Aerodactyl is a Tier 3 Raid Boss in Pokémon GO and its counters are heavily based on a variety of Water, Electric, and Rock types that deal super effective damage and utilize its type weaknesses.
This Fossil Pokémon is a good addition to PvP, particularly in limited cup metas, and also has a string Mega Evolution to boot. Moreover, it cam be shiny.
Aerodactyl can be caught with the following CP values:
- 1515 – 1590 CP, no weather boost
- 1894 – 1988 CP, during Windy or Partly Cloudy weather
Aerodactyl can be easily defeated by 2 Trainers and can successfully be soloed due to relatively low defense and variety of available counters.
Aerodactyl Counters
| # | Pokémon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
|
Metal Claw Steel | Sunsteel Strike Steel | 2 | 79s |
| 2. |
Kyogre (Primal)
|
Waterfall Water | Origin Pulse Water | 2 | 82s |
| 3. |
Metagross (Shadow)
|
Bullet Punch Steel | Meteor Mash Steel | 3 | 85s |
| 4. |
Swampert (Mega)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 2 | 91s |
| 5. |
Kyogre (Shadow)
|
Waterfall Water | Origin Pulse Water | 3 | 89s |
| 6. |
Rampardos (Shadow)
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 6 | 83s |
| 7. |
Rhyperior (Shadow)
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Wrecker Rock | 3 | 94s |
| 8. |
Blastoise (Mega)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 3 | 98s |
| 9. |
Empoleon (Shadow)
|
Metal Claw Steel | Hydro Cannon Water | 3 | 97s |
| 10. |
Raikou (Shadow)
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 4 | 94s |
| 11. |
Swampert (Shadow)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 3 | 99s |
| 12. |
Xurkitree
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Discharge Electric | 5 | 93s |
| 13. |
Metagross
|
Bullet Punch Steel | Meteor Mash Steel | 3 | 103s |
| 14. |
Diancie (Mega)
|
Rock Throw Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 5 | 91s |
| 15. |
Electivire (Shadow)
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 5 | 92s |
| 16. |
Mamoswine (Shadow)
|
Powder Snow Ice | Avalanche Ice | 5 | 93s |
| 17. |
Kingler (Shadow)
|
Bubble Water | Crabhammer Water | 5 | 92s |
| 18. |
Manectric (Mega)
|
Thunder Fang Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 4 | 96s |
| 19. |
Tyranitar (Mega)
|
Smack Down Rock | Stone Edge Rock | 3 | 106s |
| 20. |
Zapdos (Shadow)
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Thunderbolt Electric | 5 | 96s |
| 21. |
Gyarados (Mega)
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 3 | 108s |
| 22. |
Magnezone (Shadow)
|
Spark Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 4 | 98s |
| 23. |
Excadrill (Shadow)
|
Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | 4 | 101s |
| 24. |
Kyogre
|
Waterfall Water | Origin Pulse Water | 3 | 106s |
| 25. |
Zekrom
|
Charge Beam Electric | Fusion Bolt Electric | 3 | 103s |
| 26. |
Feraligatr (Shadow)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 4 | 100s |
| 27. |
Luxray (Shadow)
|
Spark Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 6 | 98s |
| 28. |
Aerodactyl (Mega)
|
Rock Throw Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 4 | 103s |
| 29. |
Thundurus (Therian)
|
Volt Switch Electric | Wildbolt Storm Electric | 5 | 101s |
| 30. |
Melmetal
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Double Iron Bash Steel | 2 | 115s |
Aerodactyl is a relatively easy fight, with very few moves that you should be afraid of. More interestingly, a fair chunk of Aerodactyl counters doesn’t take increased damage from his moves – quite the contrary!
Aerodactyl Stats
Aerodactyl
Rock
|
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| Max CP at lvl 40 2783 / lvl 50 3147 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK 221 | DEF 159 | HP 190 | |||
| Weak to | Resistances | ||||
| Ice Water Rock Steel Water | Bug Fire Ground Normal Poison | ||||
Aerodactyl Moveset
Aerodactyl has access to the following moves:
| Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
|---|---|
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Kyogre and other Water based counters are a great solid against all move sets, while Raikou, Zapdos, Electivire, and Luxray should be used carefully if pitted against an Ancient Power Aerodactyl. A special note has to be said about Gyarados, who takes SE damage from Ancient Power but is still a very solid option due to having Waterfall.
Ancient Power is not a great move but combined with type advantage and a potential weather boost, it can hurt, especially with dodge glitching out and spotty network coverage.
If you’re planning to use Steel counters, be aware that with the exception of Metagross, they deal significantly less damage than Kyogre and Raikou – good for anchors, but not as great as DPS machines. Tyranitar with Stone Edge is a great filler for any team.
All the best, trainers!
