Cloyster (Pokémon GO)

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Shellder

Gastly

#91

1455

1819

Attacker Rank

F Tier

D Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePvP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/13/13 · L22.5 · CP 1500

F Tier

#862

Ultra LeagueUltra

0/14/14 · L45 · CP 2496

F Tier

#565

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2880

Normal

Shiny

Cloyster

#91

Water

Ice

Attack

186

Top 42.8%

Defense

256

Top 2.5%

Stamina

137

Top 76.2%

Total

579

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Raids

Lv. 20

1383 -1455 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1729 -1819 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Eggs

Lv. 20

1383 -1455 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Research

Lv. 15

1037 -1092 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

2880 CP

Ranges use the standard 10/10/10 IV floor for raids, eggs, research, and Max Battle catches. The top CP is always 15/15/15.

How rare is a hundo? See odds by encounter type

It's Super Effective

Damage multipliers Cloyster takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Electric

160%

Grass

160%

Fighting

160%

Rock

160%

Resists

Ice

39.1%

Water

62.5%

Best Moves

Full move guide →

Every fast and charged move combo Cloyster can learn, ranked by simulated raid DPS.

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Frost Breath
Razor Shell
10.61
138.4
1413.5s
8.91
2
Ice Shard
Razor Shell
10.53
137.4
1424.3s
8.85
3
Frost Breath
Avalanche
10.11
131.9
1483.2s
8.53
4
Ice Shard
Avalanche
10.02
130.7
1497.2s
8.42
5
Frost Breath
Liquidation
9.39
122.5
1597.0s
7.90
6
Ice Shard
Liquidation
9.27
121.0
1617.3s
7.81
7
Frost Breath
Blizzard
9.13
119.1
1642.4s
7.70
8
Frost Breath
Hydro Pump
9.01
117.6
1664.4s
7.57
9
Ice Shard
Blizzard
8.99
117.2
1669.1s
7.56
10
Ice Shard
Hydro Pump
8.86
115.6
1693.3s
7.46

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Best Counters

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These are the top ten counters to defeat Cloyster in a raid.

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Mewtwo X
Counter
Dynamic Punch+
37.33
1522.9
2.4
96.4s
36.58
2
Mega Lucario
Force Palm
Aura Sphere
33.00
1162.4
3.1
109.1s
32.22
3
Mega Raichu Y
Thunder Shock
Zap Cannon+
32.98
703.4
5.1
109.2s
31.29
4
Mega Blaziken
Counter
Aura Sphere
31.34
1023.9
3.5
114.9s
30.10
5
Mega Mewtwo Y
Counter
Future Sight+
28.89
1219.4
3.0
124.6s
28.36
6
Mega Raichu X
Thunder Shock
Volt Tackle+
29.10
786.0
4.6
123.7s
28.16
7
Mega Falinks
Counter
Brick Break+
28.82
910.1
4.0
124.9s
28.06
8
Keldeo Resolute
Low Kick
Secret Sword
27.70
1499.0
2.4
130.0s
27.28
9
Mega Gallade
Low Kick
Sacred Sword
27.40
899.0
4.0
131.4s
26.71
10
Mega Chesnaught
Vine Whip
Seed Bomb+
27.02
1108.7
3.2
133.2s
26.44

Go Battle League

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Recommended movesets, best IV spreads, and PvP traits for Cloyster in each Pokémon GO Battle League.

