Prinplup (Pokémon GO)

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Piplup

Empoleon

#394

972

1215

Attacker Rank

F Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePVP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/15/14 · L38 · CP 1498

F Tier

#684

Ultra LeagueUltra

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 1923

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 1923

Normal

Shiny

Prinplup

#394

Water

Attack

150

Top 64%

Defense

139

Top 56.8%

Stamina

162

Top 58.5%

Total

451

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Raids

Lv. 20

914 -972 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1142 -1215 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Eggs

Lv. 20

914 -972 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Research

Lv. 15

685 -729 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

1923 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 Prinplup 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 Prinplup can learn, ranked by simulated raid DPS.

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Metal Claw
Hydro Pump
7.23
62.1
2074.9s
5.61
2
Metal Claw
Bubble Beam
7.17
61.5
2093.1s
5.56
3
Bubble
Hydro Pump
7.13
61.2
2105.1s
5.53
4
Bubble
Bubble Beam
7.01
60.2
2140.1s
5.44
5
Metal Claw
Icy Wind
6.15
52.8
2437.4s
4.77
6
Bubble
Icy Wind
5.97
51.3
2512.9s
4.63

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Best Counters

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

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Raichu Y
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge
48.31
1538.7
2.3
74.5s
47.06
2
Regieleki
Lock On
Thunder Cage
47.67
1497.8
2.4
75.5s
46.46
3
Mega Sceptile
Fury Cutter
Frenzy Plant
47.20
2926.3
1.2
76.3s
46.40
4
Shadow Regigigas
Hidden Power Electric
Crush Grip
43.39
2011.5
1.8
83.0s
42.71
5
Zeraora
Volt Switch
Plasma Fists
43.24
1981.8
1.8
83.2s
42.57
6
Shadow Electivire
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge
43.67
1378.8
2.6
82.4s
42.48
7
Thundurus Therian
Volt Switch
Wildbolt Storm
43.13
1475.4
2.4
83.5s
42.21
8
Kartana
Razor Leaf
Leaf Blade
42.95
1916.4
1.9
83.8s
42.12
9
Shadow Raikou
Thunder Shock
Wild Charge
42.68
1803.2
2.0
84.4s
41.94
10
Mega Mewtwo Y
Psycho Cut
Thunderbolt
42.48
2574.6
1.4
84.8s
41.90

Go Battle League

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

Best moveset

Bubble

Fast Charge

Icy Wind

Debuff

Hydro Pump

Nuke

Rank 1 IVs

1498

0/15/14

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 38

116.84

Attack

119.96

Defense

137

Stat Product · 1,920,138

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/15/14	38	1498	100.00%
0/15/12	38.5	1500	100.00%
0/11/14	39	1500	99.56%
0/12/15	38.5	1498	99.49%
0/13/14	38.5	1499	99.43%
1/13/14	38	1498	99.36%
1/13/12	38.5	1500	99.36%
0/14/15	38	1497	99.35%
0/14/14	38	1493	99.35%
0/14/13	38.5	1500	99.35%
0/14/12	38.5	1495	99.35%
1/14/13	38	1499	99.28%
1/14/15	37.5	1496	99.28%
0/15/13	38	1494	99.27%
0/15/15	37.5	1491	99.27%
0/15/11	38.5	1496	99.26%
0/15/9	39	1498	99.25%
0/15/7	39.5	1500	99.22%
1/15/14	37.5	1497	99.20%
1/15/12	38	1499	99.20%
2/15/12	37.5	1498	99.12%
3/14/14	37	1500	99.12%
2/15/15	37	1500	99.11%
2/15/14	37	1495	99.11%
3/15/15	36.5	1498	99.02%
0/8/15	39.5	1500	98.98%
0/10/15	39	1499	98.89%
0/10/14	39	1495	98.89%
0/10/12	39.5	1497	98.89%
1/9/14	39	1500	98.88%
0/11/15	38.5	1493	98.83%
0/11/13	39	1496	98.83%
1/10/15	38.5	1498	98.83%
0/11/11	39.5	1498	98.82%
0/11/9	40	1500	98.80%
1/11/14	38.5	1499	98.77%
0/12/14	38.5	1494	98.77%
0/12/12	39	1496	98.77%
0/12/10	39.5	1499	98.75%
1/12/15	38	1497	98.71%
1/12/14	38	1493	98.71%
1/12/13	38.5	1500	98.71%
1/12/12	38.5	1495	98.71%
2/11/14	38	1498	98.70%
0/13/15	38	1492	98.70%
2/11/12	38.5	1500	98.70%
0/13/13	38.5	1495	98.70%
0/13/12	38.5	1490	98.70%
0/13/11	39	1497	98.69%
0/13/9	39.5	1499	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 (2)

