Steelix (Pokémon GO)

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Gligar

Snubbull

#208

1379

1724

Attacker Rank

F Tier

F Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePvP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/14/15 · L24 · CP 1500

C Tier

#140

Ultra LeagueUltra

2/15/15 · L49.5 · CP 2497

A Tier

#44

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2729

F Tier

#316

Normal

Shiny

Steelix

#208

Steel

Ground

Attack

148

Top 64.6%

Defense

272

Top 1.7%

Stamina

181

Top 35.6%

Total

601

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Raids

Lv. 20

1308 -1379 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1635 -1724 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Eggs

Lv. 20

1308 -1379 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Research

Lv. 15

981 -1034 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

2729 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 Steelix takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Fire

160%

Water

160%

Fighting

160%

Ground

160%

Resists

Poison

24.4%

Electric

39.1%

Rock

39.1%

Normal

62.5%

Flying

62.5%

Psychic

62.5%

Bug

62.5%

Dragon

62.5%

Steel

62.5%

Fairy

62.5%

Best Moves

Full move guide →

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

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Iron Tail
Heavy Slam
8.58
152.1
1748.3s
7.54
2
Iron Tail
Breaking Swipe
8.53
151.2
1759.0s
7.49
3
Iron Tail
Earthquake
8.31
147.4
1804.6s
7.32
4
Dragon Tail
Heavy Slam
8.25
146.3
1818.2s
7.24
5
Thunder Fang
Heavy Slam
8.24
146.1
1820.7s
7.23
6
Dragon Tail
Breaking Swipe
8.14
144.4
1841.9s
7.15
7
Thunder Fang
Breaking Swipe
8.05
142.8
1862.9s
7.07
8
Dragon Tail
Earthquake
7.97
141.3
1882.9s
7.00
9
Thunder Fang
Earthquake
7.95
141.0
1886.4s
6.99
10
Iron Tail
Crunch
7.16
126.9
2095.9s
6.29

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Best Counters

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

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Mewtwo X
Counter
Dynamic Punch+
35.20
2137.2
1.7
102.3s
34.75
2
Mega Delphox
Fire Spin
Mystical Fire+
31.15
1802.6
2.0
115.6s
30.64
3
Mega Lucario
Force Palm
Aura Sphere
30.90
1570.4
2.3
116.5s
29.94
4
Mega Greninja
Water Shuriken
Surf+
30.11
1484.2
2.4
119.6s
29.56
5
Mega Blaziken
Counter
Aura Sphere
29.67
1334.5
2.7
121.3s
28.69
6
Mega Starmie
Water Gun
Liquidation+
27.58
1309.9
2.7
130.6s
27.06
7
Mega Falinks
Counter
Brick Break+
27.49
1309.2
2.7
131.0s
26.97
8
Shadow Reshiram
Fire Fang
Fusion Flare
27.56
1266.8
2.8
130.6s
26.65
9
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
26.84
1470.8
2.4
134.1s
26.44
10
Primal Kyogre
Waterfall
Origin Pulse
26.48
2008.8
1.8
135.9s
26.23

Go Battle League

View full PvP rankings

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

Best moveset

Thunder Fang

Multipurpose

Psychic Fangs

Debuff Spam

Crunch

Debuff

Rank 1 IVs

1500

0/14/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 24

96.86

Attack

187.17

Defense

128

Stat Product · 2,320,447

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/14/15	24	1500	100.00%
0/13/15	24	1498	99.65%
0/15/14	24	1499	99.57%
0/12/15	24	1495	99.30%
1/10/15	24	1500	99.27%
0/14/14	24	1496	99.22%
1/14/12	24	1499	99.10%
0/11/15	24	1492	98.95%
1/9/15	24	1497	98.92%
0/14/7	24.5	1500	98.89%
0/13/14	24	1494	98.87%
0/5/13	24.5	1500	98.87%
1/11/14	24	1499	98.84%
0/15/13	24	1495	98.78%
0/15/12	24	1491	98.78%
1/13/13	24	1500	98.76%
1/13/12	24	1496	98.76%
0/9/10	24.5	1499	98.73%
3/15/14	23.5	1498	98.68%
1/15/11	24	1497	98.66%
0/11/9	24.5	1500	98.65%
0/10/15	24	1490	98.60%
0/2/15	24.5	1499	98.56%
1/8/15	24	1494	98.56%
0/13/7	24.5	1497	98.55%
2/15/9	24	1500	98.53%
0/12/14	24	1491	98.52%
2/6/15	24	1499	98.52%
0/4/13	24.5	1497	98.51%
1/10/14	24	1496	98.49%
0/6/12	24.5	1498	98.45%
0/15/6	24.5	1499	98.44%
0/14/13	24	1493	98.44%
0/14/12	24	1489	98.44%
1/12/13	24	1497	98.41%
1/12/12	24	1494	98.41%
0/8/11	24.5	1500	98.38%
0/8/10	24.5	1496	98.38%
2/10/12	24	1498	98.37%
3/14/15	23.5	1499	98.34%
3/14/14	23.5	1495	98.34%
1/14/11	24	1495	98.32%
4/12/14	23.5	1500	98.30%
0/10/9	24.5	1497	98.30%
2/12/11	24	1500	98.28%
0/9/15	24	1487	98.25%
1/7/15	24	1492	98.21%
0/1/15	24.5	1496	98.20%
0/12/8	24.5	1499	98.20%
0/12/7	24.5	1495	98.20%

