Claydol
Clay Doll Pokémon
It appears to have been born from clay dolls made by ancient people. It uses telekinesis to float and move.
Details
Abilities
Evades Ground moves.
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Claydol
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Claydol can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Hyper Beam User foregoes its next turn to recharge. | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| 1 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Mud-Slap Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Ground | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Rapid Spin Frees the user from binding moves, removes Leech Seed, and blows away Spikes. | Normal | Physical | 50 | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Teleport Immediately ends wild battles. No effect otherwise. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 9 | Rock Tomb Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Rock | Physical | 60 | 95 | 15 |
| 10 | Heal Block Prevents target from restoring its HP for five turns. | Psychic | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 12 | Power Trick User swaps Attack and Defense. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 15 | Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 18 | Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Rock | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 21 | Imprison Prevents the target from using any moves that the user also knows. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 24 | Cosmic Power Raises the user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 27 | Extrasensory Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Special | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 30 | Earth Power Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ground | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 33 | Self-Destruct User faints. | Normal | Physical | 200 | 100 | 5 |
| 38 | Guard Split Averages Defense and Special Defense with the target. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 38 | Power Split Averages Attack and Special Attack with the target. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 43 | Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for five turns. | Rock | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 48 | Explosion User faints. | Normal | Physical | 250 | 100 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
18 sprites & renders for Claydol.






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Cite this page
“Claydol”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/claydol.
Species data from PokéAPI.