Shadow Forretress (Pokémon GO)

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Pineco

Dunsparce

#205

1304

1630

Attacker Rank

F Tier

F Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePVP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/9/15 · L25.5 · CP 1500

S Tier

#16

Ultra LeagueUltra

9/15/15 · L50 · CP 2492

S Tier

#18

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2580

Normal

Shiny

Shadow Forretress

#205

Bug

Steel

Attack

161

Top 58%

Defense

205

Top 14.1%

Stamina

181

Top 35.6%

Total

547

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Rocket Grunts

Lv. 8

436 -514 CP

0/0/0 - 15/15/15

Rocket Grunts (WB)

Lv. 13

752 -847 CP

4/4/4 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids

Lv. 20

1183 -1304 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1479 -1630 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

2580 CP

The IV floor for Rocket Grunts is 0/0/0, 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 Forretress takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Fire

256%

Resists

Grass

39.1%

Poison

39.1%

Normal

62.5%

Ice

62.5%

Psychic

62.5%

Bug

62.5%

Dragon

62.5%

Steel

62.5%

Fairy

62.5%

Best Moves

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

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Bug Bite
Heavy Slam
11.11
125.8
1350.7s
9.14
2
Struggle Bug
Heavy Slam
9.99
113.2
1500.8s
8.19
3
Volt Switch
Heavy Slam
9.76
110.5
1537.0s
8.02
4
Bug Bite
Earthquake
9.66
109.4
1553.6s
7.94
5
Bug Bite
Mirror Shot
9.12
103.3
1644.8s
7.48
6
Struggle Bug
Mirror Shot
8.50
96.3
1764.5s
6.99
7
Struggle Bug
Earthquake
8.46
95.9
1772.5s
6.94
8
Bug Bite
Rock Tomb
8.19
92.8
1831.7s
6.74
9
Volt Switch
Mirror Shot
8.09
91.7
1853.1s
6.64
10
Volt Switch
Earthquake
7.96
90.2
1883.5s
6.54

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Best Counters

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

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Delphox
Fire Spin
Mystical Fire+
77.00
3100.4
1.2
46.8s
75.66
2
Mega Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
68.19
2624.9
1.4
52.8s
66.73
3
Shadow Reshiram
Fire Fang
Fusion Flare
67.83
2634.3
1.4
53.1s
66.61
4
Blacephalon
Incinerate
Mind Blown
68.25
1689.4
2.1
52.7s
65.86
5
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
66.52
3410.7
1.1
54.1s
65.56
6
Shadow Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
59.82
1652.8
2.2
60.2s
57.98
7
Shadow Chandelure
Fire Spin
Overheat
59.70
1609.5
2.2
60.3s
57.75
8
Shadow Heatran
Fire Spin
Magma Storm
58.88
2885.2
1.2
61.1s
57.52
9
Shadow Moltres
Fire Spin
Overheat
58.29
2398.3
1.5
61.8s
57.05
10
Shadow Darmanitan Standard
Fire Fang
Overheat
59.01
1428.4
2.5
61.0s
56.91

Go Battle League

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

Best moveset

Volt Switch

Multipurpose

Sand Tomb

Debuff Spam

Rock Tomb

Debuff

Rank 1 IVs

1500

0/9/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 25.5

108.61

Attack

144.36

Defense

132

Stat Product · 2,069,583

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/9/15	25.5	1500	100.00%
1/15/15	25	1500	99.88%
1/15/14	25	1496	99.88%
0/12/12	25.5	1499	99.87%
0/10/14	25.5	1500	99.71%
0/15/9	25.5	1497	99.69%
2/13/14	25	1499	99.58%
0/13/11	25.5	1498	99.55%
0/8/15	25.5	1496	99.53%
1/14/15	25	1497	99.42%
1/14/14	25	1493	99.42%
0/11/13	25.5	1499	99.41%
0/11/12	25.5	1495	99.41%
1/13/9	25.5	1500	99.40%
2/14/13	25	1498	99.27%
0/15/15	25	1491	99.26%
0/15/14	25	1487	99.26%
0/9/14	25.5	1496	99.24%
0/14/10	25.5	1498	99.24%
0/14/9	25.5	1494	99.24%
1/6/15	25.5	1499	99.21%
0/13/4	26	1500	99.15%
2/12/15	25	1499	99.12%
2/12/14	25	1495	99.12%
1/15/13	25	1493	99.11%
0/3/13	26	1500	99.10%
3/14/11	25	1500	99.10%
0/12/11	25.5	1495	99.10%
1/9/12	25.5	1498	99.10%
1/14/8	25.5	1499	99.07%
0/7/15	25.5	1493	99.07%
0/6/10	26	1499	99.01%
1/13/15	25	1493	98.97%
1/13/14	25	1490	98.97%
2/15/12	25	1498	98.95%
2/15/11	25	1494	98.95%
0/10/13	25.5	1496	98.95%
0/10/12	25.5	1492	98.95%
1/12/10	25.5	1500	98.94%
1/12/9	25.5	1496	98.94%
1/7/14	25.5	1498	98.93%
4/15/15	24.5	1498	98.92%
0/15/8	25.5	1493	98.91%
0/9/7	26	1498	98.87%
0/4/12	26	1500	98.82%
2/13/13	25	1495	98.81%
3/10/14	25	1498	98.81%
0/14/3	26	1499	98.81%
0/14/15	25	1488	98.81%
0/14/14	25	1484	98.81%

