Top Claydol Counters in Pokémon GO Raids

Raid Battles

Claydol CP range from Raids

Claydol can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

  • From 1063 CP to 1126 CP, with no weather boost
  • From 1328 CP to 1408 CP with Sunny and Windy weather boost

Claydol weaknesses

Claydol type chart

When fighting Claydol, keep in mind the that Ground and Psychic-type Pokémon are weak to Bug, Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ice, and Water-type moves. They take reduced damage from Fighting, Poison, Psychic, Rock, and Electric-type moves.

Claydol takes increased damage from:Claydol takes increased damage from:
+60.0%
  • Bug
  • Dark
  • Ghost
  • Grass
  • Ice
  • Water
Claydol takes reduced damage from:Claydol takes reduced damage from:
-37.5%
  • Fighting
  • Poison
  • Psychic
  • Rock
-60.9%
  • Electric

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Claydol

Move-typeUsage (%)Weather
Ghost78.0%
  • fogFog
Grass76.0%
  • sunnySunny
Dark70.0%
  • fogFog
Water68.0%
  • rainRain
Bug50.0%
  • rainRain
Ice30.0%
  • snowSnow
Steel8.0%
  • snowSnow
Dragon6.0%
  • windyWindy
Flying4.0%
  • windyWindy
Psychic4.0%
  • windyWindy
Ground4.0%
  • sunnySunny
Normal2.0%
  • partlyCloudyPartly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Claydol in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Claydol down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

This guide displays a list of best Claydol counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge attacks, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used. Reddit

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.

Best Claydol Counters (updated July 2025)