Kabutops #0141

RockWater

Max CP	L402713L503067L51 · Best Buddy3103
Buddy Distance	5 km per Candy
Released	Jul 6, 2016May 24, 2018

Type Effectiveness

Kabutops takes 256% from Grass, and 160% from Electric, Fighting and Ground moves.

Weak ×2.6

Grass

Weak ×1.6

ElectricFightingGround

Resists ×0.6

NormalIcePoisonFlying

Resists ×0.4

Fire

Kabutops is a Rock/Water-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, doubly weak to Grass and weak to Electric, Fighting and Ground.

It reaches 3067 CP at level 50, or 3103 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Fury Cutter with Stone Edge, which needs an Elite TM.

Base Stats

Attack220

Defense186

Stamina155

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	BugFury Cutter	RockStone Edge	11.1	177
2	WaterWaterfall	RockStone Edge	11.0	175
3	WaterWaterfall	NormalReturn	10.8	171
4	WaterWaterfall	RockAncient Power	10.7	169
5	WaterWaterfall	WaterWater Pulse	10.4	165
6	BugFury Cutter	RockAncient Power	10.3	164
7	GroundMud Shot	RockStone Edge	10.1	160
8	BugFury Cutter	NormalReturn	10.1	160

12 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	GroundMud Shot	RockAncient Power	9.9	157
10	WaterWaterfall	WaterAqua Jet	9.8	156
11	BugFury Cutter	WaterWater Pulse	9.8	155
12	GroundMud Shot	WaterWater Pulse	9.3	147
13	GroundMud Shot	NormalReturn	9.3	147
14	FightingRock Smash	RockAncient Power	9.2	146
15	BugFury Cutter	WaterAqua Jet	9.0	142
16	GroundMud Shot	WaterAqua Jet	8.6	137
17	FightingRock Smash	RockStone Edge	8.6	136
18	FightingRock Smash	WaterWater Pulse	8.5	135
19	FightingRock Smash	NormalReturn	8.3	132
20	FightingRock Smash	WaterAqua Jet	8.1	128

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Waterfall	Water	13	7	1.0s	13.0	7.0
Rock Smash	Fighting	17	12	1.5s	11.3	8.0
Mud Shot	Ground	4	6	0.5s	8.0	12.0
Fury CutterE	Bug	4	8	0.5s	8.0	16.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
ReturnP	Normal	25	33	0.5s	50.0	0.76
Stone Edge	Rock	105	100	2.5s	42.0	1.05
Water Pulse	Water	65	50	3.0s	21.7	1.30
Ancient Power	Rock	70	33	3.5s	20.0	2.12
Aqua Jet	Water	45	33	2.5s	18.0	1.36

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Waterfall	Water	11	10	3	3.7	3.3
Rock Smash	Fighting	9	7	3	3.0	2.3
Fury CutterE	Bug	3	4	1	3.0	4.0
Mud Shot	Ground	3	9	2	1.5	4.5

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
ReturnP	Normal	130	70	1.86
Stone Edge	Rock	100	55	1.82
Aqua Jet	Water	70	40	1.75
Ancient Power	Rock	60	45	1.33
Water Pulse	Water	80	50	1.60

DPS damage per second · EPS energy per second · DPE damage per energy.

Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.

Purified: Return is learned by purifying a Shadow.

Evolution Family

Kabuto

#0140

RockWater

45 purified

Kabutops

#0141

RockWater

Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Tier 5 raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

1Mega SceptileGrassBullet SeedGrassFrenzy PlantE50.5 eDPS
2Mega ChesnaughtGrassVine WhipGrassSeed Bomb+49.0 eDPS
3KartanaGrassRazor LeafGrassLeaf Blade46.0 eDPS
4Mega Mewtwo XFightingCounterEFightingDynamic Punch+42.9 eDPS
5Sky Forme ShayminGrassMagical LeafGrassGrass Knot42.3 eDPS
6Mega VenusaurGrassVine WhipGrassFrenzy PlantE42.2 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Not stronger than the everyday pick against any Tier 5 or Mega boss.

The everyday pick is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that pick would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	110710/10/10	116215/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	147610/10/10	155015/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	184510/10/10	193815/15/15
L40	40	23330/0/0	271315/15/15
L50	50	26370/0/0	306715/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	26690/0/0	310315/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	1162	999
Level 20	1550	1333
Level 25	1938	1666
Level 30	2325	1999
Level 35	2519	2166
Level 40	2713	2333
Level 45	2887	2483
Level 50	3067	2637
Level 51	3103	2669

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move	75 Candy · 75,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	1.3 m · 40.5 kg
Gender Ratio	87.5%12.5%
Trading	TradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Kabutops in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/14/101497 CP at level 21

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/14/10	1497	21	100.00%
#2	0/12/12	1499	21	99.98%
#3	2/15/14	1496	20.5	99.97%
#4	1/13/10	1500	21	99.95%
#5	0/10/14	1500	21	99.94%
#6	3/14/14	1499	20.5	99.92%
#7	0/8/15	1497	21	99.88%
#8	1/7/15	1500	21	99.81%
#9	1/15/14	1490	20.5	99.52%
#10	1/15/15	1494	20.5	99.52%

A 15/15/15 ranks #2920 of 4,096, with 94.24% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/14/152497 CP at level 39

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/14/15	2497	39	100.00%
#2	0/14/13	2500	39.5	99.96%
#3	2/15/14	2500	38.5	99.92%
#4	0/15/14	2496	39	99.74%
#5	0/12/14	2495	39.5	99.71%
#6	0/15/12	2499	39.5	99.70%
#7	1/11/14	2500	39.5	99.66%
#8	0/13/15	2491	39	99.50%
#9	1/15/14	2489	38.5	99.47%
#10	1/15/15	2496	38.5	99.47%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1472 of 4,096, with 96.58% of the best stat product.

Ultra League Rankings on PvPoke

Ranked by stat product at the highest level under the CP cap.

Trades and research have at least 10 in each IV, lucky trades 12. Check your own. This ranks IVs only. For the meta, see PvPoke.

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Kabutops #0141

Type Effectiveness

Base Stats

Best Movesets

Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Evolution Family

Top Counters

Worth Powering Up?

CP by Level

Dex Details

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

Ultra League