Mega Aerodactyl Raid Counters Guide

Mega Aerodactyl

Mega Aerodactyl was the first-ever Rock type Mega Pokémon in Pokémon GO. It is still great as a Rock type attacker, so you better be prepared to take it down and farm that sweet mega energy!

Aerodactyl is a Rock and Flying type, which makes it weak to Electric, Ice, Rock, Steel, and Water type moves.

Mega Aerodactyl Raid Counters

Recommended Megas

Let’s check out the other top raid counters for Mega Aerodactyl:

Recommended Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Metal Claw	Behemoth Blade	35.51	8	262s
2.	Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Metal Claw	Behemoth Bash	34.49	5	268s
3.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Metal Claw	Sunsteel Strike	34.01	9	273s
4.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	31.11	9	300s
5.	Shadow Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	30.01	12	311s
6.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	30.81	18	313s
7.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	28.09	15	335s
8.	Shadow Dialga	Metal Claw	Iron Head	26.92	14	349s
9.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker	27.15	15	348s
10.	Zeraora	Volt Switch	Plasma Fists	26.87	17	351s
11.	Shadow Empoleon	Metal Claw	Hydro Cannon	26.05	14	357s
12.	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	26.76	19	354s
13.	Metagross	Bullet Punch	Meteor Mash	25.23	12	369s
14.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	26.57	21	361s
15.	Therian Shadow Thundurus	Volt Switch	Wildbolt Storm	27.43	23	336s
16.	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	26.39	22	362s
17.	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon	24.87	16	378s
18.	Shadow Excadrill	Metal Claw	Iron Head	24.92	15	373s
19.	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt	24.64	16	380s
20.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Metal Claw	Moongeist Beam	24.23	15	389s
21.	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt	25.44	21	373s
22.	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	23.84	14	393s
23.	Shadow Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon	25.86	26	371s
24.	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	25.85	26	367s
25.	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	25.72	27	374s

How to get Mega Aerodactyl

When defeated, Mega Aerodactyl will revert to normal Aerodactyl. Aerodactyl can be caught with the following CP values:

• 1515 CP – 1590 CP at Level 20, no weather boost
• 1894 CP – 1988 CP at Level 25 with Partly Cloudy or Windy weather boost

In order to get Mega Aerodactly you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution, then 40 Mega Energy to evolve the same Aerodactyl again in the future. If you wait for their ‘cooldown’ period to end, Mega Evolution is free. This cooldown period is shorter the higher mega level your Mega Pokémon is. Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Aerodactyl Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Aerodactly, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Aerodactyl to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.

Mega Aerodactyl Overview

	Mega Aerodactyl RockFlying
Max CP	4655
ATK	292
DEF	210
HP	190
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Rock Throw Bite Steel Wing
Charge moves	Rock Slide Ancient Power Earth Power Iron Head Hyper Beam

Sprites

Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Aerodactyl from a Raid. The odds of getting a shiny Aerodactyl are 1 in 10 Raids. Here are the sprites for normal Aerodactyl and Mega Aerodactyl. 

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Aerodactyl	Aerodactyl
Mega Aerodactyl	Mega Aerodactyl

All the best, trainers!