Kabutops
RockWater
Best attacking moveset: Fury Cutter and Stone Edge, worth 11.8 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Kabutops can learn 16 combinations. Fury Cutter with Stone Edge does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
That set is legacy. Fury Cutter is only obtainable with an Elite TM or from the event that gave it out, so the Kabutops you catch today cannot learn it. The best set it can learn now is Waterfall and Stone Edge, worth 11.6 damage per second.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mud Shot | Ground | 4 | 0.5s | +6 |
| Rock Smash | Fighting | 17 | 1.5s | +12 |
| Waterfall | Water | 13 | 1.0s | +7 |
| Fury Cutter Legacy | Bug | 4 | 0.5s | +8 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Power | Rock | 70 | 3.5s | -33 |
| Aqua Jet | Water | 45 | 2.5s | -33 |
| Stone Edge | Rock | 105 | 2.5s | -100 |
| Water Pulse | Water | 65 | 3.0s | -50 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Kabutops has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, evolution, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 3,067 at level 50, 2,713 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,550 CP at level 20, or 1,938 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,476 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 220 attack · 186 defense · 155 stamina |
What it costs
| Second charged move | 75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy |
|---|---|
| Buddy distance | 5 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 5,000 Stardust and 5 Candy |
| Size | 1.3 m and 40.5 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Kabutops does not have one best moveset, it has 6. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Fire, Bug, Ice.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Fire | Waterfall + Stone Edge | 17.3 |
| Bug | Fury Cutter + Stone Edge | 16.3 |
| Ice | Fury Cutter + Stone Edge | 16.3 |
| Ground | Waterfall + Water Pulse | 15.6 |
| Rock | Waterfall + Water Pulse | 15.6 |
| Fury Cutter + Stone Edge | 14.9 | |
| Grass | Fury Cutter + Stone Edge | 13.3 |
| Psychic | Fury Cutter + Stone Edge | 13.3 |
| Dark | Fury Cutter + Stone Edge | 13.3 |
| Normal | Rock Smash + Stone Edge | 12.7 |
| Poison | Mud Shot + Stone Edge | 12.2 |
| Electric | Mud Shot + Stone Edge | 12.2 |
| Water | Fury Cutter + Stone Edge | 11.8 |
| Dragon | Fury Cutter + Stone Edge | 11.8 |
| Ghost | Waterfall + Stone Edge | 11.6 |
| Fairy | Waterfall + Stone Edge | 11.6 |
| Steel | Rock Smash + Water Pulse | 11.2 |
| Fighting | Waterfall + Water Pulse | 10.4 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Kabutops is actually for.
Counters: what beats Kabutops
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kartana | GrassSteel | Razor Leaf + Leaf Blade | 47.0 |
 Xurkitree | Electric | Thunder Shock + Power Whip | 40.3 |
 Roserade | GrassPoison | Magical Leaf + Leaf Storm | 40.0 |
 Zarude | DarkGrass | Vine Whip + Power Whip | 39.3 |
 Rillaboom | Grass | Razor Leaf + Frenzy Plant Legacy | 38.8 |
 Breloom | GrassFighting | Force Palm + Grass Knot Legacy | 38.1 |
 Meowscarada | GrassDark | Leafage + Frenzy Plant Legacy | 37.9 |
 Decidueye | GrassGhost | Magical Leaf + Frenzy Plant Legacy | 37.3 |
 Tapu Bulu | GrassFairy | Bullet Seed + Grass Knot | 37.2 |
 Tsareena | Grass | Magical Leaf + Grass Knot | 36.7 |
Ranked by damage per second against Kabutops's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.