Shadow Empoleon (Pokémon GO)

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Prinplup

Starly

#395

1657

2072

Attacker Rank

S Tier

C Tier

D Tier

GO Battle LeaguePVP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/13/15 · L19.5 · CP 1500

S Tier

Ultra LeagueUltra

1/15/14 · L34.5 · CP 2500

S Tier

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 3279

C Tier

#151

Normal

Shiny

Shadow Empoleon

#395

Water

Steel

Attack

210

Top 30.9%

Defense

186

Top 24.1%

Stamina

197

Top 25.3%

Total

593

Pokédex details

Rocket Grunts

Lv. 8

571 -653 CP

1/1/1 - 15/15/15

Rocket Grunts (WB)

Lv. 13

970 -1077 CP

4/4/4 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids

Lv. 20

1521 -1657 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1902 -2072 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

3279 CP

The IV floor for Rocket Grunts is 1/1/1, or 4/4/4 when weather boosted. Shadow Raids use a 6/6/6 IV floor. The hundo CP is always 15/15/15.

How rare is a hundo? See odds by encounter type

It's Super Effective

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

Weak to

Electric

160%

Fighting

160%

Ground

160%

Resists

Ice

39.1%

Poison

39.1%

Steel

39.1%

Normal

62.5%

Water

62.5%

Flying

62.5%

Psychic

62.5%

Bug

62.5%

Rock

62.5%

Dragon

62.5%

Fairy

62.5%

Best Moves

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

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Metal Claw
Hydro Cannon
16.72
187.6
897.3s
13.72
2
Steel Wing
Hydro Cannon
16.36
183.5
917.1s
13.45
3
Metal Sound
Hydro Cannon
15.69
176.0
956.3s
12.85
4
Waterfall
Hydro Cannon
15.36
172.3
976.9s
12.61
5
Metal Claw
Hydro Pump
13.59
152.5
1103.5s
11.15
6
Steel Wing
Hydro Pump
13.50
151.5
1111.2s
11.08
7
Steel Wing
Drill Peck
13.35
149.9
1123.3s
10.97
8
Metal Claw
Drill Peck
13.23
148.5
1133.4s
10.88
9
Steel Wing
Flash Cannon
12.92
144.9
1161.4s
10.58
10
Steel Wing
Blizzard
12.88
144.5
1165.0s
10.56

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Best Counters

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

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Lucario
Force Palm
Aura Sphere
52.57
1282.0
2.8
68.5s
50.79
2
Mega Mewtwo X
Counter
Focus Blast
50.27
1353.3
2.7
71.6s
48.70
3
Mega Blaziken
Counter
Aura Sphere
48.76
1071.2
3.4
73.8s
45.63
4
Keldeo Resolute
Low Kick
Secret Sword
44.73
1482.7
2.4
80.5s
43.61
5
Mega Mewtwo Y
Counter
Thunderbolt
43.86
1338.6
2.7
82.1s
42.72
6
Mega Raichu Y
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge
43.27
886.7
4.1
83.2s
40.72
7
Primal Groudon
Mud Shot
Precipice Blades
42.32
1489.5
2.4
85.1s
40.37
8
Shadow Raikou
Thunder Shock
Aura Sphere
40.20
1088.9
3.3
89.5s
38.89
9
Zeraora
Volt Switch
Plasma Fists
39.46
1159.3
3.1
91.2s
38.22
10
Shadow Conkeldurr
Force Palm
Dynamic Punch
40.65
696.7
5.2
88.6s
38.15

