Kabuto counters

#0140

rock waterTier 3

Lobby CP

12,176

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

118

Defense

113

Difficulty

0.32

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

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

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 Mega Sceptile, Kartana, Shaymin (Sky), Shadow Sceptile, Shadow Tangrowth & Shadow Venusaur.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Sceptile
Kartana
Shaymin (Sky)
S. Sceptile
S. Tangrowth
S. Venusaur

2 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 %

1Mega SceptileMegapartyBullet Seed / Frenzy Plant0.280:50
2Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.280:50
3KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Leaf Blade0.310:55
4Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.320:56
5Shaymin (Sky)LegendarypartyMagical Leaf / Grass Knot0.341:00
6Shadow SceptileShadowpartyFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.341:00
7Shadow TangrowthShadowpartyVine Whip / Power Whip0.341:01
8Shadow VenusaurShadowpartyVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.351:01
9Shadow ChesnaughtShadowVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.351:01
10Mega VenusaurMegaVine Whip / Frenzy Plant0.361:03

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

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Raid tier — Group 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	Mega Sceptilegrassdragonjoint top pick	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:50	0.28	0.6	472.0%
2	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfightingjoint top pick	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:50	0.28	0.0	469.4%
3	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,677	0:55	0.31	0.7	428.0%
4	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:56	0.32	0.0	419.1%
5	Shaymin (Sky)grassflying	grassMagical LeafgrassGrass Knot	3,592	1:00	0.34	0.9	389.8%
6	Shadow Sceptilegrass	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	2,757	1:00	0.34	1.1	388.9%
7	Shadow Tangrowthgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,030	1:01	0.34	0.7	387.6%
8	Shadow Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,720	1:01	0.35	0.8	383.3%
9	Shadow Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	2,954	1:01	0.35	0.4	382.9%
10	Mega Venusaurgrasspoison	grassVine WhipgrassFrenzy Plant	3,698	1:03	0.36	0.6	373.1%
11	Mega Victreebelgrasspoison	grassMagical LeafgrassLeaf Blade	3,505	1:03	0.36	0.6	372.9%
12	Xurkitreeelectric	electricThunder ShockgrassPower Whip	3,937	1:03	0.36	1.2	371.1%
13	Zarudedarkgrass	grassVine WhipgrassPower Whip	3,833	1:04	0.36	0.5	369.2%
14	Shadow Torterragrassground	grassRazor LeafgrassFrenzy Plant	2,934	1:04	0.36	0.8	367.1%
15	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	1:04	0.37	0.4	365.9%

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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	331%	409.2%	0:57	0.7	0.33
Scratch / Rock Tomb	100%	287%	405.0%	0:58	1.1	0.33
Mud Shot / Rock Tomb	100%	294%	405.1%	0:58	1.0	0.33
Mud Shot / Ancient Power	100%	294%	405.6%	0:58	1.0	0.33
Scratch / Ancient Power	100%	287%	406.4%	0:58	1.0	0.33
Mud Shot / Aqua Jet	100%	459%	410.9%	0:57	0.1	0.33
Scratch / Aqua Jet	100%	429%	411.9%	0:57	0.1	0.32

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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 118 / Defense 113 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

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

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

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	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Sceptile top pickgrassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	89%	472.0%	0.28	0:50	0.5	100%	4,056	72.9	2610
2	Mega Chesnaught top pickgrassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	469.4%	0.28	0:50	0.0	100%	4,093	72.2	3608
3	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	80%	428.0%	0.31	0:55	0.6	100%	3,677	66.6	2403
4	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	84%	419.1%	0.32	0:56	0.0	100%	6,112	64.4	3606
5	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	69%	389.8%	0.34	1:00	0.9	100%	3,592	61.0	2282
6	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	68%	388.9%	0.34	1:00	1.0	100%	2,757	60.2	1897
7	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	70%	387.6%	0.34	1:01	0.6	100%	3,030	60.5	2455
8	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	68%	383.3%	0.35	1:01	0.7	100%	2,720	60.9	2305
9	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	73%	382.9%	0.35	1:01	0.4	100%	2,954	61.5	2988
10	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	71%	373.1%	0.36	1:03	0.5	100%	3,698	60.4	2664
11	Mega Victreebel grasspoisonmega Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+23 more movesets	68%	372.9%	0.36	1:03	0.6	100%	3,505	58.6	2499
12	Xurkitree electric Thunder Shock / Power Whip	Thunder Shock / Power Whip+7 more movesets	64%	371.1%	0.36	1:03	1.1	100%	3,937	59.1	1767
13	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	71%	369.2%	0.36	1:04	0.5	100%	3,833	56.9	2709
14	Shadow Torterra grassgroundshadow Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+14 more movesets	68%	367.1%	0.36	1:04	0.7	100%	2,934	57.0	2184
15	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	68%	365.9%	0.37	1:04	0.3	100%	3,826	57.1	3000
16	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	62%	363.3%	0.37	1:05	1.2	100%	3,780	59.7	1717
17	Rillaboom grass Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Razor Leaf / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	65%	357.8%	0.37	1:06	0.6	100%	3,324	56.6	2484
18	Shadow Alolan Exeggutor grassdragonshadow Bullet Seed / Solar Beam	Bullet Seed / Solar Beam+7 more movesets	63%	356.9%	0.37	1:06	0.9	100%	3,014	56.9	2293
19	Roserade grasspoison Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+29 more movesets	62%	351.8%	0.38	1:07	1.1	100%	2,971	56.0	1843
20	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Solar Beam	Mud Shot / Solar Beam+9 more movesets	63%	349.3%	0.38	1:07	0.7	100%	5,902	56.4	2486
21	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	59%	348.8%	0.38	1:07	1.1	100%	4,161	54.4	1672
22	Breloom grassfighting Force Palm / Grass Knot	Force Palm / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	61%	347.0%	0.39	1:08	0.9	100%	2,628	53.5	1810
23	Shadow Victreebel grasspoisonshadow Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade	Magical Leaf / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	58%	346.9%	0.39	1:08	1.4	100%	2,431	54.6	1502
24	Tapu Bulu grassfairy Bullet Seed / Grass Knot	Bullet Seed / Grass Knot+9 more movesets	61%	339.1%	0.39	1:09	0.6	100%	3,419	52.2	2348
25	Shadow Meganium grassshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	59%	336.8%	0.40	1:10	0.9	100%	2,410	52.5	1974
26	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb	Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb+11 more movesets	58%	335.8%	0.40	1:10	1.3	100%	3,014	52.6	1653
27	Decidueye grassghost Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant	Magical Leaf / Frenzy Plant+19 more movesets	60%	334.7%	0.40	1:10	0.8	100%	2,775	52.9	2235
28	Shadow Tangela grassshadow Vine Whip / Grass Knot	Vine Whip / Grass Knot+7 more movesets	56%	330.5%	0.40	1:11	1.4	100%	2,238	52.0	1541
29	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Leaf Blade	Low Kick / Leaf Blade+19 more movesets	61%	329.3%	0.41	1:11	0.7	100%	4,521	51.7	2279
30	Chesnaught grassfighting Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	63%	328.1%	0.41	1:12	0.3	100%	2,954	50.4	2923

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.