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 (5)

Moves

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

Fast Attacks

Bug Bite
5
6
0.5s
10
Struggle Bug
15
15
1.5s
10
Volt Switch
13
20
1.5s
8.67

Charged Attacks

Earthquake
140
-100
3.5s
40
Heavy Slam
70
-50
2.0s
35
Mirror Shot
50
-33
2.5s
20
Rock Tomb
65
-50
3.0s
21.67
Sand Tomb
60
-33
4.0s
15

Evolve

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

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Pineco	50 Candy 45 Candy (purified)	Forretress

Family

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

Pineco

#204

Shadow Pineco

#204

Forretress

#205

Shadow Forretress

#205

Mega Boost

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

Mega Beedrill #15

Boosts:

Mega Pinsir #127

Boosts:

Mega Steelix #208

Boosts:

Mega Scizor #212

Boosts:

Mega Heracross #214

Boosts:

Mega Skarmory #227

Boosts:

Mega Mawile #303

Boosts:

Mega Aggron #306

Boosts:

Mega Metagross #376

Boosts:

Primal Kyogre #382

Boosts:

Mega Lucario #448

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 0.583 m to 2.083 m tall, averaging 1.19 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.583 m 1'11"	0.595 m 1'11"
XS	0.595 m 1'11"	0.892 m 2'11"
M	0.892 m 2'11"	1.488 m 4'11"
XL	1.488 m 4'11"	1.785 m 5'10"
XXL	1.785 m 5'10"	2.083 m 6'10"

XXS

0.583 m

1'11"

0.595 m

1'11"

0.595 m

1'11"

0.892 m

2'11"

0.892 m

2'11"

1.488 m

4'11"

1.488 m

4'11"

1.785 m

5'10"

XXL

1.785 m

5'10"

2.083 m

6'10"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Hovering
Movement timer	11s
Jump time	1.1s
Attack probability	10%
Attack timer	20s
Dodge probability	15%
Dodge duration	1s
Dodge distance	0.9
Min action frequency	0.2s
Max action frequency	1.6s

Hundo CP

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

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	32 CP	27	1760 CP
2	101 CP	28	1826 CP
3	170 CP	29	1891 CP
4	238 CP	30	1956 CP
5	307 CP	31	1989 CP
6	376 CP	32	2021 CP
7	445 CP	33	2054 CP
8	514 CP	34	2087 CP
9	583 CP	35	2119 CP
10	652 CP	36	2152 CP
11	717 CP	37	2184 CP
12	782 CP	38	2217 CP
13	847 CP	39	2250 CP
14	913 CP	40	2282 CP
15	978 CP	41	2311 CP
16	1043 CP	42	2340 CP
17	1108 CP	43	2370 CP
18	1173 CP	44	2399 CP
19	1239 CP	45	2429 CP
20	1304 CP	46	2459 CP
21	1369 CP	47	2489 CP
22	1434 CP	48	2519 CP
23	1500 CP	49	2549 CP
24	1565 CP	50	2580 CP
25	1630 CP	51	2611 CP
26	1695 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	32 CP	18	1173 CP	35	2119 CP
2	101 CP	19	1239 CP	36	2152 CP
3	170 CP	20	1304 CP	37	2184 CP
4	238 CP	21	1369 CP	38	2217 CP
5	307 CP	22	1434 CP	39	2250 CP
6	376 CP	23	1500 CP	40	2282 CP
7	445 CP	24	1565 CP	41	2311 CP
8	514 CP	25	1630 CP	42	2340 CP
9	583 CP	26	1695 CP	43	2370 CP
10	652 CP	27	1760 CP	44	2399 CP
11	717 CP	28	1826 CP	45	2429 CP
12	782 CP	29	1891 CP	46	2459 CP
13	847 CP	30	1956 CP	47	2489 CP
14	913 CP	31	1989 CP	48	2519 CP
15	978 CP	32	2021 CP	49	2549 CP
16	1043 CP	33	2054 CP	50	2580 CP
17	1108 CP	34	2087 CP	51	2611 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Shadow Forretress 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

Pineco

Dunsparce