Cloyster is a Water- and Ice-type Bivalve Pokémon that Trainers might encounter as a 3-Star Raid Boss in December 2022 of Pokémon GO. As one might expect of a shell-armored pocket monster, Cloyster has notably high Defense with Attack as its secondary stat. This Raid Boss’s 19,853 CP means it is soloable for high-level Trainers with potent counters, but medium and lower-level players will likely require two or more groups to take down this opponent. To counter Cloyster in a Pokémon GO Raid, Trainers must assemble a team of pocket monsters with Movesets consisting of one of the elements to which this Bivalve Pokémon is weak.

Best Counters for Cloyster in a Pokémon GO Raid

Pokémon with Fighting-, Rock-, Grass-, and Electric-type Movesets should be the go-to selection when facing Cloyster in a Pokémon GO Raid. Choice combatants would include the Fighting- and Steel-type Lucario, the Rock-type Rampardos, and the Electric-type Electivire. Of course, Trainers do not need all three of these top counters to succeed, but having them on one’s team would be advantageous.

Pokémon GO: Mega Glalie Raid Guide

The index below provides a list of pocket monsters and Movesets suggested by Pokebattler that would serve well in Raid teams for defeating Cloyster in a Pokémon GO Raid:

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  • Fast Move: Counter

  • Charge Move: Aura Sphere

  • Evolve Riolu with 50 Candy

  • Fast Move: Smack Down

  • Charge Move: Rock Slide

  • Evolve Cranidos with 50 Candy

  • Fast Move: Counter

  • Charge Move: Dynamic Punch

  • Evolve Timburr and Gurdurr with 250 Candy

  • Fast Move: Thunder Shock

  • Charge Move: Wild Charge

  • Evolve Elekid and Electabuzz with 125 Candy and a Sinnoh Stone

  • Evolve Machop and Machoke with 125 Candy

  • Fast Move: Spark

  • Charge Move: Wild Charge

  • Evolve Magnemite and Magneton with 125 Candy

  • Fast Move: Rock Throw

  • Charge Move: Meteor Beam

  • Evolve Tyrunt with 50 Candy

  • Evolve Makuhita with 50 Candy

  • Fast Move: Smack Down

  • Charge Move: Rock Wrecker

  • Evolve Rhyhorn and Rhydon with 125 Candy

  • Fast Move: Smack Down

  • Charge Move: Stone Edge

  • Evolve Larvitar and Pupitar with 125 Candy

  • Evolve Shinx and Luxio with 125 Candy

  • Evolve Grubbin and Charjabug with 125 Candy

Source: Pokebattler