How to solo defeat Kabutops in Pokemon GO 3-star raids

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Kabutops solo raid guide (Image via The Pokemon Company)

You can solo defeat Kabutops in Pokemon GO’s 3-star raids if you have strong Grass, Fighting, Ground, and Electric-type counters in your raid party. Kabutops is hard to find in this game, so if you do not have this Pocket Monster, now is the right time to add this creature to your collection.

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In this article, we will discuss everything you need to know to solo defeat Kabutops in Pokemon GO’s three-star raids, including some of the best counters for this raid boss.


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Is it difficult to solo defeat Kabutops in Pokemon GO 3-star Raids?

Kabutops in the anime (Image via The Pokemon Company)
Kabutops in the anime (Image via The Pokemon Company)

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Kabutops is a dual Rock- and Water-type Pokemon. As a result, this Pocket Monster is vulnerable to the following elemental typings:

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  • Grass (160% increased damage)
  • Electric (160% increased damage)
  • Fighting (160% increased damage)
  • Ground (160% increased damage)

Kabutops is resistant to the following types of monsters:

  • Fire
  • Flying
  • Ice
  • Normal
  • Poison

As a 3-star Rock and Water-type Raid boss, Kabutops has decent stats with an attack stat of 220 and a defense stat of 186. It comes with a maximum Combat Power (CP) of 19,990 and has access to a nice set of moves like Mud Shot, Stone Edge, Water Pulse, Ancient Power, and Rock Smash.

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Since it does not have a high Combat Power stat, it won't be hard to solo defeat Kabutops in Pokemon GO 3-star raids. Its defense stat is also not high enough to tank your attacks, so if you have strong counters, you can easily solo a Kabutops raid.


How to solo defeat Kabutops in Pokemon GO 3-star raids

Kabutops (Image via The Pokemon Company)
Kabutops (Image via The Pokemon Company)

For this Rock and Water-type raid boss, you must have maxed-out or high-level Fire-type Pokemon in your raid party. Here are some recommended counters to use against Kabutops:

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  • Mega Sceptile
  • Kartana
  • Mega Venusaur
  • Sky Forme Shaymin
  • Shadow Torterra
  • Shadow Sceptile
  • Zarude
  • Shadow Tangrowth
  • Shadow Venusaur
  • Xurkitree
  • Primal Groudon
  • Shadow Alolan Exeggutor
  • Chesnaught
  • Roserade
  • Decidueye
  • Meowscarada
  • Shaymin
  • Shadow Groudon

Also read: Should you purify Shadow Groudon in Pokemon GO?


As mentioned before, Kabutops has a comparatively low Combat Power (CP) stat of 19,990 as a 3-star Raid Boss. If you have strong counters like the ones mentioned above, you can deal a lot of damage to this raid boss and take down its HP quickly. This will let you easily solo defeat it.

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You should also dodge the attacks coming from Kabutops. Doing so will ensure that your attackers don't take too much damage during the battle. Thus, you will not waste too many resources reviving their health points.


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Edited by Siddharth Satish
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