Galvantula (Pokémon GO)

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Joltik

Ferroseed

#596

1260

1575

Attacker Rank

D Tier

F Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePvP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/15/15 · L25.5 · CP 1495

F Tier

#408

Ultra LeagueUltra

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2494

C Tier

#182

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2494

Normal

Shiny

Galvantula

#596

Bug

Electric

Attack

201

Top 35.7%

Defense

128

Top 64.5%

Stamina

172

Top 44.1%

Total

501

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Raids

Lv. 20

1193 -1260 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1491 -1575 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Eggs

Lv. 20

1193 -1260 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Research

Lv. 15

895 -945 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

2494 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 Galvantula takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Fire

160%

Rock

160%

Resists

Electric

62.5%

Grass

62.5%

Fighting

62.5%

Steel

62.5%

Best Moves

Full move guide →

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

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Fury Cutter
Discharge
10.78
90.9
1391.7s
8.33
2
Fury Cutter
Bug Buzz
10.57
89.2
1418.6s
8.16
3
Volt Switch
Discharge
9.95
83.9
1507.1s
7.71
4
Volt Switch
Bug Buzz
9.67
81.5
1551.8s
7.48
5
Fury Cutter
Cross Poison
8.71
73.5
1722.0s
6.72
6
Fury Cutter
Lunge
8.57
72.3
1749.7s
6.63
7
Fury Cutter
Energy Ball
8.34
70.3
1798.7s
6.45
8
Volt Switch
Lunge
8.07
68.0
1859.4s
6.24
9
Volt Switch
Cross Poison
8.06
67.9
1862.1s
6.23
10
Volt Switch
Energy Ball
7.79
65.7
1926.7s
6.01

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Best Counters

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

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Delphox
Fire Spin
Mystical Fire+
62.54
2732.7
1.3
57.6s
61.58
2
Blacephalon
Incinerate
Mind Blown
56.90
2004.8
1.8
63.3s
55.50
3
Shadow Reshiram
Fire Fang
Fusion Flare
55.36
3048.0
1.2
65.0s
54.69
4
Mega Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
55.35
2659.6
1.4
65.0s
54.43
5
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
53.65
2929.2
1.2
67.1s
52.86
6
Shadow Chandelure
Fire Spin
Overheat
49.90
1919.5
1.9
72.1s
48.77
7
Shadow Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
49.59
1693.3
2.1
72.6s
48.39
8
Mega Mewtwo Y
Psycho Cut
Future Sight+
49.33
2007.7
1.8
73.0s
48.34
9
Shadow Darmanitan Standard
Fire Fang
Overheat
49.73
1404.6
2.6
72.4s
48.27
10
Shadow Heatran
Fire Spin
Magma Storm
48.22
3262.1
1.1
74.7s
47.64

Go Battle League

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

Best moveset

Volt Switch

Multipurpose

Discharge

Spam/Bait

Lunge

Debuff

Rank 1 IVs

1495

0/15/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 25.5

135.59

Attack

96.47

Defense

126

Stat Product · 1,648,056

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/15/15	25.5	1495	100.00%
0/12/13	26	1500	99.82%
1/14/15	25.5	1497	99.79%
1/15/14	25.5	1499	99.70%
2/13/15	25.5	1500	99.58%
0/15/9	26	1500	99.53%
2/15/12	25.5	1498	99.39%
0/14/15	25.5	1490	99.30%
0/15/14	25.5	1491	99.21%
3/14/12	25.5	1500	99.18%
0/10/15	26	1498	99.18%
0/11/14	26	1499	99.11%
0/11/13	26	1495	99.11%
1/13/15	25.5	1492	99.09%
0/12/12	26	1496	99.03%
1/14/14	25.5	1493	99.00%
1/9/15	26	1500	98.95%
0/13/11	26	1498	98.94%
1/15/13	25.5	1495	98.90%
1/15/12	25.5	1491	98.90%
1/10/13	26	1497	98.89%
5/15/14	25	1498	98.88%
2/12/15	25.5	1494	98.88%
0/14/10	26	1499	98.84%
0/14/9	26	1495	98.84%
1/11/12	26	1498	98.81%
2/13/14	25.5	1495	98.79%
0/9/10	26.5	1500	98.77%
4/15/9	25.5	1500	98.75%
1/12/11	26	1500	98.73%
0/15/8	26	1496	98.72%
2/14/13	25.5	1497	98.70%
2/14/12	25.5	1493	98.70%
6/14/14	25	1500	98.67%
2/9/13	26	1499	98.66%
3/11/15	25.5	1496	98.65%
1/13/9	26	1497	98.63%
0/11/7	26.5	1499	98.61%
0/13/15	25.5	1485	98.60%
2/15/11	25.5	1494	98.59%
2/10/12	26	1500	98.59%
3/12/14	25.5	1498	98.57%
1/14/8	26	1498	98.52%
0/14/14	25.5	1486	98.51%
0/12/6	26.5	1500	98.51%
3/13/13	25.5	1499	98.48%
3/13/12	25.5	1495	98.48%
0/9/15	26	1492	98.46%
4/10/15	25.5	1498	98.42%
2/12/9	26	1499	98.42%

