Shadow Piplup (Pokémon GO)

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Infernape

Prinplup

#393

614

767

Attacker Rank

F Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePVP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 1215

F Tier

#1089

Ultra LeagueUltra

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 1215

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 1215

Normal

Shiny

Shadow Piplup

#393

Water

Attack

112

Top 83.1%

Defense

102

Top 78.6%

Stamina

142

Top 75.1%

Total

356

Pokédex details

Rocket Grunts

Lv. 8

193 -242 CP

1/1/1 - 15/15/15

Rocket Grunts (WB)

Lv. 13

334 -399 CP

4/4/4 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids

Lv. 20

532 -614 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

665 -767 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

1215 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 Piplup takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Electric

160%

Grass

160%

Resists

Fire

62.5%

Water

62.5%

Ice

62.5%

Steel

62.5%

Best Moves

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

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Pound
Drill Peck
5.65
27.4
2653.4s
3.73
2
Pound
Bubble Beam
5.54
26.9
2708.3s
3.66
3
Bubble
Drill Peck
5.42
26.3
2765.9s
3.58
4
Bubble
Bubble Beam
5.27
25.6
2844.8s
3.49
5
Pound
Icy Wind
5.24
25.4
2863.0s
3.46
6
Bubble
Icy Wind
4.90
23.8
3058.7s
3.24

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Best Counters

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

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Raichu Y
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge
76.47
3086.7
1.2
47.1s
75.14
2
Regieleki
Lock On
Thunder Cage
76.27
3030.1
1.2
47.2s
74.69
3
Mega Sceptile
Fury Cutter
Frenzy Plant
74.60
3998.2
0.9
48.3s
73.33
4
Shadow Regigigas
Hidden Power Electric
Crush Grip
68.74
3743.4
1.0
52.4s
68.31
5
Zeraora
Volt Switch
Plasma Fists
68.21
3967.5
0.9
52.8s
68.21
6
Thundurus Therian
Volt Switch
Wildbolt Storm
68.76
3065.3
1.2
52.4s
67.90
7
Shadow Electivire
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge
69.09
2763.9
1.3
52.1s
67.79
8
Kartana
Razor Leaf
Leaf Blade
67.73
3210.8
1.1
53.2s
66.89
9
Mega Mewtwo Y
Psycho Cut
Thunderbolt
66.55
4747.8
0.8
54.1s
66.55
10
Shadow Raikou
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge
67.03
3595.1
1.0
53.7s
66.21

Go Battle League

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

Best moveset

Bubble

Fast Charge

Drill Peck

Spam/Bait

Icy Wind

Debuff

Rank 1 IVs

1215

15/15/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 50

106.72

Attack

98.32

Defense

131

Stat Product · 1,374,452

Attack

Defense

Best Buddy (Level 51): 15/15/15 at CP 1229

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
15/15/15	50	1215	100.00%
15/15/14	50	1211	100.00%
15/15/13	50	1207	99.24%
14/15/15	50	1205	99.21%
14/15/14	50	1201	99.21%
15/14/15	50	1210	99.15%
15/14/14	50	1206	99.15%
15/15/12	50	1203	98.47%
14/15/13	50	1198	98.46%
13/15/15	50	1196	98.43%
13/15/14	50	1192	98.43%
15/14/13	50	1202	98.39%
14/14/15	50	1200	98.36%
14/14/14	50	1196	98.36%
15/13/15	50	1204	98.29%
15/13/14	50	1201	98.29%
15/15/11	50	1199	97.71%
14/15/12	50	1194	97.70%
13/15/13	50	1188	97.67%
12/15/15	50	1186	97.64%
12/15/14	50	1182	97.64%
15/14/12	50	1198	97.63%
14/14/13	50	1192	97.61%
13/14/15	50	1191	97.58%
13/14/14	50	1187	97.58%
15/13/13	50	1197	97.54%
14/13/15	50	1195	97.52%
14/13/14	50	1191	97.52%
15/12/15	50	1199	97.44%
15/12/14	50	1195	97.44%
15/15/10	50	1195	96.95%
14/15/11	50	1190	96.94%
13/15/12	50	1184	96.92%
12/15/13	50	1179	96.89%
15/14/11	50	1194	96.87%
14/14/12	50	1189	96.86%
11/15/15	50	1177	96.85%
11/15/14	50	1173	96.85%
13/14/13	50	1183	96.84%
12/14/15	50	1181	96.80%
12/14/14	50	1177	96.80%
15/13/12	50	1193	96.79%
14/13/13	50	1187	96.77%
13/13/15	50	1185	96.74%
13/13/14	50	1182	96.74%
15/12/13	50	1192	96.69%
14/12/15	50	1190	96.67%
14/12/14	50	1186	96.67%
15/11/15	50	1194	96.58%
15/11/14	50	1190	96.58%

