Pokemon GO Kabutops raid guide: Best counters, weaknesses, and more

The Pokemon GO Kabutops raid guide will help you defeat this Rock- and Water-type beast in 3-star raids. This monster’s Rock and Water elemental typing makes it vulnerable to various typings like Grass, Ground, Fighting, and Electric. Pokemon like Mega Sceptile, Kartana, Mega Venusaur, and Shadow Torterra are fantastic counters against Kabutops in these raids.

In this Pokemon GO Kabutops raid guide, you can find the best counters for this Ultra raid boss. We will also explore this Pokemon's moveset and weaknesses so that you'll know what to expect in this raid.

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Pokemon GO Kabutops raid guide: Strengths and weaknesses of the raid boss

Kabutops (Image via The Pokemon Company)

As a Rock- and Water-type beast, this monster is vulnerable to the following elemental typings:

• 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

If you want to perform well against this Fossil Pokemon, avoid choosing Pokemon that belong to the above-listed elemental typing.

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Best Kabutops counters in Pokemon GO

You can use a wide variety of Pocket Monsters to defeat Kabutops. We have classified this Pokemon GO Kabutops raid guide accordingly to help you easily decide.

Recommended Mega or Primal Pokemon for Kabutops

• Mega Sceptile
• Mega Venusaur
• Primal Groudon
• Mega Lopunny

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Recommended Legendary counters for Kabutops

• Groudon
• Zarude
• Tapu Bulu
• Shaymin

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Recommended Shadow counters for Kabutops

• Shadow Sceptile
• Shadow Torterra
• Shadow Tangrowth
• Shadow Venusaur
• Shadow Exeggutor
• Shadow Exeggutor
• Shadow Groudon
• Shadow Shiftry
• Shadow Cacturne
• Shadow Meganium

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Recommended budget counters for Kabutops

• Venusaur
• Torterra
• Sceptile
• Exeggutor
• Victreebel
• Chesnaught
• Roserade
• Meowscarada
• Meganium
• Decidueye
• Tangrowth

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Kabutops’s moveset as a raid boss in Pokemon GO

Kabutops (Image via The Pokemon Company)

As a 3-star raid boss, this monster can have the following moves:

Fast moves

• Mud Shot
• Rock Smash

Charged moves

• Ancient Power
• Water Pulse
• Stone Edge

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Catch Combat Power (CP) of Kabutops

This monster will have the following catch CPs:

• Weather boosted: 1,845 CP to 1,938 CP at level 25 with partly cloudy and rainy weather boost
• Non-weather boosted: 1,476 CP to 1,550 CP at level 20

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100% IV CP of Kabutops

• Weather boosted: 1,938 CP
• Non-weather boosted: 1,476 CP

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