Pokemon GO Camerupt raid guide: Weaknesses, best counters, and is it possible to solo?

A Pokemon GO Camerupt raid guide is essential for trainers to learn the Pocket Monster’s weaknesses, stats, and counters. From the guide, you will get to know who is super-effective against the creature, its shiny availability, its raid combat power (CP), and other necessary details. Trainers might also be interested to find out whether it can be defeated solo. In short, yes it can. More on that later.

3-star Camerupt raids are back in Pokemon GO. By defeating them, you become eligible to encounter the creature. That said, for this, you will have to create a team of strong counters.

This article details everything you need about the Pokemon GO Camerupt raids.

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Pokemon GO Camerupt raid weaknesses

Weaknesses of Camerupt in GO (Image via TPC)

What is super-effective against Camerupt in Pokemon GO?

In Pokemon GO, Camerupt is a dual Fire- and Ground-type Pokemon, with its type weaknesses being all Water- and Ground-type moves. Water-type attacks do 4x damage, whereas others inflict 2x damage, making the former more effective picks for this raid. Hence, the super-effective raid attackers are Water-type entities using the same type of movesets.

Camerupt stat distribution and moveset

The moveset and stat spread of a 3-star raid boss Camerupt in Pokemon GO is below:

• Combat Power: 15,409
• Attack: 194
• Defense: 136
• Stamina: 3,600 HP
• Fast Attacks: Ember, Rock Smash, and Incinerate
• Charged Attacks: Earthquake, Solar Beam, Overheat, and Earth Power

The time to defeat Pokemon GO Camerupt raids is 180s, meaning 3 minutes.

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Best counters to beat Pokemon GO Camerupt

Best Water-type counters for Camerupt

• Kyogre with Waterfall and Origin Pulse
• Greninja with Water Shuriken and Hydro Cannon
• Kingler with Bubble and Crabhammer
• Gyarados with Waterfall and Hydro Pump
• Swampert with Water Gun and Hydro Cannon
• Clawitzer with Water Gun and Crabhammer

Best Ground-type counters for Camerupt

• Incarnate Forme Landorus with Mud Shot and Sandsear Storm
• Mega Garchomp with Mud Shot and Earth Power
• Shadow Groudon with Mud Shot and Precipice Blades
• Shadow Excadrill with Mud Shot and Scorching Sands
• Shadow Mamowsine with Mud-Slap and High Horsepower

For the Camerupt raids in Pokemon GO, Water-type attacks should be favored over Ground-type ones.

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Can you solo defeat Pokemon GO Camerupt raids?

Are Camerupt raids beatable solo? (Image via TPC)

Yes, you can solo defeat Camerupt raids in Pokemon GO 3-star raids with high-level Water-type counters. We advise you to select the Water-based moveset for these counters to benefit from the same type attack bonus (STAB) effect.

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Pokemon GO Camerupt raid catch CP and shiny availability

Camerupt raids that are hosted in Sunny weather locations are slightly difficult to win due to the weather boost effect which increases the battle capabilities. However, those who conquer in the given condition can encounter high raid CP Camerupt.

The raid CP of Camerupt is dependent on the weather it spawns in and the IV distribution:

• No weather boost: 1,058 - 1,253 CP at level 20 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)
• Weather boosted (Sunny): 1,323 - 1,566 CP at level 25 (10/10/10 - 15/15/15 IVs)

What are the 100% IVs for Pokemon GO Camerupt raids?

The 100% IVs for Pokemon GO Camerupt raids are the following:

• No weather boost: 1,253 CP
• Weather boost: 1,566 CP

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Can Camerupt be shiny in Pokemon GO?

Preview of Pokemon GO Shiny Camerupt (Image via TPC)

Shiny Camerupt was released in the game as part of the Pokemon GO Fest 2022 event. It has been available since then and has been troubling trainers by being an elusive and rare variant.