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 (3)

Moves

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

Fast Attacks

Bubble
10
12
1.0s
10
Pound
6
5
0.5s
12

Charged Attacks

Bubble Beam
45
-33
2.0s
22.5
Drill Peck
70
-33
2.5s
28
Icy Wind
65
-33
3.5s
18.57

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 Piplup 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

Costumes

Piplup has 3 costumes in Pokémon GO.

Halloween Hat Piplup

Dawn's Hat Piplup

Lucas's Hat Piplup

Mega Boost

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These Mega and Primal Pokémon provide a 1.3× damage boost to Water-type attacks when active in raids. Catching Shadow Piplup 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 Swampert #260

Boosts:

Mega Sharpedo #319

Boosts:

Primal Kyogre #382

Boosts:

Mega Greninja #658

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 0.196 m to 0.7 m tall, averaging 0.4 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.196 m 0'08"	0.2 m 0'08"
XS	0.2 m 0'08"	0.3 m 1'00"
M	0.3 m 1'00"	0.5 m 1'08"
XL	0.5 m 1'08"	0.6 m 2'00"
XXL	0.6 m 2'00"	0.7 m 2'04"

XXS

0.196 m

0'08"

0.2 m

0'08"

0.2 m

0'08"

0.3 m

1'00"

0.3 m

1'00"

0.5 m

1'08"

0.5 m

1'08"

0.6 m

2'00"

XXL

0.6 m

2'00"

0.7 m

2'04"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Jump
Movement timer	10s
Jump time	0.9s
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 Shadow Piplup at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	15 CP	27	829 CP
2	47 CP	28	860 CP
3	80 CP	29	890 CP
4	112 CP	30	921 CP
5	145 CP	31	936 CP
6	177 CP	32	952 CP
7	209 CP	33	967 CP
8	242 CP	34	982 CP
9	274 CP	35	998 CP
10	307 CP	36	1013 CP
11	337 CP	37	1028 CP
12	368 CP	38	1044 CP
13	399 CP	39	1059 CP
14	430 CP	40	1075 CP
15	460 CP	41	1088 CP
16	491 CP	42	1102 CP
17	522 CP	43	1116 CP
18	552 CP	44	1130 CP
19	583 CP	45	1144 CP
20	614 CP	46	1158 CP
21	645 CP	47	1172 CP
22	675 CP	48	1186 CP
23	706 CP	49	1200 CP
24	737 CP	50	1215 CP
25	767 CP	51	1229 CP
26	798 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	15 CP	18	552 CP	35	998 CP
2	47 CP	19	583 CP	36	1013 CP
3	80 CP	20	614 CP	37	1028 CP
4	112 CP	21	645 CP	38	1044 CP
5	145 CP	22	675 CP	39	1059 CP
6	177 CP	23	706 CP	40	1075 CP
7	209 CP	24	737 CP	41	1088 CP
8	242 CP	25	767 CP	42	1102 CP
9	274 CP	26	798 CP	43	1116 CP
10	307 CP	27	829 CP	44	1130 CP
11	337 CP	28	860 CP	45	1144 CP
12	368 CP	29	890 CP	46	1158 CP
13	399 CP	30	921 CP	47	1172 CP
14	430 CP	31	936 CP	48	1186 CP
15	460 CP	32	952 CP	49	1200 CP
16	491 CP	33	967 CP	50	1215 CP
17	522 CP	34	982 CP	51	1229 CP

Level Up

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

Infernape

Prinplup