Caterpie Max Battle Guide [Pokémon GO]

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Caterpie Recommended Party Compositions

Optimal team compositions combining Tank and Attacker roles for Caterpie.

Caterpie Counter Team — With Legendary / Gigantamax

Zamazenta Crowned Shield (Tank)

Regirock (Tank)

Gigantamax Cinderace (Attacker)

Zamazenta Crowned Shield (Tank)

Registeel (Tank)

Gigantamax Charizard (Attacker)

Blissey (Tank)

Zacian Crowned Sword (Tank)

Darmanitan (Attacker)

Metagross (Tank)

Corviknight (Tank)

Moltres (Attacker)

Gengar (Tank)

Omastar (Tank)

Flareon (Attacker)

Regice (Tank)

Sableye (Tank)

Ho-Oh (Attacker)

Caterpie Counter Team — Without Legendary / Gigantamax

Blissey (Tank)

Darmanitan (Attacker)

Blissey (Tank)

Metagross (Tank)

Flareon (Attacker)

Corviknight (Tank)

Gengar (Tank)

Cinderace (Attacker)

Omastar (Tank)

Sableye (Tank)

Arcanine (Attacker)

Duraludon (Tank)

Excadrill (Tank)

Gigalith (Attacker)

Kabutops (Tank)

Vaporeon (Tank)

Charizard (Attacker)

Best Counters for Caterpie — Top 10 Attackers

Best Pokémon to defeat Caterpie in Max Battles, ranked by expected Max Move damage. The top counter is Gigantamax Cinderace.

#	Best Counter	Max Move	Damage
1	Gigantamax Cinderace	G-Max Fireball	1870.4
2	Gigantamax Charizard	G-Max Wildfire	1752.6
3	Darmanitan	Max Flare	1607.7
4	Moltres	Max Airstream	1534.4
5	Flareon	Max Flare	1503.8
6	Ho-Oh	Max Flare	1461.1
7	Cinderace	Max Flare	1455.0
8	Entei	Max Flare	1436.6
9	Arcanine	Max Flare	1387.8
10	Gigalith	Max Rockfall	1381.7

Best Tanks for Caterpie — Top 10 Durability

Most durable Pokémon against Caterpie, ranked by overall durability index. The best tank is Zamazenta Crowned Shield.

#	Best Tank	Fast Move	Durability
1	Zamazenta Crowned Shield	Metal Claw	28.83
2	Regirock	Lock-On	28.67
3	Registeel	Metal Claw	24.57
4	Blissey	Pound	23.83
5	Zacian Crowned Sword	Metal Claw	21.62
6	Metagross	Fury Cutter	21.50
7	Lugia	Extrasensory	21.00
8	Corviknight	Sand Attack	19.80
9	Gigalith	Smack Down	19.78
10	Chansey	Pound	18.30

Caterpie Durability Map for Counters

Compare Caterpie counters that combine damage output and bulk on a durability map plus ranked Top list. Pokémon in the upper-right corner are best for dual offense/tank duty. Y-axis = type bulk (0-100 deviation score with turns annotation), X-axis = combo DPS × Bug type matchup multiplier.

#	Pokémon	Move Combo	Bulk Index	Turns	DPS×Mult	Details
1	Zamazenta Crowned Shield	Metal Claw Behemoth Bash	87.0	28.83	7605 (×1.00)	Details
2	Regirock	Rock Throw Stone Edge	86.7	28.67	5533 (×1.60)	Details
3	Gigalith	Smack Down Meteor Beam	69.8	19.78	7662 (×1.60)	Details
4	Lugia	Extrasensory Aeroblast	72.1	21.00	7209 (×1.60)	Details
5	Moltres	Fire Spin Fly	53.0	10.94	9012 (×1.60)	Details