Best moveset

Ice Shard

General

Icy Wind

Debuff

Liquidation

Debuff

Rank 1 IVs

1500

0/13/13

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 22.5

117.86

Attack

170.45

Defense

Stat Product · 1,908,475

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/13/13	22.5	1500	100.00%
0/15/12	22.5	1500	99.68%
0/12/13	22.5	1497	99.63%
2/15/15	22	1497	99.56%
0/9/15	22.5	1498	99.55%
1/10/13	22.5	1499	99.42%
3/13/15	22	1500	99.35%
0/14/12	22.5	1497	99.32%
0/11/14	22.5	1499	99.26%
0/11/13	22.5	1494	99.26%
2/14/15	22	1495	99.20%
0/8/15	22.5	1496	99.17%
1/15/10	22.5	1498	99.15%
1/12/12	22.5	1500	99.11%
1/9/13	22.5	1496	99.04%
3/15/14	22	1500	99.04%
1/15/15	22	1489	99.03%
3/12/15	22	1497	98.98%
1/6/15	22.5	1498	98.95%
0/13/12	22.5	1495	98.95%
0/10/14	22.5	1496	98.88%
0/10/13	22.5	1491	98.88%
2/13/15	22	1492	98.83%
2/7/13	22.5	1499	98.82%
0/7/15	22.5	1493	98.80%
1/14/11	22.5	1500	98.79%
1/14/10	22.5	1495	98.79%
4/10/15	22	1499	98.77%
1/11/12	22.5	1497	98.74%
2/4/15	22.5	1500	98.72%
0/1/13	23	1498	98.69%
3/14/14	22	1498	98.67%
1/8/14	22.5	1499	98.67%
1/8/13	22.5	1494	98.67%
1/14/15	22	1487	98.67%
0/12/7	23	1499	98.63%
0/15/11	22.5	1495	98.62%
0/15/10	22.5	1490	98.62%
3/11/15	22	1494	98.62%
2/12/10	22.5	1498	98.58%
0/12/12	22.5	1492	98.58%
1/5/15	22.5	1495	98.57%
2/9/12	22.5	1499	98.52%
2/15/14	22	1493	98.52%
0/6/10	23	1498	98.51%
0/9/14	22.5	1493	98.51%
0/9/13	22.5	1488	98.51%
4/15/12	22	1498	98.50%
0/15/15	22	1482	98.50%
7/14/15	21.5	1500	98.47%

Top 50 Great League spreads for wild-caught IVs, powered up to Level 50. Select a spread to preview its stats.

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Traits (1)

Moves

Every fast and charged attack Cloyster can learn in Pokémon GO, including legacy and elite TM moves.

Fast Attacks

Frost Breath
11
9
1.0s
11
Ice Shard
10
10
1.0s
10

Charged Attacks

Aurora Beam
80
-50
3.5s
22.86
Avalanche
85
-50
2.5s
34
Blizzard
130
-100
3.0s
43.33
Hydro Pump
135
-100
3.5s
38.57
Icy Wind
65
-33
3.5s
18.57
Liquidation
70
-33
3.0s
23.33
Razor Shell
55
-33
1.5s
36.67

Evolve

Every form this Pokémon evolves from and into, plus the requirements to trigger each stage.

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Shellder	50 Candy	Cloyster

Family

All of the Pokémon related to Cloyster including its evolutions, shadow versions, regional forms, and Dynamax and Gigantamax forms.

Shellder

#90

Shadow Shellder

#90

Cloyster

#91

Shadow Cloyster

#91

Mega Boost

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These Mega and Primal Pokémon provide a 1.3× damage boost to Water- and Ice-type attacks when active in raids. Catching Cloyster with one of these active will increase your XP and candy rewards.

Mega Blastoise #9

Boosts:

Mega Slowbro #80

Boosts:

Mega Starmie #121

Boosts:

Mega Gyarados #130

Boosts:

Mega Swampert #260

Boosts:

Mega Sharpedo #319

Boosts:

Mega Glalie #362

Boosts:

Primal Kyogre #382

Boosts:

Mega Abomasnow #460

Boosts:

Mega Greninja #658

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 0.735 m to 2.625 m tall, averaging 1.5 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.735 m 2'05"	0.75 m 2'06"
XS	0.75 m 2'06"	1.125 m 3'08"
M	1.125 m 3'08"	1.875 m 6'02"
XL	1.875 m 6'02"	2.25 m 7'05"
XXL	2.25 m 7'05"	2.625 m 8'07"

XXS

0.735 m

2'05"

0.75 m

2'06"

0.75 m

2'06"

1.125 m

3'08"

1.125 m

3'08"

1.875 m

6'02"

1.875 m

6'02"

2.25 m

7'05"

XXL

2.25 m

7'05"

2.625 m

8'07"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Hovering
Movement timer	3s
Jump time	1s
Attack probability	10%
Attack timer	8s
Dodge probability	15%
Dodge duration	0.8s
Dodge distance	0.8
Min action frequency	0.2s
Max action frequency	1.6s

