Shadow Ho-Oh (Pokémon GO)

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Lugia

Celebi

#250

2207

2759

Attacker Rank

A Tier

S Tier

C Tier

GO Battle LeaguePVP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/13/15 · L14.5 · CP 1500

F Tier

#865

Ultra LeagueUltra

1/15/14 · L24 · CP 2497

F Tier

#523

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 4367

A Tier

#61

Normal

Shiny

Shadow Ho-Oh

#250

Fire

Flying

Attack

239

Top 15.8%

Defense

244

Top 3.4%

Stamina

214

Top 15.4%

Total

697

Pokédex details

LegendaryShiny available

Rocket Grunts

Lv. 8

775 -870 CP

1/1/1 - 15/15/15

Rocket Grunts (WB)

Lv. 13

1310 -1435 CP

4/4/4 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids

Lv. 20

2050 -2207 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

2563 -2759 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

4367 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 Ho-Oh takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Rock

256%

Water

160%

Electric

160%

Resists

Grass

39.1%

Bug

39.1%

Fire

62.5%

Fighting

62.5%

Ground

62.5%

Steel

62.5%

Fairy

62.5%

Best Moves

Full move guide →

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

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Incinerate
Brave Bird
16.00
249.4
937.3s
13.80
2
Steel Wing
Brave Bird
15.63
243.5
960.0s
13.50
3
Extrasensory
Brave Bird
15.57
242.6
963.6s
13.46
4
Hidden Power Fire
Brave Bird
15.20
236.9
986.8s
13.16
5
Hidden Power Flying
Brave Bird
15.20
236.9
986.8s
13.16
6
Incinerate
Sacred Fire
14.98
233.4
1001.6s
12.98
7
Steel Wing
Sacred Fire
14.59
227.4
1028.0s
12.68
8
Incinerate
Fire Blast
14.59
227.4
1028.2s
12.68
9
Extrasensory
Sacred Fire
14.26
222.2
1052.2s
12.31
10
Steel Wing
Fire Blast
14.25
222.1
1052.6s
12.31

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Best Counters

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These are the top ten counters to defeat Shadow Ho-Oh in a raid.

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Tyranitar
Smack Down
Stone Edge
37.90
914.9
16.4
395.7s
34.40
2
Mega Diancie
Rock Throw
Rock Slide
40.26
539.4
27.8
372.6s
33.86
3
Mega Aerodactyl
Rock Throw
Rock Slide
38.41
665.1
22.6
390.5s
33.82
4
Shadow Rhyperior
Smack Down
Rock Wrecker
38.32
587.7
25.5
391.5s
32.40
5
Shadow Tyrantrum
Rock Throw
Meteor Beam
37.44
592.2
25.3
400.7s
32.33
6
Shadow Rampardos
Smack Down
Rock Slide
39.59
331.2
45.3
378.9s
30.31
7
Shadow Tyranitar
Smack Down
Stone Edge
34.95
547.1
27.4
429.2s
30.01
8
Glimmora
Rock Throw
Meteor Beam
34.24
515.0
29.1
438.1s
29.50
9
Tyrantrum
Rock Throw
Meteor Beam
32.74
615.2
24.4
458.1s
28.93
10
Shadow Gigalith
Smack Down
Meteor Beam
34.09
460.8
32.6
440.0s
28.71

Go Battle League

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

Best moveset

Incinerate

Multipurpose

Brave Bird

Self-Debuff Nuke

Sacred Fire

Debuff Nuke

Rank 1 IVs

1500

0/13/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 14.5

121.58

Attack

130.74

Defense

116

Stat Product · 1,843,807

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/13/15	14.5	1500	100.00%
0/15/13	14.5	1499	99.91%
1/11/15	14.5	1500	99.64%
0/12/15	14.5	1497	99.61%
1/13/13	14.5	1500	99.55%
0/14/14	14.5	1500	99.52%
0/14/13	14.5	1496	99.52%
1/15/11	14.5	1499	99.46%
1/10/15	14.5	1497	99.25%
0/11/15	14.5	1494	99.22%
2/11/13	14.5	1500	99.19%
1/12/14	14.5	1500	99.17%
1/12/13	14.5	1497	99.17%
0/13/14	14.5	1497	99.14%
0/13/13	14.5	1493	99.14%
2/13/11	14.5	1499	99.10%
1/14/12	14.5	1499	99.07%
1/14/11	14.5	1496	99.07%
0/15/12	14.5	1496	99.04%
0/15/11	14.5	1493	99.04%
2/15/9	14.5	1498	98.99%
2/8/15	14.5	1498	98.88%
1/9/15	14.5	1494	98.86%
0/10/15	14.5	1491	98.83%
3/9/13	14.5	1500	98.82%
2/10/14	14.5	1500	98.80%
2/10/13	14.5	1497	98.80%
1/11/14	14.5	1497	98.78%
1/11/13	14.5	1494	98.78%
0/12/14	14.5	1494	98.75%
0/12/13	14.5	1490	98.75%
3/11/11	14.5	1500	98.74%
2/12/12	14.5	1500	98.71%
2/12/11	14.5	1496	98.71%
1/13/12	14.5	1496	98.69%
1/13/11	14.5	1493	98.69%
0/14/12	14.5	1493	98.66%
0/14/11	14.5	1490	98.66%
3/13/9	14.5	1499	98.64%
2/14/10	14.5	1499	98.61%
2/14/9	14.5	1495	98.61%
0/12/1	15	1500	98.60%
1/15/10	14.5	1495	98.58%
1/15/9	14.5	1492	98.58%
3/15/7	14.5	1498	98.52%
0/5/7	15	1500	98.50%
3/6/15	14.5	1498	98.50%
2/7/15	14.5	1495	98.48%
1/8/15	14.5	1491	98.46%
8/14/15	14	1500	98.45%

