Kartana Raid Guide

Kartana will be in 5-Star raids from 10:00 am September 1st, 2023 to 10:00 am September 16th, 2023. This article contains information about what it’s useful for and how to beat it.

Useful Information

What is it useful for?

Kartana is the best non-mega Grass type raid counter in the game. Interestingly, it is not useful as a Steel type raid attacker because it currently does not learn any Steel type moves!

Kartana is not useful in PvP.

How many players do I need?

In general, you should have 3-4 players in your group, however, Kartana can be defeated by 2 strong players or even soloed by 1 extremely strong player.

What counters should I use?

Kartana is a Grass Steel type Pokémon that is weak to Fighting type attacks and double weak to Fire type attacks.

Best Kartana counters:

Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*
Chandelure
Fire Spin
Overheat
Darmanitan
Fire Fang
Overheat
Heatran
Fire Spin
Magma Storm*
Moltres
Fire Spin
Overheat
Reshiram
Fire Fang
Fusion Flare*
Reshiram
Fire Fang
Overheat
Volcarona
Fire Spin
Overheat

*Legacy move

The shadow form is even stronger if you have one!

Good Kartana Counters:

Charizard
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*
Delphox
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*
Emboar
Ember
Blast Burn*
Entei
Fire Fang
Overheat
Ho-Oh
Incinerate
Sacred Fire*

*Legacy move

The shadow form is even stronger if you have one!

What Mega Pokémon should I use?

This depends on what you want to prioritize.

If you want a Mega Pokémon that will do as much damage as possible:

#1
Mega Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*
#2
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*

*Legacy move

If you want a Mega Pokémon that will stay on the field as long as possible:

#1
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn*

*Legacy move

If you want a Mega Pokémon that will give you extra candies while still doing a good amount of damage:

#1
Primal Groudon
Mud Shot
Fire Punch*
#2
Primal Groudon
Mud Shot
Fire Blast

*Legacy move

Thanks for reading and have fun raiding Kartana!