Pokemon GO debuts new Pokemon and their shiny forms via Raids pretty consistently! Kartana will soon be returning to the Ultra Wormhole Five-Star Raids, but this time around players can get its shiny form!
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Kartana is an Ultra Beast and these Pokemon are as formidable as they come! Players who want to take down Kartana with ease should use the guide below to identify its weaknesses and the best Pokemon to take into battle.
Best Counters For Kartana
Players have quite a few Pokemon options when taking on a Kartana Raid. Kartana is a Grass & Steel-type Pokemon, so players should use counters with Fire or Fighting-type moves to take full advantage of the Ultra Beast’s weaknesses. Fire-type attacks will deal a whopping 256% of their normal damage and Fighting-type moves will deal 160% of their normal damage.
The tables below will display the best options for fighting a Kartana. The first table lists Mega Pokemon, but because players can only have one Mega Pokemon active at one time there are only three options listed. The second table shows the best base Pokemon to take into battle. If none of the Pokemon listed are available, any monster with a strong Fire or Fighting-type move will do just fine!
Best Mega Pokemon
|
Pokemon |
Type |
Best Fast Attack |
Best Charged Attack |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mega Charizard Y |
|
Fire & Flying-type |
Fire Spin |
Blast Burn* |
|
Mega Blaziken |
 |
Fire & Fighting-type |
Fire Spin |
Blast Burn* |
|
Mega Houndoom |
 |
Dark & Fire-type |
Fire Fang |
Flamethrower |
*Some moves are no longer available to certain Pokemon and players need to use an Elite TM in order to equip the Pokemon with this move.
Best Base Pokemon
|
Pokemon |
Type |
Best Fast Attack |
Best Charged Attack |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Reshiram |
 |
Dragon & Fire-type |
Fire Fang |
Fusion Flare* |
|
Heatran |
 |
Fire & Steel-type |
Fire Spin |
Magma Storm* |
|
Chandelure |
 |
Ghost & Fire-type |
Incinerate |
Overheat |
|
Darmanitan |
 |
Fire-type |
Fire Fang |
Overheat |
|
Moltres |
 |
Fire & Flying-type |
Fire Spin |
Overheat |
|
Blaziken |
 |
Fire & Fighting-type |
Fire Spin |
Blast Burn |
*Some moves are no longer available to certain Pokemon and players need to use an Elite TM in order to equip the Pokemon with this move.
Can Kartana Be Shiny?
During its time in Five-Star Raids, Kartana’s shiny form will be debuting! The image above shows Kartana and its shiny form so players know what color variation to keep an eye out for. Kartana’s shiny form loses a bit of its yellow coloration and gains a black shadow around its upper body. This isn’t a very striking shiny, but it is still one that’s highly sought after.
While the chance of encountering a shiny Pokemon after a Raid is low, it is one of the best ways to shiny hunt Pokemon in Pokemon GO, so players should do as many Kartana Raids as possible if they hope to get their hands on one!
How To Catch A Perfect IV Kartana
Catching a 100% IV Kartana is no easy task. It is incredibly rare to encounter a perfect IV Pokemon at all, let alone a perfect IV Ultra Beast. Players hoping to score one of these Pokemon should keep an eye out for two specific CP values. If there is no weather boost present at the time of the Raid, the perfect IV Kartana will be 2101 CP. If the Pokemon is weather-boosted (Sunny or Snowy weather) then the perfect IV Pokemon will have a CP of 2626.
A perfect IV Kartana will have a 2101 CP, and a perfect weather-boosted Groudon will have a 2626 CP.
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