://pokee.si/pokemon/kricketune). ## Abilities - [Shed Skin](https://pokee.si/abilities/shed-skin): Has a 33% chance of curing any major status ailment after each turn. - [Run Away](https://pokee.si/abilities/run-away) (hidden ability): Ensures success fleeing from wild battles. ## Moves ### Moves Kricketot learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet | Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Tackle](https://pokee.si/moves/tackle) | Normal | Physical | 40 | | 1 | [Growl](https://pokee.si/moves/growl) | Normal | Status | — | | 6 | [Struggle Bug](https://pokee.si/moves/struggle-bug) | Bug | Special | 50 | | 16 | [Bug Bite](https://pokee.si/moves/bug-bite) | Bug | Physical | 60 | ### TM moves (6) Kricketot can learn 6 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: [Struggle Bug](https://pokee.si/moves/struggle-bug), [Tera Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/tera-blast), [Bug Bite](https://pokee.si/moves/bug-bite), [Lunge](https://pokee.si/moves/lunge), [Endeavor](https://pokee.si/moves/endeavor), [Skitter Smack](https://pokee.si/moves/skitter-smack). ## Breeding & training - Gender: 50% male, 50% female. - Egg groups: Bug. - Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920). - Catch rate: 255 out of 255. - Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50. - Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100). - Defeating it gives 1 Defense effort value. - Base experience yield: 39. ## Pokédex entries When the trees take on new hues, more of these Pokémon appear. The tone they create by striking their antennae together resembles that of the marimba, an instrument of foreign lands. *(Legends: Arceus)* When its antennae hit each other, it sounds like the music of a xylophone. *(HeartGold, SoulSilver, Y, Alpha Sapphire)* It chats with others using the sounds of its colliding antennae. These sounds are fall hallmarks. *(Pearl, X, Omega Ruby)* Its legs are short. Whenever it stumbles, its stiff antennae clack with a xylophone-like sound. *(Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2)* It shakes its head back to front, causing its antennae to hit each other and sound like a xylophone. *(Diamond)* ## Names around the world - **Japanese**: コロボーシ - **Romaji**: Korobohshi - **French**: Crikzik - **German**: Zirpurze - **Spanish**: Kricketot - **Italian**: Kricketot - **Korean**: 귀뚤뚜기 - **Chinese (Simplified)**: 圆法师 - **Chinese (Traditional)**: 圓法師 ## Trivia - Lowest base stat total among Gen 4 Pokémon: 194. - Lightest Bug type in Gen 4: 2.2 kg. - Slowest Bug type in Gen 4: 25 Speed. - Lowest base stat total among Bug types in Gen 4: 194. - Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m). - Heavier than 8% of all Pokémon (2.2 kg). - Base stat total 194, ranked #1020 of 1,025. - One of 92 Bug-type Pokémon (counting dual types). - One of 97 red Pokémon. - Number 15 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh). - Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon. - Can learn 8 different moves in Scarlet / Violet. - Catch rate 255: about 33.3% per Poké Ball at full health. - Appears in 5 distinct Pokédex entries. ## Sources and fact-checking - Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data. - Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Kricketot (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Kricketot_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Kricketot (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/kricketot/). - Pronunciation (KRIK-et-ot): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it. **Last checked:** 20 October 2026. 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