Crawdaunt Solo Raid Guide

Crawdaunt is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokemon GO, with a boss CP of 17967. Most of the viable Crawdaunt counters are similar to Sharpedo counters, as they share a dual WaterDark typing. With a defense stat of 142, Crawdaunt is not quite as easy to solo as Sharpedo, but it is not a difficult raid either. Crawdaunt’s weaknesses are Grass, Electric, Fairy, Fighting and Bug.

Crawdaunt can be caught in the following CP ranges:

• 1342 – 1413 CP (non-boosted)
• 1678 – 1767 CP (boosted in Rainy or Fog)

Players with strong level 25 – 30 counters (or higher) should have no issue soloing this raid.

Crawdaunt raid counters

The best Crawdaunt counters will consist of Fighting, Electric and Grass type Pokémon, as Bug type Pokémon are not famous for their high stats, and as of now there is still no Fairy type fast move.

Here is a chart of some of the best Pokémon you can use! Each Pokémon has its own benefits in different weather conditions (such as Grass in sunny and Fighting in cloudy) so the best Pokémon of each type will be showcased closer to the top, but can vary in their individual order.

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	2	76s
2.	Mega Heracross	Counter Fighting	Megahorn Bug	2	82s
3.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail Dragon	Dragon Ascent Flying	2	90s
4.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm Fairy	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	3	84s
5.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	3	84s
6.	Ordinary Keldeo	Low Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	2	93s
7.	Keldeo	Low Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	2	93s
8.	Terrakion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	4	84s
9.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Fusion Bolt Electric	2	93s
10.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	3	86s
11.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock Electric	Discharge Electric	4	84s
12.	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Frenzy Plant Grass	3	87s
13.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	4	84s
14.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	2	96s
15.	Shadow Machamp	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	4	86s
16.	Mega Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	5	84s
17.	Sky Shaymin	Magical Leaf Grass	Grass Knot Grass	2	94s
18.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	4	87s
19.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	4	88s
20.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	2	102s
21.	Mega Alakazam	Counter Fighting	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	4	87s
22.	Shadow Magnezone	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	4	89s
23.	Shadow Hariyama	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	4	90s
24.	Therian Thundurus	Volt Switch Electric	Wildbolt Storm Electric	4	91s
25.	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	3	97s
26.	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Frenzy Plant Grass	3	95s
27.	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed Grass	Nature’s Madness Fairy	2	100s
28.	Hisuian Decidueye	Magical Leaf Grass	Aura Sphere Fighting	2	100s
29.	Shadow Luxray	Spark Electric	Wild Charge Electric	5	89s
30.	Pheromosa	Bug Bite Bug	Bug Buzz Bug	6	85s

Crawdaunt Move Sets

Crawdaunt’s movepool is generally non-threatening, comprised of mostly Water and Dark moves. Below is a list:

Fast Moves

• Snarl Dark
• Waterfall Water

Charge Moves

• Bubble Beam Water
• Night Slash Dark
• Vice Grip Normal

Snarl and Waterfall are equally slow. Waterfall has more of a kick to it with a 16 DPS to Snarl’s 13 DPS, but Snarl has a slightly higher EPS, at 10.9 to Waterfall’s 6.7, making charge moves fire off a little quicker. Neither of these moves are at all threatening to your general counters, so no matter which one the boss has, you should be good.

All three Charge moves are 3 bar moves, meaning they will fire off like cannons no matter what you do. Night Slash has the highest damage output with a power of 50, Bubble Beam second with a power output of 45, and Vice Grip dead last at 35.

Vice Grip, being super effective against nothing, makes it the easiest charge move against a mixed team. Night Slash would be resisted by Fighting type counters, allowing them to last longer, and Bubble Beam would be resisted by Grass counters, also giving them better longevity.

Weather Effect on Raid

Weather has been mentioned a few times now, and is just as important as a move set for a raid! Here is a chart that easily lays out the pros and cons of each weather:

Final Notes

We hope this raid guide helps you to reach your dreams of soloing a Crawdaunt that we know you all definitely have. Just a reminder that this is not a very difficult raid, so it should not intimidate you if you are looking for an easy Tier 3 solo for your free pass of the day. Stick to super effective and adequate level counters.

Happy raiding!