Hundo CP

This chart shows the maximum Combat Power for Cloyster at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	36 CP	27	1965 CP
2	112 CP	28	2038 CP
3	189 CP	29	2111 CP
4	266 CP	30	2184 CP
5	343 CP	31	2220 CP
6	420 CP	32	2256 CP
7	497 CP	33	2293 CP
8	574 CP	34	2329 CP
9	651 CP	35	2366 CP
10	728 CP	36	2402 CP
11	800 CP	37	2438 CP
12	873 CP	38	2475 CP
13	946 CP	39	2511 CP
14	1019 CP	40	2547 CP
15	1092 CP	41	2580 CP
16	1164 CP	42	2612 CP
17	1237 CP	43	2645 CP
18	1310 CP	44	2678 CP
19	1383 CP	45	2711 CP
20	1455 CP	46	2745 CP
21	1528 CP	47	2778 CP
22	1601 CP	48	2812 CP
23	1674 CP	49	2846 CP
24	1747 CP	50	2880 CP
25	1819 CP	51	2914 CP
26	1892 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	36 CP	18	1310 CP	35	2366 CP
2	112 CP	19	1383 CP	36	2402 CP
3	189 CP	20	1455 CP	37	2438 CP
4	266 CP	21	1528 CP	38	2475 CP
5	343 CP	22	1601 CP	39	2511 CP
6	420 CP	23	1674 CP	40	2547 CP
7	497 CP	24	1747 CP	41	2580 CP
8	574 CP	25	1819 CP	42	2612 CP
9	651 CP	26	1892 CP	43	2645 CP
10	728 CP	27	1965 CP	44	2678 CP
11	800 CP	28	2038 CP	45	2711 CP
12	873 CP	29	2111 CP	46	2745 CP
13	946 CP	30	2184 CP	47	2778 CP
14	1019 CP	31	2220 CP	48	2812 CP
15	1092 CP	32	2256 CP	49	2846 CP
16	1164 CP	33	2293 CP	50	2880 CP
17	1237 CP	34	2329 CP	51	2914 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Cloyster up to each level from level 1.


50.0	520,000	304	296
40.0	270,000	304	-
35.0	182,000	186	-
30.0	120,000	122	-
25.0	76,000	84	-
20.0	45,000	56	-
15.0	23,600	36	-
10.0	10,000	18	-
5.0	2,400	8	-


1.5	200	1	-
2.0	400	2	-
2.5	600	3	-
3.0	800	4	-
3.5	1,200	5	-
4.0	1,600	6	-
4.5	2,000	7	-
5.0	2,400	8	-
5.5	3,000	9	-
6.0	3,600	10	-
6.5	4,200	11	-
7.0	4,800	12	-
7.5	5,600	13	-
8.0	6,400	14	-
8.5	7,200	15	-
9.0	8,000	16	-
9.5	9,000	17	-
10.0	10,000	18	-
10.5	11,000	19	-
11.0	12,000	20	-
11.5	13,300	22	-
12.0	14,600	24	-
12.5	15,900	26	-
13.0	17,200	28	-
13.5	18,800	30	-
14.0	20,400	32	-
14.5	22,000	34	-
15.0	23,600	36	-
15.5	25,500	38	-
16.0	27,400	40	-
16.5	29,300	42	-
17.0	31,200	44	-
17.5	33,400	46	-
18.0	35,600	48	-
18.5	37,800	50	-
19.0	40,000	52	-
19.5	42,500	54	-
20.0	45,000	56	-
20.5	47,500	58	-
21.0	50,000	60	-
21.5	53,000	63	-
22.0	56,000	66	-
22.5	59,000	69	-
23.0	62,000	72	-
23.5	65,500	75	-
24.0	69,000	78	-
24.5	72,500	81	-
25.0	76,000	84	-
25.5	80,000	87	-
26.0	84,000	90	-
26.5	88,000	94	-
27.0	92,000	98	-
27.5	96,500	102	-
28.0	101,000	106	-
28.5	105,500	110	-
29.0	110,000	114	-
29.5	115,000	118	-
30.0	120,000	122	-
30.5	125,000	126	-
31.0	130,000	130	-
31.5	136,000	136	-
32.0	142,000	142	-
32.5	148,000	148	-
33.0	154,000	154	-
33.5	161,000	162	-
34.0	168,000	170	-
34.5	175,000	178	-
35.0	182,000	186	-
35.5	190,000	196	-
36.0	198,000	206	-
36.5	206,000	216	-
37.0	214,000	226	-
37.5	223,000	238	-
38.0	232,000	250	-
38.5	241,000	262	-
39.0	250,000	274	-
39.5	260,000	289	-
40.0	270,000	304	-
40.5	280,000	304	10
41.0	290,000	304	20
41.5	301,000	304	30
42.0	312,000	304	40
42.5	323,000	304	52
43.0	334,000	304	64
43.5	346,000	304	76
44.0	358,000	304	88
44.5	370,000	304	103
45.0	382,000	304	118
45.5	395,000	304	133
46.0	408,000	304	148
46.5	421,000	304	165
47.0	434,000	304	182
47.5	448,000	304	199
48.0	462,000	304	216
48.5	476,000	304	236
49.0	490,000	304	256
49.5	505,000	304	276
50.0	520,000	304	296

Shellder

Gastly