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Lairon - #305Pokemon GO

TYPE
Steel / Rock
CANDY
5
STARDUST
300
DISTANCE
1KM

Lairon

Lairon tempers its steel body by drinking highly nutritious mineral springwater until it is bloated. This Pokémon makes its nest close to springs of delicious water.

Dex No

#305

Capture Rate

25%

Flee Rate

9%

New Move

10000 25

Lairon Weaknesses and Strengths

Lairon is a dual-type Pokemon of types Steel and Rock. When dealing damage with moves of those types, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
TypesDamage
Water 160%
Fighting 256%
Ground 256%
Resistant Against
TypesDamage
Poison 24.4%
Normal 39.1%
Flying 39.1%
Rock 62.5%
Bug 62.5%
Psychic 62.5%
Ice 62.5%
Dragon 62.5%
Fairy 62.5%

Best Moves for Lairon in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Lairon.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move Charge Move DPS CDPS
Metal Claw Heavy Slam 53.71339.15
Metal Claw Rock Slide 49.27338.38
Iron Tail Heavy Slam 56.36337.65
Iron Tail Rock Slide 51.92337.64
Iron Tail Return 66.36320.38
Metal Claw Return 63.71317.42
Iron Tail Rock Tomb 42.61304.46
Iron Tail Body Slam 42.68301.31
Metal Claw Rock Tomb 39.96293.63
Metal Claw Body Slam 40.03289.04

All Moves for Lairon

Below are all the moves that Lairon can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move Type Power DPS Duration Energy
Body SlamCharged5026.321900ms-33
Rock SlideCharged8029.632700ms-50
Heavy SlamCharged70402100ms-50
Rock TombCharged7021.883200ms-50
FrustrationCharged1052000ms-33
ReturnCharged3550700ms-33
Metal ClawQuick813.71700ms7
Iron TailQuick1516.361100ms7

Lairon Evolution


Aron
Requires
25x Candy

Lairon

Lairon
Requires
100x Candy

Aggron

Aggron
Requires
200x Mega Energy

Mega Aggron

Best Lairon Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Lairon Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Lairon in a raid.

#383
Primal Groudon

Primal Groudon

TTK: 487.20

Mud Shot
Earthquake
#639
Terrakion

Terrakion

TTK: 562.40

Double Kick
Sacred Sword
#383
Groudon

Groudon

TTK: 562.80

Mud Shot
Precipice Blades
#647
Keldeo

Keldeo

TTK: 576.60

Low Kick
Sacred Sword
#068
Shadow Machamp

Shadow Machamp

TTK: 590.10

Counter
Dynamic Punch
#464
Shadow Rhyperior

Shadow Rhyperior

TTK: 606.00

Mud Slap
Earthquake
#892
Urshifu

Urshifu

TTK: 624.00

Counter
Dynamic Punch
#257
Mega Blaziken

Mega Blaziken

TTK: 651.30

Counter
Overheat
#534
Conkeldurr

Conkeldurr

TTK: 651.90

Counter
Dynamic Punch
#623
Shadow Golurk

Shadow Golurk

TTK: 660.60

Mud Slap
Earth Power
#539
Shadow Sawk

Shadow Sawk

TTK: 669.30

Low Kick
Focus Blast
#865
Sirfetch'd

Sirfetch'd

TTK: 674.50

Counter
Close Combat
#232
Shadow Donphan

Shadow Donphan

TTK: 678.60

Mud Slap
Earthquake
#112
Shadow Rhydon

Shadow Rhydon

TTK: 681.80

Mud Slap
Earthquake
#106
Shadow Hitmonlee

Shadow Hitmonlee

TTK: 690.90

Double Kick
Close Combat
#068
Machamp

Machamp

TTK: 707.10

Counter
Dynamic Punch
#260
Mega Swampert

Mega Swampert

TTK: 712.70

Water Gun
Earthquake
#076
Shadow Golem

Shadow Golem

TTK: 712.80

Mud Slap
Earthquake
#464
Rhyperior

Rhyperior

TTK: 713.80

Mud Slap
Earthquake
#445
Mega Garchomp

Mega Garchomp

TTK: 716.00

Dragon Tail
Earth Power

Other Lairon Forms

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Lairon

Lairon

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