Rock Ground

Pupitar is a Rock and Ground-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 1996 in Pokémon GO. Pupitar's best moveset is Bite and Dig. It is weather boosted by Partly Cloudy and Sunny weather, and it was originally found in the Johto region. Shiny Pupitar is available in Pokémon GO.

Pupitar is weak to Grass, Water, Fighting, Ground, Ice, and Steel-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Fire, Flying, Normal, Rock, Electric, and Poison-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	1996 CP
Attack	155 ATK
Defense	133 DEF
Stamina	172 STA
Weather Boost	Partly Cloudy Sunny
Released	Yes
Shiny released	Yes
Buddy distance	5 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#247
Height	1.19 m
Weight	152 kg
Region	Johto Generation 2
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	20%
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	5 300
Additional Move Cost	75 75000
Mega Energy reward For walking as a Buddy	25 Mega Energy

Pupitar type chart

Takes increased damage

Grass	256.0%
Water	256.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Ground	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Steel	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Electric	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Fire	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Rock	62.5%

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

Pupitar's best moves and movesets

Pupitar's best moveset is Bite and Dig, with 9.06 DPS (damage per second) and 174.0 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Fog and Sunny weather.

Best Pupitar moves

Bite

Dig

DPS9.06

TDO173.96

Score11.5

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Pupitar with its best moveset, we recommend to use Bite/Ancient Power. You will lose around 1.2% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Pupitar's strongest moveset (Bite/Dig).

Pupitar moves comparison

The following chart shows Pupitar's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Pupitar's movesets. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon to see how it affects the rankings.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Bite	Dig	9.06	174.0	11.5
2.	Bite	Ancient Power	8.95	171.8	11.4
3.	Bite	Crunch	8.36	160.6	10.6
4.	Rock Smash	Dig	8.33	160.0	10.6
5.	Rock Smash	Ancient Power	8.31	159.7	10.6
6.	Rock Smash	Crunch	7.70	147.9	9.8

Fast Attacks

• Bite640.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Dark
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	6
  Energy	4
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	0.5s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	4
  Energy	2

  
  

  Effects

  Bite has no special effects.

  See Bite details page ↗
• Rock Smash15101.3s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Normal
    • Rock
    • Steel
    • Ice
    • Dark

  • 62.5%
  • • Flying
    • Poison
    • Bug
    • Psychic
    • Fairy

  • 39.1%
  • • Ghost

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	15
  Energy	10
  Weather boost	Cloudy
  Duration	1.3s
  Damage window	0.6s - 0.8s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	9
  Energy	7

  
  

  Effects

  Rock Smash has no special effects.

  See Rock Smash details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Dig100504.7s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Poison
    • Rock
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Electric

  • 62.5%
  • • Bug
    • Grass

  • 39.1%
  • • Flying

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	4.7s
  Damage window	2.8s - 4.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50

  
  

  Effects

  Dig has no special effects.

  See Dig details page ↗
• Ancient Power70333.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Bug
    • Fire
    • Ice

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Ground
    • Steel

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	3.5s
  Damage window	2.9s - 3.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	60
  Energy	45

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Ancient Power has a 10.0% chance to:

  • Increase User's Attack by 25.0%
  • Increase User's Defense by 25.0%

  See Ancient Power details page ↗
• Crunch70333.2s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Dark
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	3.2s
  Damage window	1.3s - 3.0s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	45

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Crunch has a 30.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%

  See Crunch details page ↗

Pupitar Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Pupitar's Max CP is at Level 50. Pupitar Combat Power values in Pokémon GO Raids, Eggs, and Field Research encounter can be found below.

Max CP	1996 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	712 CP - 757 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	949 CP - 1009 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	949 CP - 1009 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Partly Cloudy Sunny	1187 CP - 1261 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

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.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• 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.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• 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.

Pupitar Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Pupitar Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Pupitar evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Larvitar	25 Candy	Pupitar
Pupitar	100 Candy	Tyranitar
Tyranitar	300 / 60 Mega Energy	Mega Tyranitar

• Larvitar evolves into Pupitar which costs 25 Candy.
• Pupitar evolves into Tyranitar which costs 100 Candy.
• Tyranitar can Mega evolve into Mega Tyranitar. Evolving Mega Tyranitar costs 300 Mega energy the first time, and 60 energy every other time.

Regular and Shiny Pupitar

• #247Pupitar
• #247Shiny Pupitar

Mega Pokémon that boost Pupitar

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Pupitar's Rock and Ground-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Pupitar.

Mega Aerodactyl

Mega Steelix

Mega Tyranitar

Mega Swampert

Primal Groudon

Mega Garchomp

Mega Diancie

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus –Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus –While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Pupitar Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Pupitar in Pokémon GO is 24.03%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 50.38% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 65.04%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Rock medal

None↓

Ground medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	24.03%	27.09%	33.78%	39.85%
	Curve	37.32%	41.56%	50.38%	57.86%
Razz Berry	-	33.78%	37.75%	46.11%	53.35%
	Curve	50.38%	55.33%	65.04%	72.65%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	39.02%	43.38%	52.38%	59.95%
	Curve	56.87%	61.98%	71.67%	78.89%
Golden Razz Berry	-	49.69%	54.62%	64.32%	71.94%
	Curve	68.90%	73.89%	82.65%	88.47%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Pupitar, 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

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

Pupitar family

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

Larvitar

Pupitar

Tyranitar

Mega Tyranitar

Shadow Larvitar

Shadow Pupitar

Shadow Tyranitar

List of Pupitar costumes

A list of Pupitar costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Pupitar high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Pupitar. Sprite description is a best guess on what the sprite is related to, use your own judgment. Click to download full 512x512 resolution.

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