Claydol counters

#0344

ground psychicTier 3

Lobby CP

14,527

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

113

Defense

178

Difficulty

0.64

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

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy ★Partly cloudy Cloudy Windy Snow ★Fog ★

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good 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 an Ice Mega — most top counters attack with Ice

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 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 Mega Greninja, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Kyurem (White), Shadow Darkrai, Kyurem (Black) & Shadow Hydreigon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Kyurem (White)
S. Darkrai
Kyurem (Black)
S. Hydreigon

8 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 %

1Mega GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+0.591:43
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.621:49
3Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+0.621:50
4Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.651:54
5Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.681:59
6Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.682:00
7Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.702:02
8Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.702:03
9Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.712:04
10Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.712:05
11Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.712:05
13Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Freeze Shock0.732:08
14Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.752:11

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

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Top 15 Claydol counters in detail

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Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	1:43	0.59	1.9	227.5%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	1:49	0.62	2.5	215.4%
3	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	1:50	0.62	4.2	214.3%
4	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	1:54	0.65	2.3	205.5%
5	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	1:59	0.68	1.6	197.7%
6	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	2:00	0.68	3.0	196.3%
7	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	2:02	0.70	2.5	192.0%
8	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	2:03	0.70	2.6	191.0%
9	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	2:04	0.71	1.9	189.6%
10	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	2:05	0.71	4.7	188.3%
11	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	2:05	0.71	3.2	187.3%
12	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	2:07	0.72	4.0	185.2%
13	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	ghostShadow ClawiceFreeze Shock	4,605	2:08	0.73	2.7	183.5%
14	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	2:11	0.75	3.0	179.1%
15	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	2:11	0.75	2.0	179.1%

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.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	140%	191.8%	2:02	2.5	0.70
Confusion / Shadow Ball	100%	147%	190.0%	2:04	2.6	0.70
Mud-Slap / Shadow Ball	100%	135%	190.1%	2:03	2.9	0.70
Mud-Slap / Earthquake	100%	117%	190.7%	2:03	3.5	0.70
Extrasensory / Earthquake	100%	125%	191.1%	2:03	3.2	0.70
Confusion / Earthquake	100%	126%	191.3%	2:03	3.0	0.70
Extrasensory / Gyro Ball	100%	153%	191.8%	2:02	2.4	0.70
Extrasensory / Earth Power	100%	130%	192.0%	2:02	2.9	0.70
Extrasensory / Ice Beam	100%	151%	192.1%	2:02	2.4	0.70
Extrasensory / Shadow Ball	100%	148%	192.3%	2:02	2.5	0.69
Extrasensory / Scorching Sands	100%	131%	192.5%	2:02	2.8	0.69
Confusion / Scorching Sands	100%	133%	192.8%	2:02	2.8	0.69
Mud-Slap / Earth Power	100%	124%	192.9%	2:02	3.2	0.69
Extrasensory / Psychic	100%	174%	193.1%	2:02	1.7	0.69
Mud-Slap / Psychic	100%	156%	193.2%	2:02	2.1	0.69
Mud-Slap / Rock Tomb	100%	149%	193.3%	2:01	2.3	0.69
Mud-Slap / Ice Beam	100%	143%	193.4%	2:01	2.7	0.69
Mud-Slap / Gyro Ball	100%	142%	193.5%	2:01	2.6	0.69
Confusion / Earth Power	100%	133%	193.5%	2:01	2.9	0.69
Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	100%	126%	193.6%	2:01	3.1	0.69
Confusion / Gyro Ball	100%	154%	193.7%	2:01	2.2	0.69
Confusion / Ice Beam	100%	152%	193.9%	2:01	2.3	0.69
Confusion / Rock Tomb	100%	161%	193.9%	2:01	2.0	0.69
Extrasensory / Rock Tomb	100%	162%	194.2%	2:01	1.9	0.69
Confusion / Psychic	100%	176%	194.7%	2:01	1.8	0.69

