Volbeat (Pokémon GO)

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Minun

Illumise

#313

1012

1265

Attacker Rank

F Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePVP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/15/15 · L35.5 · CP 1500

F Tier

#1100

Ultra LeagueUltra

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2002

F Tier

#838

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 2002

Normal

Shiny

Volbeat

#313

Bug

Attack

143

Top 67.1%

Defense

166

Top 38.8%

Stamina

163

Top 53.3%

Total

472

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Raids

Lv. 20

952 -1012 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1191 -1265 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Eggs

Lv. 20

952 -1012 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Research

Lv. 15

714 -759 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

2002 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 Volbeat takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Fire

160%

Flying

160%

Rock

160%

Resists

Grass

62.5%

Fighting

62.5%

Ground

62.5%

Best Moves

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

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Tackle
Bug Buzz
7.39
75.1
2030.4s
5.94
2
Struggle Bug
Bug Buzz
7.26
73.8
2065.4s
5.85
3
Tackle
Signal Beam
6.80
69.1
2207.2s
5.46
4
Tackle
Thunderbolt
6.78
69.0
2211.2s
5.45
5
Struggle Bug
Signal Beam
6.70
68.1
2238.6s
5.39
6
Struggle Bug
Thunderbolt
6.69
68.0
2242.1s
5.38

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Best Counters

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

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Rayquaza
Air Slash
Dragon Ascent
62.65
7745.6
0.1
9.6s
62.65
2
Blacephalon
Incinerate
Mind Blown
54.10
4987.9
0.1
11.1s
54.10
3
Shadow Reshiram
Fire Fang
Fusion Flare
53.16
5459.7
0.1
11.3s
53.16
4
Mega Delphox
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
52.89
4394.4
0.1
11.3s
52.89
5
Mega Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
52.45
5956.5
0.1
11.4s
52.45
6
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
50.84
6489.3
0.1
11.8s
50.84
7
Shadow Salamence
Fire Fang
Fly
50.81
4057.0
0.1
11.8s
50.81
8
Shadow Moltres
Fire Spin
Fly
49.53
5036.8
0.1
12.1s
49.53
9
Shadow Toucannon
Peck
Beak Blast
48.46
2779.9
0.2
12.4s
48.46
10
Shadow Chandelure
Fire Spin
Overheat
48.41
4862.4
0.1
12.4s
48.41

Go Battle League

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

Best moveset

Tackle

General

Thunderbolt

High Energy

Bug Buzz

Debuff High Energy

Rank 1 IVs

1500

0/15/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 35.5

109.32

Attack

138.37

Defense

136

Stat Product · 2,057,277

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/15/15	35.5	1500	100.00%
0/14/13	36	1498	99.47%
0/14/15	35.5	1495	99.45%
0/15/12	36	1498	99.28%
0/15/14	35.5	1495	99.26%
1/15/15	35	1499	99.20%
2/15/13	35	1500	99.15%
2/15/15	34.5	1497	99.12%
0/12/15	36	1498	99.09%
1/12/13	36	1500	99.05%
1/12/15	35.5	1498	99.03%
0/13/11	36.5	1497	98.93%
0/13/14	36	1498	98.92%
0/13/13	36	1494	98.92%
0/9/13	37	1500	98.90%
0/13/15	35.5	1491	98.89%
0/9/15	36.5	1497	98.88%
1/13/12	36	1500	98.87%
1/13/14	35.5	1498	98.85%
0/14/10	36.5	1497	98.74%
0/14/12	36	1494	98.73%
0/10/12	37	1500	98.73%
0/14/8	37	1499	98.73%
0/10/14	36.5	1497	98.72%
0/14/14	35.5	1491	98.72%
3/13/15	34.5	1499	98.70%
1/14/11	36	1500	98.68%
1/14/13	35.5	1497	98.67%
1/10/15	36	1500	98.66%
1/14/15	35	1494	98.65%
2/14/11	35.5	1499	98.61%
2/10/15	35.5	1499	98.60%
2/14/13	35	1496	98.60%
2/14/15	34.5	1493	98.57%
0/11/11	37	1500	98.56%
0/11/13	36.5	1497	98.55%
0/15/11	36	1494	98.54%
0/15/9	36.5	1497	98.54%
0/11/15	36	1494	98.54%
0/15/13	35.5	1491	98.53%
0/15/7	37	1499	98.53%
3/14/14	34.5	1499	98.51%
1/11/11	36.5	1499	98.51%
1/11/14	36	1500	98.50%
1/11/13	36	1496	98.50%
0/7/15	37	1500	98.49%
1/15/10	36	1500	98.48%
1/15/12	35.5	1497	98.48%
1/15/11	35.5	1493	98.48%
1/11/15	35.5	1493	98.47%

