Kartana Raid Duo Guide

Table of Contents

Weather/Moves
Raid Guide
Best Counters
Raid Graph

HP	15,000	ATK	225.27	DEF	143.83

CP Range
Lvl 20	2010 - 2101	Lvl 25	2512 - 2626

Boosts Boss's Moves	Boosts Counters' Moves
Sunny / Clear, Fog, Rain, Windy	Sunny / Clear, Cloudy

Move	Difficulty
Air Slash	Intermediate
Razor Leaf	Easy

Move	Difficulty
Night Slash	Challenging
Aerial Ace	Challenging
X-Scissor	Easy
Leaf Blade	Intermediate

Overview

Kartana is a highly valuable Pokemon, so most players will definitely want to add it to their team. Well, it's actually not terribly hard to do so, as this is a Pokemon with lower base Defense and a double-weakness to one of the game's more potent types; Fire. This is going to be a fairly easy duo for most players, and even a reasonable Solo if the weather is Sunny. In fact, many of the top Pokemon on this list are actually solo-viable should you face Kartana under clear weather.

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Approach

Team composition

A combination of any of the top Fire Types can borderline trivialize this fight.
Two players sporting a team consisting of nothing but Mega Charizard Y or Mega Blaziken and a bunch of Max Revives should be able to burn this origami razer to ash in no time.

Dodging strategy

Kartana is fully loaded with 3-bar moves, so expect a torrent of charged moves that starts early in the game. Most of these moves are hard to dodge too, so it's probably best to just power through.

Raid Counter Search String

If you want to make finding the best counters for this raid as simple as possible, click on the button below to copy a Search String to your clipboard. Pasting this in the search bar in Pokemon Go will show a list of all of the Pokemon featured in this article to make building your strongest possible raid team a bit easier.

Mega Charizard Y

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Spin

Blast Burn

Best

Despite not having quite the same DPS of Mega Blaziken, Mega Charizard Y is still very much an optimal counter, especially against Grass movesets which it double-resists. In general, Mega Charizard Y will stay a bit behind Mega Blaziken, but its TDO will tend to be substantially higher.

Strengths: Razor Leaf (2x), Leaf Blade (2x), X-Scissor (2x)

Weaknesses: None

Mega Blaziken

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Spin

Blast Burn

Best

When it comes down to sheer DPS, nothing on this list can quite match Mega Blaziken. It sports a great mix of DPS and TDO that can make this raid borderline trivial.

Strengths: Razor Leaf, Leaf Blade, X-Scissor (2x),Night Slash

Weaknesses: Air Slash, Aerial Ace

Mega Houndoom

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Fang

Flamethrower

Best

Despite not being anywhere near as strong as Mega Charizard Y or Mega Blaziken, Mega Houndoom is a solid budget-Mega with good overall performance. It also has the advantage of resisting Night Slash, which is pretty rare among Kartana's top counters. Prioritize the two big-names, but Mega Houndoom is a fine backup.

Strengths: Razor Leaf, Leaf Blade, Night Slash

Weaknesses: None

Primal Groudon

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Best

Good

While Primal Groudon has the potential to dwarf every other Fire Type in the game, its moveset holds it back. So why is it on this list, especially with a neutral-damage fast move? Because its presence on your team automatically boosts the rest of the team, meaning it's a great option if you're not planning on bringing any other Mega Evolutions along to actually fight.

Strengths: X-Scissor

Weaknesses: None

Mega Charizard X

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Spin

Blast Burn

Best

No, you mis-tapped. De-Mega your Charizard, then go back and tap the button that says "Mega Charizard Y".

Strengths: Razor Leaf (2x), Leaf Blade (2x), X-Scissor

Weaknesses: None

Shadow Moltres

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Spin

Overheat

Best

The shadow-variant of one of the original Legendary Pokemon, Shadow Moltres continues to remain relevant despite its heavy competition. With the one of the highest average performances among non-Mega Pokemon, Shadow Moltres is definitely worth a raid spot!