Go Battle League

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

Best moveset

Metal Sound

Fast Charge

Hydro Cannon

Spam/Bait

Drill Peck

Spam/Bait

Rank 1 IVs

1500

0/13/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 19.5

123.88

Attack

117.39

Defense

125

Stat Product · 1,817,697

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/13/15	19.5	1500	100.00%
0/12/15	19.5	1497	99.50%
1/11/15	19.5	1500	99.47%
0/15/12	19.5	1497	99.39%
0/13/14	19.5	1497	99.20%
1/12/14	19.5	1500	99.17%
1/15/10	19.5	1497	99.05%
2/14/10	19.5	1500	99.02%
0/11/15	19.5	1493	98.99%
1/10/15	19.5	1496	98.96%
2/9/15	19.5	1499	98.92%
0/14/13	19.5	1497	98.89%
0/14/12	19.5	1493	98.89%
1/13/13	19.5	1500	98.87%
1/13/12	19.5	1497	98.87%
2/12/12	19.5	1500	98.84%
0/4/14	20	1500	98.71%
0/12/14	19.5	1493	98.70%
4/15/15	19	1497	98.69%
1/11/14	19.5	1496	98.67%
2/10/14	19.5	1500	98.64%
0/15/11	19.5	1494	98.58%
0/15/10	19.5	1490	98.58%
1/14/11	19.5	1497	98.56%
1/14/10	19.5	1493	98.56%
2/13/11	19.5	1500	98.53%
2/13/10	19.5	1497	98.53%
3/12/10	19.5	1500	98.50%
0/10/15	19.5	1489	98.49%
0/13/4	20	1498	98.46%
1/9/15	19.5	1492	98.46%
0/5/13	20	1500	98.44%
2/8/15	19.5	1496	98.42%
0/13/13	19.5	1493	98.40%
0/13/12	19.5	1490	98.40%
0/8/9	20	1498	98.39%
1/12/13	19.5	1497	98.37%
1/12/12	19.5	1493	98.37%
3/7/15	19.5	1499	98.37%
3/15/7	19.5	1500	98.35%
5/15/13	19	1497	98.34%
2/11/13	19.5	1500	98.34%
2/11/12	19.5	1496	98.34%
6/14/13	19	1500	98.31%
3/10/12	19.5	1500	98.30%
0/11/6	20	1498	98.28%
1/15/9	19.5	1494	98.24%
3/15/15	19	1490	98.22%
2/14/9	19.5	1497	98.21%
0/11/14	19.5	1489	98.20%

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 (4)

Moves

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

Fast Attacks

Metal Claw
6
5
0.5s
12
Metal Sound
4
6
0.5s
8
Steel Wing
14
8
1.0s
14
Waterfall
13
7
1.0s
13

Charged Attacks

Blizzard
130
-100
3.0s
43.33
Drill Peck
70
-33
2.5s
28
Flash Cannon
100
-100
2.5s
40
Hydro Cannon
90
-50
2.0s
45
Hydro Pump
135
-100
3.5s
38.57

Evolve

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

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Piplup	25 Candy 22 Candy (purified)	Prinplup
Prinplup	100 Candy 90 Candy (purified)	Empoleon

Family

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

Piplup

#393

Shadow Piplup

#393

Prinplup

#394

Shadow Prinplup

#394

Empoleon

#395

Shadow Empoleon

#395

Mega Boost

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These Mega and Primal Pokémon provide a 1.3× damage boost to Water- and Steel-type attacks when active in raids. Catching Shadow Empoleon 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 Steelix #208

Boosts:

Mega Scizor #212

Boosts:

Mega Skarmory #227

Boosts:

Mega Swampert #260

Boosts:

Mega Mawile #303

Boosts:

Mega Aggron #306

Boosts:

Mega Sharpedo #319

Boosts:

Mega Metagross #376

Boosts:

Primal Kyogre #382

Boosts:

Mega Lucario #448

Boosts:

Mega Greninja #658

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 0.833 m to 2.975 m tall, averaging 1.7 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.833 m 2'09"	0.85 m 2'09"
XS	0.85 m 2'09"	1.275 m 4'02"
M	1.275 m 4'02"	2.125 m 7'00"
XL	2.125 m 7'00"	2.55 m 8'04"
XXL	2.55 m 8'04"	2.975 m 9'09"

XXS

0.833 m

2'09"

0.85 m

2'09"

0.85 m

2'09"

1.275 m

4'02"

1.275 m

4'02"

2.125 m

7'00"

2.125 m

7'00"

2.55 m

8'04"

XXL

2.55 m

8'04"

2.975 m

9'09"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Jump
Movement timer	10s
Jump time	0.9s
Attack probability	20%
Attack timer	29s
Dodge probability	15%
Dodge duration	1s
Dodge distance	1
Min action frequency	0.2s
Max action frequency	1.6s