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

Fast Attacks

Struggle Bug
15
15
1.5s
10
Tackle
5
5
0.5s
10

Charged Attacks

Bug Buzz
95
-50
3.5s
27.14
Signal Beam
75
-50
3.0s
25
Thunderbolt
80
-50
2.5s
32

Family

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

Volbeat

#313

Mega Boost

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

Mega Beedrill #15

Boosts:

Mega Pinsir #127

Boosts:

Mega Scizor #212

Boosts:

Mega Heracross #214

Boosts:

Primal Kyogre #382

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 0.348 m to 1.242 m tall, averaging 0.71 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.348 m 1'02"	0.355 m 1'02"
XS	0.355 m 1'02"	0.532 m 1'09"
M	0.532 m 1'09"	0.887 m 2'11"
XL	0.887 m 2'11"	1.065 m 3'06"
XXL	1.065 m 3'06"	1.242 m 4'01"

XXS

0.348 m

1'02"

0.355 m

1'02"

0.355 m

1'02"

0.532 m

1'09"

0.532 m

1'09"

0.887 m

2'11"

0.887 m

2'11"

1.065 m

3'06"

XXL

1.065 m

3'06"

1.242 m

4'01"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Jump
Movement timer	11s
Jump time	1.1s
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 Volbeat at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	25 CP	27	1366 CP
2	78 CP	28	1417 CP
3	131 CP	29	1467 CP
4	185 CP	30	1518 CP
5	238 CP	31	1543 CP
6	292 CP	32	1568 CP
7	345 CP	33	1594 CP
8	399 CP	34	1619 CP
9	452 CP	35	1644 CP
10	506 CP	36	1670 CP
11	556 CP	37	1695 CP
12	607 CP	38	1720 CP
13	658 CP	39	1745 CP
14	708 CP	40	1771 CP
15	759 CP	41	1793 CP
16	809 CP	42	1816 CP
17	860 CP	43	1839 CP
18	910 CP	44	1862 CP
19	961 CP	45	1885 CP
20	1012 CP	46	1908 CP
21	1062 CP	47	1931 CP
22	1113 CP	48	1955 CP
23	1163 CP	49	1978 CP
24	1214 CP	50	2002 CP
25	1265 CP	51	2026 CP
26	1315 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	25 CP	18	910 CP	35	1644 CP
2	78 CP	19	961 CP	36	1670 CP
3	131 CP	20	1012 CP	37	1695 CP
4	185 CP	21	1062 CP	38	1720 CP
5	238 CP	22	1113 CP	39	1745 CP
6	292 CP	23	1163 CP	40	1771 CP
7	345 CP	24	1214 CP	41	1793 CP
8	399 CP	25	1265 CP	42	1816 CP
9	452 CP	26	1315 CP	43	1839 CP
10	506 CP	27	1366 CP	44	1862 CP
11	556 CP	28	1417 CP	45	1885 CP
12	607 CP	29	1467 CP	46	1908 CP
13	658 CP	30	1518 CP	47	1931 CP
14	708 CP	31	1543 CP	48	1955 CP
15	759 CP	32	1568 CP	49	1978 CP
16	809 CP	33	1594 CP	50	2002 CP
17	860 CP	34	1619 CP	51	2026 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Volbeat 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

Minun

Illumise