Cloyster Raid Boss Guide

Cloyster is a Tier 3 Raid Boss in Pokemon GO, with Boss CP of 19853. This page details best Cloyster Raid counters and which moves to use against it.

• 1383 – 1455 (perfect IV, no weather Boost)
• 1729 – 1819 (perfect IV, Rainy or Snow)

Cloyster Raid 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.

The best counters for Cloyster are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Mega Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	111.03s	2.88
2.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	109.40s	6.00
3.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	122.53s	4.25
4.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	126.05s	5.13
5.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	133.86s	4.13
6.	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	136.17s	4.25
7.	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	139.47s	4.50
8.	Mega Alakazam	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	145.56s	5.00
9.	Terrakion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	153.63s	4.25
10.	Keldeo	Low Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	164.61s	2.50
11.	Ordinary Keldeo	Low Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	165.22s	2.75
12.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	149.63s	5.50
13.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Power Whip Grass	155.29s	5.13
14.	Mega Gengar	Lick Ghost	Focus Blast Fighting	157.75s	5.00
15.	Lucario	Counter Fighting	Aura Sphere Fighting	164.33s	4.50
16.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath Dragon	Solar Beam Grass	164.05s	5.13
17.	Mega Abomasnow	Razor Leaf Grass	Energy Ball Grass	169.69s	4.25
18.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	168.42s	4.75
19.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Wild Charge Electric	173.67s	5.29
20.	Therian Thundurus	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	171.19s	7.00
21.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	180.92s	5.00
22.	Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	176.78s	5.67
23.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	172.89s	6.40
24.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	168.29s	6.83
25.	Mega Aggron	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	197.57s	2.33
26.	Conkeldurr	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	181.21s	5.00
27.	Mega Houndoom	Fire Fang Fire	Foul Play Dark	194.68s	4.00
28.	Raikou	Volt Switch Electric	Wild Charge Electric	187.45s	5.00
29.	Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	193.70s	4.00

Stats and Max CP

Cloyster WaterIce
Max CP at Level 40 2547 | Max CP at Level 50 2880
ATK 186		DEF 256		HP 137
Weak to			Resistances
Fighting Electric Rock Grass			Ice Water

Raid Boss Movepool

*Note: Legacy Move.

Conclusion

Cloyster will be soloable for the high level trainer, but lower level trainers, or those without ideal counters, may want to bring a friend.