Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 1.5 m
- Weight
- 108.0 kg
Training & breeding details
GenderGenderless
Catch rate90(20.1%)Moderate
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium
Base EXP175
Base stats
HP
60
Attack
70
Defense
105
Sp. Atk
70
Sp. Def
120
Speed
75
Total
500
Base Stat Total
Abilities
Levitate
Evades Ground moves.
Egg groups: Mineral
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Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026
Where to find Claydol
Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Black
White
Sword
Shield
Crown Tundra (Sword)
Evolution
Lv. 36
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Claydol can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
20 of 20
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| 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
22 sprites & renders for Claydol.
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Cite this page
“Claydol”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/claydol.
Species data from PokéAPI.