Top Kabutops Counters in Pokémon GO Raids

The strongest Pokémon to use against Kabutops are: Mega Sceptile, Kartana, Mega Venusaur, Shadow Sceptile, Shadow Venusaur, Sky Forme Shaymin, and Shadow Tangrowth. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Kabutops in a 3-Star Raid.

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Mega Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant *

#1

Kartana

Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade

#2

Mega Venusaur

Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant *

#3

Shadow Sceptile

Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant *

#4

Shadow Venusaur

Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant *

#5

Sky Forme Shaymin

Magical Leaf / Grass Knot

#6

Shadow Tangrowth

Vine Whip / Power Whip

#7

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	57.34	1935.2	1	66s	55.7
2.	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	53.08	1417.5	2	71s	51.2
3.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	47.56	1952.1	1	79s	46.7
4.	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	48.56	1031.9	3	78s	46.5
5.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	47.56	1274.9	2	80s	46.0
6.	Sky Forme Shaymin	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	47.62	1342.0	2	78s	45.9
7.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	47.04	1378.9	2	80s	45.8
8.	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	46.27	1420.0	2	81s	45.1
9.	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	45.41	1778.8	2	82s	44.5
10.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Power Whip	46.35	945.3	3	83s	44.4
11.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm *	Aura Sphere	44.63	1534.8	2	84s	43.5
12.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	44.68	1352.7	2	83s	43.4
13.	Roserade	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	43.95	1151.1	3	86s	42.3
14.	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	43.80	1284.5	2	85s	42.3
15.	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	44.22	1051.1	3	85s	42.2
16.	Meowscarada	Leafage	Frenzy Plant *	43.70	1002.4	3	86s	41.9
17.	Rillaboom	Razor Leaf	Grass Knot	42.46	1372.5	2	88s	41.4
18.	Breloom	Force Palm	Grass Knot *	42.42	1075.1	3	89s	41.0
19.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	41.77	1397.4	2	89s	40.7
20.	Decidueye	Magical Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	41.74	1303.2	2	90s	40.5
21.	Mega Gallade	Low Kick	Leaf Blade	41.13	1522.7	2	91s	40.2
22.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	41.43	1275.7	2	91s	40.2
23.	Shadow Victreebel	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Blade	43.31	856.7	4	88s	40.1
24.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	40.41	1814.4	1	92s	39.7
25.	Shadow Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	41.06	1122.2	3	92s	39.7
26.	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	40.89	1209.7	2	92s	39.6
27.	Sceptile	Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant *	40.87	1038.9	3	92s	39.4
28.	Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	39.79	1277.7	2	95s	38.7
29.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	39.23	1378.5	2	95s	38.3
30.	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	41.35	719.5	5	93s	38.1

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You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Kabutops in a 3-Star Raid.

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Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

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Kabutops CP range from Raids

Kabutops can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 1476 CP to 1550 CP, with no weather boost
From 1845 CP to 1938 CP with Partly Cloudy and Rain weather boost

Kabutops weaknesses

Kabutops type chart

When fighting Kabutops, keep in mind the that Rock and Water-type Pokémon are weak to Grass, Electric, Fighting, and Ground-type moves. They take reduced damage from Flying, Ice, Normal, Poison, and Fire-type moves.

Kabutops takes increased damage from:
+156.0%	Grass
+60.0%	Electric Fighting Ground

Kabutops takes reduced damage from:
-37.5%	Flying Ice Normal Poison
-60.9%	Fire

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Kabutops

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	266.0%	Sunny
Fighting	60.0%	Cloudy
Electric	26.0%	Rain
Ground	26.0%	Sunny
Normal	8.0%	Partly Cloudy
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Bug	4.0%	Rain
Ghost	2.0%	Fog
Fairy	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Kabutops in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Kabutops down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

This guide displays a list of best Kabutops counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge attacks, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used. Reddit

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.