Kabutops Raid Guide

Kabutops is a Tier 3 Raid Boss, holding a Raid Boss CP of 19990 and a dual Rock/Water typing. If you want a chance at taking down a Kabutops solo style, then it is recommended to wait until being at least level 30.

There are few factors that can truly influence the fight, from picking the right counters, to waiting for the correct weather, to anticipating its strongest moves. Kabutops can be difficult, but not impossible for the dedicated Trainer.

Kabutops can be captured from raids with the following CP values:

• 1476 – 1550 CP at Level 20, with perfect IV score
• 1845 – 1938 CP at Level 25, boosted by Partly Cloudy and Rainy weather, with perfect IV score

Kabutops Counters

Kabutops, being a dual Rock/Water type Pokémon, has a weakness to Grass, Ground, Fighting, and Electric type moves. The DPS (Damage per second) difference between these counters is not that big, so as long as you have a reasonable CP team composed of any of the Pokémon you see here, you should be ready to solo Kabutops.

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	2	63s
2.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	2	68s
3.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	2	77s
4.	Sky Shaymin	Magical Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	3	74s
5.	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	2	78s
6.	Shadow Sceptile	Bullet Seed Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	3	73s
7.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	2	81s
8.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	2	77s
9.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	3	76s
10.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Power Whip Grass	3	77s
11.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Solar Beam Grass	3	82s
12.	Alola Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	3	82s
13.	Shadow Victreebel	Magical Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	4	79s
14.	Chesnaught	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	2	91s
15.	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed Grass	Solar Beam Grass	3	81s
16.	Roserade	Magical Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	3	83s
17.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed Grass	Grass Knot Grass	3	87s
18.	Decidueye	Magical Leaf Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	3	87s
19.	Meowscarada	Leafage Grass	Grass Knot Grass	4	84s
20.	Land Shaymin	Magical Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	2	92s
21.	Shaymin	Magical Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	2	92s
22.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Solar Beam Grass	3	88s
23.	Shadow Shiftry	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	4	82s
24.	Tsareena	Magical Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	3	89s
25.	Shadow Cacturne	Sand Attack Ground	Grass Knot Grass	5	80s
26.	Shadow Meganium	Magical Leaf Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	3	88s
27.	Torterra	Razor Leaf Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	2	94s
28.	Sceptile	Bullet Seed Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	3	88s
29.	Tangrowth	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	3	93s
30.	Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	3	92s

Kabutops Stats and Max CP in Pokémon GO

Kabutops RockWater
Max CP at Level 40 2713| Max CP at Level 50 3067
ATK 220		DEF 186		HP 155
Weak to			Resistances
Grass Electric Fighting Ground			Fire Flying Ice Normal Poison

Kabutops Raid Boss Movesets

Kabutops has access to all of the following movesets:

• Mud Shot Ground (Fast)
• Rock Smash Fighting (Fast)
• Ancient Power Rock (Charged, 3 bars)
• Water Pulse Water (Charged, 2 bars)
• Stone Edge Rock (Charged, 1 bar)

When comparing all of Kabutops’s possible movesets, it becomes clear that there really isn’t an easy pick for counters against movesets because there is such a large variation in its moves’ typings.

Do not be discouraged if you encounter a Kabutops with a stronger moveset, just be prepared to make more than one attempt when battling.

Below is a moveset table that shows off Kabutops’s movesets ranked by difficulty, the ranking was determined by the TDMG (Total Damage) caused by a single energy cycle.

Weather Influence

Right off the bat, you should always avoid attempting to solo raid Kabutops in Rainy or Partly Cloudy weather because of its typing, as it will be an even bigger challenge to take down. Because of Kabutop’s heavy weakness to Grass types, you should really look at waiting until Sunny weather appears and using your best Grass attack counters.

Below is a table that shows off the weather advantages and disadvantages in relation to Kabutops and the counters in question.

Final Notes

• Wait until at least level 30 in order to solo raid Kabutops
• Take advantage of Grass types when battling against Kabutops
• Kabutops’s strongest moveset is Rock Smash Fighting / Ancient Power Rock and its weakest is Mud Shot Ground / Stone Edge Rock
• Avoid attempting to solo Kabutops in Rainy or Partly Cloudy weather, your best bet is to wait for Sunny weather to appear and use your Grass type attacks
• Avoid using Pokémon that will take super effective damage, unless they have a high CP and DPS value
• Be prepared to fail, it happens to the strongest of players, so be sure to stack up on your revives and potions for whenever you need them in the heat of battle