Croconaw Raid Guide

Croconaw

Croconaw is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon GO with a raid boss CP of 12404. It is available as both a normal raid, and a shadow raid.

Croconaw can be caught with the following CP values:

• 925- 984 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 1157- 1230 CP at Level 25 with Rainy weather boost

It is a pure Water type, and is weak to Electric and Grass. It is soloable for the prepared trainer, but lower level trainers or those without ideal counters may want to bring a pal.

Shadow Raid Information

As a shadow raid, it will hit harder than the normal raid boss, so make sure your counters are powered up, have the right moveset, and aren’t weak to the raid bosses moves. These raids are a tricky solo for even the most prepared trainer, and you will need Purified Gems to defeat them solo. Lower levels trainers and those without top counters will need to bring a friend or two and be well armed with Purified Gems. Shadow Raid Bosses will grow enraged as you battle them, boosting their attack and defence. Continue to hold your ground and weaken the Shadow Raid Bosses to subdue them.

You can subdue Shadow Raid Bosses using Purified Gems, a new item that can be assembled from Shadow Shards.

Shadow Shards are mysterious gem pieces that may be dropped by Team GO Rocket. You will need to gather enough shards to use Professor Willow’s newly invented Shard Refiner, and in return you’ll be rewarded with a Purified Gem.

There are multiple ways Purified Gems can assist your battle against enraged Shadow Raid Bosses:

• When you use a Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss’s attack and defence will be lowered temporarily. This can give you the opening you need to take them down.
• You and your fellow Trainers can use more than one Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid. If used at the same time, their effects will stack.
• If enough Purified Gems are used, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss will be subdued—returned to its non-enraged state—which might give you the edge you need to defeat it!

Croconaw 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 figures in our database for DPS and TDO are calculated using Level 40 Pokémon with perfect IVs.

The best counters for Croconaw are the following:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	TTW	Faints
1.	Mega Sceptile	Bullet Seed Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	8.99s	0.00
2.	Mega Ampharos	Charge Beam Electric	Zap Cannon Electric	10.81s	0.00
3.	Mega Manectric	Thunder Fang Electric	Thunder Electric	11.48s	0.00
4.	Mega Alakazam	Confusion Psychic	Future Sight Psychic	11.60s	0.00
5.	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip Grass	Petal Blizzard Grass	11.83s	0.00
6.	Kartana	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Blade Grass	12.15s	0.00
7.	Xurkitree	Spark Electric	Power Whip Grass	12.31s	0.00
8.	Attack Deoxys	Poison Jab Poison	Zap Cannon Electric	12.65s	0.00
9.	Mega Gengar	Hex Ghost	Shadow Ball Ghost	12.72s	0.00
10.	Mega Latios	Zen Headbutt Psychic	Solar Beam Grass	13.21s	0.00
11.	Zarude	Vine Whip Grass	Power Whip Grass	13.40s	0.00
12.	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion Psychic	Synchronoise Psychic	13.49s	0.00
13.	Mega Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	13.53s	0.00
14.	Therian Thundurus	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	14.08s	0.00
15.	Roserade	Razor Leaf Grass	Leaf Storm Grass	14.22s	0.00
16.	Primal Groudon	Dragon Tail Dragon	Solar Beam Grass	14.18s	0.00
17.	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab Poison	Sludge Bomb Poison	14.70s	0.00
18.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail Dragon	Draco Meteor Dragon	14.66s	0.00
19.	Mega Abomasnow	Razor Leaf Grass	Energy Ball Grass	14.78s	0.00
20.	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw Ghost	Thunder Electric	14.77s	0.00
21.	Victreebel	Razor Leaf Grass	Solar Beam Grass	15.39s	0.00
22.	Vileplume	Razor Leaf Grass	Solar Beam Grass	15.90s	0.00
23.	Mega Latias	Dragon Breath Dragon	Psychic Psychic	15.58s	0.00
24.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl Dark	Foul Play Dark	15.97s	0.00
25.	Zekrom	Dragon Breath Dragon	Wild Charge Electric	15.65s	0.00
26.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	15.75s	0.00
27.	Leafeon	Razor Leaf Grass	Solar Beam Grass	15.94s	0.00
28.	Normal Deoxys	Charge Beam Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	16.11s	0.00
29.	Venusaur	Razor Leaf Grass	Solar Beam Grass	16.14s	0.00
30.	Torterra	Razor Leaf Grass	Solar Beam Grass	15.97s	0.00
31.	Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Leaf Blade Grass	16.11s	0.00
32.	Zapdos	Thunder Shock Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	16.60s	0.00
33.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Thunderbolt Electric	16.70s	0.00
34.	Manectric	Thunder Fang Electric	Wild Charge Electric	16.57s	0.00
35.	Electivire	Thunder Shock Electric	Wild Charge Electric	16.60s	0.00

Stats and Max CP

Croconaw Water
Max CP at Level 40 1722 | Max CP at Level 50 1947
ATK 150		DEF 142		HP 163
Weak to			Resistances
Electric Grass			Fire Ice Steel Water

Moveset