Drapion Raid Guide

Drapion

Drapion is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon GO and is a part of the Verdant Wonders event, running from March 21st, 10AM – March 25th, 8 PM, 8PM (local time). 

It’s an easy solo as a high-level Trainer, but almost every group of 1-3 Trainers should be able to take Drapion down under any conditions. It only has 1 type it’s weak to, so double check what moves your Pokémon have first.

It’s a Poison and Dark type, so it’s exclusively weak to Ground. It has a number of resistances, being Dark, Ghost, Poison, Psychic and Grass.

Drapion can be caught with the following CP values:

• • 1331 – 1401 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
  • 1665 – 1752 CP at Level 25 with Cloudy or Fog weather boost

Top Counters

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades* Ground	102s	2
2.	Garchomp (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power* Ground	115s	2
3.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Dragon Ascent Flying	123s	2
4.	Excadrill (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Scorching Sands Ground	116s	4
5.	Garchomp (Shadow)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power* Ground	121s	3
6.	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot Ground	Sandsear Storm* Ground	124s	3
7.	Mamoswine (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	High Horsepower Ground	120s	4
8.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades* Ground	130s	3
9.	Rhyperior (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	128s	4
10.	Swampert (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	141s	3
11.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap Ground	Scorching Sands Ground	139s	4
12.	Garchomp	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power* Ground	146s	3
13.	Golurk (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earth Power Ground	135s	5
14.	Ursaluna (Shadow)	Tackle Normal	High Horsepower Ground	146s	4
15.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap Ground	High Horsepower Ground	144s	4
16.	Hippowdon (Shadow)	Sand Attack Ground	Scorching Sands Ground	145s	4
17.	Rhydon (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	140s	5
18.	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	146s	4
19.	Kyogre (Primal)	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse* Water	161s	3
20.	Donphan (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	146s	5
21.	Flygon (Shadow)	Sand Attack Ground	Scorching Sands Ground	144s	5
22.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	153s	4
23.	Golem (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	149s	6
24.	Swampert (Shadow)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	157s	4
25.	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail Dragon	Dragon Ascent Flying	160s	4
26.	Entei (Shadow)	Fire Fang Fire	Scorching Sands Ground	157s	5
27.	Blaziken (Mega)	Counter Fighting	Blast Burn Fire	159s	5
28.	Regigigas (Shadow)	Hidden Power Normal	Giga Impact Normal	162s	4
29.	Dialga (Origin)	Metal Claw Steel	Roar of Time* Dragon	179s	3
30.	Aerodactyl (Mega)	Rock ThrowRock	Earth Power Ground	167s	4

*denotes a legacy move

Stats and Catch CP

Drapion PoisonDark
Max CP at Level 40: 2453 | Max CP at Level 50: 2773
ATK 180		DEF 202		HP 172
Weak to			Resistant to
Ground			Dark Ghost Poison Psychic Grass

Movepool

Drapion’s moves have the potential to make it pretty scary. Ice Fang and Aqua Tail especially can really harm all the Ground types you bring to counter it, as well as Crunch and Aqua Tail being especially spammy when paired with Poison Sting or Infestation. Don’t be daunted, though, throw as many strong Ground types as you can at it!

Conclusion

Drapion has quite an interesting movepool for PvP, with the recently buffed Poison Sting letting it fire off Aqua Tails and Crunch with it’s new debuff chance at the fastest speed possible. It’s for sure a fun PvP option now, but it’s lacking in raid power. Raiding Drapion is great for gaining XL candy fast, however!

Stay safe, trainers!