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 has not been around that long, and is a featured tier 1 raid boss for the Water Festival 2022 Event! 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.
Table of Contents
Helioptile Raid Counters
Helioptile’s best raid counters are listed below, according to our Pokémon GO DB battle simulator:
| # | Pokemon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
| 1 |
Lopunny (Mega)
|
Pound Normal | Focus Blast Fighting | 51.59s | 0.67 |
| 2 |
Charizard (Mega Y)
|
Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 57.70s | 0.67 |
| 3 |
Landorus (Therian)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earthquake Ground | 62.30s | 0.33 |
| 4 |
Landorus (Incarnate)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earth Power Ground | 65.58s | 0 |
| 5 |
Excadrill
|
Mud-Slap Ground | Earthquake Ground | 65.09s | 0.33 |
| 6 |
Landorus
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earth Power Ground | 66.34s | 0.33 |
| 7 |
Garchomp
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earth Power Ground | 66.84s | 0.17 |
| 8 |
Lucario
|
Counter Fighting | Aura Sphere Fighting | 58.58s | 1.67 |
| 9 |
Conkeldurr
|
Counter Fighting | Dynamic Punch Fighting | 63.15s | 1 |
| 10 |
Charizard (Mega X)
|
Fire Spin Fire | Blast Burn Fire | 67.57s | 0.33 |
| 11 |
Breloom
|
Counter Fighting | Dynamic Punch Fighting | 64.20s | 1 |
| 12 |
Beedrill (Mega)
|
Poison Jab Poison | Drill Run Ground | 63.75s | 1.17 |
| 13 |
Aerodactyl (Mega)
|
Rock Throw Rock | Earth Power Ground | 65.55s | 1 |
| 14 |
Gengar (Mega)
|
Sucker Punch Dark | Focus Blast Fighting | 64.77s | 1.17 |
| 15 |
Machamp
|
Counter Fighting | Dynamic Punch Fighting | 65.80s | 1 |
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.
For other budget options reach for Golem, Donphan, Rhydon, Toxicroak, Mamoswine and Hariyama.
Stats and Max CP
Helioptile
ElectricNormal
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| 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 Ghost Steel | ||||
Moveset
| Fast Moves | Charge Moves |
|---|---|
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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!
