Kartana Raid Duo Guide

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

Heatran counters Kartana hard. It resists all of the origami Ultra Beast's moves, 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.

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.

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!

..how does it punch without hands? I guess that's one of the great mysteries of Pokemon!

Often overlooked, but still a perfectly fine pick here!

Yet another vanilla Fire Type, and still very viable for the Duo.

A bit frail, but the resistance to Night Slash can be handy.

Watch out for Flying Type movesets!

Doesn't care for Night Slash.

Even going off-type with an objectively bad Charged Move, Shadow Salamence still has the raw power to be good here.

See also: Blaziken.

Sure, Sacred Fire++ is objectively an amazing move, but if you have that then that means that you purified your Apex Shadow Ho-oh.... please tell me that you didn't purify your Apex Shadow Ho-oh.

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Monkey no like Flying Type movesets.

It's honestly getting hard to say anything useful about mono-Fire types at this point.

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Delphox does not appreciate Kartana's Bug or Dark Type moves.

Yes, Kartana is so weak to Fire that even Flareon gets invited.