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 (7)

Moves

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

Fast Attacks

Fury Cutter
4
8
0.5s
8
Volt Switch
13
20
1.5s
8.67

Charged Attacks

Bug Buzz
95
-50
3.5s
27.14
Cross Poison
40
-33
1.5s
26.67
Discharge
65
-33
2.5s
26
Energy Ball
90
-50
4.0s
22.5
Lunge
55
-33
3.0s
18.33

Evolve

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

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Joltik	50 Candy	Galvantula

Family

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

Joltik

#595

Shadow Joltik

#595

Galvantula

#596

Shadow Galvantula

#596

Backgrounds

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Galvantula has 1 background in Pokémon GO.

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Feb 21, 2025

Mega Boost

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

Mega Beedrill #15

Boosts:

Mega Raichu X #26

Boosts:

Mega Raichu Y #26

Boosts:

Mega Pinsir #127

Boosts:

Mega Ampharos #181

Boosts:

Mega Scizor #212

Boosts:

Mega Heracross #214

Boosts:

Mega Manectric #310

Boosts:

Primal Kyogre #382

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 0.392 m to 1.24 m tall, averaging 0.8 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.392 m 1'03"	0.4 m 1'04"
XS	0.4 m 1'04"	0.6 m 2'00"
M	0.6 m 2'00"	1 m 3'03"
XL	1 m 3'03"	1.2 m 3'11"
XXL	1.2 m 3'11"	1.24 m 4'01"

XXS

0.392 m

1'03"

0.4 m

1'04"

0.4 m

1'04"

0.6 m

2'00"

0.6 m

2'00"

1 m

3'03"

1 m

3'03"

1.2 m

3'11"

XXL

1.2 m

3'11"

1.24 m

4'01"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Jump
Movement timer	10s
Jump time	1s
Attack probability	10%
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 Galvantula at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	31 CP	27	1701 CP
2	97 CP	28	1764 CP
3	164 CP	29	1828 CP
4	230 CP	30	1891 CP
5	297 CP	31	1922 CP
6	364 CP	32	1954 CP
7	430 CP	33	1985 CP
8	497 CP	34	2017 CP
9	563 CP	35	2048 CP
10	630 CP	36	2080 CP
11	693 CP	37	2111 CP
12	756 CP	38	2143 CP
13	819 CP	39	2174 CP
14	882 CP	40	2206 CP
15	945 CP	41	2234 CP
16	1008 CP	42	2262 CP
17	1071 CP	43	2290 CP
18	1134 CP	44	2319 CP
19	1197 CP	45	2347 CP
20	1260 CP	46	2376 CP
21	1323 CP	47	2405 CP
22	1386 CP	48	2435 CP
23	1449 CP	49	2464 CP
24	1512 CP	50	2494 CP
25	1575 CP	51	2523 CP
26	1638 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	31 CP	18	1134 CP	35	2048 CP
2	97 CP	19	1197 CP	36	2080 CP
3	164 CP	20	1260 CP	37	2111 CP
4	230 CP	21	1323 CP	38	2143 CP
5	297 CP	22	1386 CP	39	2174 CP
6	364 CP	23	1449 CP	40	2206 CP
7	430 CP	24	1512 CP	41	2234 CP
8	497 CP	25	1575 CP	42	2262 CP
9	563 CP	26	1638 CP	43	2290 CP
10	630 CP	27	1701 CP	44	2319 CP
11	693 CP	28	1764 CP	45	2347 CP
12	756 CP	29	1828 CP	46	2376 CP
13	819 CP	30	1891 CP	47	2405 CP
14	882 CP	31	1922 CP	48	2435 CP
15	945 CP	32	1954 CP	49	2464 CP
16	1008 CP	33	1985 CP	50	2494 CP
17	1071 CP	34	2017 CP	51	2523 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Galvantula 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

Joltik

Ferroseed