Primeape (Pokémon GO)

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Mankey

Growlithe

#57

1307

1634

Attacker Rank

F Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePVP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

1/15/15 · L24.5 · CP 1500

C Tier

#184

Ultra LeagueUltra

7/15/15 · L50 · CP 2493

S Tier

#14

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2586

Normal

Shiny

Primeape

#57

Fighting

Attack

207

Top 32.3%

Defense

138

Top 57.9%

Stamina

163

Top 53.3%

Total

508

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Raids

Lv. 20

1239 -1307 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1549 -1634 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Eggs

Lv. 20

1239 -1307 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Research

Lv. 15

929 -980 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

2586 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 Primeape takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Flying

160%

Psychic

160%

Fairy

160%

Resists

Bug

62.5%

Rock

62.5%

Dark

62.5%

Best Moves

Full move guide →

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

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Counter
Rage Fist
10.72
92.2
1398.7s
8.32
2
Karate Chop
Rage Fist
10.37
89.1
1446.1s
8.04
3
Counter
Cross Chop
10.35
88.9
1449.9s
8.02
4
Low Kick
Rage Fist
10.19
87.6
1471.4s
7.92
5
Counter
Close Combat
9.80
84.2
1530.0s
7.62
6
Karate Chop
Cross Chop
9.80
84.2
1530.6s
7.62
7
Counter
Ice Punch
9.65
82.9
1555.0s
7.48
8
Low Kick
Cross Chop
9.64
82.9
1555.6s
7.48
9
Counter
Low Sweep
9.47
81.4
1583.6s
7.36
10
Karate Chop
Close Combat
9.31
80.0
1610.5s
7.22

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Best Counters

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

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Mewtwo Y
Confusion
Psystrike
62.72
3904.5
0.9
57.4s
62.17
2
Mega Rayquaza
Air Slash
Dragon Ascent
62.42
3459.9
1.0
57.7s
61.61
3
Mega Mewtwo X
Confusion
Psystrike
60.58
3936.4
0.9
59.4s
60.20
4
Shadow Mewtwo
Confusion
Psystrike
55.78
2246.0
1.6
64.5s
54.72
5
Mega Alakazam
Confusion
Psychic
51.75
1990.1
1.8
69.6s
50.75
6
Rayquaza
Air Slash
Dragon Ascent
47.74
2054.7
1.8
75.4s
46.81
7
Shadow Moltres
Wing Attack
Fly
47.37
1992.3
1.8
76.0s
46.60
8
Shadow Toucannon
Peck
Beak Blast
47.98
1051.1
3.4
75.0s
46.00
9
Mega Gardevoir
Confusion
Psychic
46.22
3300.4
1.1
77.9s
45.85
10
Mega Gallade
Confusion
Psychic
46.39
2425.6
1.5
77.6s
45.80

Go Battle League

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

Best moveset

Karate Chop

Fast Charge

Rage Fist

Boost Spam

Ice Punch

Spam/Bait

Rank 1 IVs

1500

1/15/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 24.5

137.53

Attack

101.17

Defense

117

Stat Product · 1,627,915

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
1/15/15	24.5	1500	100.00%
1/15/14	24.5	1496	100.00%
2/14/14	24.5	1498	99.82%
0/11/14	25	1499	99.74%
2/15/13	24.5	1499	99.62%
0/12/13	25	1500	99.56%
0/15/15	24.5	1493	99.52%
0/15/14	24.5	1489	99.52%
1/15/8	25	1500	99.42%
0/13/11	25	1496	99.37%
1/14/15	24.5	1495	99.35%
1/14/14	24.5	1491	99.35%
3/15/11	24.5	1498	99.24%
1/12/11	25	1499	99.19%
2/13/15	24.5	1498	99.17%
2/13/14	24.5	1493	99.17%
0/14/10	25	1497	99.16%
1/15/13	24.5	1492	99.15%
0/10/15	25	1498	99.07%
0/10/14	25	1494	99.07%
4/14/11	24.5	1500	99.06%
0/7/12	25.5	1500	99.01%
5/15/15	24	1498	98.99%
1/13/10	25	1499	98.99%
3/12/15	24.5	1500	98.98%
3/12/14	24.5	1496	98.98%
2/14/13	24.5	1494	98.97%
0/12/6	25.5	1499	98.95%
0/15/9	25	1498	98.95%
0/15/8	25	1493	98.95%
0/11/13	25	1495	98.90%
1/9/14	25	1496	98.88%
0/14/15	24.5	1488	98.87%
0/14/14	24.5	1484	98.87%
4/15/10	24.5	1500	98.84%
6/14/15	24	1500	98.81%
4/11/14	24.5	1498	98.79%
3/13/13	24.5	1496	98.79%
1/14/9	25	1500	98.77%
1/14/8	25	1496	98.77%
2/15/12	24.5	1495	98.76%
2/15/11	24.5	1490	98.76%
0/13/5	25.5	1500	98.73%
0/12/12	25	1496	98.71%
0/12/11	25	1491	98.71%
1/10/13	25	1497	98.71%
1/13/15	24.5	1490	98.69%
1/13/14	24.5	1486	98.69%
2/8/14	25	1498	98.68%
0/9/9	25.5	1497	98.67%

