Kakuna counters

#0014

bug poisonTier 1

Lobby CP

1,417

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Kakuna should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 216-246.

Weak toflying1.6xrock1.6xfire1.6xpsychic1.6x

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 Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

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 Kakuna counters are Shadow Mewtwo, Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Alakazam, Shadow Moltres, Shadow Gigalith & Blacephalon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Mewtwo
M. Mewtwo Y
S. Alakazam
S. Moltres
S. Gigalith
Blacephalon

4 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 %

1Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.030:06
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.030:06
3Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.030:06
4Shadow AlakazamShadowpartyPsycho Cut / Psychic0.040:07
5Mega AlakazamMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.040:07
6Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire0.040:07
7Mega GalladeMegaPsycho Cut / Psychic0.040:07
8Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyWing Attack / Fly0.040:07
9Shadow GigalithShadowpartyLock-On / Meteor Beam0.040:07
10BlacephalonLegendarypartyAstonish / Mind Blown0.040:07

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 Kakuna

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Top 15 Kakuna 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	Shadow Mewtwopsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:06	0.03	7207.3%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,428	0:06	0.03	7124.9%
3	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:06	0.03	7124.9%
4	Shadow Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	3,057	0:07	0.04	6657.0%
5	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:07	0.04	6586.6%
6	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire	4,783	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
7	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,521	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
8	Shadow Moltresfireflying	flyingWing AttackflyingFly	3,465	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
9	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
10	Blacephalonfireghost	ghostAstonishfireMind Blown	3,297	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
11	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingAerial Ace	5,713	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
12	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
13	Shadow Galarian Articunopsychicflying	psychicPsycho CutflyingFly	3,590	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
14	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
15	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	0:07	0.04	5813.6%

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 Kakuna.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Kakuna'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”: 3 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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	2153%	6588.5%	0:07	0.04
Poison Sting / Struggle	100%	2156%	6561.0%	0:07	0.04
Bug Bite / Struggle	100%	2151%	6602.4%	0:07	0.04

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…

Kakuna 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.

flying1.6x rock1.6x fire1.6x psychic1.6x normal1x ground1x ghost1x steel1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x poison0.63x bug0.63x fairy0.63x fighting0.39x grass0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (5)

It resists fighting0.39xgrass0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Kakuna throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s
poisonPoison StingSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.28s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalStruggle	35	-0	2.0s	1.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	216	270
11/11/11	222	278
12/12/12	228	285
13/13/13	234	293
14/14/14	240	300
15/15/15hundo	246	308

Caught CP range 216 - 246, or 270 - 308 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.

Kakuna 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 36 / Defense 53 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

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

Share these exact settings

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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Mewtwo top pickpsychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	93%	7207.3%	0.03	0:06	100%	4,178	109.7	663
2	Mega Mewtwo Y top pickpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	100%	7124.9%	0.03	0:06	100%	6,428	124.8	763
3	Mega Mewtwo X top pickpsychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	99%	7124.9%	0.03	0:06	100%	6,112	120.5	737
4	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	76%	6657.0%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,057	92.1	603
5	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	82%	6586.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,510	101.6	672
6	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+23 more movesets	79%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,783	88.9	622
7	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	78%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,521	88.3	618
8	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	79%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,465	90.9	636
9	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	83%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,228	88.9	622
10	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	83%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,297	95.6	669
11	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Aerial Ace	Air Slash / Aerial Ace+11 more movesets	76%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	5,713	85.4	640
12	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	78%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,754	84.4	633
13	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	72%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,590	80.3	602
14	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	71%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,178	80.4	603
15	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	70%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,689	94.3	707
16	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Flamethrower	Fire Spin / Flamethrower+29 more movesets	69%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,455	84.9	679
17	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blaze Kick	Fire Spin / Blaze Kick+20 more movesets	67%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,161	80.4	643
18	Shadow Entei fireshadow Fire Spin / Flamethrower	Fire Spin / Flamethrower+11 more movesets	68%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,473	76.5	612
19	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Fire Fang / Flamethrower	Fire Fang / Flamethrower+17 more movesets	68%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,842	78.1	625
20	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+19 more movesets	69%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,979	78.6	629
21	Shadow Hisuian Arcanine firerockshadow Fire Fang / Flamethrower	Fire Fang / Flamethrower+11 more movesets	69%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,145	75.3	602
22	Salamence dragonflying Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	68%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,749	80.1	641
23	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Extrasensory / Psychic	Extrasensory / Psychic+11 more movesets	63%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,014	79.3	634
24	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Zen Headbutt / Fly	Zen Headbutt / Fly+8 more movesets	65%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,425	76.3	610
25	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+15 more movesets	64%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,825	79.8	638
26	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Peck / Sky Attack	Peck / Sky Attack+7 more movesets	61%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,711	76.8	614
27	Yveltal darkflying Gust / Oblivion Wing	Gust / Oblivion Wing+17 more movesets	69%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,781	75.0	600
28	Galarian Articuno psychicflying Confusion / Fly	Confusion / Fly+7 more movesets	69%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,590	78.1	625
29	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	68%	5265.8%	0.05	0:08	100%	5,031	81.1	670
30	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	65%	5265.8%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,749	87.4	722

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