Dark

Purrloin is a Dark-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 872 in Pokémon GO. Purrloin's best moveset is Scratch and Dark Pulse. It is weather boosted by Fog weather, and it was originally found in the Unova region. Shiny Purrloin is available in Pokémon GO.

Purrloin is weak to Bug, Fairy, and Fighting-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Dark, Ghost, and Psychic-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	872 CP
Attack	98 ATK
Defense	73 DEF
Stamina	121 STA
Weather Boost	Fog
Released	Yes
Shiny released	Yes
Buddy distance	1 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#509
Height	0.4 m
Weight	10.1 kg
Region	Unova Generation 5
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	20%
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	3 100
Additional Move Cost	25 10000

Purrloin type chart

Takes increased damage

Bug	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Psychic	39.1%
Dark	62.5%
Ghost	62.5%

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

Purrloin's best moves and movesets

Purrloin's best moveset is Scratch and Dark Pulse, with 7.03 DPS (damage per second) and 58.4 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Partly Cloudy and Fog weather.

Best Purrloin moves

Scratch

Dark Pulse

DPS7.03

TDO58.41

Score7.5

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Purrloin with its best moveset, we recommend to use Sucker Punch/Dark Pulse. You will lose around 0.8% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Purrloin's strongest moveset (Scratch/Dark Pulse).

Purrloin moves comparison

The following chart shows Purrloin's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Purrloin'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.	Scratch	Dark Pulse	7.03	58.4	7.5
2.	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	6.98	58.0	7.5
3.	Scratch	Play Rough	6.88	57.2	7.4
4.	Sucker Punch	Play Rough	6.81	56.5	7.3
5.	Scratch	Night Slash	6.70	55.7	7.2
6.	Sucker Punch	Night Slash	6.60	54.8	7.1

Fast Attacks

• Sucker Punch780.7s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Dark
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	7
  Energy	8
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	0.7s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.7s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	7

  
  

  Effects

  Sucker Punch has no special effects.

  See Sucker Punch details page ↗
• Scratch640.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel

  • 39.1%
  • • Ghost

  Gym and Raid Battles

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

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	4
  Energy	2

  
  

  Effects

  Scratch has no special effects.

  See Scratch details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Dark Pulse80503.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Dark
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	3.0s
  Damage window	1.4s - 2.3s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50

  
  

  Effects

  Dark Pulse has no special effects.

  See Dark Pulse details page ↗
• Night Slash50332.2s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Dark
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	50
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	2.2s
  Damage window	1.3s - 2.0s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	50
  Energy	35

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Night Slash has a 12.5% chance to:

  • Increase User's Attack by 50.0%

  See Night Slash details page ↗
• Play Rough90502.9s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Fighting
    • Dragon
    • Dark

  • 62.5%
  • • Poison
    • Steel
    • Fire

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	90
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Cloudy
  Duration	2.9s
  Damage window	1.3s - 2.7s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	90
  Energy	60

  
  

  Effects

  Play Rough has no special effects.

  See Play Rough details page ↗

Purrloin Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Purrloin's has 872 max CP (at Level 50). A Purrloin obtained from Raids can be encountered from 401 CP to 441 CP, or if weather boosted, in the 502 CP to 551 CP range. In Field and Special Research, Purrloin can be found in the 301 CP to 330 CP range.

Max CP	872 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	301 CP - 330 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	401 CP - 441 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	401 CP - 441 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Fog	502 CP - 551 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.

Purrloin Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

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

Purrloin evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Purrloin	50 Candy	Liepard

• Purrloin evolves into Liepard which costs 50 Candy.

Regular and Shiny Purrloin

• #509Purrloin
• #509Shiny Purrloin

Mega Pokémon that boost Purrloin

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Purrloin's Dark-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Purrloin.

Mega Gyarados

Mega Houndoom

Mega Tyranitar

Mega Absol

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.

Purrloin Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Purrloin 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↓

Dark 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 Purrloin, 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

Purrloin family

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

Purrloin

Liepard

Shadow Purrloin

Shadow Liepard

List of Purrloin costumes

A list of Purrloin costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Purrloin high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Purrloin. 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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