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

Fast Attacks

Dragon Tail
14
8
1.0s
14
Iron Tail
14
6
1.0s
14
Thunder Fang
10
13
1.0s
10

Charged Attacks

Breaking Swipe
45
-33
1.0s
45
Crunch
65
-33
3.0s
21.67
Earthquake
140
-100
3.5s
40
Heavy Slam
70
-50
2.0s
35
Psychic Fangs
25
-33
1.0s
25

Evolve

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

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Onix	50 Candy Metal Coat	Steelix
Steelix	200 / 40 Mega Energy	Mega Steelix

Family

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

Onix

#95

Shadow Onix

#95

Steelix

#208

Mega Steelix

#208

Shadow Steelix

#208

Backgrounds

All backgrounds

Steelix has 2 backgrounds in Pokémon GO.

GO Tour 2026 Mega

Sep 5, 2026

WCS 2026 San Francisco

Aug 28, 2026

Mega Boost

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

Mega Steelix #208

Boosts:

Mega Scizor #212

Boosts:

Mega Skarmory #227

Boosts:

Mega Swampert #260

Boosts:

Mega Mawile #303

Boosts:

Mega Aggron #306

Boosts:

Mega Camerupt #323

Boosts:

Mega Metagross #376

Boosts:

Primal Groudon #383

Boosts:

Mega Garchomp #445

Boosts:

Mega Lucario #448

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 4.503 m to 16.082 m tall, averaging 9.19 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	4.503 m 14'09"	4.595 m 15'01"
XS	4.595 m 15'01"	6.893 m 22'07"
M	6.893 m 22'07"	11.488 m 37'08"
XL	11.488 m 37'08"	13.785 m 45'03"
XXL	13.785 m 45'03"	16.082 m 52'09"

XXS

4.503 m

14'09"

4.595 m

15'01"

4.595 m

15'01"

6.893 m

22'07"

6.893 m

22'07"

11.488 m

37'08"

11.488 m

37'08"

13.785 m

45'03"

XXL

13.785 m

45'03"

16.082 m

52'09"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement timer	11s
Jump time	1.2s
Attack probability	10%
Attack timer	20s
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 Steelix 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	1862 CP
2	107 CP	28	1931 CP
3	179 CP	29	2000 CP
4	252 CP	30	2069 CP
5	325 CP	31	2104 CP
6	398 CP	32	2138 CP
7	471 CP	33	2173 CP
8	544 CP	34	2207 CP
9	617 CP	35	2242 CP
10	690 CP	36	2276 CP
11	759 CP	37	2311 CP
12	828 CP	38	2345 CP
13	896 CP	39	2380 CP
14	965 CP	40	2414 CP
15	1034 CP	41	2445 CP
16	1103 CP	42	2476 CP
17	1172 CP	43	2507 CP
18	1241 CP	44	2538 CP
19	1310 CP	45	2569 CP
20	1379 CP	46	2601 CP
21	1448 CP	47	2633 CP
22	1517 CP	48	2665 CP
23	1586 CP	49	2697 CP
24	1655 CP	50	2729 CP
25	1724 CP	51	2762 CP
26	1793 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	34 CP	18	1241 CP	35	2242 CP
2	107 CP	19	1310 CP	36	2276 CP
3	179 CP	20	1379 CP	37	2311 CP
4	252 CP	21	1448 CP	38	2345 CP
5	325 CP	22	1517 CP	39	2380 CP
6	398 CP	23	1586 CP	40	2414 CP
7	471 CP	24	1655 CP	41	2445 CP
8	544 CP	25	1724 CP	42	2476 CP
9	617 CP	26	1793 CP	43	2507 CP
10	690 CP	27	1862 CP	44	2538 CP
11	759 CP	28	1931 CP	45	2569 CP
12	828 CP	29	2000 CP	46	2601 CP
13	896 CP	30	2069 CP	47	2633 CP
14	965 CP	31	2104 CP	48	2665 CP
15	1034 CP	32	2138 CP	49	2697 CP
16	1103 CP	33	2173 CP	50	2729 CP
17	1172 CP	34	2207 CP	51	2762 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Steelix 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

Gligar

Snubbull