Shadow Politoed (Pokémon GO)

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Sudowoodo

Hoppip

#186

1399

1749

Attacker Rank

B Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePvP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/15/11 · L23.5 · CP 1500

C Tier

#136

Ultra LeagueUltra

0/15/14 · L48.5 · CP 2498

B Tier

#86

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2769

Normal

Shiny

Shadow Politoed

#186

Water

Attack

174

Top 49.7%

Defense

179

Top 29.1%

Stamina

207

Top 16.8%

Total

560

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Rocket Grunts

Lv. 8

471 -552 CP

0/0/0 - 15/15/15

Rocket Grunts (WB)

Lv. 13

811 -910 CP

4/4/4 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids

Lv. 20

1275 -1399 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1594 -1749 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

2769 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 Politoed 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 Politoed can learn, ranked by simulated raid DPS.

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Bubble
Weather Ball Water
12.83
145.6
1169.2s
10.52
2
Mud Shot
Weather Ball Water
12.07
137.0
1242.5s
9.91
3
Bubble
Surf
11.55
131.1
1298.8s
9.47
4
Bubble
Hydro Pump
10.72
121.7
1398.7s
8.81
5
Mud Shot
Surf
10.60
120.3
1415.7s
8.72
6
Bubble
Ice Beam
10.01
113.7
1497.9s
8.25
7
Bubble
Blizzard
9.94
112.8
1508.7s
8.16
8
Bubble
Earthquake
9.93
112.7
1510.8s
8.14
9
Mud Shot
Hydro Pump
9.82
111.5
1526.9s
8.07
10
Bubble
Scald
9.66
109.7
1552.2s
7.95

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Best Counters

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

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Raichu Y
Thunder Shock
Zap Cannon+
53.84
1058.9
3.4
66.9s
51.56
2
Mega Raichu X
Thunder Shock
Volt Tackle+
47.79
1189.3
3.0
75.3s
46.28
3
Mega Chesnaught
Vine Whip
Seed Bomb+
44.30
2885.5
1.2
81.3s
43.77
4
Mega Mewtwo Y
Psycho Cut
Future Sight+
43.65
1763.4
2.0
82.5s
42.88
5
Regieleki
Lock On
Thunder Cage
44.04
852.7
4.2
81.7s
42.17
6
Mega Sceptile
Fury Cutter
Frenzy Plant
43.26
2430.8
1.5
83.2s
41.76
7
Zeraora
Volt Switch
Plasma Fists
41.36
1169.0
3.1
87.0s
40.25
8
Shadow Regigigas
Hidden Power Electric
Crush Grip
41.03
1266.5
2.8
87.7s
39.99
9
Kartana
Razor Leaf
Leaf Blade
40.96
1249.8
2.9
87.9s
39.79
10
Shadow Electivire
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge
41.33
804.6
4.5
87.1s
39.52

Go Battle League

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

Best moveset

Mud Shot

Fast Charge

Weather Ball Water

Spam/Bait

Ice Beam

High Energy

Rank 1 IVs

1500

0/15/11

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 23.5

112.68

Attack

125.63

Defense

141

Stat Product · 1,995,989

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/15/11	23.5	1500	100.00%
0/12/14	23.5	1499	99.85%
2/15/15	23	1499	99.70%
0/13/13	23.5	1499	99.67%
0/14/12	23.5	1500	99.48%
0/14/11	23.5	1496	99.48%
1/10/14	23.5	1499	99.37%
0/11/15	23.5	1498	99.33%
0/11/14	23.5	1495	99.33%
0/15/10	23.5	1497	99.29%
3/13/15	23	1499	99.23%
1/11/13	23.5	1500	99.20%
2/14/15	23	1495	99.18%
0/12/13	23.5	1495	99.15%
1/15/8	23.5	1498	99.15%
1/15/15	23	1490	99.13%
3/14/14	23	1500	99.05%
1/12/12	23.5	1500	99.02%
1/12/11	23.5	1497	99.02%
2/15/14	23	1495	99.00%
0/13/12	23.5	1496	98.97%
0/13/11	23.5	1492	98.97%
0/13/4	24	1499	98.92%
2/8/14	23.5	1500	98.88%
3/15/13	23	1500	98.85%
3/15/12	23	1497	98.85%
1/9/15	23.5	1499	98.85%
1/9/14	23.5	1495	98.85%
1/13/10	23.5	1497	98.83%
0/10/15	23.5	1494	98.80%
0/10/14	23.5	1491	98.80%
0/10/7	24	1498	98.79%
0/14/10	23.5	1493	98.78%
0/6/12	24	1499	98.77%
4/11/15	23	1500	98.75%
0/14/3	24	1500	98.72%
3/12/15	23	1495	98.71%
4/15/10	23	1498	98.70%
2/13/8	23.5	1499	98.69%
1/10/13	23.5	1496	98.68%
2/13/15	23	1491	98.67%
1/14/9	23.5	1498	98.64%
1/14/8	23.5	1494	98.64%
0/11/13	23.5	1491	98.63%
1/14/15	23	1486	98.62%
0/7/11	24	1500	98.61%
0/7/10	24	1497	98.61%
0/11/6	24	1499	98.60%
0/15/9	23.5	1493	98.58%
0/15/8	23.5	1490	98.58%

