Helioptile Raid Guide

Helioptile is a Tier 1 raid boss in Pokémon GO, and it can be caught with the following CP values:

• 489 – 533 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 612 – 666 CP at Level 25 with Rainy or Partly Cloudy weather boost

Helioptile is a generation 6 Pokémon, and a fairly rare spawn. If you are in need of Helioptile candy (regular or XL) this is a chance to get some. Helioptile has an interesting typing combination of Electric and Normal and its evolved form Heliolisk has access to an interesting move pool. As of now, this Pokémon is not super useful in PvP or a particularly powerful electric type but could be a fun wild card in the Great and Ultra Leagues.

Helioptile is fairly easy to take down as a tier 1 raid boss and should be soloable for all trainers, but lower-level trainers may need to bring the appropriate counters listed below.

Helioptile Raid Counters

Helioptile’s best raid counters are listed below, according to our Pokémon GO DB battle simulator:

#	Pokémon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Mega Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Blaze Kick Fire	6.70s	0.00
2.	Mega Alakazam	Counter Fighting	Psychic Psychic	6.90s	0.00
3.	Terrakion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	7.02s	0.00
4.	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath Dragon	Psychic Psychic	7.50s	0.00
5.	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter Bug	Leaf Blade Grass	8.08s	0.00
6.	Keldeo	Low Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	8.14s	0.00
7.	Ordinary Keldeo	Low Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	8.12s	0.00
8.	Lucario	Counter Fighting	Aura Sphere Fighting	8.22s	0.00
9.	Mega Y Charizard	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	8.40s	0.00
10.	Mega Latias	Dragon Breath Dragon	Outrage Dragon	8.68s	0.00
11.	Mega Absol	Snarl Dark	Payback Dark	8.77s	0.00
12.	Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab Poison	Drill Run Ground	8.93s	0.00
13.	Pheromosa	Low Kick Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	9.04s	0.00
14.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot Ground	Hydro Cannon Water	9.08s	0.00
15.	Breloom	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	9.09s	0.00
16.	Conkeldurr	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	9.09s	0.00
17.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Earth Power Ground	9.16s	0.00
18.	Machamp	Karate Chop Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	9.34s	0.00
19.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap Ground	Drill Run Ground	9.79s	0.00
20.	Mega Houndoom	Snarl Dark	Crunch Dark	9.91s	0.00
21.	Mega X Charizard	Fire Spin Fire	Blast Burn Fire	9.90s	0.00
22.	Pangoro	Low Kick Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	10.20s	0.00
23.	Buzzwole	Counter Fighting	Superpower Fighting	10.31s	0.00
24.	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun Water	Hydro Pump Water	10.31s	0.00
25.	Mega Steelix	Thunder Fang Electric	Earthquake Ground	10.40s	0.00
26.	Gallade	Low Kick Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	10.41s	0.00
27.	Hitmonlee	Low Kick Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	10.35s	0.00
28.	Pirouette Meloetta	Low Kick Fighting	Close Combat Fighting	10.45s	0.00
29.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap Ground	Bulldoze Ground	10.49s	0.00
30.	Cobalion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	10.51s	0.00
31.	Regigigas	Hidden Power Normal	Giga Impact Normal	10.57s	0.00
32.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut Psychic	Focus Blast Fighting	10.55s	0.00
33.	Alakazam	Psycho Cut Psychic	Focus Blast Fighting	10.55s	0.00
34.	Mega Gyarados	Bite Dark	Aqua Tail Water	10.58s	0.00
35.	Mega Lopunny	Double Kick Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	10.62s

Disclaimer: 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 guide. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

Stats and Max CP

Helioptile ElectricNormal
Max CP at Level 40 933 | Max CP at Level 50 1054
ATK 155		DEF 78		STA 127
Weak to			Strong Against
Ground Fighting			Water Flying Ghost Steel

Moveset

Weather Influence

Weather should not provide any issues as this is a tier 1 raid and there is not a strong need for you to power up this Pokémon to LVL 50 to seek out boosted weather. If you want more XL candy then I would recommend using Mega Lopunny to take it down, as Helioptile’s normal typing will grant you extra candy from having a mega normal type active.

Final Notes

• Use your best Ground types when in doubt, especially in Sunny weather.
• This raid boss can be taken down solo.
• Use Mega Lopunny for bonus candy while catching.
• Helioptile cannot be shiny at this time.

We hope you found this raid guide useful, happy hunting!