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Learn everything about Substitute in Pokemon GO. Find out which are best Substitute movesets, its strongest Raid and Gym counters, what are its type advantages and weaknesses, and more.

Substitute type chart

Substitute is a Normal-type Pokémon. It is weak to Fighting type moves. It takes reduced damage from Ghost type moves.

Weaknesses

Fighting	160.0%

Resistances

Ghost	39.1%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Substitute moves and movesets

List of best Substitute moves and movesets in Pokémon GO. You can use the moveset controls below to see how different moves perform versus different Pokémon and weather conditions.

Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
Bite	Frustration	63.25	11.24	41.1

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

The table above provides information on different moves Substitute has in Pokémon GO, along with their corresponding DPS (damage per second) and TDO (total damage output). The table is sorted by the Score column, which is an overall rating of the move's effectiveness. Each move's type is indicated by an icon beside its name. Legacy moves are marked with an asterisk (*).

Fast Attacks

• Bite64

Charged Attacks

• Frustration1033

Substitute Combat Power chart

A guide to Substitute Combat Power values in Pokémon GO. Includes a complete Substitute CP per level chart. You can use the level controls below to customize the chart.

Useful Combat Power values

Research	3 CP - 6 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	4 CP - 9 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	4 CP - 9 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather boost	5 CP - 11 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

Max Combat Power per Level chart

This table shows maximum Combat Power values that Substitute can have from Level 1 to Level 50.

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon encountered in Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Substitute Catch Rates

Catch Rates for Substitute in Pokémon GO, calculated for catching a Level 20 Substitute by default. Catching lower level Substitute is easier than catching higher level ones - try playing around with the controls above to see how it changes.

Catch rates

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Normal medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	Curve	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Razz Berry	-	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	Curve	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	Curve	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Golden Razz Berry	-	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	Curve	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Substitute, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

More information

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3

Substitute evolution chart

Substitute family

A list of Pokémon that are somehow related to Substitute. Includes evolutions, regional, and form variations.

Substitute

Unknown Pokédex – The user creates a decoy using one-quarter of its full HP.

Substitute Sprites

No sprites found for Substitute at this time. Please come back later and see if Team GO Rocket has returned the sprites to this screen.

There are several reasons why there are no sprites here:

• The Pokémon is not yet available in Pokémon GO.
• The Pokémon's stats are available in Pokémon GO, but the sprites have not been added to the game yet.
• The Pokémon is available in Pokémon GO, but we haven't imported the sprites yet.
• There is a bug with this Pokémon.