Hundo CP

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

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	41 CP	27	2237 CP
2	128 CP	28	2320 CP
3	216 CP	29	2403 CP
4	303 CP	30	2486 CP
5	391 CP	31	2528 CP
6	478 CP	32	2569 CP
7	566 CP	33	2610 CP
8	653 CP	34	2652 CP
9	741 CP	35	2693 CP
10	829 CP	36	2735 CP
11	911 CP	37	2776 CP
12	994 CP	38	2818 CP
13	1077 CP	39	2859 CP
14	1160 CP	40	2900 CP
15	1243 CP	41	2937 CP
16	1326 CP	42	2974 CP
17	1409 CP	43	3012 CP
18	1491 CP	44	3049 CP
19	1574 CP	45	3087 CP
20	1657 CP	46	3125 CP
21	1740 CP	47	3163 CP
22	1823 CP	48	3201 CP
23	1906 CP	49	3240 CP
24	1989 CP	50	3279 CP
25	2072 CP	51	3318 CP
26	2155 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	41 CP	18	1491 CP	35	2693 CP
2	128 CP	19	1574 CP	36	2735 CP
3	216 CP	20	1657 CP	37	2776 CP
4	303 CP	21	1740 CP	38	2818 CP
5	391 CP	22	1823 CP	39	2859 CP
6	478 CP	23	1906 CP	40	2900 CP
7	566 CP	24	1989 CP	41	2937 CP
8	653 CP	25	2072 CP	42	2974 CP
9	741 CP	26	2155 CP	43	3012 CP
10	829 CP	27	2237 CP	44	3049 CP
11	911 CP	28	2320 CP	45	3087 CP
12	994 CP	29	2403 CP	46	3125 CP
13	1077 CP	30	2486 CP	47	3163 CP
14	1160 CP	31	2528 CP	48	3201 CP
15	1243 CP	32	2569 CP	49	3240 CP
16	1326 CP	33	2610 CP	50	3279 CP
17	1409 CP	34	2652 CP	51	3318 CP

Level Up

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


50.0	624,000	406	360
40.0	324,000	406	-
35.0	218,400	262	-
30.0	144,000	180	-
25.0	91,200	132	-
20.0	54,000	94	-
15.0	28,320	64	-
10.0	12,000	36	-
5.0	2,880	16	-


1.5	240	2	-
2.0	480	4	-
2.5	720	6	-
3.0	960	8	-
3.5	1,440	10	-
4.0	1,920	12	-
4.5	2,400	14	-
5.0	2,880	16	-
5.5	3,600	18	-
6.0	4,320	20	-
6.5	5,040	22	-
7.0	5,760	24	-
7.5	6,720	26	-
8.0	7,680	28	-
8.5	8,640	30	-
9.0	9,600	32	-
9.5	10,800	34	-
10.0	12,000	36	-
10.5	13,200	38	-
11.0	14,400	40	-
11.5	15,960	43	-
12.0	17,520	46	-
12.5	19,080	49	-
13.0	20,640	52	-
13.5	22,560	55	-
14.0	24,480	58	-
14.5	26,400	61	-
15.0	28,320	64	-
15.5	30,600	67	-
16.0	32,880	70	-
16.5	35,160	73	-
17.0	37,440	76	-
17.5	40,080	79	-
18.0	42,720	82	-
18.5	45,360	85	-
19.0	48,000	88	-
19.5	51,000	91	-
20.0	54,000	94	-
20.5	57,000	97	-
21.0	60,000	100	-
21.5	63,600	104	-
22.0	67,200	108	-
22.5	70,800	112	-
23.0	74,400	116	-
23.5	78,600	120	-
24.0	82,800	124	-
24.5	87,000	128	-
25.0	91,200	132	-
25.5	96,000	136	-
26.0	100,800	140	-
26.5	105,600	145	-
27.0	110,400	150	-
27.5	115,800	155	-
28.0	121,200	160	-
28.5	126,600	165	-
29.0	132,000	170	-
29.5	138,000	175	-
30.0	144,000	180	-
30.5	150,000	185	-
31.0	156,000	190	-
31.5	163,200	198	-
32.0	170,400	206	-
32.5	177,600	214	-
33.0	184,800	222	-
33.5	193,200	232	-
34.0	201,600	242	-
34.5	210,000	252	-
35.0	218,400	262	-
35.5	228,000	274	-
36.0	237,600	286	-
36.5	247,200	298	-
37.0	256,800	310	-
37.5	267,600	325	-
38.0	278,400	340	-
38.5	289,200	355	-
39.0	300,000	370	-
39.5	312,000	388	-
40.0	324,000	406	-
40.5	336,000	406	12
41.0	348,000	406	24
41.5	361,200	406	36
42.0	374,400	406	48
42.5	387,600	406	63
43.0	400,800	406	78
43.5	415,200	406	93
44.0	429,600	406	108
44.5	444,000	406	126
45.0	458,400	406	144
45.5	474,000	406	162
46.0	489,600	406	180
46.5	505,200	406	201
47.0	520,800	406	222
47.5	537,600	406	243
48.0	554,400	406	264
48.5	571,200	406	288
49.0	588,000	406	312
49.5	606,000	406	336
50.0	624,000	406	360

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