Shadow Lairon (Pokémon GO)

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Aron

Aggron

#305

1174

1468

Attacker Rank

F Tier

D Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePVP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/14/15 · L28 · CP 1498

F Tier

#408

Ultra LeagueUltra

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2324

F Tier

#635

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2324

Normal

Shiny

Shadow Lairon

#305

Steel

Rock

Attack

158

Top 59.9%

Defense

198

Top 17%

Stamina

155

Top 60.7%

Total

511

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Rocket Grunts

Lv. 8

389 -463 CP

0/0/0 - 15/15/15

Rocket Grunts (WB)

Lv. 13

673 -763 CP

4/4/4 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids

Lv. 20

1060 -1174 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1325 -1468 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

2324 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 Lairon takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Fighting

256%

Ground

256%

Water

160%

Resists

Poison

24.4%

Normal

39.1%

Flying

39.1%

Ice

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 Lairon can learn, ranked by simulated raid DPS.

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Metal Claw
Heavy Slam
10.87
103.7
1380.2s
8.62
2
Metal Claw
Rock Slide
10.51
100.3
1427.1s
8.37
3
Iron Tail
Heavy Slam
10.23
97.6
1465.9s
8.13
4
Iron Tail
Rock Slide
10.02
95.6
1497.3s
7.95
5
Metal Sound
Heavy Slam
9.82
93.7
1527.8s
7.81
6
Metal Sound
Rock Slide
9.49
90.6
1580.4s
7.54
7
Metal Claw
Body Slam
9.21
87.8
1629.4s
7.31
8
Metal Claw
Rock Tomb
9.20
87.7
1631.2s
7.31
9
Iron Tail
Body Slam
9.18
87.6
1633.6s
7.29
10
Iron Tail
Rock Tomb
9.13
87.1
1642.6s
7.26

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Best Counters

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

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Mewtwo X
Counter
Dynamic Punch+
90.65
4930.8
0.7
39.7s
90.47
2
Mega Lucario
Force Palm
Aura Sphere
80.09
4408.4
0.8
44.9s
79.80
3
Mega Blaziken
Counter
Aura Sphere
77.08
2881.7
1.2
46.7s
75.60
4
Mega Falinks
Counter
Brick Break+
70.51
2969.4
1.2
51.1s
69.38
5
Shadow Blaziken
Counter
Aura Sphere
68.86
1830.2
2.0
52.3s
66.95
6
Primal Groudon
Mud Shot
Precipice Blades
66.71
4381.1
0.8
54.0s
66.41
7
Keldeo Resolute
Low Kick
Secret Sword
66.63
3676.8
1.0
54.0s
66.12
8
Mega Mewtwo Y
Counter
Focus Blast
66.05
3118.5
1.2
54.5s
65.06
9
Shadow Conkeldurr
Force Palm
Dynamic Punch
62.84
2175.3
1.7
57.3s
61.59
10
Lucario
Force Palm
Aura Sphere
62.11
2860.7
1.3
58.0s
61.14

Go Battle League

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

Best moveset

Metal Sound

Fast Charge

Rock Tomb

Debuff

Body Slam

Spam/Bait

Rank 1 IVs

1498

0/14/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 28

111.69

Attack

149.86

Defense

120

Stat Product · 2,008,495

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/14/15	28	1498	100.00%
0/15/14	28	1497	99.63%
0/13/15	28	1495	99.53%
1/15/12	28	1498	99.42%
1/13/14	28	1500	99.32%
0/7/15	28.5	1500	99.25%
3/14/15	27.5	1499	99.24%
1/11/15	28	1497	99.21%
0/14/14	28	1494	99.17%
0/12/11	28.5	1500	99.15%
2/13/12	28	1500	99.11%
2/15/15	27.5	1494	99.09%
0/12/15	28	1491	99.06%
0/10/12	28.5	1497	99.03%
1/14/13	28	1499	98.96%
1/14/12	28	1494	98.96%
0/8/14	28.5	1499	98.91%
2/9/15	28	1499	98.88%
3/15/14	27.5	1499	98.87%
0/15/8	28.5	1497	98.86%
1/12/14	28	1496	98.85%
0/15/13	28	1493	98.80%
0/15/12	28	1489	98.80%
3/13/15	27.5	1496	98.78%
0/13/10	28.5	1499	98.77%
0/6/15	28.5	1496	98.76%
2/14/11	28	1499	98.73%
1/10/15	28	1493	98.73%
1/8/12	28.5	1499	98.70%
0/13/14	28	1490	98.70%
0/11/11	28.5	1496	98.67%
2/12/12	28	1497	98.64%
2/14/15	27.5	1490	98.63%
0/11/15	28	1488	98.58%
1/15/11	28	1493	98.58%
0/9/13	28.5	1498	98.56%
0/9/12	28.5	1494	98.56%
1/13/8	28.5	1499	98.55%
2/10/14	28	1498	98.53%
1/13/13	28	1495	98.49%
1/13/12	28	1491	98.49%
1/15/15	27.5	1484	98.47%
4/11/15	27.5	1498	98.45%
0/7/14	28.5	1495	98.43%
6/14/15	27	1500	98.42%
1/4/15	28.5	1498	98.41%
3/14/14	27.5	1495	98.41%
2/8/15	28	1496	98.40%
0/14/9	28.5	1498	98.39%
0/14/8	28.5	1493	98.39%

