Why are the Kabuto so strong, yet they give so little EXP?

Oct. 30, 2022

In Pokemon Mystery Dungeon EoS, I want to level up quickly, so I tried the Water/Rock maze, which consists of Omanyte and Kabuto. The Omanyte give around 100-150 exp, which is alright. But the Kabuto give 20, rarely 30, exp. Yet these Kabuto have to be, like, twice my level. It takes 4 Force Palms and an Absorb from both Riolu and Treeko. And it still sometimes hangs on. It does 30 damage with Scratch, which is over half of my health, and 52 damage with Aqua Jet, which literally leaves me with 7 hp. Why are these Kabuto so strong, but they only give around 20-30 exp?

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Kabuto is first encountered in the Beach Cave, which is the first dungeon you can go to. Pokémon from the starter dungeon scale lower, unfortunately.

Unlike the mainline games, EXP isn’t based on HP, so things like this just happen, I guess.