Bug

Shelmet is a Bug-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 942 in Pokémon GO. Shelmet's best moveset is Acid and Bug Buzz. It is weather boosted by Rain weather, and it was originally found in the Unova region. Shiny Shelmet is available in Pokémon GO.

Shelmet is weak to Fire, Flying, and Rock-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Fighting, Grass, and Ground-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	942 CP
Attack	72 ATK
Defense	140 DEF
Stamina	137 STA
Weather Boost	Rain
Released	Yes
Shiny released	Yes
Buddy distance	3 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#616
Height	0.4 m
Weight	7.7 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	50 50000

Shelmet type chart

Takes increased damage

Fire	160.0%
Flying	160.0%
Rock	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Fighting	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ground	62.5%

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

Shelmet's best moves and movesets

Shelmet's best moveset is Acid and Bug Buzz, with 5.38 DPS (damage per second) and 88.0 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Cloudy and Rain weather.

Best Shelmet moves

Acid

Bug Buzz

DPS5.38

TDO87.97

Score6.6

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Shelmet with its best moveset, we recommend to use Infestation/Bug Buzz. You will lose around 0.5% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Shelmet's strongest moveset (Acid/Bug Buzz).

Shelmet moves comparison

The following chart shows Shelmet's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Shelmet'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.	Acid	Bug Buzz	5.38	88.0	6.6
2.	Infestation	Bug Buzz	5.35	87.5	6.6
3.	Acid	Signal Beam	5.05	82.5	6.2
4.	Infestation	Signal Beam	4.98	81.5	6.1
5.	Acid	Body Slam	4.73	77.4	5.8
6.	Infestation	Body Slam	4.63	75.7	5.7

Fast Attacks

• Acid980.8s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Grass
    • Fairy

  • 62.5%
  • • Poison
    • Ground
    • Rock
    • Ghost

  • 39.1%
  • • Steel

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	9
  Energy	8
  Weather boost	Cloudy
  Duration	0.8s
  Damage window	0.4s - 0.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	6
  Energy	5

  
  

  Effects

  Acid has no special effects.

  See Acid details page ↗
• Infestation10141.1s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Grass
    • Psychic
    • Dark

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Flying
    • Poison
    • Ghost
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	10
  Energy	14
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	1.1s
  Damage window	0.8s - 1.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	6
  Energy	12

  
  

  Effects

  Infestation has no special effects.

  See Infestation details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Bug Buzz100503.7s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Grass
    • Psychic
    • Dark

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Flying
    • Poison
    • Ghost
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	3.7s
  Damage window	2.0s - 3.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	60

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Bug Buzz has a 30.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%

  See Bug Buzz details page ↗
• Signal Beam75502.9s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Grass
    • Psychic
    • Dark

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Flying
    • Poison
    • Ghost
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	75
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	2.9s
  Damage window	1.8s - 2.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	75
  Energy	55

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Signal Beam has a 20.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Attack by 20.0%
  • Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%

  See Signal Beam details page ↗
• Body Slam50331.9s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel

  • 39.1%
  • • Ghost

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	50
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	1.9s
  Damage window	1.2s - 1.7s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	60
  Energy	35

  
  

  Effects

  Body Slam has no special effects.

  See Body Slam details page ↗

Shelmet Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

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

Max CP	942 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	325 CP - 357 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	434 CP - 476 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	434 CP - 476 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Rain	543 CP - 595 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.

Shelmet Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

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

Shelmet evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Shelmet	200 Candy 0 Candy if traded	Accelgor

• Shelmet evolves into Accelgor which costs 200 Candy.

Regular and Shiny Shelmet

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• #616Shiny Shelmet

Mega Pokémon that boost Shelmet

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

Mega Beedrill

Mega Pinsir

Mega Scizor

Mega Heracross

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.

Shelmet Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Shelmet 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↓

Bug 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 Shelmet, 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

Shelmet family

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

Shelmet

Accelgor

List of Shelmet costumes

A list of Shelmet costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Shelmet high resolution sprites

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