Aerodactyl is a Tier 3 Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, with Boss CP of 18678. This page lists best Aerodactyl counters and strategies to solo raid it. Aerodactyl raid counters are heavily based on a variety of Water, Electric and Rock type Pokemon that deal super effective damage and utilize his type weaknesses. Aerodactyl can be solo raided using the same counters as in group raids.
Aerodactyl raid catch CP is as follows:
- 1515 – 1590 perfect IV, no weather Boost
- 1894 – 1988 perfect IV 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. Shiny Aerodactyl is available in raids.
Aerodactyl Counters
Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.
| # | Pokémon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Kyogre (Primal)
|
Waterfall Water | Origin Pulse Water | 2 | 89s |
| 2. |
Swampert (Mega)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 2 | 98s |
| 3. |
Blastoise (Mega)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 3 | 107s |
| 4. |
Xurkitree
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Discharge Electric | 5 | 108s |
| 5. |
Metagross
|
Bullet Punch Steel | Meteor Mash Steel | 3 | 112s |
| 6. |
Diancie (Mega)
|
Rock Throw Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 5 | 108s |
| 7. |
Manectric (Mega)
|
Thunder Fang Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 4 | 111s |
| 8. |
Tyranitar (Mega)
|
Smack Down Rock | Stone Edge Rock | 3 | 115s |
| 9. |
Gyarados (Mega)
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 3 | 117s |
| 10. |
Kyogre
|
Waterfall Water | Origin Pulse Water | 3 | 116s |
| 11. |
Zekrom
|
Charge Beam Electric | Fusion Bolt Electric | 3 | 115s |
| 12. |
Aerodactyl (Mega)
|
Rock Throw Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 4 | 117s |
| 13. |
Melmetal
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Double Iron Bash Steel | 2 | 124s |
| 14. |
Thundurus (Therian)
|
Volt Switch Electric | Thunderbolt Electric | 5 | 120s |
| 15. |
Rampardos
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 6 | 121s |
| 16. |
Dialga
|
Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | 3 | 126s |
| 17. |
Rhyperior
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Wrecker Rock | 3 | 125s |
| 18. |
Aggron (Mega)
|
Iron Tail Steel | Meteor Beam Rock | 2 | 130s |
| 19. |
Jirachi
|
Charge Beam Electric | Doom Desire Steel | 3 | 129s |
| 20. |
Empoleon
|
Metal Claw Steel | Hydro Cannon Water | 3 | 127s |
| 21. |
Greninja
|
Water Shuriken Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 5 | 124s |
| 22. |
Ampharos (Mega)
|
Volt Switch Electric | Zap Cannon Electric | 4 | 126s |
| 23. |
Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)
|
Ice Fang Ice | Avalanche Ice | 7 | 126s |
| 24. |
Raikou
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 4 | 127s |
| 25. |
Kyurem
|
Steel Wing Steel | Glaciate Ice | 5 | 126s |
| 26. |
Swampert
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 3 | 130s |
| 27. |
Rayquaza (Mega)
|
Dragon Tail Dragon | Ancient Power Rock | 4 | 129s |
| 28. |
Baxcalibur
|
Ice Fang Ice | Avalanche Ice | 5 | 128s |
| 29. |
Kingler
|
Bubble Water | Crabhammer Water | 5 | 128s |
| 30. |
Scizor (Mega)
|
Bullet Punch Steel | Iron Head Steel | 3 | 132s |
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 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.
Solo Aerodactyl Considerations
- Use Rainy weather to boost some of the best Aerodactyl counters: Kyogre, Swampert, and Electivire
- Hyper Beam is a challenging matchup, don’t underestimate it
- Ancient Power fires often and if you’re lagging/dodge glitched, it will hit you
