Dark Psychic

Inkay is a Dark and Psychic-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 1048 in Pokémon GO. Inkay's best moveset is Psywave and Night Slash. It is weather boosted by Fog and Windy weather, and it was originally found in the Kalos region. Shiny Inkay is available in Pokémon GO.

Inkay is weak to Bug and Fairy-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Psychic-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	1048 CP
Attack	98 ATK
Defense	95 DEF
Stamina	142 STA
Weather Boost	Fog Windy
Released	Yes
Shiny released	Yes
Buddy distance	3 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#686
Height	0.4 m
Weight	3.5 kg
Region	Kalos Generation 6
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

Inkay type chart

Takes increased damage

Bug	256.0%
Fairy	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Psychic	24.4%

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

Inkay's best moves and movesets

Inkay's best moveset is Psywave and Night Slash, with 6.62 DPS (damage per second) and 79.3 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Windy and Fog weather.

Best Inkay moves

Psywave

Night Slash

DPS6.62

TDO79.33

Score7.6

Weather Boost

• 
• 

If you are unable to get Inkay with its best moveset, we recommend to use Tackle/Night Slash. You will lose around 2.3% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Inkay's strongest moveset (Psywave/Night Slash).

Inkay moves comparison

The following chart shows Inkay's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Inkay'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.	Psywave	Night Slash	6.62	79.3	7.6
2.	Tackle	Night Slash	6.46	77.5	7.5
3.	Psywave	Psybeam	6.27	75.1	7.2
4.	Tackle	Psybeam	6.13	73.5	7.1
5.	Peck	Night Slash	5.96	71.5	6.9
6.	Peck	Psybeam	5.60	67.1	6.5

Fast Attacks

• Peck10101.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Fighting
    • Bug
    • Grass

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel
    • Electric

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	10
  Energy	10
  Weather boost	Windy
  Duration	1.0s
  Damage window	0.5s - 0.9s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	6
  Energy	5

  
  

  Effects

  Peck has no special effects.

  See Peck details page ↗
• Tackle550.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel

  • 39.1%
  • • Ghost

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	5
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	0.5s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	3
  Energy	3

  
  

  Effects

  Tackle has no special effects.

  See Tackle details page ↗
• Psywave470.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Fighting
    • Poison

  • 62.5%
  • • Steel
    • Psychic

  • 39.1%
  • • Dark

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	4
  Energy	7
  Weather boost	Windy
  Duration	0.5s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	3
  Energy	2

  
  

  Effects

  Psywave has no special effects.

  See Psywave details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Psybeam70503.2s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Fighting
    • Poison

  • 62.5%
  • • Steel
    • Psychic

  • 39.1%
  • • Dark

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Windy
  Duration	3.2s
  Damage window	1.3s - 2.7s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	60

  
  

  Effects

  Psybeam has no special effects.

  See Psybeam 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 ↗

Inkay Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

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

Max CP	1048 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	365 CP - 397 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	486 CP - 529 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	486 CP - 529 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Fog Windy	608 CP - 662 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.

Inkay Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

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

Inkay evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Inkay	50 Candy	Malamar

• Inkay evolves into Malamar which costs 50 Candy.

Regular and Shiny Inkay

• #686Inkay
• #686Shiny Inkay

Mega Pokémon that boost Inkay

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

Mega Alakazam

Mega Slowbro

Mega Gyarados

Mega Houndoom

Mega Tyranitar

Mega Gardevoir

Mega Medicham

Mega Absol

Mega Latias

Mega Latios

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.

Inkay Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Inkay 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↓

Psychic 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 Inkay, 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

Inkay family

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

Inkay

Malamar

List of Inkay costumes

A list of Inkay costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Inkay high resolution sprites

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

• #686
• #686