Dynamax Kabuto Counters

List of best counters for defeating Dynamax Kabuto in Pokémon GO Max Battles. The counters are sorted by damage dealt to the Max Boss. For an in-depth explanation of the best Max Battle charging and attacking strategy scroll to the bottom of this page.

Simulation settings

Best counter 👑

G-Max Drum Solo

G-Max Vine Lash

Max Overgrowth

Max Overgrowth

G-Max Chi Strike

Gigantamax Toxtricity

G-Max Stun Shock

Thwackey

Max Overgrowth

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	Max Move Damage	Max Phases
1.	Gigantamax Rillaboom	Scratch	G-Max Drum Solo	1224.39	1
2.	Gigantamax Venusaur	Vine Whip	G-Max Vine Lash	1026.91	2
3.	Rillaboom	Razor Leaf	Max Overgrowth	952.53	2
4.	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Max Overgrowth	798.93	2
5.	Gigantamax Machamp	Karate Chop	G-Max Chi Strike	750.57	2
6.	Gigantamax Toxtricity	Spark	G-Max Stun Shock	720.46	2
7.	Thwackey	Razor Leaf	Max Overgrowth	675.31	2
8.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Metal Claw	Behemoth Blade	653.86	2
9.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Max Quake	633.16	2
10.	Urshifu (Single Strike Style)	Rock Smash	Max Knuckle	630.82	2
11.	Urshifu (Rapid Strike Style)	Rock Smash	Max Knuckle	630.82	2
12.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Max Lightning	628.48	2
13.	Ivysaur	Vine Whip	Max Overgrowth	622.86	2
14.	Raikou	Volt Switch	Max Lightning	600.39	2
15.	Machamp	Karate Chop	Max Knuckle	584.00	3
16.	Toxtricity (Low Key Form)	Spark	Max Lightning	560.58	3
17.	Toxtricity (Amped Form)	Spark	Max Lightning	560.58	3
18.	Passimian	Rock Smash	Max Knuckle	555.90	3
19.	Greedent	Bullet Seed	Max Overgrowth	547.32	3
20.	Gigantamax Inteleon	Water Gun	G-Max Hydrosnipe	522.16	3
21.	Gigantamax Gengar	Sucker Punch	G-Max Terror	520.28	3
22.	Grookey	Razor Leaf	Max Overgrowth	514.22	3
23.	Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Metal Claw	Behemoth Bash	499.58	3
24.	Bulbasaur	Vine Whip	Max Overgrowth	499.24	3
25.	Kingler	Mud Shot	Max Quake	498.54	3
26.	Falinks	Rock Smash	Max Knuckle	488.00	3
27.	Gigantamax Kingler	Mud Shot	G-Max Foam Burst	480.77	3
28.	Machoke	Low Kick	Max Knuckle	450.54	3
29.	Inteleon	Water Gun	Max Geyser	406.35	3
30.	Gengar	Shadow Claw	Max Phantasm	404.88	3

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Best defenders

The best Pokémon to use as defenders in a Max Battle against Kabuto are: Crowned Shield Zamazenta, Crowned Sword Zacian, Gigantamax Rillaboom, Corviknight, Gigantamax Venusaur, Venusaur, Gigantamax Blastoise, and Blastoise.

Crowned Shield Zamazenta

Metal Claw (0.5s)

Metal Claw (0.5s)

Scratch (0.5s)

Sand Attack (0.5s)

Vine Whip (0.5s)

Vine Whip (0.5s)

Water Gun (0.5s)

Water Gun (0.5s)

Defenders are the Pokémon that soak damage outside of the Max phase and help you charge up the Max Energy meter. Important factors for these Pokémon include having high Defence and HP stats, being resistant to the moves from the opposing Pokémon, and also having a 0.5 second fast move which will charge the Max meter as fast as possible. These Pokémon will benefit from having their Guard and Spirit max moves levelled up.

How are we ranking best Attackers for Max Battles?

In order to calculate best Max Battle Counters for Kabuto, we calculate how much damage each eligible Pokémon does to Kabuto during the Max Phase. We use Level 3 Max and Gigantamax Move stats for this calculation, and we assume ideal battle conditions – that there is no lag, and that the attacker will fire 3 consecutive Max Attacks. We order the attackers based on their damage output only. This may seem counter intuitive at first, but remember that in Max Battles you start with a tank/defender Pokémon, and you switch in the Attacker when you reach the Max Phase. You don't need to care about attacker survivability, the only thing you need to make sure is that you are dealing as much damage as possible during this phase.