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 Lairon can learn in Pokémon GO, including legacy and elite TM moves.

Fast Attacks

Iron Tail
14
6
1.0s
14
Metal Claw
6
5
0.5s
12
Metal Sound
4
6
0.5s
8

Charged Attacks

Body Slam
50
-33
2.0s
25
Heavy Slam
70
-50
2.0s
35
Rock Slide
75
-50
2.5s
30
Rock Tomb
65
-50
3.0s
21.67

Evolve

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

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Aron	25 Candy 22 Candy (purified)	Lairon
Lairon	100 Candy 90 Candy (purified)	Aggron
Aggron	Shadow Pokémon can't Mega Evolve. Purify first. 200 / 40 Mega Energy	Mega Aggron

Family

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

Aron

#304

Shadow Aron

#304

Lairon

#305

Shadow Lairon

#305

Aggron

#306

Mega Aggron

#306

Shadow Aggron

#306

Mega Boost

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

Mega Aerodactyl #142

Boosts:

Mega Steelix #208

Boosts:

Mega Scizor #212

Boosts:

Mega Skarmory #227

Boosts:

Mega Tyranitar #248

Boosts:

Mega Mawile #303

Boosts:

Mega Aggron #306

Boosts:

Mega Metagross #376

Boosts:

Mega Lucario #448

Boosts:

Mega Diancie #719

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 0.436 m to 1.78 m tall, averaging 0.89 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.436 m 1'05"	0.445 m 1'06"
XS	0.445 m 1'06"	0.667 m 2'02"
M	0.667 m 2'02"	1.113 m 3'08"
XL	1.113 m 3'08"	1.335 m 4'05"
XXL	1.335 m 4'05"	1.78 m 5'10"

XXS

0.436 m

1'05"

0.445 m

1'06"

0.445 m

1'06"

0.667 m

2'02"

0.667 m

2'02"

1.113 m

3'08"

1.113 m

3'08"

1.335 m

4'05"

XXL

1.335 m

4'05"

1.78 m

5'10"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

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

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	29 CP	27	1586 CP
2	91 CP	28	1644 CP
3	153 CP	29	1703 CP
4	215 CP	30	1762 CP
5	277 CP	31	1791 CP
6	339 CP	32	1821 CP
7	401 CP	33	1850 CP
8	463 CP	34	1879 CP
9	525 CP	35	1909 CP
10	587 CP	36	1938 CP
11	646 CP	37	1968 CP
12	705 CP	38	1997 CP
13	763 CP	39	2026 CP
14	822 CP	40	2056 CP
15	881 CP	41	2082 CP
16	939 CP	42	2108 CP
17	998 CP	43	2134 CP
18	1057 CP	44	2161 CP
19	1116 CP	45	2188 CP
20	1174 CP	46	2215 CP
21	1233 CP	47	2242 CP
22	1292 CP	48	2269 CP
23	1351 CP	49	2296 CP
24	1409 CP	50	2324 CP
25	1468 CP	51	2352 CP
26	1527 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	29 CP	18	1057 CP	35	1909 CP
2	91 CP	19	1116 CP	36	1938 CP
3	153 CP	20	1174 CP	37	1968 CP
4	215 CP	21	1233 CP	38	1997 CP
5	277 CP	22	1292 CP	39	2026 CP
6	339 CP	23	1351 CP	40	2056 CP
7	401 CP	24	1409 CP	41	2082 CP
8	463 CP	25	1468 CP	42	2108 CP
9	525 CP	26	1527 CP	43	2134 CP
10	587 CP	27	1586 CP	44	2161 CP
11	646 CP	28	1644 CP	45	2188 CP
12	705 CP	29	1703 CP	46	2215 CP
13	763 CP	30	1762 CP	47	2242 CP
14	822 CP	31	1791 CP	48	2269 CP
15	881 CP	32	1821 CP	49	2296 CP
16	939 CP	33	1850 CP	50	2324 CP
17	998 CP	34	1879 CP	51	2352 CP

Level Up

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

Aron

Aggron