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Cobalion Raid Counter Guide
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Cobalion Raid Trio Guide

Table of Contents

How Shiny is Acquired
Raids
  • Original
  • Shiny

Pokemon Ratings

Ultra League PVP Rating See all 3 / 5
Master League PVP Rating See all 2 / 5

Pokemon Stats

Type
250.00 kg Weight
2.10 m Height
Pokemon Max CP
Level 50: 3,417
Level 40: 3,022
ATK 192
DEF 229
STA 209

PVE Movesets Grades

Quick Charge ATK DEF
Metal Claw
Iron Head
B
Zen Headbutt
Sacred Sword*
B-
Metal Claw
Sacred Sword*
A
Show Suboptimal/Unranked Movesets

PVE Offensive Moves Explanation

  • Metal Claw + Sacred Sword allows Cobalion to hit for Super Effective STAB damage against Rock and Ice-types.
  • Metal Claw pairs with Iron Head to make Cobailion a reasonable Steel-type attacker, though since Steel and Fighting have such overlapping coverage, this set will see less use.
  • Zen Headbutt is just worse than Metal Claw, so there's no real argument towards using it, but Sacred Sword is so strong that this pair has higher DPS than the double Steel set.
  • Close Combat is worse in every way than the exclusive Sacred Sword. It's also worse than Iron Head where they would both be Super Effective.
  • Stone Edge is a good charge move, but lacking STAB puts it behind the other options. 

PVE Overview

Cobalion's unimpressive stats and lack of a Fighting-type fast move in it's learnset keeps Cobalion from achieving anything truely great. Even against Regice or Regirock where Cobalion can utilize Metal Claw + Sacred Sword for a dual Super Effective STAB moveset, there's plenty of Pokemon that will be better suited.

Cobalion walks so that Terrakion can fly (In this analogy, Virizion is also walking, maybe even crawling). Sacred Sword had to be balanced around all three legendaries in the Sword of Justice trio, and maybe even Keldeo too. For this reason, Sacred Sword Cobalion isn't enough to make it a huge PvE force.

PVP Movesets Grades

Quick Charge ATK
Metal Claw
Sacred Sword*
Stone Edge
A
Metal Claw
Sacred Sword*
Iron Head
A-

PvP Moveset Explanation

Metal Claw + Sacred Sword and Stone Edge or Iron Head

Metal Claw is the only real option available, since Zen Headbutt is awful for PvP. 

All of Cobalion's charge moves can be useful depending on the format. Sacred Sword is absolutely your first choice, as it's Cobalion's strongest standalone move. Stone Edge and Iron Head are basically down to preference, though Stone Edge is the stronger move in a vacuum.

PvP Rating Explanation

Great League: N/A

As of right now the only way to obtain Cobalion is through raids, and even if traded to reroll its IVs, the CP would still be too high to qualify for Great League. Maybe in the future Cobalion will be obtainable through Research Breakthrough, in which case it can be eligible for this league. 

Ultra League: 3 / 5

Despite Sacred Sword's strength, Cobalion is unable to beat the most common Steel-types in even shield scenarios. While it's certainly not unusable, it ends up performing like Registeel, but worse in pretty much all scenarios, even giving up some very valuable wins. Don't rush to invest in Cobalion.

Master League: 2 / 5

Steel-types are incredibly common in Master League, with incredible resistances making them very strong. As such, you might expect Cobalion, a mon that would theoretically be an anti-Steel Steel-type, to be very powerful. Sadly, it just doesn't make the cut, as either a Steel or a Fighter. It's probably better to look elsewhere on this one.

Fast Moves

8
Metal Claw
More Info

Steel

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS EPU DPS DPS w/STAB True DPS
0.70
0.20
10.00
11.43
14.29
12
Zen Headbutt
More Info

Psychic

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS EPU DPS DPS w/STAB True DPS
1.10
0.20
9.09
10.91
13.64

Charge Moves

100
Close Combat
More Info

Fighting

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
2.30
1.30
0.00
 1.00
43.48
54.35
 43.48
60
Iron Head
More Info

Steel

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
1.90
0.40
0.00
 1.20
31.58
39.47
 37.89
100
Stone Edge
More Info

Rock

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
2.30
1.40
0.00
 1.00
43.48
54.35
 43.48

Elite Charge Moves

55
Sacred Sword
More Info

Fighting

1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
1.4x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
1.20
1.40
0.00
 1.67
45.83
57.29
 76.39

Secondary Charge Move Unlock Cost

Candy 100
Stardust 100,000

Other

Flee Rate 10.0 %
Buddy Distance 20 km
Capture Rate2.0 %

Pokemon Type Chart

Vulnerable

160% damage
160% damage
160% damage

Resistant

39.1% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
39.1% damage
39.1% damage
62.5% damage

Raid Boss Catch Rate

Fighting Medal

None
Bronze
Silver
Gold

Steel Medal

None
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Normal Nice! Great! Excellent!
No Berry -
Curve
Razz Berry -
Curve
Golden Razz Berry -
Curve

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Cobalion in the Raid and Trainer Battle Meta

Pokemon Min/Max CP Values

How to use: You need to know your Pokemon's exact level. To find exactly what level your Pokémon is, power up your Pokémon following this chart until you're certain of your level from Stardust cost changes.

A Pokémon's minimum level is 1.

Every time you power up, your Pokémon gains half a level.

StardustLevelMin CPMax CP
20013742
2001.57688
2002116133
2002.5155179
4003195225
4003.5235270
4004274316
4004.5314362
6005353407
6005.5393453
6006433498
6006.5472544
8007512590
8007.5551635
8008591681
8008.5631727
10009670772
10009.5710818
100010749863
100010.5787907
130011824950
130011.5862993
1300128991036
130012.59371079
1600139741122
160013.510121166
16001410491209
160014.510861252
19001511241295
190015.511611338
19001611991381
190016.512361424
22001712741468
220017.513111511
22001813491554
220018.513861597
25001914241640
250019.514611683
25002014991727
250020.515361770
30002115741813
300021.516111856
30002216491899
300022.516861943
35002317241986
350023.517612029
35002417982072
350024.518362115
40002518732159
400025.519112202
40002619482245
400026.519862288
45002720232331
450027.520612374
45002820982418
450028.521362461
50002921732504
500029.522112547
50003022482590
500030.522672612
60003122862634
600031.523052655
60003223232677
600032.523422698
70003323612720
700033.523792742
70003423982763
700034.524172785
80003524362806
800035.524542828
80003624732849
800036.524922871
90003725112893
900037.525292914
90003825482936
900038.525672957
100003925862979
1000039.526043000
100004026233022
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