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

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.

bug1.6x ghost1.6x water1.6x grass1.6x ice1.6x dark1.6x normal1x flying1x ground1x steel1x fire1x dragon1x fairy1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x rock0.63x psychic0.63x electric0.39x

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

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusionSTAB	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
groundMud-SlapSTAB	19	+13	1.5s	1.25s
psychicExtrasensorySTAB	11	+11	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
psychicPsychicSTAB	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
groundScorching SandsSTAB	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
groundEarth PowerSTAB	100	-50	3.5s	2.60s
ghostShadow Ball	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
iceIce Beam	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
steelGyro Ball	85	-50	3.5s	3.20s
rockRock Tomb	65	-50	3.0s	2.05s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,063	1,328
11/11/11	1,075	1,344
12/12/12	1,088	1,360
13/13/13	1,100	1,376
14/14/14	1,113	1,392
15/15/15hundo	1,126	1,408

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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 113 / Defense 178 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

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.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	100%	227.5%	0.59	1:43	1.7	100%	3,784	35.3	1368
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	91%	215.4%	0.62	1:49	2.3	100%	3,842	34.0	1240
3	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	84%	214.3%	0.62	1:50	3.9	100%	3,383	33.9	717
4	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	89%	205.5%	0.65	1:54	2.1	100%	3,701	32.8	1229
5	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	89%	197.7%	0.68	1:59	1.4	100%	5,902	30.7	1469
6	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	80%	196.3%	0.68	1:60	2.8	100%	4,056	30.6	962
7	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	82%	192.0%	0.70	2:02	2.3	100%	4,099	30.5	1156
8	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	81%	191.0%	0.70	2:03	2.4	100%	4,605	29.7	1034
9	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	84%	189.6%	0.71	2:04	1.7	100%	4,093	29.5	1358
10	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	72%	188.3%	0.71	2:05	4.4	100%	4,336	30.1	672
11	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	77%	187.3%	0.71	2:05	2.9	100%	3,739	29.2	932
12	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	73%	185.2%	0.72	2:07	3.6	100%	3,301	28.9	776
13	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	77%	183.5%	0.73	2:08	2.4	100%	4,605	28.8	1022
14	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	74%	179.1%	0.75	2:11	2.7	100%	3,625	27.8	1002
15	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	78%	179.1%	0.75	2:11	1.8	100%	5,347	27.6	1392
16	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	75%	178.6%	0.75	2:11	2.6	100%	4,115	27.7	977
17	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	77%	177.5%	0.75	2:12	2.0	100%	6,428	27.4	1193
18	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	72%	176.6%	0.76	2:13	3.0	100%	3,834	27.5	986
19	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	75%	175.6%	0.76	2:14	2.1	100%	4,401	27.2	1212
20	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	72%	172.4%	0.78	2:16	2.6	100%	4,814	27.1	1020
21	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	67%	171.0%	0.78	2:17	4.1	100%	2,757	26.7	695
22	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	68%	170.8%	0.78	2:17	3.3	100%	2,654	26.6	827
23	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	64%	170.4%	0.78	2:18	4.9	100%	2,526	27.0	605
24	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	72%	169.9%	0.79	2:18	2.3	100%	6,112	26.7	1115
25	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	66%	169.9%	0.79	2:18	4.3	100%	3,594	26.7	653
26	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	65%	169.0%	0.79	2:19	4.3	100%	2,829	26.7	659
27	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Snarl / Crabhammer	Snarl / Crabhammer+11 more movesets	66%	168.8%	0.79	2:19	4.0	100%	2,474	26.6	726
28	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	67%	167.8%	0.80	2:20	3.6	100%	3,677	26.1	786
29	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	69%	167.2%	0.80	2:20	2.8	100%	3,683	25.9	931
30	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	63%	166.0%	0.80	2:21	4.9	100%	3,105	26.6	590

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