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. |
Blastoise (Mega)
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 78.72s | 1.87 |
| 2. |
Manectric (Mega)
|
Thunder Fang Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 79.02s | 3.00 |
| 3. |
Gyarados (Mega)
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Pump Water | 85.27s | 1.67 |
| 4. |
Aerodactyl (Mega)
|
Rock Throw Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 82.67s | 2.73 |
| 5. |
Ampharos (Mega)
|
Charge Beam Electric | Zap Cannon Electric | 90.48s | 2.47 |
| 6. |
Aggron (Mega)
|
Iron Tail Steel | Heavy Slam Steel | 99.67s | 1.47 |
| 7. |
Scizor (Mega)
|
Bullet Punch Steel | Iron Head Steel | 96.95s | 2.20 |
| 8. |
Xurkitree
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Discharge Electric | 99.00s | 3.67 |
| 9. |
Abomasnow (Mega)
|
Powder Snow Ice | Weather Ball Ice | 100.15s | 3.67 |
| 10. |
Metagross
|
Bullet Punch Steel | Meteor Mash Steel | 107.65s | 2.33 |
| 11. |
Gengar (Mega)
|
Lick Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 104.29s | 3.73 |
| 12. |
Alakazam (Mega)
|
Psycho Cut Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 103.47s | 3.80 |
| 13. |
Steelix (Mega)
|
Iron Tail Steel | Heavy Slam Steel | 115.38s | 1.80 |
| 14. |
Latios (Mega)
|
Zen Headbutt Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 110.80s | 2.80 |
| 15. |
Zekrom
|
Charge Beam Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 111.69s | 3.00 |
| 16. |
Kyogre
|
Waterfall Water | Surf Water | 116.02s | 2.60 |
| 17. |
Thundurus (Therian)
|
Volt Switch Electric | Thunderbolt Electric | 111.05s | 3.82 |
| 18. |
Rampardos
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 106.27s | 5.00 |
| 19. |
Terrakion
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Slide Rock | 122.11s | 2.33 |
| 20. |
Rhyperior
|
Smack Down Rock | Rock Wrecker Rock | 119.55s | 2.93 |
| 21. |
Empoleon
|
Metal Claw Steel | Hydro Cannon Water | 122.76s | 2.25 |
| 22. |
Banette (Mega)
|
Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 114.46s | 4.23 |
| 23. |
Magnezone
|
Spark Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 122.74s | 2.50 |
| 24. |
Kingler
|
Bubble Water | Crabhammer Water | 115.03s | 4.07 |
| 25. |
Dialga
|
Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | 121.87s | 2.71 |
| 26. |
Electivire
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 117.54s | 4.40 |
| 27. |
Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)
|
Ice Fang Ice | Avalanche Ice | 111.46s | 5.45 |
| 28. |
Raikou
|
Thunder Shock Electric | Wild Charge Electric | 121.35s | 3.10 |
| 29. |
Jirachi
|
Charge Beam Electric | Doom Desire Steel | 127.68s | 2.33 |
| 30. |
Samurott
|
Waterfall Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 123.41s | 3.00 |
| 31. |
Zacian
|
Metal Claw Steel | Wild Charge Electric | 129.63s | 2.00 |
| 32. |
Slowbro (Mega)
|
Water Gun Water | Water Pulse Water | 128.40s | 2.00 |
| 33. |
Tyranitar
|
Smack Down Rock | Stone Edge Rock | 132.07s | 2.00 |
| 34. |
Excadrill
|
Metal Claw Steel | Iron Head Steel | 129.77s | 2.00 |
| 35. |
Swampert
|
Water Gun Water | Hydro Cannon Water | 125.84s | 2.80 |
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
|
|||||
| 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
Solo Aerodactyl tips and tricks
- Metagross is the king when it comes to solo raiding Aerodactyl, it’s simply the best counter out there. With 99.175s TTW, it can rip through Aerodactly fairly easily.
- Raikou: 110.225s TTW, Kyogre: 111.575s TTW, and Feraligatr: 111.85s TTW, are also very strong options when attempting to solo Aerodactyl.
- Smack Down Tyranitar is a strong attacker, but it is strictly worse than Raikou, Kyogre and Zapdos.
- Despite its lack of a Water fast move, Palkia with Hydro Pump is a solid choice.