Is Claydol Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Ground/Psychic with AbilityLevitate removing Ground as a weakness. Claydol handles Wattson through Ground and Phoebe through Psychic. Defensively solid after Levitate. The Wallace endgame is neutral. A dependable defensive option that doesn't collapse under pressure.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Claydol trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Claydol trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Claydol trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Claydol trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Claydol trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Baltoy
Catch Baltoy on Route 111 (walking, Lv 19-21, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 19)
- LV 19PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 19NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 45NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
Evolve Baltoy to Claydol
Baltoy evolves into Claydol at Level 36. Your Baltoy should hit Level 36 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 36)
- LV 36NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 36NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 55NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
How to Get Claydol in Emerald
The Sky Pillar holds wild Claydol in the high 30s, common as you climb deeper, so the evolved form is a late catch. Evolving a Route 111 Baltoy at level 36 gets you one well before that tower, though.
1 location to catch Claydol1 location to catch Baltoy
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Baltoy at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 36 — it evolves into Claydol.
Badge 3Where To Catch Claydol in E
Baltoy gets you Claydol sooner: catch it (before Badge 4) and evolve it at Lv 36. Wild Claydol first appears at Sky Pillar (after Badge 7).
- Step 1Catch Baltoy
- Step 2Claydol ✓Sky Pillar - 1FLv.36-38FloorRate 25%Sky Pillar - 3FLv.36-38FloorRate 25%Sky Pillar - 5FLv.36-37FloorRate 19%or evolve from Baltoy (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Emerald for Claydol.
How to Get Shiny Claydol in Emerald
Claydol haunts the upper floors of Sky Pillar as a common wild encounter, so climb through the tower and reset spawn after spawn among the ruins until a shiny finally emerges. Compare Shiny Claydol odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Claydol Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Emerald shiny odds for Claydol.
Claydol Weakness
Claydol is weak to Water, Grass, Ice, Bug, Ghost, and Dark. On the flip side, it's immune to Electric-type moves entirely. The Ground/Psychic typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Claydol's overall bulk (60/105/120) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice, Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Poison, Psychic, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Claydol Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Claydol
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x98-115%KO Feint Attack 2x50-60% Pin Missile 2x10-13% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x79-94% Shadow Ball 2x43-51% Thief 2x28-34% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x90-106%KO Pursuit 2x22-26% Fury Cutter 2x6-8% | ||
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x79-94% Surf 2x65-77% Ice Beam 2x43-51% Thief 2x18-22% | ||
 Banette Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Banette builds →Shadow Ball 2x73-86% Feint Attack 2x26-30% | ||
 Bellossom Grass | C | |
 Walrein IceWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Spheal (Shoal Cave Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Walrein builds →Surf 2x67-79% Ice Beam 2x67-79% | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 2x73-86% Astonish 2x14-18% | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Swampert builds →Surf 2x61-72% Ice Beam 2x41-48% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Absol builds →Shadow Ball 2x54-64% Ice Beam 2x36-43% Bite 2x36-43% Water Pulse 2x24-29% | ||
Claydol Evolutions
Claydol is what Baltoy becomes. Breed it for Baltoy eggs (average hatch time). No compatible partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Baltoy pushed Claydol to 500 total stats. Defense saw the largest single gain at +50. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Claydol is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Baltoy eggs. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyE Claydol Best Moveset
Ground/Psychic with AbilityLevitate blocks most physical attackers while spinning away TermEntry Hazards through MoveRapid Spin. The moveset fills a defensive support role on Emerald teams, and the unique typing resists or is immune to Electric, Fighting, Poison, Rock, and Ground moves.
Best Build
Claydol best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- Explosion
- Psychic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool tells the story here. Claydol learns Self-Destruct and Hyper Beam naturally, plus enough variety that TMs feel like bonuses. Normal and Rock coverage and more extends the reach beyond that.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A CLAYDOL sleeps while hovering in midair. Its arms are separate from its body. They are kept floating by the POKéMON’s manipulation of psychic power.
Claydol Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Claydol plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Earthquake is the primary attack.
In Emerald, Adamant is the go-to nature for Claydol. That's +Attack / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 HP / 216 Atk / 32 SpA / 8 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Claydol appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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