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 (6)

Moves

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

Fast Attacks

Extrasensory
11
11
1.0s
11
Hidden Power
15
15
1.5s
10
Incinerate
32
22
2.5s
12.8
Steel Wing
14
8
1.0s
14

Charged Attacks

Brave Bird
130
-100
2.0s
65
Earthquake
140
-100
3.5s
40
Fire Blast
140
-100
4.0s
35
Sacred Fire
120
-100
2.5s
48
Solar Beam
180
-100
5.0s
36

Family

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

Ho-Oh

#250

Dynamax Ho-Oh

#250

Apex Shadow Ho-Oh

#250

Shadow Ho-Oh

#250

Backgrounds

All backgrounds

Shadow Ho-Oh has 2 backgrounds in Pokémon GO.

GO Tour 2026 Gold

Feb 24, 2026

GO Wild Area 2025 Global

Nov 10, 2025

Mega Boost

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

Mega Charizard X #6

Boosts:

Mega Charizard Y #6

Boosts:

Mega Pidgeot #18

Boosts:

Mega Pinsir #127

Boosts:

Mega Aerodactyl #142

Boosts:

Mega Dragonite #149

Boosts:

Mega Skarmory #227

Boosts:

Mega Houndoom #229

Boosts:

Mega Blaziken #257

Boosts:

Mega Camerupt #323

Boosts:

Mega Salamence #373

Boosts:

Primal Groudon #383

Boosts:

Mega Rayquaza #384

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 1.867 m to 6.668 m tall, averaging 3.81 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	1.867 m 6'02"	1.905 m 6'03"
XS	1.905 m 6'03"	2.857 m 9'05"
M	2.857 m 9'05"	4.763 m 15'08"
XL	4.763 m 15'08"	5.715 m 18'09"
XXL	5.715 m 18'09"	6.668 m 21'11"

XXS

1.867 m

6'02"

1.905 m

6'03"

1.905 m

6'03"

2.857 m

9'05"

2.857 m

9'05"

4.763 m

15'08"

4.763 m

15'08"

5.715 m

18'09"

XXL

5.715 m

18'09"

6.668 m

21'11"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Flying
Movement timer	11s
Jump time	1.1s
Attack probability	10%
Attack timer	20s
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 Ho-Oh at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	54 CP	27	2980 CP
2	171 CP	28	3090 CP
3	287 CP	29	3201 CP
4	404 CP	30	3311 CP
5	521 CP	31	3366 CP
6	637 CP	32	3422 CP
7	754 CP	33	3477 CP
8	870 CP	34	3532 CP
9	987 CP	35	3587 CP
10	1104 CP	36	3642 CP
11	1214 CP	37	3698 CP
12	1324 CP	38	3753 CP
13	1435 CP	39	3808 CP
14	1545 CP	40	3863 CP
15	1655 CP	41	3912 CP
16	1766 CP	42	3961 CP
17	1876 CP	43	4011 CP
18	1986 CP	44	4061 CP
19	2097 CP	45	4111 CP
20	2207 CP	46	4162 CP
21	2318 CP	47	4213 CP
22	2428 CP	48	4264 CP
23	2538 CP	49	4316 CP
24	2649 CP	50	4367 CP
25	2759 CP	51	4420 CP
26	2870 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	54 CP	18	1986 CP	35	3587 CP
2	171 CP	19	2097 CP	36	3642 CP
3	287 CP	20	2207 CP	37	3698 CP
4	404 CP	21	2318 CP	38	3753 CP
5	521 CP	22	2428 CP	39	3808 CP
6	637 CP	23	2538 CP	40	3863 CP
7	754 CP	24	2649 CP	41	3912 CP
8	870 CP	25	2759 CP	42	3961 CP
9	987 CP	26	2870 CP	43	4011 CP
10	1104 CP	27	2980 CP	44	4061 CP
11	1214 CP	28	3090 CP	45	4111 CP
12	1324 CP	29	3201 CP	46	4162 CP
13	1435 CP	30	3311 CP	47	4213 CP
14	1545 CP	31	3366 CP	48	4264 CP
15	1655 CP	32	3422 CP	49	4316 CP
16	1766 CP	33	3477 CP	50	4367 CP
17	1876 CP	34	3532 CP	51	4420 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Shadow Ho-Oh 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

Lugia

Celebi