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Claydol counters

groundpsychicTier 1
Lobby CP
5,930
HP
600
Timer
3:00
Attack
92
Defense
145
Difficulty
0.09
Pokebattler scale

Beating Claydol should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,063-1,126.

Weak tobug1.6xghost1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6xdark1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMegaLegendaryShadow
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Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to
No boostSunny or clear ★Rainy ★Partly cloudyCloudyWindySnow ★Fog ★

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend
NoneGood friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others
Try a Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x
Off2 trainers3 trainers4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid
Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Claydol counters are Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Mega Sceptile, Kyurem (White), Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Kingler & Shadow Absol.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega
  1. Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
  2. M. Sceptile
  3. Kyurem (White)
  4. S. Darkrai
  5. S. Kingler
  6. S. Absol

7 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

  1. 1Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.090:15
  2. 2Mega SceptileMegapartyFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.090:16
  3. 3Mega GengarMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.090:16
  4. 4Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.090:16
  5. 5Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.090:16
  6. 6Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.090:17
  7. 7Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.090:17
  8. 8Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.090:17
  9. 9Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / Fell Stinger+0.100:17
  10. 10Mega HeracrossMegaFury Cutter / Megahorn0.100:18
  11. 11Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.100:18
  12. 13Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.100:18

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Solo Raid
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Related countersShadow Claydol
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Top 15 Claydol counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable
#AttackerMoveset
1Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghostjoint top pickghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam4,0990:150.090.02812.6%
2Mega SceptilegrassdragonbugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant4,0560:160.090.02717.9%
3Mega GengarghostpoisonghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball4,3360:160.090.02704.4%
4Mega GreninjawaterdarkwaterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+3,7840:160.090.02648.2%
5Primal KyogrewaterwaterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse5,9020:160.090.02642.1%
6Kyurem (White)dragoniceiceIce FangiceIce Burn4,6050:170.090.02618.3%
7Shadow DarkraidarkdarkSnarldarkFoul Play3,7390:170.090.02595.0%
8Mega AbsoldarkdarkSnarldarkBrutal Swing3,3010:170.090.02576.5%
9Mega BeedrillbugpoisonbugInfestationbugFell Stinger+3,3830:170.100.02518.1%
10Mega HeracrossbugfightingbugFury CutterbugMegahorn4,8140:180.100.02421.9%
11Shadow KinglerwaterwaterBubblewaterCrabhammer2,8290:180.100.02421.9%
12Mega BanetteghostghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball3,5940:180.100.02409.9%
13Shadow AbsoldarkdarkSnarldarkBrutal Swing2,5260:180.100.02397.2%
14Shadow KyogrewaterwaterWaterfallwaterHydro Pump4,1150:180.100.02356.5%
15Mega StarmiewaterpsychicwaterWater GunwaterLiquidation+3,7010:180.100.02356.5%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Claydol.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Claydol's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Claydol weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

bug1.6xghost1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6xdark1.6xnormal1xflying1xground1xsteel1xfire1xdragon1xfairy1xfighting0.63xpoison0.63xrock0.63xpsychic0.63xelectric0.39x
  • Weak (6)
  • Neutral (7)
  • Resists (5)

It resists electric0.39xfighting0.625xpoison0.625xrock0.625xpsychic0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Claydol throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
psychicConfusionSTAB19+141.5s0.50s
groundMud-SlapSTAB19+131.5s1.25s
psychicExtrasensorySTAB11+111.0s0.75s

Charged moves

MovePowerEnergyDurationHits at
groundEarthquakeSTAB140-1003.5s2.60s
psychicPsychicSTAB95-503.0s1.50s
groundScorching SandsSTAB90-503.0s1.40s
groundEarth PowerSTAB100-503.5s2.60s
ghostShadow Ball100-503.0s2.40s
iceIce Beam95-503.5s1.50s
steelGyro Ball85-503.5s3.20s
rockRock Tomb65-503.0s2.05s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spreadCP at L20CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor1,0631,328
11/11/111,0751,344
12/12/121,0881,360
13/13/131,1001,376
14/14/141,1131,392
15/15/15hundo1,1261,408

Caught CP range 1,063 - 1,126, or 1,328 - 1,408 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Claydol is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 92 / Defense 145 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#AttackerEst.TimeFaints
1
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
psychicghost
Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam
0.090:150.0
2
Mega Sceptile
grassdragonmega
Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant
0.090:160.0
3
Mega Gengar
ghostpoisonmega
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball
0.090:160.0
4
Mega Greninja
waterdarkmega
Water Shuriken / Surf+
0.090:160.0
5
Primal Kyogre
watermega
Waterfall / Origin Pulse
0.090:160.0
6
Kyurem (White)
dragonice
Ice Fang / Ice Burn
0.090:170.0
7
Shadow Darkrai
darkshadow
Snarl / Foul Play
0.090:170.0
8
Mega Absol
darkmega
Snarl / Brutal Swing
0.090:170.0
9
Mega Beedrill
bugpoisonmega
Infestation / Fell Stinger+
0.100:170.0
10
Mega Heracross
bugfightingmega
Fury Cutter / Megahorn
0.100:180.0
11
Shadow Kingler
watershadow
Bubble / Crabhammer
0.100:180.0
12
Mega Banette
ghostmega
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball
0.100:180.0
13
Shadow Absol
darkshadow
Snarl / Brutal Swing
0.100:180.0
14
Shadow Kyogre
watershadow
Waterfall / Hydro Pump
0.100:180.0
15
Mega Starmie
waterpsychicmega
Water Gun / Liquidation+
0.100:180.0
16
Mega Mewtwo X
psychicfightingmega
Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball
0.100:190.0
17
Mega Houndoom
darkfiremega
Snarl / Dark Pulse+
0.100:190.0
18
Shadow Weavile
darkiceshadow
Snarl / Avalanche
0.100:190.0
19
Shadow Samurott
watershadow
Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon
0.100:190.0
20
Mega Mewtwo Y
psychicmega
Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball
0.100:190.0
21
Mega Tyranitar
rockdarkmega
Bite / Brutal Swing
0.100:190.0
22
Shadow Hydreigon
darkdragonshadow
Bite / Brutal Swing
0.110:190.0
23
Mega Swampert
watergroundmega
Water Gun / Hydro Cannon
0.110:190.0
24
Shadow Crawdaunt
waterdarkshadow
Snarl / Razor Shell
0.110:190.0
25
Shadow Gengar
ghostpoisonshadow
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball
0.110:190.4
26
Kartana
grasssteel
Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade
0.110:190.0
27
Mega Blastoise
watermega
Water Gun / Hydro Cannon
0.110:190.0
28
Shadow Chandelure
ghostfireshadow
Astonish / Shadow Ball
0.110:190.1
29
Inteleon
water
Water Gun / Hydro Cannon
0.110:200.0
30
Shadow Chesnaught
grassfightingshadow
Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant
0.110:200.0
How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.
  • Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
  • Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
  • Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
  • Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.2 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.

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