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

Fast Attacks

Counter
13
9
1.0s
13
Karate Chop
10
13
1.0s
10
Low Kick
5
5
0.5s
10

Charged Attacks

Close Combat
105
-100
2.5s
42
Cross Chop
50
-50
1.5s
33.33
Ice Punch
50
-33
2.0s
25
Low Sweep
40
-33
2.0s
20
Night Slash
45
-33
2.0s
22.5
Rage Fist
100
-50
3.0s
33.33

Evolve

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

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Mankey	50 Candy	Primeape
Primeape	100 Candy Defeat 30 Ghost-type or Psychic-type Pokémon in battle	Annihilape

Family

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

Mankey

#56

Shadow Mankey

#56

Primeape

#57

Shadow Primeape

#57

Annihilape

#979

Shadow Annihilape

#979

Backgrounds

All backgrounds

Primeape has 1 background in Pokémon GO.

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Mega Boost

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

Mega Mewtwo X #150

Boosts:

Mega Heracross #214

Boosts:

Mega Blaziken #257

Boosts:

Mega Medicham #308

Boosts:

Mega Lopunny #428

Boosts:

Mega Lucario #448

Boosts:

Mega Gallade #475

Boosts:

Mega Chesnaught #652

Boosts:

Mega Falinks #870

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 0.49 m to 1.75 m tall, averaging 1 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.49 m 1'07"	0.5 m 1'08"
XS	0.5 m 1'08"	0.75 m 2'06"
M	0.75 m 2'06"	1.25 m 4'01"
XL	1.25 m 4'01"	1.5 m 4'11"
XXL	1.5 m 4'11"	1.75 m 5'09"

XXS

0.49 m

1'07"

0.5 m

1'08"

0.5 m

1'08"

0.75 m

2'06"

0.75 m

2'06"

1.25 m

4'01"

1.25 m

4'01"

1.5 m

4'11"

XXL

1.5 m

4'11"

1.75 m

5'09"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Jump
Movement timer	17s
Jump time	1s
Attack probability	30%
Attack timer	6s
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 Primeape at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	32 CP	27	1765 CP
2	101 CP	28	1830 CP
3	170 CP	29	1896 CP
4	239 CP	30	1961 CP
5	308 CP	31	1994 CP
6	377 CP	32	2026 CP
7	446 CP	33	2059 CP
8	515 CP	34	2092 CP
9	584 CP	35	2124 CP
10	653 CP	36	2157 CP
11	719 CP	37	2190 CP
12	784 CP	38	2222 CP
13	850 CP	39	2255 CP
14	915 CP	40	2288 CP
15	980 CP	41	2317 CP
16	1046 CP	42	2346 CP
17	1111 CP	43	2375 CP
18	1176 CP	44	2405 CP
19	1242 CP	45	2435 CP
20	1307 CP	46	2465 CP
21	1372 CP	47	2495 CP
22	1438 CP	48	2525 CP
23	1503 CP	49	2556 CP
24	1569 CP	50	2586 CP
25	1634 CP	51	2617 CP
26	1699 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	32 CP	18	1176 CP	35	2124 CP
2	101 CP	19	1242 CP	36	2157 CP
3	170 CP	20	1307 CP	37	2190 CP
4	239 CP	21	1372 CP	38	2222 CP
5	308 CP	22	1438 CP	39	2255 CP
6	377 CP	23	1503 CP	40	2288 CP
7	446 CP	24	1569 CP	41	2317 CP
8	515 CP	25	1634 CP	42	2346 CP
9	584 CP	26	1699 CP	43	2375 CP
10	653 CP	27	1765 CP	44	2405 CP
11	719 CP	28	1830 CP	45	2435 CP
12	784 CP	29	1896 CP	46	2465 CP
13	850 CP	30	1961 CP	47	2495 CP
14	915 CP	31	1994 CP	48	2525 CP
15	980 CP	32	2026 CP	49	2556 CP
16	1046 CP	33	2059 CP	50	2586 CP
17	1111 CP	34	2092 CP	51	2617 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Primeape 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

Mankey

Growlithe