Kabuto counters

#0140

rock waterTier 1

Lobby CP

4,970

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Kabuto should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 730-783.

Weak tograss2.56xfighting1.6xground1.6xelectric1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy ★Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Grass Mega — most top counters attack with Grass

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Kabuto counters are Kartana, Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Chesnaught, Shadow Venusaur, Shadow Torterra & Shadow Tangrowth.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Kartana
M. Mewtwo X
S. Chesnaught
S. Venusaur
S. Torterra
S. Tangrowth

5 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.040:07
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
3Mega SceptileMegaBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.050:08
4Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.050:09
5Mega VenusaurMegaVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.050:09
6Shadow ChesnaughtShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.050:09
7Shadow VenusaurShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.050:09
8Mega Raichu XMegaThunder Shock / Volt Tackle+0.050:09
9Shadow TorterraShadowpartyRazor Leaf / Frenzy Plant0.050:09
10Mega VictreebelMegaRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.050:09
11Shadow TangrowthShadowpartyVine Whip / Power Whip0.050:09

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

Related countersShadow Kabuto

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Top 15 Kabuto counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Kartanagrasssteeljoint top pick	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
3	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:08	0.05	5129.4%
4	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	4,093	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
5	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
6	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
7	Shadow Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,720	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
8	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:09	0.05	4790.1%
9	Shadow Torterragrassground	grassRazor LeafgrassFrenzy Plant	2,934	0:09	0.05	4759.8%
10	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,505	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
11	Shadow Tangrowthgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,030	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
12	Rillaboomgrass	grassRazor LeafgrassGrass Knot	3,324	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
13	Roseradegrasspoison	grassRazor LeafgrassGrass Knot	2,971	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
14	Meowscaradagrassdark	grassLeafagegrassFrenzy Plant	2,825	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
15	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	4480.0%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Kabuto.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Kabuto's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1329%	5014.5%	0:09	0.05
Scratch / Rock Tomb	100%	1413%	4982.7%	0:09	0.05
Scratch / Ancient Power	100%	1396%	5014.5%	0:09	0.05
Mud Shot / Ancient Power	100%	1435%	5014.5%	0:09	0.05
Scratch / Aqua Jet	100%	1314%	5022.5%	0:09	0.05
Mud Shot / Aqua Jet	100%	1391%	5022.5%	0:09	0.05
Mud Shot / Rock Tomb	100%	1420%	5022.5%	0:09	0.05

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Kabuto weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

grass2.56x fighting1.6x ground1.6x electric1.6x rock1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x water1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x poison0.63x ice0.63x fire0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (3)
Neutral (9)
Resists (5)

It resists fire0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xpoison0.625xice0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Kabuto throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalScratch	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
groundMud Shot	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock TombSTAB	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s
rockAncient PowerSTAB	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s
waterAqua JetSTAB	45	-33	2.5s	1.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	730	913
11/11/11	741	926
12/12/12	751	939
13/13/13	762	952
14/14/14	772	965
15/15/15hundo	783	979

Caught CP range 730 - 783, or 913 - 979 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Kabuto is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 97 / Defense 92 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	91%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,677	80.2	601
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	88.4	707
3	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	80%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,056	73.7	626
4	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+20 more movesets	83%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,093	68.3	615
5	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	77%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,698	67.7	609
6	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	77%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,954	68.1	613
7	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	72%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,720	67.7	609
8	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	73%	4790.1%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,510	74.3	676
9	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	75%	4759.8%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,934	70.1	642
10	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	69%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,505	63.6	604
11	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	70%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,030	64.1	609
12	Rillaboom grass Razor Leaf / Grass Knot	Razor Leaf / Grass Knot+9 more movesets	70%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,324	64.0	608
13	Roserade grasspoison Razor Leaf / Grass Knot	Razor Leaf / Grass Knot+29 more movesets	67%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,971	64.5	613
14	Meowscarada grassdark Leafage / Frenzy Plant	Leafage / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	68%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,825	63.8	606
15	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	66%	4480.0%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,780	79.9	777
16	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Leaf Blade	Bullet Seed / Leaf Blade+11 more movesets	65%	4386.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,757	66.4	659
17	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	63%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,592	63.6	636
18	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	70%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,833	61.9	619
19	Shadow Porygon-Z normalshadow Lock-On / Solar Beam	Lock-On / Solar Beam+14 more movesets	75%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,266	68.9	689
20	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm	Volt Switch / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	61%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,659	65.8	658
21	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	66%	4192.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,826	68.1	707
22	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	60%	4156.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,922	61.2	641
23	Tsareena grass Razor Leaf / Grass Knot	Razor Leaf / Grass Knot+17 more movesets	62%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,964	57.9	608
24	Decidueye grassghost Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+19 more movesets	63%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,775	57.8	607
25	Regieleki electric Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage	Thunder Shock / Thunder Cage+11 more movesets	59%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,803	57.5	604
26	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	58%	4063.2%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,431	67.1	719
27	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	59%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	5,902	55.4	609
28	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Leaf Blade	Psycho Cut / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	61%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,521	55.1	606
29	Mega Abomasnow grassicemega Razor Leaf / Energy Ball	Razor Leaf / Energy Ball+14 more movesets	57%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,405	55.4	609
30	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Leaf Blade	Low Kick / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	57%	3959.8%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,093	56.4	620

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.2 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.