Pokémon Go Kartana counters, weaknesses and best moveset explained

Kartana weaknesses and counters in Pokémon Go

Below you’ll find Kartana’s weaknesses and counters which will help you defeat it in Pokémon Go:

• Kartana type - Grass / Steel
• Kartana is double-weak against – Fire-type attacks
• Kartana is weak against - Fighting-type attacks
• Best Kartana Mega counters - Mega Charizard Y is your strongest option, followed closely by the the Mega fire-licking kicking chicken, Blaziken. There's not much difference between them, though, so use whichever you have that has the higher CP.
• Best Kartana counters - Reshiram is your strongest option, followed by Heatran, Blacephalon, Darmanitan, Moltres and Volcarona.
• Other Kartana notes - You absolutely ned to take advantage of the double-weakness to Fire-type attacks, so ignore the weakness to Fighting-types. Bring your biggest burniest Pokémon and you should be fine.

Kartana CP levels in Pokémon Go

Here are the CP levels for fighting and catching Kartana in Pokémon Go:

• Kartana Raid CP - 58,102 CP
• CP range for catching Kartana - 2010 to 2101 CP
• Weather (Cloudy or Rain) when being caught - 2512 to 2626 CP
• Max Kartana CP (at level 40) - 4156 CP

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Kartana best moveset in Pokémon Go

Our recommendation for Kartana’s moveset is Razor Leaf (Fast) and Leaf Blade (Charged), which are both Grass moves.

Despite its dual Grass and Steel-typing, it doesn't have a Steel move in its roster on debut - otherwise you can opt for Aerial Ace (flying) as a second move if you have the Candy and Stardust to spare.

Below you can find the complete Fast and Charged moveset for Kartana in Pokémon Go:

Fast Moves:

• Air Slash (Flying)
• Razor Leaf (Grass)

Charged Moves:

• Aerial Ace (Flying)
• Leaf Blade (Grass)
• Night Slash (Dark)
• X-Scissor (Bug)

Everything else we know about Kartana

Kartana made its first appearance in Pokémon Go alongside Celesteela during Season of Light in September 2022 in the week of the Test Your Mettle event.

On debut, Kartana is only available in gyms in the Northern Hemisphere - meaning if it doesn't appear locally for you, you must receive a remote raid invite to battle and attempt to catch.

As part of Gen 7, Kartana debuted in Pokémon Sun and Moon where it could be encountered during the postgame of Sun.

According to the offical Pokédex entry, Kartana's body is "thin as paper" and "like a sharpened sword". You know what's more worrying? "Although it’s alien to this world and a danger here, it’s apparently a common organism in the world where it normally lives." Let's hope just the one gets through the Ultra Wormhole, then.

Good luck catching Kartana in Pokémon Go!