Strengths: Razor Leaf (2x), Leaf Blade (2x), X-Scissor (2x)

Weaknesses: None

Shadow Darmanitan

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Fang

Overheat

Best

Shadow Darmanitan is a power-house, and is a great option to run a Kartana solo. While not many have this burning ape as of this writing due to how new it is, it's still likely to be a top-tier Fire Type for a long time, so don't hesitate to invest!

Strengths: Razor Leaf, Leaf Blade, X-Scissor

Weaknesses: None

Reshiram

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Fang

Fusion Flare

Best

Finally leaving the Shadow Realm for a moment, Reshiram is the dragon of Truth, and it truly does pack a punch. Its high power, great moveset, and outstanding typing means that it's easily one of the absolute best options for this raid, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the top Shadows due to its sheer fiery fury.

Strengths: Razor Leaf (2x), Leaf Blade (2x), X-Scissor

Weaknesses: None

Shadow Blaziken

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Spin

Blast Burn

Best

While definitely on the frail side, Shadow Blaziken still manages to hit very hard and earns itself a place on this list.

Strengths: Razor Leaf, Leaf Blade, X-Scissor (2x)

Weaknesses: Air Slash, Aerial Ace

Shadow Chandelure

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Spin

Overheat

Best

Shadow Chandelure's Ghost typing isn't extremely helpful for this raid, especially when Night Slash shows up, it's still perfectly fine, and makes X-Scissor that much easier to deal with. Regardless, Shadow Chandelure is outstanding in its own right.

Strengths: Razor Leaf, Leaf Blade, X-Scissor (2x)

Weaknesses: Night Slash

Shadow Charizard

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Spin

Blast Burn

Best

Even when not Mega Evolved, Charizard finds a way. While less powerful than Shadow Moltres, Shadow Charizard sports a very similar overall performance, and is a great option in-and-of itself.

Strengths: Razor Leaf (2x), Leaf Blade (2x), X-Scissor (2x)

Weaknesses: None

Shadow Entei

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Fang

Overheat

Best

The age-old debate of Moltres Vs. Entei seems to have finally ended, but Entei still rises at any opportunity to lite the world ablaze. In particular, Shadow Entei can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with pretty much any of the above counters, though this is one time that its mono-Fire typing comes at a cost, as it doesn't have a double resistance to Grass Type attacks.

Strengths: Razor Leaf, Leaf Blade, X-Scissor

Weaknesses: None

Heatran

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Spin

Magma Storm

Best

Heatran counters Kartana hard. It resists all of the origami Ultra Beast's moves save Night Slash, and even double-resists the majority of its moveset. On top of that, it hits really hard thanks to Magma Storm, making it an outstanding counter for this raid.

Strengths: Air Slash, Razor Leaf (2x), Leaf Blade (2x), X-Scissor (2x), Aerial Ace

Weaknesses: None

Shadow Ho-Oh

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Best

Best

While it can't quite hit as hard as Shadow Moltres, Shadow Ho-oh has huge survivabilty that can see it through duo runs easily. Apex Shadow Ho-oh with Sacred Fire+ is the ideal choice here, but the vanilla flavor with normal Sacred Fire is still outstanding.

Please don't purity your Apex Shadow Ho-oh!

Strengths: Razor Leaf (2x), Leaf Blade (2x), X-Scissor (2x)

Weaknesses: None

Shadow Typhlosion

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Incinerate

Blast Burn

Best

That's right, Shadow Typhlosion breaks into our Supreme Counters! While a bit less powerful than the above, it still has all of the power that it needs to burn Kartana to a crisp.

Strengths: Razor Leaf, Leaf Blade, X-Scissor

Weaknesses: None

Shadow Infernape

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Spin

Blast Burn

Best

While easily overlooked, Shadow Infernape is genuinely a good Fire Type that can put in the work.

Strengths: Razor Leaf, Leaf Blade, X-Scissor (2x), Night Slash

Weaknesses: Air Slash, Aerial Ace

Volcarona

Fast Move	Charge Move	Rating

Fire Spin

Overheat

Best

The Solar Moth itself, Volcarona counters Kartana's Grass Type movesets hard, but doesn't really appreciate its Flying Type moveset. Regardless, it's still a great option!

Strengths: Razor Leaf (2x), Leaf Blade (2x), X-Scissor

Weaknesses: Air Slash, Aerial Ace