- Attack
- 109
- Defense
- 98
- HP
- 207
100% CP
- Shadow RaidsLv20
- 700
- min 610
- Weather boostLv25
- 876
- min 763
- MaxLv50
- 1,386
- Lv40 1,226
At a glance
Basics
Shadow Slowpoke is a Water/Psychic-type Pokémon. Its 100% IV CP is 700 at level 20 (Shadow Raids), 876 at weather-boosted level 25 and up to 1,386 at level 50. It is weak to Electric/Grass/Bug/Ghost/Dark attacks (1.6×). It resists Fire/Water/Ice/Fighting/Psychic/Steel attacks. In raids, Water Gun + Psychic is its strongest moveset (level 40, 100% IVs). It can evolve into Shadow Slowbro, Shadow Slowking. As your buddy, it earns 1 Candy every 3 km you walk together.
- Category
- Dopey Pokémon
- Buddy distance
- 3 km
- Second Charged Attack
- 60,000 Stardust · 60 Candy
- Max CP · Lv50 / Lv51 (Best Buddy)
- 1,386 / 1,403
- Shadow modifiers
- Attack ×1.2, Defense ×0.83 in battle (not shown in CP)
Slowpoke uses its tail to catch prey by dipping it in water at the side of a river. However, this Pokémon often forgets what it's doing and often spends entire days just loafing at water's edge.
All values are for Pokémon GO; main-series values are not listed. The Pokédex entry is the game's own English text.
Related tips
- Shadow Pokémon: when to purifyShadow Pokémon have 1.2× Attack but also take more damage, and they cost 1.2× Stardust and Candy to power up.
- How to read IVs and appraisalsIVs run from 0 to 15 for each of Attack, Defense and HP, and appraisal stars are set by the sum of the three (0–45).
- What to power up first (power-up priorities for beginners)Stardust is limited, so first power up strong counters you'll use for a long time across many raids.
Best movesetsLv40 · 15/15/15 IVs
- 1
Water Gun
PsychicBest100% efficiency9.9TDO 143 - 2ConfusionPsychic95% efficiency9.4TDO 136
- 3Water GunPsyshock86% efficiency8.5TDO 124
- 4ConfusionPsyshock83% efficiency8.2TDO 118
- 5Water GunWater Pulse79% efficiency7.8TDO 112
Top 5 of 6 movesets.
Raid and Gym efficiency against an ordinary neutral 5-star boss. DPS is damage per second, TDO is total damage dealt before fainting, and efficiency compares (DPS³ × TDO)^¼ with the top moveset. Shadow modifiers (1.2× Attack, 0.83× Defense) are included. Against a specific boss, moves of the types it's weak to do more.
Learnable moves
Fast Attack2
| Moves | Power | Energy | DPS | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water GunBestWater · 0.5s · STAB | 5 | +5 | 12 | 10 |
| ConfusionPsychic · 1.5s · STAB | 19 | +14 | 15.2 | 9.3 |
Charged Attack3
| Moves | Power | Energy | DPS | DPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PsychicBestPsychic · 3s · STAB | 95 | 50 | 38 | 2.28 |
| PsyshockPsychic · 2.5s · STAB | 60 | 33 | 28.8 | 2.18 |
| Water PulseWater · 3s · STAB | 65 | 50 | 26 | 1.56 |
- DPS is damage per second, EPS energy per second and DPE damage per energy. A Charged Attack costing 100 energy uses 1 bar, 50 uses 2 bars and 33 uses 3 bars.
- STAB (same-type attack bonus) applies to moves of the Pokémon's own type, which deal 1.2× damage (included in DPS, DPT and DPE).
Calculate with your Pokémon
Move the sliders or enter a CP and Shadow Slowpoke's stats, move performance and power-up cost update instantly.
Enter the CP shown in the game to find the closest level for these IVs.
- Actual Attack
- 88.9
- Actual Defense
- 56.3
- Actual HP
- 132
Actual stat = (base stat + IV) × level multiplier. Shadow ×1.2 Attack and ×0.83 Defense are included (not in the in-game CP). Level 51 is the Best Buddy boost.
Move performance at these stats
Water GunPsychicBest100% efficiencyThis is the best moveset at these stats. That's 74% of the same moveset's DPS at Lv40 with 15/15/15.
Raid calculation against a neutral 5-star boss. * Exclusive moves need an Elite TM.
Power-up cost
- Stardust
- 270,000
- Candy
- 312
- Candy XL
- 0
Lv 20 → 40: 40 power-ups, CP 1,226 after
Based on the game's power-up cost table. Shadow costs 1.2× and purified 0.9× (rounded up per power-up); Lucky Pokémon pay half the Stardust. Event bonuses are not included.
IV rankings by leagueBy stat product
Shadow Slowpoke only reaches CP 1,386 at level 50 with 100% IVs, so it can't reach this league's cap. In that case, higher IVs are better.
| Rank | Attack | Defense | HP | Level | CP | vs. #1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 50 | 1,386 | 100.0% |
| 2 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 50 | 1,383 | 99.5% |
| 3 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 50 | 1,375 | 99.2% |
| 4 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 50 | 1,380 | 99.1% |
| 5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 50 | 1,380 | 98.9% |
| 6 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 50 | 1,377 | 98.9% |
| 7 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 50 | 1,372 | 98.7% |
| 8 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 50 | 1,377 | 98.6% |
| 9 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 50 | 1,374 | 98.4% |
| 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 50 | 1,364 | 98.4% |
Stat product = Attack × Defense × HP (up to level 50, excluding Best Buddy). It shows how long a Pokémon lasts under the same CP cap and doesn't include move matchups.
EvolutionFrom game data
- Base
- Shadow SlowpokeViewingBest movesWater GunPsychic
- Best moves are the top raid moveset at level 40 with 15/15/15 IVs.
Damage takenGO multipliers
- ×1.6
Electric
Grass
Bug
Ghost
Dark - ×0.625
FireWater
Ice
FightingPsychic
Steel
Show all 18 types
Normal×1- Fire×0.625
- Water×0.625
- Electric×1.6
- Grass×1.6
- Ice×0.625
- Fighting×0.625
Poison×1
Ground×1
Flying×1- Psychic×0.625
- Bug×1.6
Rock×1- Ghost×1.6
Dragon×1- Dark×1.6
- Steel×0.625
Fairy×1
Offensive matchupsBased on learnable moves
Events4 past
No upcoming events are known yet.
- 2024.10.08Spotlight Hour: Galarian Slowpoke · 2× evolution XP
- 2023.10.03Spotlight Hour: Slowpoke · 2× Candy for transferring
- 2023.03.18Community Day: Slowpoke, Galarian Slowpoke · Exclusive move: Surf
- 2021.06.15Spotlight Hour: Slowpoke · 2× Candy for transferring