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

Fast Attacks

Bubble
10
12
1.0s
10
Mud Shot
4
6
0.5s
8

Charged Attacks

Blizzard
130
-100
3.0s
43.33
Earthquake
140
-100
3.5s
40
Hydro Pump
135
-100
3.5s
38.57
Ice Beam
95
-50
3.5s
27.14
Scald
75
-50
3.5s
21.43
Surf
60
-50
1.5s
40
Weather Ball Water
55
-33
1.5s
36.67

Evolve

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

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Poliwag	25 Candy 22 Candy (purified)	Poliwhirl
Poliwhirl	100 Candy 90 Candy (purified)	Poliwrath
Poliwhirl	100 Candy 90 Candy (purified) King's Rock	Politoed

Family

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

Poliwag

#60

Shadow Poliwag

#60

Poliwhirl

#61

Shadow Poliwhirl

#61

Poliwrath

#62

Shadow Poliwrath

#62

Politoed

#186

Shadow Politoed

#186

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 Politoed 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 0.534 m to 1.907 m tall, averaging 1.09 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.534 m 1'09"	0.545 m 1'09"
XS	0.545 m 1'09"	0.818 m 2'08"
M	0.818 m 2'08"	1.363 m 4'06"
XL	1.363 m 4'06"	1.635 m 5'04"
XXL	1.635 m 5'04"	1.907 m 6'03"

XXS

0.534 m

1'09"

0.545 m

1'09"

0.545 m

1'09"

0.818 m

2'08"

0.818 m

2'08"

1.363 m

4'06"

1.363 m

4'06"

1.635 m

5'04"

XXL

1.635 m

5'04"

1.907 m

6'03"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Jump
Movement timer	11s
Jump time	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 Politoed at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	34 CP	27	1889 CP
2	108 CP	28	1959 CP
3	182 CP	29	2029 CP
4	256 CP	30	2099 CP
5	330 CP	31	2134 CP
6	404 CP	32	2169 CP
7	478 CP	33	2204 CP
8	552 CP	34	2239 CP
9	626 CP	35	2274 CP
10	700 CP	36	2309 CP
11	770 CP	37	2344 CP
12	840 CP	38	2379 CP
13	910 CP	39	2414 CP
14	980 CP	40	2449 CP
15	1049 CP	41	2480 CP
16	1119 CP	42	2512 CP
17	1189 CP	43	2543 CP
18	1259 CP	44	2575 CP
19	1329 CP	45	2607 CP
20	1399 CP	46	2639 CP
21	1469 CP	47	2671 CP
22	1539 CP	48	2704 CP
23	1609 CP	49	2736 CP
24	1679 CP	50	2769 CP
25	1749 CP	51	2802 CP
26	1819 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	34 CP	18	1259 CP	35	2274 CP
2	108 CP	19	1329 CP	36	2309 CP
3	182 CP	20	1399 CP	37	2344 CP
4	256 CP	21	1469 CP	38	2379 CP
5	330 CP	22	1539 CP	39	2414 CP
6	404 CP	23	1609 CP	40	2449 CP
7	478 CP	24	1679 CP	41	2480 CP
8	552 CP	25	1749 CP	42	2512 CP
9	626 CP	26	1819 CP	43	2543 CP
10	700 CP	27	1889 CP	44	2575 CP
11	770 CP	28	1959 CP	45	2607 CP
12	840 CP	29	2029 CP	46	2639 CP
13	910 CP	30	2099 CP	47	2671 CP
14	980 CP	31	2134 CP	48	2704 CP
15	1049 CP	32	2169 CP	49	2736 CP
16	1119 CP	33	2204 CP	50	2769 CP
17	1189 CP	34	2239 CP	51	2802 CP

Level Up

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

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