Moves

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

Fast Attacks

Bubble
10
12
1.0s
10
Metal Claw
6
5
0.5s
12

Charged Attacks

Bubble Beam
45
-33
2.0s
22.5
Hydro Pump
135
-100
3.5s
38.57
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	Prinplup
Prinplup	100 Candy	Empoleon

Family

All of the Pokémon related to Prinplup 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

Backgrounds

All backgrounds

Prinplup has 4 backgrounds in Pokémon GO.

Team Leader Blue

Jul 21, 2026

Team Leader Red

Jul 21, 2026

Team Leader Yellow

Jul 21, 2026

Community Days 2026

Jan 4, 2026

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 Prinplup 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 0.392 m to 1.4 m tall, averaging 0.8 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.392 m 1'03"	0.4 m 1'04"
XS	0.4 m 1'04"	0.6 m 2'00"
M	0.6 m 2'00"	1 m 3'03"
XL	1 m 3'03"	1.2 m 3'11"
XXL	1.2 m 3'11"	1.4 m 4'07"

XXS

0.392 m

1'03"

0.4 m

1'04"

0.4 m

1'04"

0.6 m

2'00"

0.6 m

2'00"

1 m

3'03"

1 m

3'03"

1.2 m

3'11"

XXL

1.2 m

3'11"

1.4 m

4'07"

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 Prinplup at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	24 CP	27	1312 CP
2	75 CP	28	1361 CP
3	126 CP	29	1409 CP
4	178 CP	30	1458 CP
5	229 CP	31	1482 CP
6	280 CP	32	1507 CP
7	332 CP	33	1531 CP
8	383 CP	34	1555 CP
9	434 CP	35	1579 CP
10	486 CP	36	1604 CP
11	534 CP	37	1628 CP
12	583 CP	38	1652 CP
13	632 CP	39	1677 CP
14	680 CP	40	1701 CP
15	729 CP	41	1723 CP
16	777 CP	42	1744 CP
17	826 CP	43	1766 CP
18	875 CP	44	1788 CP
19	923 CP	45	1810 CP
20	972 CP	46	1833 CP
21	1020 CP	47	1855 CP
22	1069 CP	48	1878 CP
23	1118 CP	49	1900 CP
24	1166 CP	50	1923 CP
25	1215 CP	51	1946 CP
26	1263 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	24 CP	18	875 CP	35	1579 CP
2	75 CP	19	923 CP	36	1604 CP
3	126 CP	20	972 CP	37	1628 CP
4	178 CP	21	1020 CP	38	1652 CP
5	229 CP	22	1069 CP	39	1677 CP
6	280 CP	23	1118 CP	40	1701 CP
7	332 CP	24	1166 CP	41	1723 CP
8	383 CP	25	1215 CP	42	1744 CP
9	434 CP	26	1263 CP	43	1766 CP
10	486 CP	27	1312 CP	44	1788 CP
11	534 CP	28	1361 CP	45	1810 CP
12	583 CP	29	1409 CP	46	1833 CP
13	632 CP	30	1458 CP	47	1855 CP
14	680 CP	31	1482 CP	48	1878 CP
15	729 CP	32	1507 CP	49	1900 CP
16	777 CP	33	1531 CP	50	1923 CP
17	826 CP	34	1555 CP	51	1946 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Prinplup 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

Piplup

Empoleon